You’re all missing the point. It’s not “so easy a child could do it,” he’s laying the groundwork for his child labor initiatives...

So as I understand it from the anecdote, Trump talked to a friend who builds “the biggest factories.” He wanted to see one of these giant factories, but they’re apparently all in Mexico. Nine months later, there are no giant factories in Mexico because “they” heard that trump is running for president.

If we’re taking stabs at what would happen in this hypothetical schenario, here’s mine.

Those numbers just don’t line up at all. Let’s say they had a million deposits/reservations. That’s 1 in every 300 Americans. Now figure that half of America has pretty much ruled out an EV, at least for now. And at least half of those those that would consider an EV won’t consider a Tesla and/or think the CT is a…

Base model is no longer available in the US. Only the fully loaded Long Range Dual Motor with Perf. Pack at $70,000.

it’s wholly possible that they had 1-2 million reservations

Some of them probably thought it was going to come out at some low price that Elmo promised

So that employee drives an EcoSport?

It’s also feasible to believe that this “million” number was purposefully inflated as a stock price manipulator, as Musk is wont to do.

The fact that his supporters are so stupid that they can’t fathom that this will hurt THEM is scary.

It’s the ugliest truck, with the tiniest bed, with the most problems... what’s not to like?

Exactly. But he and his minions rely on the absolute ignorance of the Republican voter. If someone brings up the fact that U.S. auto companies would be forced to pay these outrageous tariffs or abandon BILLIONS of dollars worth of manufacturing infrastructure, he’ll just say “fake news!” and they’ll all salivate…

What happened to the other 973,000 reservations?  1 million reservations is an impressive number, the 97.3% of them canceling before getting the vehicle is even more impressive, in a bad way.

on the radio: my dad passed away exactly 6 months ago today and his favorite song was The Thrill is Gone. Miss you Dad!

Also, Tavares might finally be right about something.

It’s also clearly not designed with children in mind either.

Taylor Swift donated $5 million to Feeding America for hurricane relief.

Camera only to boot! Maybe radar? but def no (bad!) Lidar!

He’s confusing automobile autonomy with body autonomy.

I wouldn’t worry. He’s just as full of shit about autonomy as he is about most everything else.

And change her name from Kitty to Karen