You’ve fallen into Trump’s propaganda. States can’t make 1 state have round, other state have flat. That isn’t how any of this works.

Why not revoke state laws and governments altogether while you are at it? One nation, one law?

A) Emissions impact both ghg and smog, improved fuel economy would mean less smog too.

Musk will probably buy them. It isn’t the value of the stock that matters but control of the company. The whole compensation package is structured so that Musk can retain control of the company.

No it did not. The 1987 fuel economy mpg are not the same as the current 2011 5 cycle epa test which is much stricter. Not to mention 1987 was before ethanol was added.

Yes they can, they have done all of the above before.

Tesla posted 16M profit in Q1 while everyone else posted in the red! Their profits were larger in 2019 Q2 and Q3. The lower profit in Q1 is due to the factory shutdowns.

CA has over a dozen other states following them. So that means over half the country(population wise).

Yes, it pretty much goes against the concept of human progress.

Oil companies are richer than both the people and the  car companies combined.

Can you please put 54 mpg CAFE! And remind people not to confuse CAFE with sticker.

Actually, Trump doesn’t care what happens. He just needed to show his voters he is shoving it to California. If it gets shut down in court, he can claim liberal activist judges. It’s all an election ploy.

Sorry, what in the world are you talking about? All I could make out is that you are used to being bullied, but how is any of that relevant?

Tesla has been profitable for 3 quarters already (2 of them without regulatory credit sales, last one needed the credits but that was due to panademic). They have no cashflow issues, their cashflow is growing.

Except that would be short sighted. Tesla’s goal isn’t to lead niche sales, they want to be a big player in a larger field. And to do that, you have to make cars more affordable. You know, the whole mission of Tesla...

Musk has said prior to factory being shut down that he plans to use that time to upgrade the older lines. Price cuts after upgrades is nothing surprising.

That isn’t screwing on price, it clearly states potential savings and the details right under it. If you click on Purchase Price or learn more it will give you the upfront price.

You are right, being dependent on Putin to go to space was crazy.

Lerson? You mean person? He deserves the credit just fine. Even if you don’t include this, a few years back, the US was virtually non-existant in space launches in 2010. It was dominated by Russia and then Europe. SpaceX literally brought the industry into existence here in the US:

While Boeing does suck, I will note Boeing seats 7 people. The 90m per seat cost is partly due to NASA under-utilizing the seats, but NASA may sell some of the seats to recover cost. On top of that the cost also partly includes development and customization for NASA. They can also bring some cargo with them on top of…