A senior Ford executive said earlier this week that the automaker is “at the limit” of what it can spend on wage increases and benefits for striking United Auto Workers members.

2 hours by a mobile tech would be comically bad.

You mean completely reasonable facts about the company that are good arguments for the fact that Tesla was and still is grossly overvalued?

In the first half of 2023 Tesla’s two larger models, the X and S, have seen sales dip significantly, despite serious facelifts to both. Model S registrations were down 51 percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, selling just 9,743 examples. The Model X dropped 18 percent as well,…

For the anti-Tesla crowd it has always been an effort to find a negative metric and hype it up. When that metric turns positive, they move on to the next one.

Waiting for the dealership-stans to tell us about all the value junk fees bring to the car buying experience.

Plot twist - Tesla likely outsources it. 

I’m not sure where the $3000 for a family sedan figure came from. In my area, to wrap a family sedan is $7000-9000 if you want it done right. $3000-4000 will get you something that look very DIY. 

If you can’t pay what the market is demanding, then your business model is broken.

“People don’t want to work” and “it’s hard to find good labor” are code words for “I don’t pay enough.”

… but they need a $60,000 truck for driving to work.

More police isn’t needed. Traffic cameras are more effective and safer. The tech and capabilities are already there.

A sign that says, “no turn on red” and a traffic camera go a long ways in changes behaviors. 

The taxes are setup so that visitors to the state bare the weight of the taxes that help fund the airports, infrastructure, etc… it sucks when you are traveling for vacation (despite nearly every city, state, country doing it) but for business travel the company picks up the bill.

Clothe seats are superior to leather, unless you have small kids. 

“In a perfect world sure, but we are too dependent on cars right now to be making those kind of changes, that impact vehicles that literally keep the country running.”

The purpose of bike lanes is to influence people to bike instead of drive thus reducing traffic. More parking spots influences more driving.

Most of the bike lanes in the U.S. seem to be a gesture, at best. To be truly affective, a bike lane should be separated from the main road. I.e., there needs to be a barrier or large curb to keep the vehicles out of the bike lanes. There also needs to be stricter laws to protect riders, like expensive fines for…

“Cars functionally do not pollute anymore, period.”

“1st Gear: “Additionally, Ford would be on the hook for about $1 billion.”