Cars used to be the same way. Gasket technology has some a long long way.

If not for the fanboys, we would have an opportunity to potentially witness a deflationary spiral in real time.

8 years ago, the Cybertruck would have been featured in a futuristic movie already. Musk doesn’t have that kind of pull anymore.

I think those are vacuum operated. You wouldn’t even have to do that anymore nowadays.

I think there’s a notch in the glass there if you look closely.

From a lot of what I’ve read, it seems like the supercharger network is a huge part of the practical value of the company (and I can understand why.) If anything ever happens to the auto manufacturing portion of the company, with the open sourcing of the connector, standardizing signaling with the CCS charger system…

IIRC there have been larger studies focused on psychedelics that have shown promise in some areas of treatment. This would place marijuana in a similar position to some of those with respect to availability for studies.

First, there’s set to be a new Explorer that’s being developed by Ford and VW for Europe.

Breaking up this cartel would be a great fringe benefit...

*Steeples Fingers* Good. Gooooood.

While inventory is up substantially from 2021 and 2022 levels, it remains low by historical standards. At the end of pre-pandemic, pre-chip shortage May 2020, the total supply was 2.99 million vehicles for a days’ supply of 92. In May 2019, supply was 3.81 million vehicles for a 95 days’ supply.

Now do all the execs put together.

Except they collect their bonuses and bounce on to the next company before the negative effects of their actions come to pass...

This is exactly the mentality that has continually been proven wrong... CEO’s sign deals with stock performance bonuses, do whatever it takes to make that happen, and then they bounce to the next company before the shit hits the fan.

I think a strong argument should be made that you shouldn’t have profits to distribute to shareholders unless the workers are fairly compensated.

That’s all fine and good, and yet, CEO pay is a drop in the bucket relative to publicly held OEM’s revenue and profits.

As for CEO compensation, it’s essentially a red herring argument that has absolutely nothing to do with either UAW or non-represented white collar workers.

Don’t worry guys,... I’m sure Mr. Altman still made lots of money on the pump and dump super serious business venture...

This is changing next year. You’ll be able to assign the tax credit to the dealership and it will end up effectively being a point of sale rebate.

That kind of vehicle is never as profitable as a more upscale vehicle. They want to offset the development costs by selling higher margin luxury-ish vehicles before they move onto the vehicles that are high volume and lower margin...