I like your idea about the early rejection from the Navy CU, but I also think somebody there actually would have told him what a bad deal it was and that he should get away from the dealer. The federal lenders dedicated to active service/vets typically do take a strong guidance role with these kids for this exact…

Yeah, I might have been right until that happened. It also still makes me wonder what he meant by “the supercharger team”. That was the easy way to write the headline, but I never found a good explanation on how much of it was kept. Some of it had to get saved.

because the company has the most EV sales and the biggest charging network

Pedestrian Monster!

Following too closely. The context is what makes it dumb.

When I was a wee intern at a construction company many moons ago, I took a ride with our in-house architect to a job site. We stopped for gas, and yanked the nozzle off the pump when he forgot to take out. Funniest part of the sequence was when this extremely kind and apologetic gentleman was handing his business card…

“Voluntary” is what I thought would be the operative word behind it. This case obviously can’t be anti-trust, so apparently the best civil suit is that this company didn’t obey the rules they made up with a bunch of other companies.

That’s fair, and it also creates its own submarket: “let’s just make this thing, I’m sure Microsoft will buy it.”

The “softest edge” we’ve created in society is that being this level of asshole for its own sake doesn’t just get your ass kicked in the middle of the street. Mankind was better off when their was actual consequence for going out of your way to be obtuse.

This is such a weird issue now because so many of the biggest players in tech are name-brands just because they were first to do whatever it is they do, and consumers got used to their product before anything better got made. Ticketmaster IMO is the worst offender, and yet, every time I need something *other* than…

2nd: Welp, nice to know they managed to find something that *barely* justifies this dumbass lawsuit. Up to this point, you could throw the whole thing out simply because these are players in a free market who can advertise or not advertise with whoever they want.

The obvious shame being that LA could absolutely use every bit of that money for public transit/infrastructure, but centering it all around the olympics? F that, do something wholistic with it.

I actually had one as a rental last year, and was surprised at how OK it was. The seats were comfy and it was generally unremarkable in the good way.

Edit: I just played around with the builder on the Ford website and oh my god, can I please have one options package that doesn’t automatically paint half the car black? This sucks.

I think you can get quite a bit of Bronco Sport new for 35 grand? Or go off-lease and get even more?

just because something is the most affordable does not fundamentally make it affordable

Endor took on significant debt during its 2020 growth to meet increased global demand during the pandemic. Like many companies who experienced significant growth as a result of isolated customers and a desire to escape during the Coronavirus epidemic, once the peak demand began to wane, it was overleveraged.

I’d still caveat that there are people not-online-enough to not know any better. Some folks genuinely just see a cheap EV with a good charging network. This site documented quite a few instances of “ I bought a Cybetruck because it’s all crazy and sci-fi looking, why does everyone hate me?”

I marginally like the original fascia more than this one, but still don’t hate it.

PHEV is what I’ve been screaming about too. The Maverick thing was basically proof of concept that if a car is cheap enough in the first place, you don’t need some wheezy N/A drivetrain as a base model. People will just get the hybrid.