This thing looks awesome. Like it was ripped straight out of a near-future sci-fi film. The Hummer is barf compared to this, aesthetically at least.

When it comes to China it is not “if the other guy is cheating”. It is the blatant IP theft, government assisted industries, spyware, mallware etc, etc, etc.

If China was playing fair then I would be against these tariffs. But they are not. Time and time again their companies and government has been caught stealing IP and trade secrets. And with these EVs their plan is to dump product on different markets at below cost in order to drive out all other competition.

As a technology professional who has been burned by countless knock-offs and garbage products (many sold by Amazon), I mostly support these tariffs. It’s too nuanced and above my pay grade to really dive in, but...

“HAHA You didn’t list everything wrong in the world! Therefore, you don’t actually care about anything wrong! I’ve defeated you with perfect logic, college kids!!!!”

The private industry tried that already. Then the libtards made up ozones and complained about our future space hole, so Obama paid the Clintons to close it.

I know the password, 12345. Same as the combination on my luggage!

Probably not much because Iceland power mix(hydro and geo thermal) is like 99% renewables. I’m guessing that’s probably a the reason why it was built there.

I really dislike the constant attempts at establishing some sort of dichotomy and incompatibility between carbon-use reduction and carbon capture.  We need to do both, period.  

Why don’t we just open a small hole in our atmosphere so space will just suck out the bad air, then we can just close the hole?...

it has to be. Because there is not a corporation in the universe that would spend 150K to sell a 50K car. And there is really no way that the electric motor and batteries cost “looks up number” 113K (regular f-150 is 42K base lightning is 55K) 

That’s exactly what they are doing, and it’s extremely misleading.

“Are they subtracting the total EV sales revenue and subtracting that from *all the R&D spending on EVs*?”

While I do think that US manufacturers have fallen behind the EV shift, I also think they need some protection against cheap Chinese EVs. That being said, I also think the tariffs should tier down each year over the course of 10 years. This gives the US manufacturers the protection they need while also putting limits…

First Gear: This is a question for the Accountants in the audience. It seems damn near impossible to actually spend $100,000 more than the sale price on these vehicles to actually build them. No one on earth would greenlight something that ridiculous.  What weird accounting wizardry is going on to come up with that…

I was going to make a comment on Switzerland winning, but I’ve decided to remain neutral.

Please remember to tip and give your trafficker a 5 star rating if you were pleased with your experience.

He says he’s a doctor but I don’t see any markings, white coat or stethoscope so I think it’s only fair for someone to pull a gun on him, force him to the ground, make him show his medical board credentials and his med school degree for good measure because everyone knows what’s going on in the US with people…

““And everybody knows what’s going on in this country with fentanyl and child trafficking and rape. Terrible stuff.””

Ah yes, those child traffickers who famously return children to their homes safely.