I absolutely hope that it comes with a stick, but looking at the photo/video of the driver grabbing the shifter, it looks suspiciously like an automatic PRNDL shifter would look (thumb looks like it’s on the ‘button’ to move between gears rather than gripping a traditional manual shifter to me). I’m optimistic, but…

In a normal company, yes. With SpaceX, I think you can skip the additional year or so of testing.

Starship prototypes are being launched now (another hop happened just this week with the 6th prototype). High-altitude flights are expected later this year. First orbital launches possibly early 2021, likely still with ‘prototypes’ as they approach a ‘final’ design. It’s the same process they went through with the…

Depends on your definition of junk, i guess.  I consider the democratization of affordable internet connectivity too be worth pursuing.  Space is big.  Like really big.  Plus, all of these satellites are in self-decaying orbits, so they won’t become ‘space junk’ by design.  They’ll fall out of the sky after a defined…

I’m really looking forward to seeing this play out. I think it could expand pretty quickly once they start launching 400+satellites at a time in Starship, possibly starting as early as 2021. Currently, they’re only launching them 60 at a time on Falcon 9 when it’s convenient for their launch schedule. Starship is…

Well, she can certainly blind e’rrybody with her super-high beams!

Good on the employee for doing the right thing, but let’s be honest:  He was never going to be cut in on the scam.  He was never going to get paid.  Glad they caught one of the scammers.  Hopefully he flips.

The rumors are strong that there’s a refresh coming for the S/X, possibly tied to Battery Day or announcement of the tri-motor versions. Search for ‘project palladium’ to see reports on the rumored updates.

There are lots of cost comparisons out there and they all say basically the same thing:

Impressive. I expect that these rapid charge rates will keep ramping up over the next few years as Lucid, VW, Tesla, etc. really optimize the charging infrastructure on the vehicles.

Maybe if they took the opportunity to make it a fastback with a functional hatch then more people would buy it. As it is, if you can’t fit anything bigger than a small duffel in the back, then it’s destined to be very sales-limited for people who only want one car. Some of us want sporty cars that can carry things!

Youabian Naibauoy!

Dunno.  It just showed up in a google search for 944 hatch replacement.

Get a 924/944 with a replacement hatch, slap an R4 droid on the back and you’re back in A-wing business!

I’m sorry, WHAT!? This is where you’ve lost me, Hyperion.

3rd Gear: Tesla announces a 1:5 stock split, or as Elon would say, a 4:20 stock split.

Kinda like a Matryosh-car! I’ll see myself out...

Worst Wurst?

Maybe they could fit the Soviet Shitbox INTO the van and ship them together!

Very cool. Lucid has clearly taken their internal experience from Tesla and gone in a slightly different direction (900V system, higher-luxury market) to try to carve out a segment of the market for themselves and it’s very impressive. They’re at about the same overall efficiency as Tesla’s Model S (517mi. with a…