To be fair, a lot of Chinese things built without a set of Western-sourced blueprints look “Extremely Shoddy Up Close”.

Did you just assume my gender?!?

Nope. I was 12 in ‘80 and bikes were still all metal. BMX was king . PK Ripper, Hutch, GT etc

Yes, forget the incredibly complex software that you can’t see in a picture. What matters is the irrelevant hardware it controls.

How did you get here?

You got that right!

Do you know that it is profitable and practical to just recycle these batteries?

Tesla would have to lower it’s emissions and safety standards quite a bit to meet other manufacters

Which makes me wonder why they spend 90% of the memo talking about closing or tapping the hydrants illegally.

Whoa, that’s beautiful. You could release a car looking just like that today and it would still make sense, talk about timeless styling.

Yes, it’s a bad investment. However, if you just want a decent one to drive and have fun with, this is a NP all the way.

Call me Skylar White, because I would drive that thing until my marriage fell apart. NP

They are not risking anything with autopilot. You would have a hard time getting any serious money in such a lawsuit. Tesla has the upper-hand in any lawsuit due to access to data that they can use. Even in worst case, these things tend to end up either in a settlement or endless appeals.

Reminds me of Willow Run, the Ford factory that built B-24 Liberators during WW2.

I’m sure the superchargers and service stations will be in the same 750+ locations that they currently are, plus the hundreds, if not thousands, of additional locations that they will continue adding in the future. I guess we’ll just have to see THEN.

Oh come on. Have you seen the stock price? Their investors cant get enough of the Musk Ironman BS.

It honestly would be a conversation if they were investing in a factory but instead their Capital Expenditures are pacing at less then half of what Musk advised they would spend for the year. Meaning they are spending…

I honestly can’t think of anything worse than for one of the big three to buy the company that got the industry to take electric cars seriously.

Yes, so no one is perfect. We all know that already. Both Amazon and Apple made many mistakes too. While building a car like one would build and market a laptop or smartphone have been advantageous to Tesla, it is still a car with its unique challenges. Example, extremely unlikely that cellphone customers could die…

It's probably going to be a large group. Maybe we should start regional chapters for the group.

I took every auto shop class I could, I went to 2 years of vocational classes during high school, I have an associates degree in automotive technology, and I worked as an ASE certified mechanic for 10 years. Recreationally, I have restored or partially-restored GMs, Mopars and Fords. My relationship with cars goes…