I, on the other hand, am just averse to a mode of transportation that requires cosplay.

Just my two cents, I find the primary concern among my peers for not buying a motorcycle is that other motorists scare the shit out of us. The arms race of SUV/CUV purchasing for vehicular safety mixed with the rise of distracted driving and frankly never having free time “just for a ride” has made my risk aversion…

It does seem odd to think that after the hole he dug that his opinion or suggestion endorsing the replacement holds water for anyone. in truth it would seemingly do the opposite.

Meh, it was a freebie deal; I assumed they did their due diligence and because it was risky, they got the terms they got instead of having to pay in. Now they have an interest in a company that might be rudderless that could be looking for a rudder with a GM badge on it.

As for reputation, if you asked 100 people on…

Absolutely. I’m not claiming that everything in the report is true either and you’re absolutely right that there are legal and strategic reasons why Nikola wouldn’t respond to short-seller’s claims. But... they did respond... and those responses confirmed the claims and tried to spin them. To me, it seems like a…

He’s not the only one. Remember, nobody in Nikola’s management or board corrected his fraudulent statements/videos for YEARS... they’re pretty complicit.

Of the 53 issues that Hindenberg detailed in their report, only ~10 have been responded to by the Nikola team, most of which Nikola admitted to what they were being accused of (e.g. rolling the truck down the hill for their ‘In Motion’ promo video). If those were their strongest 10 responses, it doesn’t bode well for…

HA!  Pretend to retire because you care more about the company than yourself.  What a great cover story for his obvious and intentional exit before the shit hits the fan.  Dude is just cashing out before it all craters, mark my words.  Fuckin con artist.

I thought that was necessity?

Actually dont know these guys but both seem pretty smart. I have always said you learn more from arguing with someone who disagrees with you than someone who agrees with you. I was so out of my league here but i left knowing more than when i came.

They also stifle conversations as some people know those morons will jump in; and just don’t want to deal with them.

What people say: “5-10% of the time I need more than one charge worth of range, and it doesn’t make financial sense for me to own a second vehicle for that, so I need something that can cover ALL my trips, not just most of them”.

I think Tesla fanboys actually hurt Tesla. They don't really know what they are talking about and it's really obvious. 

I think the main problem here is, in the end, building out EV infrastructure is going to be a lot easier and cheaper than building out hydrogen infrastructure. Hydrogen may be an industrial vehicle technology, not a consumer one.

Given that there’s no physical linkage to the drivetrain in a FCEV, isn’t that pretty much a non-issue? You dump in a new compatible fuel cell at the 15-year mark, and recycle the old one. This doesn’t seem insurmountable at all. 

Hasn’t slowed down the truck FCEV trials, which are going really well.

The science is just so sweet.  It’s the right long-term answer and Toyota knows it.

The Cultists always ignore the rapid increases in efficiency on Direct PV Hydrogen production— lab efficiencies are already approaching 40%.

The problems of hydrogen powered cars are...

Evs are more of an business decision.  But sustainability clearly points to Hydrogen