Well the operative words are “up to” which I’m sure many people ignore. I think it’s important for people to understand that they aren’t driving around emitting 40x the standard all the time but it’s not factually inaccurate or disingenuous to make the statement you quoted. The media’s job is to report the facts as…

Way to use science, man! You are onto something here, but 168” is a big ass car. Even the larger Escalades have a wheelbase of only 130”.

Also, this is still round 1.

I am not sure about the images in the article, but it’s clear that your image shows the G6 in it’s natural habitat, Autozone.

What should we respond with, harsh language?

Your entire post is categorically untrue and way off the mark.

Look, that’s because it’s the EPA who is going after VW. Completely separate agency from NHTSA, with a completely different set of clubs to beat offenders with. And you and I know damn well they aren’t going to get fined $18 billion. So can we keep the “GM got off scot free!” hysterics away until we actually hear how…

A complicated question that would require a lengthy answer. The shorter and less complete answer is....Justice has a number of criteria that generally must be met before engaging in a criminal prosecution of a corporation. That criteria includes roughly half a dozen factors, including (but certainly not limited to)…

Except this suit is totally warranted.

No tax, no registration fee and free electricity from an almost fully hydroelectric power grid probably made Norway the best place in the world to own an electric. Particularly since they charge full European rates for gas despite having so much oil. They sell it all and spend the money on mind-bending infrastructure.…

I find it to be right on the money.... Budweiser makes more beer in a day than Great Lakes brewery makes all year, doesn’t mean they aren’t both successful in their own right...

Ford had a slight 100 yrs head start... You are missing the point. The message is that it’s impressive that a startup automaker is selling 50k units of LUXURY cars in less than a decade. The auto industry is one of the most difficult industries to start a new company.

Sure. But apart from that red herring, are those pickups 100K vehicles aimed at a demographic who has already benefited the most from tax codes over the past 30 years given massive subsidies? Not even pretending to be of business use?

Remember everyone... this is the master plan. The Tesla S and X are just part of Step2.

Actually most months Ford sells less than 50,000 F150s. ~30 days ≠ 1 day, so that was your first mistake in a flawed argument.

That’s a really weird comparison.

I don’t see many vanity plates since Illinois has special electric “EL” plates which are numbered that are desirable since the original state plates were issued in order and low numbers are a status symbol and sold for lots of money:

I’m guessing if people are rich enough to buy a $100,000 car in NYC, they’re rich enough to have a garage to park it in, and parking garages (both private and paid) increasingly have chargers. Plus, a lot of folks who drive in NYC actually live outside of the city. Probably most, actually. According to the latest data…

Accounting is a black art. Companies can technically “lose” money for decades and still continue operations. Look at Amazon - they didn’t make money for, what, the first 15 years or so? How about AMD? In the last thirty year’s they’ve been profitable for maybe five.