There is a tesla cult, but this site makes its money from Old Auto.

Of course they’re going to give a pass on the hundreds of millions of people that have died from air pollution in the last 100 years, global warming, car safety that they fought tooth and nail, avoid recalls, etc.

This moron works for “big hydrogen”.

Which is the 2020s name for “big oil”.

Almost like regulatory credits from backward ICE companies that is invested in future EV production and battery production is a .... good thing?

Santa Barbara Astroturfer hates them except for his latest recycled rubber plot of ground. 

You are generally and traditionally correct.

I’d argue two things: No US company will pursue that form factor because of what you cited. And because the Chinese will absolutely own any manufacturing of things that size.

However, there is a certain price floor in ICE manufacturing in the US that, long term, EV will not…

It’s probably a pissing match with GBR over Brexit.

That would be too slow. That’s like NASA coding processes. Schedule, Cost, Features is the normal tradeoffs. Well, NASA adds “Flawless Quality” to that mix, to such a degree that you don’t get Schedule Cost or Features easily.

“Demand collapsing”

Yeah, you’ve said that EVERY SINGLE QUARTER.

Christ you never stop astroturfing. 

I’m a democrat, but

A LOT. Like at least $4 a gallon.

That’s just to offset carbon in the gallon of gas, not the carbon we’ve been pumping in for the last 100+ years

Wait for EVs to start crashing, then their packs will get reprocessed for this.

Hopefully, batteries get cheap and compact enough to enable at least a 150 mile range. For “classics”, this may be good enough. 

Why would Nikola have magical hydrogen tech if the GM deal involves transfer of ... hydrogen tech?

Blue Origin seems to lack the marsshot mission that drives SpaceX engineers.

I mean, if you’re a talented rocket scientist, would you work at SpaceX on the cutting edge with a real motivation to go to mars?

Or work for a Jeff Bezos pet company that is 5 years behind and even if you catch up just want to cash in on…

It’s jalopnik, they’ve descended into SUV/Jeep/white power pandering a long long time ago.

Complexities, nuances, forward thinking? That’s Musk thinking.

Ah, grille debates.

I can’t wait for these to be anachronistic noise from the bygone age of dirt burners.

It’s very simple, their target demo is the same people that only think they are safe with 500 guns.

The same people need a car they think can survive a civil war.

Solar will provide energy for day to day use without a grid in the third world, and Chinese vehicles will plummet under a glut of dumped used cars.

SEC and FTC are bought and paid for with revolving door execs/admins. Musk crossed the line publicly so they had to do a public handslap, but the entire mortgage debacle occurred with them asleep at the wheel, and nothing has really changed.

Even a dumb shorter like you should possess the financial familiarity to know that companies LOVE to own real estate. It’s an asset that can be leveraged to offset market swings and for accounting/earnings manipulations. Likewise with car loans, it’s like making an extra percentage on what you manufacture.

You rip on…

As usual this asshole’s paper-thin depth of thought are readily refuted with a modicum of thought.

You go to walmart to buy 30 distinct things. You go to a car sales point to buy 1 item: a car.

What car manufacturers WANT to do doesn’t matter if they start losing to other brands financially just in direct sales.

Trade…