But if you were talking about the elections, you would say “America voted for him”, not “you voted for him”. Your original statement was that HE wouldn’t buy a Ford sedan. You don’t know that. You may have meant “Americans wouldn’t”, but that isn’t what you said.
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But you claimed Skipp wouldn’t buy one. How can you be so sure about that?
Being able to supply more of our own oil used to make us less susceptible to shocks - though not by more than a hair’s breadth, as we still needed vast imports.
Now, needing less imports (but still a substantial amount), you might think we’d be even more protected - but the government rewrote the laws, allowing US oil…
How can you be so sure?
I’m griping about the decision to kill the Fusion. Of all the vehicles I’ve ever had a say in buying, 2 were Ford sedans and the third was a Mazda sedan built in a Ford factory.
There’s an outside chance I might still buy a 2019 or 2020 Fusion if my 06 meets its maker, but right now I’d think a…
The REALLY stupid thing is that they haven’t killed off the Fusion, and keep extending its day of reckoning.
The 2019 model got all sorts of driver assist features added as standard. The 2020 is promising more upgrades, and they’re promising it through the end of that model year at the very least.
The idiots should have…
The US isn’t a net exporter of oil at this time. We’re a net exporter of oil products.
But beyond that, oil is fungible, so anything that raises oil prices anywhere raises oil prices EVERYWHERE. Saudi Arabia cuts off their supply? Oil coming out of Oklahoma just got more expensive.
There’s really not that much of a difference. A fleetwide emissions restriction doesn’t necessarily mean a gross market shift over applying a requirement for x% plugin hybrid or EV. In either case, companies that don’t make the %/emissions level would simply buy credits from those that do.
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Would you be happier with a fleet wide emissions regulation instead?
1) There’s a danger in looking at the past. Rechargeable batteries were very much a (tiny) niche market when LiIon and NiMH were introduced. The incentive for serious investment was minimal. Times are VERY different now, where introducing new tech that can reduce charge times to 5 minutes or less has the potential to…
Right - an 8% plugin hybrid or EV target is, frankly, LOW given what automakers are currently making or what they have announced will go on the market.
I do think the 10% figure for CA is kinda cherry-picking data, as it was a spike that may or may not have been maintained - and that 10% does include PHEV, just like CO…
I see a few major risks for Tesla:
1) Have they overinvested into a battery tech that could soon be obsolete, meaning a need for a massive writedown of assets they can’t afford (while other makers skip that huge investment in current tech)?
2) Will consumers put up with their heavy-handed tactics that drive repair,…
There’s also truth to the statement that a company that blindly declares x% of its staff has to go each year is going to create a toxic environment that doesn’t attract top talent.
Frankly, though, 8% by 2025? That should be easy to achieve for everyone if you look at current market trends. This is a low bar they set.
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The fact that Musk is now talking about struggling to make a “tiny profit” this quarter makes me think last quarter’s numbers were at least somewhat cooked.
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But the gap being uneven reminds me of that annoying game.
That’s a pathetic excuse for letting a small minority rule with complete control over the majority
Nah - I like the way the senate USED to run. Abolish the extremists.
You know what, though - thanks to gerrymandering, the voices of rural conservative voters is already massively overrepresented in the House.
But the point stands - Trump and the GOP have been claiming a mandate despite the clear evidence that a strong majority are actually opposed to what they want. If Congress…