As someone who works in aviation I’ll still always say this country messed up not getting in on high speed trains earlier. There’s no reason the best option to go between city pairs like Houston - Dallas or Detroit - Chicago is to fly.

It’s a good start, but still just a drop in the bucket for passenger rail in the US.

You don’t think there’s a difference between an F150 grill and the sharp pointed beak of the Cybertruck?

Of course they are making it to the news. Here’s a quick one just on this very site you are reading.

You don’t get to call something a double standard simply because you willfully ignore the hundreds of studies and articles done that say the exact same things about regular full size pick ups.

“See where the edge of the hood is? It’s roughly where this guy’s stomach is. By comparison, the typical 4x4 trucks I see have hood edges that are often a foot or more higher.”

If these “experts” are “concerned” about the Cybertruck, then they should also be “concerned” about trucks like these

These studies have made it into the news for years. It’s just that people gloss over them or ignore them until Tesla forced their hand.

“Delivered” is a word they appear to have abused. These are likely non-production trucks being “delivered” to specific individuals, so as to be able to say they “delivered” prior to getting full sign-off. Hence the giant delay for the rest of the fanbois.

Not only are “experts” concerned just as much about those trucks, there have been multiple postings across multiple sources for multiple years. They (including this website) have even pointed out how it is a bigger American problem than other nations. Taking those same big grills and turning them into pointed steel…

Are you kidding? There’s literally been studies that show trucks are more lethal to pedestrians and other cars. The experts are saying that the LowPolyTruck will be even worse due to its particular design.

It’s not just the pissing away the money, it’s that he takes the TIME to focus on this insignificant stuff instead of focusing on SpaceX, Tesla, X, etc.

The man has billions of dollars and he’s arguing about maybe $50 - $100k a year.

The world will not suffer if Tesla, Twitter, the Boring Company, and what have you closed up shop tomorrow at noon. Not one thing of value would be lost. In fact, it would be a better place.

The problem is the depreciated cost of the Teslas has made an outsized impact on the companies’ financial projections (e.g. they expected the Teslas to hold their value and that Elon wouldn’t tank their pricing and thus their used value) and they’re getting rid of these (now) liabilities.

I want electric vehicles to proliferate, I want greater diversification of the corporate landscape and not the steady consolidation we’ve been watching happen. That said, I want Tesla, Twitter, and every other thing Musk has touched to crumble to dust and ruin and pull him down with it. I want history to treat him…

“I haven’t concluded it, hence the ‘I’m sure’”

A late model car is not an investment vehicle, its value doesn’t go up and down and up and down.

Holding onto a depreciating item only works if you think the value will return...most people aren’t expecting a return to pandemic level used car prices, not to mention that Tesla keeps cutting the price of their cars, further devaluing the Tesla used car market.

Rental car companies phase cars out as they get mileage on them. I think most are currently selling at around 20,000 miles.