these are 100% the worst people in the jalopnik community. nobody gains anything from disparaging something that’s actually, and not ostensibly or arguably, great. it’s fucking stupid. tesla rules sorry.
So here’s the thing - you have no expectation of privacy out on the roads. Anyone can take pictures. So private collection is definitely legal. As soon as there’s a way to make money off it, you’ll see license plate readers installed at privately owned parking garages/lots, buildings on major intersections, what have…
I know a lot of people who reverse out of a parking space in the same manner.
Mustang, because ‘Murica on the other two wheels for the exit!
Serious props for pausing to think before acting AND remembering to grab hold of his kid.
Well to be honest, if the rest had ran the opposite direction they would have hit the car.
Props to the ONE guy smart enough to run the opposite direction the car is moving
You’re right about the way it’s calculated, but there’s more to it even than that.
The thing is MOST businesses run a deficit when they first start and especially businesses with a huge R&D arm like this. These numbers in no way mean, even if they continue to sell the same number of vehicles, they will continue to have the same kind of losses in the future. You also have to note that they’ve pumped…
It’s really not that unusual for a company to run at a deficit when they first get started, and you have to remember that Tesla is a pretty young company. It’s basically still a startup, and startups, even ones with good business models, can take for-fucking-ever to stop needing capital infusions and start turning a…
So what unsold inventory would they be selling that way? The lower number of deliveries they’re projecting, if I read their statements correctly, are due to supply issues, not demand issues - as in, they can’t produce as many vehicles as they projected, because it turns out to be harder to ramp up production of…
What unsold inventory?
It is the latter, though every article I’ve seen on the matter obfuscate that as best they can.
That’s a weird way of doing math. Do they actually lose $4,000 on every car, or is it that $359 million spread out over all the cars they sold, comes out to a $4,000 loss on every car.
Obscuring your license plate like that basically says “I’m the type of motorcycle rider who regularly does dangerous shit that I don’t want to be held accountable for. I’m the type of motorcyclist that gives motorcyclists a bad name. ”
YOU may care if some ass hat steals your bike. Or, if said ass hat sideswipes your car, or otherwise assaults you before riding off. They may not get to the scene in time to take immediate action, but having a license plate number can rapidly narrow down the search. It may give them some idea of where the perp is…
First of all, I have no problem with lights that are the proper color front and back - Meaning amber or red. You want to add more of those in the appropriate spots to enhance your visibility to other drivers? Feel free.
Might as well make a show about nothing.
They should make a TV show about that.