As a Social Security Administration report put it, “The upper limit on the tax was designed to assure that no one contributed directly more than the value of the protection he received.” It also meant that lower earners must pay for their benefits, which the administration says is “one of the basic principles of the…

The Model 3 will compete with the likes of the BMW 3 Series, the Audi A4, the Mercedes C-Class, and the Lexus IS, so it expect it to be a lot like those..

Nuetral. I doubt it. Vehicles, relative to houses, are easy to repo and flip.

I think infotainment systems ought to be in a separate category from mechanical problems. I don’t care if a car can’t sync with my smartphone or the GPS is out (I can read maps), but I do want to know if it is prone to having the gearbox disintegrate at speed after 15k miles. One is irritating, the other is a killer.

My biggest problem with infotainment systems being lumped into reliability is that it is usually a trim level option, yet it affects the entire models alleged reliability. As an example my car isn’t fitted with Ford Sync, but that is available as an option and my model would receive a score deduction as a result.

Seriously. A transmission falling out in the middle of the highway ranks a little more serious than “touch controls take a long time to respond.” I believe the severity of the issues might be taken into account on CR’s list, but if they’re going by a more straightforward “Problems in the first 30 days” count, those…

Regarding reliability, this used to mean whether or not your car would break down or need major mechanical work. Now it’s being heavily influenced by consumers ratings on the ease of use of infotainment systems.

This is true, but the ICE in your car is much less efficient and has much less emissions control tech than a fossil fuel fired power plant. Electric cars are still big winners emissions wise even when you consider the source of their electricity.

Musk is right, the public health cost of fossil fuels is staggering:

Soylendra gets beat up upon, but the program as a whole actually made the government money. You make enough loans and there’s bound to be a few that tank.

He exists, which is divisive enough for today’s GOP.

Because he’s done what, exactly, that has divided the parties?

Great work Barrack, but I’m sure the Republicans will find something to moan about

probably just gonna get sucked into a black hole anyway

Tesla Dead Cat Bounce?

CAFE was simplified in 2012 from a very complex formula to a bunch of cut off curves that are based on vehicle “footprint” where footprint is the track*wheelbase. So larger cars have lower targets. Also CAFE has different standards for light trucks

Musk: So, we didn’t make a profit last quarter even though you guys expected us to. We also didn’t make nearly as much money as you thought we would. But we spent money on stuff, and we might sell a few thousand more cars than you thought we would. Also, even though we’re developing a new car and building an entire…

Really? Musk promising profit is enough to get more people investing and to disregard their terrible financials? Wow, the people who are buying up shares must be nearly as dimwitted as he is...

Meet the new Ford Exaggeration! It’s a Fiesta hatch with a 1/2 inch lift kit that counts toward our truck MPG.

“Elon Musk can walk on water. I saw it happen once.”