I mean, are these forbidden fruit? Really?

The RS4 Avant is forbidden fruit.  The R34 GT-R was forbidden fruit.  These are two vehicles that are bland and derivative economy cars that I would never consider even if they were available in NA.

The Tesla CEO has good reason to want the case to play out in Texas, which caps monthly child-support payments at just $2,760 per month for three children.

Billionaires have a completely different relationship to money than the vast majority of people. They will gladly piss away millions just to one-up each other because money really doesn’t matter to them. Then they will argue over just a few thousand because they simply can't stand losing. 

That 15% (the consumer car/truck industry) is the low-hanging fruit. Yes, all of it needs to come down, but electrification isn’t as ready or as close to meeting needs in the other transportation sectors. A few Tesla semis good for hauling superlight bags of mostly air and fried potatoes is not in danger of replacing…

There isn’t really a singular option that can just be turned off for a 30% macro cut that wouldn’t also have immediate, catastrophic effects on day-to-day life. The practical solutions are to continue chipping away at the sectors where a single law (like vehicle emissions) can have downstream effects. I would expect…

Another doom and gloom EV headline, while also posting today:

“Despite the cuts, neither the Fisker Ocean nor the Lucid Air is a cheap car to buy right now. A base Ocean SUV starts at $38,999 ......”

It’s all about insurance.

Dashers will learn about their individual driving behaviors and can easily review things like braking and acceleration history for their most recent dash, or whether hard braking and rapid acceleration have changed over time. By empowering Dashers with more insights about their personal driving behaviors, we hope…

BOOOOOORTLES!!!

As a former union organizer, I have always said the best way to keep it union out of your shop, is to treat your workers, right, and compensate them fairly. Now as much as this article is trying to point out that only a few people disagree with the union, the factors as of now only a few people support one as well.…

Uzi was a crank.

It’s bulletproof in the same way their cruise control is “full self drive”

I can’t wait for people to die testing how bulletproof their new ego-soothers really are.  You know someone’s gonna film it.

I’m still trying to figure out the selling point of this? I’ll assume it’s because brodozer alpha male types are scared of electric vehicles, so this way they can be allowed to buy one and still keep their man card. “IT’S BULLET PROOF!!!”

“Seems a little bit disingenuous of them.”

It reads like they forded or something.  Not excusing Tesla but did they drive through deep water or something?

Pro-tip. Per pound, pre-shredded cheese is almost the same price as block cheese.  You don’t need to spend $120k to get a fancy cheese grater, just get the stuff in a bag.

Pointing out the inattention of the average pedestrian isn't "victim blaming." But sure, if you want to pretend that pedestrians shouldn't have to pay any attention whatsoever before crossing the street, and that any attempt to point out the fact that they are at least a tiny bit responsible for their own safety is…

Indeed, which is why I also added “or otherwise ensure that they are clearly not going to start moving when I step in front of them.” Maybe that’s just the fact that there are other pedestrians in the crosswalk that they’ve clearly already seen - perhaps coming the other way. Maybe it’s just their mannerisms that…