3rd gear: That’s not at all uncommon, not really even a little. There are scores of dealers and manufacturers that make more money through their financing arm (the “back end”) than they do through their sales arm (the “front end”).

3rd:

Not too mention battery pack supply chain limitations. I don’t understand why this is never talked about. Lithium (and other precious metals) mining has to increase dramatically to have any shot at these EV sales goals.  (no way we get anywhere close to 50%).

COTD! 

Yeah, to go from 2% of overall sales to over 50% in 8.5 years? That’s a big lol in my book.

It’s just... too ugly. Sorry if that’s sacrilege. But there’s not a single attractive angle on that car. The badge on the nose and the exhaust sound isn’t enough to turn that around. 

Counterpoint:

Neutral: My father passed away on this day 4 years ago. It’s seems like a week ago. He was an amazing man. I miss him.

Spirit isn’t the king, it’s the court jester.

Dang, that’s some good reporting.

This. The idiocracy we call 21st century Western society blames people’s poor decisions on everything except the people who make them. We treat adults like children and then are shocked to find they act accordingly.

We scrutinize cops heavily because way too many people are comfortable making broad generalizations based on the clicks generated by the tiny fraction of police encounters that document egregious behavior on the part of law enforcement.

Didn’t we used to have a political website around here?

Calm your post-menopausal titties down, just calm down.

The one doing the hooning ran off. It’s one of the passengers who decided on a Butch and Sundance recreation. It’s not clear who stole the car; at most, possession of stolen property.

Dude gets out of a stolen car with a gun after hitting a car doing donuts and gets shot by driver of said car...I’m confused why this is even an issue. What the hell else would you expect to happen? 

This. You deserve more stars.

Isn’t that how the book 1984 suggested things in Oceana worked? Lots of cameras in the hands of the state?

The car was stolen.

6 mil? chump change. /s