They keep trying to build AI robots to replace factory workers, when clearly the lower hanging fruit is to use AI to replace the CEOs. Computer models are very good at solving optimization problems. You don’t even need a robot for that, just a server in an office will do.

I actually think the new people in his orbit are going in with more of a “get what I can while the getting is good” mentality. They are there because they think they will personally benefit in some way. Everyone saw what happened last time. Nobody expects to last long if they aren’t going to hop and skip to his tune.

And if that still isn’t enough to insulate him, then that’s because he’s breaking the law and should be held accountable just like anyone else. (Spoiler alert: he won’t be held accountable like everyone else.)

Nope… not believing it. The Camry continues to sell well at a reasonable price point; Lexus, MB, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Cadillac can all seem to find enough justification to have a larger sedan in their line ups. I think the struggle for Mazda is that a new 6 sedan would have to be positioned and priced like a flagship…

Exactly…

They already have that. You’d be surprised how many warehouses and buildings in the Miami area are just hidden supercar showrooms.

The rotary design makes a lot more sense as a generator running at a fixed rpm. That’s what Mazda has been working on for the last few years. 

Over the last couple years Mazda has filed a number of new patent applications around the rotary engine. Several included new rotor and housing designs, some focused on a very small and lightweight rotary generator powering an electric motor, and a few featured a larger rotary design that could also directly power the…

The dimensions of the SP concept were also larger than a Miata. The design team has said in interviews that it was designed to be able to scale down if necessary.

Tesla has been doing that for years now with pricing on their website. There is an option to disable that, but the default setting is that the price includes “fuel savings”. It’s awful and it shouldn’t be allowed, but nobody has stopped them yet. 

Ok… cool but in a “death trap” kind of way? The amount of body movement from the torque under acceleration is actually a bit concerning. Im not the most “offroady” of the bunch, but the suspension geometry looks like the break over angle is pretty compromised for serious off-roading.

Not saying I like it, but I can sort of understand for a car like the ZR-1; at least until the initial demand dies down.

Competitors do offer RWD only trucks, so I could see Tesla doing the same eventually. Cybertruck already hasn’t lived up to most of the promises, so I don’t think Tesla has a problem with breaking another one. 

Wasn’t there a scientific study published recently about how a single billionaire has 1,000 times more impact on the climate in a day than the average person does over their lifetime?

Well…. It pretty much is another Chinese EV built by SAIC. Other than collaborating on the design I doubt there is much, if any, Audi in there at all.

It will be really interesting to see how long the Trump-Elon relationship lasts this time around. One thing is certain, I don’t think Trump would cede any ground to Elon; he’d probably be willing to make special carve outs for him though, for a piece of the action.

Initially, yes, but Tesla has since changed pricing again… so the people who paid $120k for a Cyberbeast a few months ago got hosed as you can now order one for $99,900. The AWD model got cut from $100k down to $80k. Check their website for the latest pricing. 

Well they moved the goal posts on that one quite a bit… the “$40k” Cybertruck doesn’t exist, the “base” model is now $80k… or in Tesla speak “$74,490 after 5 years of fuel savings”.

Cee-lo is one option, but I think Gotti would do a better job of driving the point home…

That’s how you know it was a racially motivated comment, he singled out rap specifically. Quite frankly I’m not at all surprised that a rich middle eastern dude holds prejudiced opinions about other races or ethnicities.