That’s a limited program, though.

Of course, the data is somewhat irrelevant, too, since superchargers are no longer free if you buy a Tesla.

In CA, a new Tesla will cost you $0.20 per kWh at superchargers. Assuming the 249 mile range and 75 kWh of the P75, that’s just over $18,000 for electricity.

They likely don’t have many spares on the shelf. That’s a lesson Toyota learned the hard way.

Over a decade ago, Toyota tried to break into the NY taxi market (I’m talking their initial attempt here) with Siennas. Passengers loved them. Taxi companies hated them. Why? They reported they were only marginally more…

“Comparatively, Tesloop estimated what the costs would’ve been for a Mercedes S class or a Lincoln Town Car in that same timespan. According to the company’s analysis, the cost would’ve been $86,000 for the Mercedes, with 112 days of servicing, and $70,000 for the Lincoln, with roughly 100 days of servicing.”

IMHO,…

Except that odds are they have been trained. Any case where they haven’t is a prime spot for repetitive stress injuries.

If you think its free just to get to the point where they represent the complaining party or free even after that point, you’ve never been through the process.

Also, NLRB can only enforce NLRA and not impose any penalties. Plenty of other laws affecting labor and worker treatment that don’t fall under their purview...

Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand factory environments.

Generally, the person who “turns the bolt” (an antiquated term, considering the automation and tooling involved) actually is far more familiar with the day-to-day operation and behavior of the line than the person who designed it. As someone who designs…

And that’s great for you.

I’m a staunch supporter of unions and their rights. That said, as a non-union person and in management, I wouldn’t want unions in my business. To me, that’s a sign of pure management failure. Not that managements should fight against unionization - but if the employees feel it necessary to…

Bullshit.

Labor laws are only enforceable to the extent the employee can afford legal representation. Do you have any idea how high of a hurdle that puts on a mistreated employee?

Spoken like someone who has read a few too many conservative columnists and not seen how these things actually work.

Our local school district fires tenured people all the time. They simply have to show cause. And even then half the time it is clearly manufactured.

You can’t blame unions for lousy management that…

In theory, yes.

In practice, no.

Generally speaking the board of directors decides who will even get on the ballot to be on the board of directors. Then they limit the ballot so there are no choices and everyone will support the CEO. The CEO who happens to be on the board of many of the firms that their board comes…

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Given the number of twitter comments I’ve read praising Trump for the gov’ts response to Harvey and saying that when Katrina hit, Obama didn’t answer the phone in the oval office and was out playing golf instead, I’d suspect you’re right.

I believe there should be a law that unless you can prove criminal intent, if you’re riding a motorcycle without a helmet, any injuries you suffer in an accident should be paid solely from your own insurance, not the other person’s.

Why? Because you’re not even taking the smallest little step in trying to minimize the…

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They should have pushed harder for hydraulic hybrids in their trucks years ago.

You’re blind to the problems we had in the individual market pre-ACA.

You had much lower prices that were available then, but there was no equivalent of HIPAA in the market. Insurers were completely free to deny coverage indefinitely for any pre-existing condition, even if the person being insured had never been…

If you doubled ALL state AND local taxes in California, that would mean a tax hike of on average 9.2% of income.

Pretty substantial hike.

But also significantly less than what people in California are spending on healthcare today (closer to 16% of income)

Many countries already do that - the UK and Australia, for example, have a parallel private system like you suggest.

Except that Obamacare actually made the individual market behave more like the large group employer market - for the first time you actually had guarantees of coverage availability in the individual market where they couldn’t discriminate against you for a prior condition or drop you for using coverage. That has…