He might not have been the glue, but his loss certainly created a power vacuum and it appears the resulting power struggle is largely causing what’s going on.  So it could have been that Maetschitz was some magic glue, or his mere existence would have been the plug filling a spot and thus preventing power struggles.

“I got taken advantage of!”

Pretty useless? You know how often a motorcycle would get within 30 meters of an iPhone on its path to its final destination? Pretty damn often. Plus, why would you stop using them? It’s not like they require any ridiculous regular maintenance.

“we have better things to do....”

Where did I praise Elon?

Imagine if Tesla had spent all the money that went towards the Cybertruck on something that wasn’t dumb as fuck.  They could have made a damn impressive vehicle.

I hate the Cybertruck as much as the next guy, but at least get your facts right.  A Cybertruck is 224" long.  A crewcab F250 with 8ft box is 266" long.

I think you are being a bit overly dramatic here.  Aluminum pop rivets are widely used across many industries, and this little cover is going to not stress the damn thing at all.  I highly doubt the oxide coating is going to crack at all.

Why wouldn’t you?  Takes like a minute to make (or $1 to buy and fill out) and would increase your chances of selling.  Last vehicle I sold, I used both online ads and a physical for sale sign.

Saab 9-X Biohybrid. Hybrids are selling like hot cakes right now, and Saab was under GM ownership when this concept was released. Styling wasn’t quite right, something about the rear looks off to me.  It didn’t nail the design like the Aero-X had before it.  But man, I’d love a Saab like this today.  It even had a…

Yup. Actual quality furniture costs money, and will last. Your $500 LaZBoy (which I don’t think you can actually buy a La-Z Boy for that low anymore, unless it’s some killer deal) ain’t gonna last, and when it starts breaking down, ain’t gonna be worth sinking a penny into fixing or reupholstering.

You simultaneously understand the point I’m making, while also missing it.

None of the Costco’s I’ve been to have that.

Dude, that’s already happening. Tesla’s know their charge state and how long it takes for them to charge from that state. It’s not rocket science.

Literally yesterday morning on my way to work I swung by Costco and there was a frazzled pump attendant telling each new customer that was pulling in that they could only use the first pump in the row, and not the further second pump. She was doing this non-stop, and thus missing customers who would make it to the…

I had so many people telling me that EV’s suck because you have no idea how long you’ll have to wait to charge, and that I didn’t get it.  All based on a comment I made yesterday.

the driver is supposed to keep their hands on the wheel and basically have control of the car at all times when in “full self-driving” mode.

This is just one of those things that make me go, “LOL”. Then I wonder how this is legally allowed on the road and what danger it presents to cyclists, pedestrians and other drivers if it can’t even avoid a curb.

I was there during a busy time and it was busy.

I know, right?  Has the writer ever even seen Castaway?