Given the history of “Dear Prudence” and other newspaper advice columns, it’s possible this series of events is a work of fiction rather than a serious concern (as noted by the author).

Having a 2024 R1T, I’m slightly concerned/amused by the halving of the ECUs in the 2025 due to both complexity and some communication failures that have been reported. (Goofy Info screen in my case). Add in removing 1.6 miles of wiring has me wondering about selling and just ordering a 2025 since I worry there is a…

Next someone will tell me The Washington Commanders ACTUALLY play in Maryland!

I’ll put this as simply as my anger will allow-

I wonder what the software differences between an XC30 and XC40 Recharge would get this level of failure? This sounds more like an ECU/Chip failure than code.

^This comment should be a slideshow!

The question failing to be regularly asked publicly - “Are you going to use this new windfall to purchase another asset thereby diverting more attention from Tesla to another endeavor?”

With the Tender Offering surrounding SpaceX this week valuing the company at $210B, we’re going to see more about Musk’s outsized pay for years to come.

Vanguard being the 2nd largest investment group holding Tesla has to do with “Key Man Insurance”. $45.7B in holdings (out of roughly $7T company wide) is not something you spit on just to take Musk down a notch. They have a fiduciary relationship that tanking Tesla ends up with Vanguard in court. 

Well, those options are more in the range of $47B with the current valuation for TESLA stock... making the math wrong (even if pedantry needed to enter the conversation... start with bad numbers gets you even worse outcomes?)

My thought would be a single manufacturing plant with a dedicated platform line that splits at the point someone wanted to “marry” the body to frame. Basic “Y” design.

Canada has one of the largest natural deposits of lithium, cobalt and nickel in the world, but the labor costs make extractions unpalatable to companies. If countries were being intellectual honest about ethical sourcing, they’d take the necessary steps.

Specific to Volvo... How would “spying” be made easier simply by the difference in the car being built in China versus South Carolina (Belgium for this particular EV, EX90 in SC)? There’s no difference in the software stack provided by Google based on geographic manufacture, and we all know the data privacy pitfalls…

VW is the King of taking a platform and shifting the sheet metal just enough to create products across multiple brands. Why think that they couldn’t utilize Rivian’s underlying tech/platform and just build from the frame up?

In Annapolis there’s a Corvette Group that meets weekly, full-on Boomers and most are former Military. Really nice group who obviously care about their wide range of Vettes. (I brought my E-Type out and they made jokes about my life choices and asked some pretty specific questions...)

My first car... 1987 Volvo 740 GLE Turbo Wagon, Manual in Silver with the OxBlood interior. Loved everything about that car, even the Alpine head unit that lost the coding if you ever had battery issues.

This is being reported as being a net win for VW since they have had such issues with software development where Rivian has excelled. Rivian wins because they might be able to leverage sourcing raw materials using VW’s scale. (No clue if an R2 is viable as a Scout like others have posited.)

There’s at least ONE Supreme Court Justice jealous about NOT having to file a disclosure to the public on this gift.

The value-add of the Dealership Model is 3rd Party software?

This, surprising to the author fact, has been occurring for decades along the NorthEast Corridor. Pretty much every time the temperature is over 90F, they reduce the speeds along the curving spots due to expansion of the rails. Simple safety measure experienced riders of that segment would know about!