Perhaps you should look at the books before making pronouncements or “just asking questions.” Being a public company, there is a wealth of information in their 10k/10q filings. Just for reference, they made 78 billion in revenue on automotive sales and 1.8 billion selling regulatory credits in 2023. Their net income…

They’ve been making money on EV sales even without the credits. 

Was it really a sports car company? I always thought of them as more of a luxury GT company. 

Tesla actually has been making money on EVs. 

I feel like debunking articles like this tend to just amplify these claims. I would have never even heard of it had Jalopnik picked it up.

Sure. I’ve seen plenty of construction sites where the general contractor shows up in a fancy luxury-equipped HD pickup truck hauling nothing but air. They aren’t driving the pickup to do work. It’s more about the image. The guys actually doing the work often drive up in a motley assortment of old sedans.

The vast majority of pickup trucks are vanity mobiles. If you go to an actual construction site, the real work tends to be done by commercial vehicles (i.e. dump trucks, cement mixers, etc.). Trades people are better served by vans so they have tool/part storage out of the elements. Your average F-150 is far more…

I think the market and the popular zeitgeist has crowned the MK IV Supra.

Fair enough. Besides the ex-husband’s actions, divorces can wreak havoc on finances.

There’s a limit to how much more they can discount them. They aren’t likely to be cutting another $15k off like they did between 2021 and 2023.

A performance or an LR with autopilot bought at peak supply chain crunch pricing could get there (especially if you include tax). I believe the performance was mid-60s and autopilot was $10k. People who bought Model 3s right before the pandemic were actually sitting on appreciated cars. Some people got to thinking…

“Sora Lee makes a measly salary of $400,000 per year as head of marketing for TikTok It gets worse, that salary combined with her investment portfolio only gives her a net worth of about $843,000. Times are tough right now for social media executives.”

I’m honored to have my story as the title photo, but my STI is red. 

The batteries in current Teslas last between 1000-2000 charge cycles. That’s 200-400k miles even with a conservative 200 mile range estimate (there are Teslas that have hit 400k on the original battery and I’m sure other BEVs will have the same experience). By the time most cars get to the 200k+ range, most folks are…

Can’t do this in a BRZ though:

I had a baby on the way and the Mazdaspeed Miata I was driving wasn’t going to cut it. Not wanting to cave to the “you need a minivan now” crowd, I wanted a light weight hot hatch or sport sedan with 3 pedals

The particular patent you cite was assigned to Chevron in July 2004. By that time, the Tesla had already been incorporated and Musk had just joined. They began developing the roadster in 2005, and didn’t seem to have any issue with the patent.

You’ll be on calling/mailing lists for months even after you’ve bought a car. But that’s just car buying these days. 

They seem to be selling for ~$25-30k. I suppose you won’t find a new high performance electric EV anywhere else at that price. But setting aside the fact that the software side was never fully baked and will never be, any major issue renders it a paperweight. It’s a huge dice roll. I might be interested for $10-15k.

I think the main lesson is a timeless one: avoid buying a first model year car of a new design (or major redesign). Doubly so for a brand-new manufacturer. The Lucid, Fisker, and Blazer were all some of the very first cars off the line for those models (and in the case of Lucid/Fisker the manufacturers themselves).