Honestly, based on my last experience with this engine in the Sequoia and the fact that this is the TRD Pro trim with all the off-road stuff, my fuel economy hopes aren’t high. Like I mentioned to someone else, the last time I tested this engine in the Sequoia, I averaged just 16.4 mpg in normal driving. This led me…

It’s almost like he wants to revise his statement from “Tesla is not a car company” to “Tesla is not a company.”

Their network gives them a competitive advantage now, but inevitably charging locations will be as ubiquitous and interchangeable as gas stations. And highly competitive pricing will not make them a massively profitable sector, or at least not nearly as profitable as they would need to be for Tesla to justify it’s…

The scary thing is that he actually thinks that way.  When he took over Twitter, one of his first cost-saving measures was to simply stop paying rent on all the company’s office spaces.

If I lay off everyone, I won’t have to pay any salaries at all.

Ha! Let’s kneecap the one thing (Superchargers) that set Tesla apart from anyone else at this point. 

Apparently you don’t spend enough time on mom-targeted Instagram. “SUV Mom” is a serious thing on social media, as embarrassing as it is, and this is the premier “SUV Mom” truck. Except maybe the Escalade/Expedition. At my daycare there are at least five of them every day, driven by tiny women who have two kids. The…

Couple ways.

The hard part is also getting students to listen.  My high school had a class like this that was actually good, but most people blew it off like any other class not appreciating that of all the classes they took this one had the most value.  To me this needs to be started in elementary school and reinforced at every…

The median individual salary in the US in 2022 (the latest I can find) was $40,500. Yet the median price of a (new) car in 2022 was $48,500. Isn’t this “Bah Gawd, the car is more than yearly income!” sitchy happening pretty much.....everywhere....for most folks?

Fird killed cars because the profit margins for trucks and track-based vehicles was literally multiple times greater. That decision had little to nothing to do with EVs. A Ford Fusion generated about $2,000 of profit while an F150 generated more than $10,000. That was the math.

I’m tired of automakers blaming the market instead of their product. The eStang sucks, plain and simple. If you like the Mustang aspect of it, the Kia EV6 is better in every way. If you like the family SUV aspect of it, the Model Y is better in every way. EV’s are still emotional choices, and that clunker offers…

The headline and the body of the article are at odds with each other. Unless I missed it somewhere their revenue issues mostly stem from EVs, not the loss of small cars.

At this point, I think it is evident they do not. 24 Q1 report was down 55% and Wall Street still pumped the shit out of it... Until something disastrous happens with them, stupid people will buy the stock. Bam, profit?

When exactly did the government mandate the killing of small hatchbacks and sedans?

The government didn’t mandate that Ford kill off all of its affordable offerings. Ford was simply following the cynical “build less, charge more” pricing model that a number of car manufacturers thought they could get away with in the wake of pandemic supply chain issues.

If everything they make didn’t get recalled 10 times they might be able to turn a profit.

I like how these folks want all the perks of a governed society but none of the responsibilities. Isn’t there a patch of desert or tundra or a vacant Island we could move them to so they could be free. 

I think Covid has changed the equation, particularly for the blue collar workers.

Then they should vote that way.  Pity that probably won’t happen.