I shill for the Tesla a lot, but Elon is definitely full of shit on self-driving. I’d want some independent testing of claims. Really that should be required from all the self-driving startups. Stopped cars on highways, construction zones, deer avoidance, etc.

Waymo may be further ahead, but it needs a very expensive…

And still the Boomers skate by.

“About a quarter of 16-year-olds had a driver’s license in 2017, a sharp decline from nearly half in 1983, according to an analysis of licensing data by transportation researcher Michael Sivak.”

Wow, that is apocalypse for a marketing analyst. Imagine if teenagers dropped their Coke or Pepsi consumption by half. CEOs…

I like the first gen and didn’t like what they did with the future gens either, but they are basically the anti-jalopnik brand: cute, small, urban, and non-motorhead.

Not going to deny that the Minis are on the low end of hot hatch performance, but almost all other hot hatches look like shit. BMW knows Minis are cool and distinctive.

Same reason you price out a loaded Kia and it’s cheaper than a 3-series. Well, have fun driving around in a Kia, even if you have 100 more horsepower.

... of EVs that are practically being required by legislation in the EU and China? The market for EVs is gigantic. The stock price may be volatile based on coverage, but the operations and growth are all cruising along pretty well.

As opposed to Uber and Lyft... Tesla has factories and operations that are hard to…

Tesla + anything equals clicks and engagement. They don’t even need to be coherent.

The fact they rotate the “fall guy” author for these stories means the authors probably hate doing them and that it marks them as anti-Tesla. It’s the same story with Democratic senators: they rotate the sellout guy/backstabber for each…

But is it really a Tesla? Or is that really an Audi next to it?

... it wasn’t even plugged in?

Bezos is a smart long-baller, and is really good at following blueprints/plans intelligently. He’ll know what it takes.

And besides, he WANTS TO BE ELON in terms of fame. He has a second-class space rocket startup that the Musk is outclassing him on, and an EV startup to compete with him would be totally to his ego, so…

“Year Two, also Year Last in Oakland, promises more of the same.

Mark Davis might not have had the money to escrow the guaranteed portion of Mack’s contract, so go the rumors.

You guys need to start with a new picture to deconstrast. New season, new picture.

Maybe one with him starting out frustrated, than the above one where he had the facade of enthusiasm.

Assistant coach truthing: Giannis wasn’t in the game. He didn’t care about stopping anyone except Giannis, which is why he stopped right in front of him.

They committed to whatever has gotten Rivian to this point, and probably was hedging further funding based on what they designed. I’d guess they will proceed. Milestone investing is pretty typical in startups.

Amazon is committed at this point to vertically integrating its delivery logistics, such that it will not be…

you first, cliff’s right there...

How many of them are they selling?

There are a lot of EVs coming on the market. When they actually sell volume numbers, let me know.

Rip on Tesla/Elon/whatever all you want, they are cranking out the Model 3s at a level no other EV line is producing, and they lack vertical integration to enable it, as this article…

The real value of Boring company, if they do it, is the boring speed and vast reduction in costs of doing that.

If they do that, who gives a shit if they are sending slot cars down them. They will mint money doing various tunnel projects.

Amazon’s revenue was 232 billion dollars last year. They are still growing by double-digits too.

Not sure what torque numbers Rivian is shooting for, but electric motors can do stupid amounts of torque.

For a “work site” truck, these might be fantastic: great at towing things around a work site, and then do a quick charge when not being used. Never need to get them gas. Possibly charge with windmills or solar…

Great article. The difference between the NBA and NHL playoffs is that effort can overcome skill differentials in the NHL. In the NBA you get exposed.

Is JJ the third best Duke player ever in the NBA? (Hill, Kyrie, then Redick)

Hm. Shane Battier might been better.