According to Shelby, Tesla’s motto is “the most important metric is fatalities, and our number is zero.”

And you know what, I could almost agree with that sentiment except that it would require that person to have the time and resource support to come up with a fix for the problem, which I’d bet they wouldn’t be allowed to have because they need to keep their numbers up and keep the line moving.

2nd gear - Of all the times to preach about how stupid big SUV are while gas is cheap, this was it. Ford can much more easily increase production of smaller SUVs when gas prices spike. The idiot upside down on an 8 year loan on an Expedition however is not going to be as lucky.

“Hi, I’m Clippy!  It looks like you’re trying not to crash the plane, would you like some help with that?”

My forever car truck project. 10 years and counting of cutting, grinding, welding, painting. Running boards are on but not finished, there’s basically no interior and of course all the mistakes and improvements as I shake out the bugs. At this point it’s like a child, I raised it from rust, I could never let it go.

EVs still have limitations compared to the average car, which is not a BMW 3 series or an Alfa QV. The gap may not exist there but that’s because those cars also have horrible depreciation and are bought by people who don’t care that it does because they have the money not to.

So, basically, CUVs are less practical than a minivan and more expensive than an equally practical hatchback.

Neutral: Yes, because while it will still be a niche of the crossover market in my mind you can now sell to “cool young active (looking) lifestyle” set which are more likely to buy an EV, and now don’t have to choose between “cool EV owner” image and “cool active lifestyle” image.

He’s mostly right, even if only for the appearance of practicality. A crossover sits higher, and usually has a big easily loaded hatch. Their interior space may only be marginally larger than a sedan, but they are still seen as more flexible than a traditional car, if only because they have a little more height…

The public doesn’t trust it is not the same as uninterested. Most were uninterested in smart phones before Apple made them sexy and arguably more usable. Electric cars are going through this now as the technology goes from a niche product into something that is starting to be a real option.  As much as I like to…

I’d also recommend looking at Hobart. They’re basically Miller’s low end brand and are usually just missing some bells and whistles for the savings over the similar Miller welder.

To be fair those with money are usually in charge and fairly morally corrupt themselves. Plus even civil cases are usually decided by a jury, so if the courts are morally corrupt its because we the people are too, or maybe it’s just those morally corrupt people who actually serve jury duty?

To be fair Nissan still has to make a profit, Tesla is only getting the base model 3 out the door by killing their stores and giving up making any profit this quarter. Tesla’s stock dropped on that reveal, Nissan’s would tank if they said the same thing. The underdog always has to do more and better to compete but can…

Wow, they’re struggling to even get to that base price. Just about all the features on the SL trim used to come on the SV (other than the ones that didn’t exist on the first gen at all). Guess that shows how good Tesla’s cost/kW is since it’s not like Nissan doesn’t have the advantage on the car production side.

Good luck with that, mine dropped below the warranty period 3 weeks after that warranty expired. Nissan offered me a new battery, for $8000. Since I only paid $8200 for the car a year earlier (when it was only missing one bar), I wasn’t much interested in throwing good money after bad. My max range is around 60 miles…

I’m pretty sure they’re not making any profit on it at least right now, but not sure they have any other option either. Elon basically said as much in that they announced no profit this quarter and are closing their stores in order to cut the costs they need to in order to make the base Model 3 work.

I have an EV, and do like not having to hit a gas station for months at a time (usually on trips when I take my gas car), but his biggest mistake here is that he’s forgetting that the $3/gallon gasoline includes road taxes (and probably other taxes), while his electricity costs do not, which should also be factored in…

The shift won’t happen quickly in the way that most people use that term, but fast in the car industry isn’t the same as fast to you and me. I think they’re right to be scared. 12-15 years away is only 2 or maybe 3 car generations away, and currently a new generation is mostly just an upgrade of the existing…

But would you turn it down for those rasons? What about cost of living raises? You like to ignore all the parts you don’t like but your missing the point.

So you wouldn’t want a 50% pay raise?