I don’t know how comparable a collision that happened in peacetime with a civilian ship due to various issues with the crew is to an actual war when you’re actively trying to destroy whatever comes near you that shouldn’t be there.

Those are really two different issues. Software often becomes more demanding over-time thus breaking support on older hardware that isn’t powerful enough to run it, whether or not a piece of aging hardware still functions isn’t really the same thing. But I agree in the sense that companies don’t pay as much attention…

Maybe I’m being ignorant, but I just don’t see it with Alfa Romeo and Maserati. What I mean is, I’m just not convinced they have this huge brand cachet because of the companies they used to be decades ago.

That honestly feels like a bit of a line in the sand to me given the ridiculousness of the HP wars, but fair enough. To put this in context, they’ve done OTA updates to performance periodically for years now. I’m just saying this is not a novel thing they’re trying out for Porsche specifically. That car is a test mule…

It’s the same sort of thing that automakers in general have tried to do for the past 10-20 years, one upping their competition whenever they can. The difference here is that Tesla/Elon can upgrade at a faster clip because of the nature of their products. If this is a condemnation of that entire system I would agree,…

How on Earth is this any different than the HP wars we’ve had in general for the past few decades or Ford/Dodge/Chevrolet constantly trying to one up each other’s drag times every other year or so.

Automakers go back and forth trying to have the fastest car in a given category literally all the time, particularly in the past few decades. I honestly don’t see how this is any different than that, and I’ve literally never seen anyone complain about it before. At least not in the sense of basically saying it’s…

Then don’t do that this time around.

Why would you just throw them in the landfill? Recycle what you can.

Pollution over the lifetime of the car is the most important thing here. I know there are a billion articles specifically focusing on the creation of batteries, but they tend to miss the bigger picture.

To be honest, my biggest fear around climate change isn’t that we can’t produce the products we need. We’re smart enough, I don’t doubt that. It’s assuming the market and individual decision making will save us, and I am less than thrilled about our chances given that. 

I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, we don’t have all the time in the world for this transition to happen. On the other hand, I don’t necessarily blame manufacturers for being cautious because it’s not -yet- the case that EV sales are booming, robust, and making bank for everyone involved. But I also think…

I frequent the Tesla sub. My main take away in terms of quality is that, at least for now, results vary. A lot of people pretty flawless cars, others -to this very day- had flaws that shouldn’t have happened. That inconsistency to me seems to be the problem, and I think they’ll work it out given time. Frankly, I think…

The point that’s really significant to me isn’t about Tesla specifically so much as the industry at-large, which is the point where electric power trains reach cost parity with their combustion cousins. That, and supply lines really being worked out.

In all honesty, I’m... less than sure about what impact Musk has at large. To put it another way, a lot of Tesla’s current owners are fans (or fanboys) of the brand and many of them pay attention to Elon. Similar case with detractors of the brand. However, assuming they continue to grow, they’ll start bringing in…

I can’t tell if people are deliberately ignoring the fact that abuse of labor made unions necessary in the first place, or if they genuinely think companies will treat their employees better this time around if unions go away because “something something free market magic”.

To be frank, I think a lot of this just comes down to good ole’ political tribalism. People care way more about that than accurate information.

It seems like no matter how may studies refute this oft-repeated talking point about old cars being better for the environment, it’ll never die. At this point I think it just has more to do with ideology and not wanting to switch than giving a shit about environmental impact. It gives people an excuse to brush off…

The short answer is that they focused more on their economies and improving the lives of their citizens, nobody really wanted to see Germany rebuild its armies for a long time after WW2, they had other things to focus on, and they didn’t really have to worry about defense because they have/had us.

Do you remember what they said the cost was for using their network?