This will change in about 6 weeks, when suddenly the US Gov’t will mandate Cybertrucks for the US Postal fleet, the USGS fleet, NOAA, EPA, and probably another two dozen agencies. Hand feeds the mouth(piece) of the Admin, and boy is it going to be corrupt as all hell.

It also assumes that the factory lasts for exactly one year and then closes forever.

Just commenting on the article picture. I really want a R3X. Tri-motor, short-wheelbase - it looks like it’ll be a hoot. 

Also, wouldn’t the “$880,000 per job” also account for the materials needed to build the factory? Pretty sure building materials aren’t free...

It’s more than just the auto industry, though. Project 2025's environmental section is basically “let’s intentionally destroy as much nature as possible and purposefully make global warming worse.” Not even a “maximise shareholder value for a short while” kind of destruction, but “let’s commit environmental suicide”…

I believe Boeing checks both the ‘super desperate’ and ‘hopeless’ boxes. After the Starliner fiasco, how long would it take to get Boeing back in the good graces of NASA? And now roll that in with all the other fiascos going on.

Nissan could possibly turn things around:

Trump is effectively waving the white flag admitting publicly that we can’t compete or beat China in EVs. This kind of talk should be a death blow for a politician, especially on the right where everyone thinks the US is or can be the best at everything.

Ironically the GOP is forcing the US to cede these industries to China because they keep taking money from the oil and gas industry to hold them back. Had the US embraced these industries and renewables decades ago like we should have, the US would be the world leader in them.

It shouldn’t have to be said, but given the number of Trump voters, I suppose the facts have to be laid out:

The amount of money they are making doesn’t matter if they are still living paycheck to paycheck. It sounds like you’re saying “I am barely making ends meet, but I make over $100k so I deserve to buy a brand new car that will stretch me even thinner!”

I guess they want to live in a world where you can refuse a breathalyzer, field sobriety tests mean nothing, and the only way you’ll ever get punished for drunk driving is after you’ve plowed into the side of an SUV carrying a family of 4. That sounds reasonable. 

So, I know this is a car site and all but, Who the fuck needs a car with 500 hp? Why is something like this available from the factory, for sale to normal idiots who have enough money to buy one but nothing else that says they’re capable of handling a car with this much power?

You hit the nail on the head there.

Those officers show far more restraint than I could have mustered. The whole circular nature of their argument is infuriating. What is their ultimate goal in being a “sovereign” citizen anyway?

I didn’t know we had any of these nut jobs in California.  But then again, we do have some really red areas, full of people not quite living on Earth.

I had a friend who was a reasonable guy, until he had his first kid, then, as we joked then, and now, “His car only makes right hand turns!”. He has become more and more conservative over the years, and it started with his kids. We live in a low crime area, but judging by the way he acted, we lived in the South side…

Imagine any kid wanting to get away from THAT loving, rational dad. 

“In this country, you’re innocent until proven guilty.” But apparently not if you’re an Uber driver. And this “doctor” is lucky the Uber driver didn’t shoot him, seeing as how this is Florida we’re talking about.

“Sean Hollonbeck forced the driver out of the car and onto the ground and has since been charged with false imprisonment and aggravated assault with a weapon”