“Not to mention that it’ll be assembled by people who actually know how to build a car”

This is still a niche market, not based in reality.

Cybertruck top trim is $69,999 with a 500 mile range and 14,000 towing and 2.9s 0-60.

Everyone is comparing to Cybertruck.

But Cybertruck dual motor supposedly will start at $49k and have Tesla’s charging network. Top of the range Cybertruck will be $69k. I sincerely doubt this will do anything to Cybertruck sales. 

I think they can compete by A. existing for purchase and B. costing half.

The base model EV2 is twice the price of a base Cybertruck, and a fully tricked out Cybertruck with Autopilot and triple motors is still cheaper than the base model. I’m sure Tesla will be fine.

Did you see the price?

Please stop. I don’t care if you wear a mask or not. I’m not going to. Promote the contact tracing apps if you want to actually help. Get more states to implement it in their state. That is the ONLY way we’re going to slow this thing down. Masks have not been proven to do that. Nor have the lockdowns. Nor has social…

Raph, you need to join Erik in never again being allowed to talk about stocks.

Bolivia just voted to become the next Venezuela.

Raph, you need to join Erik in never again being allowed to talk about stocks.

“But dealers provide so much value by helping the customer navigate the scary and confusing car buying process”

“They have no emergency walkway. They have no emergency exits. They don’t have multiple lanes, so there is no easy way to remove a broken down vehicle. They don’t have ventilation systems. They don’t have fire protection systems.”

It’s Elon. Teslas in Tunnels is probably super profound because it spells TITs.

Nope. I’ve never met one of the current Jalopnik writers.

The same thing was said about roads paved with wood. Evolution always has naysayers. But ideas beget ideas. Successful ideas aren’t always born from successful ones. Let the ideas flow, let evolution figure it out. Some stick, some don’t.

The code that’s sent to the car from Tesla is infinitely reproducible, requires no physical materials, and all of the associated labor to create it was accomplished once, a while ago. No additional labor is required to specifically install it on a particular vehicle.’

Customer: “I butt-dailed an upgrade by accident. I’d like a refund because your software sucks.”

What he’s getting at is something he tried several months ago. Tesla apparently has (or had? dunno not a Tesla fan) a “no haggle” policy. Erik equated Tesla changing MSRP with haggling, even though they’re completely different things, and tried to use that to get a dig at Tesla for going against their own policy.

And…