It technically should be very easy to take down the flags, the US constitution says:

He micromanages issues and development, not every day operations.

He isn’t there to micromanage everything and fix every little thing, that isn’t the point. The point is to pinpoint bottlenecks and skip red tape and the game of telephone.

That was the plan, until a pandemic shut the factory down at the crucial point.

Considering Musk is part of the design process and knows about building the cars himself, obviously 2.

You are confusing FSD with autopilot. Autopilot is what you must have your hands on at all time. It clearly tells you this(both when you order and when you use the feature). And if you take your hands off the wheel it will nag you.

Nikola seems to be prime to be the next Faraday Future.

Except Tesla actually had a product before going public. Nikola does not. They have introduced new product after new product every year and none of them have ever been actually sold. At this point their main product is headlines.

And that is precisely what is happening. I mean does no one realize Nikola doesn’t even have a product? They have like what, powerpoint presentations? And like 5 products already they promised over the last 5 years and none of them were ever made.

The thing about that is, burning money early on in your life as a business is actually standard business practice. To be honest, 99% of successful new businesses follow that formula since humans started to run their own businesses.

The NHTSA requires the manufacturers to service a salvage car for recalls, so it isn’t something that is state dependent.

The biggest limitation for these kind of things in US is ownership. In China, they are used to these kind of things. In US, it is a different story. If we all were on self driving cars or driven by uber, its an okay option. But who wants to buy a brand new car and end up with a 5 year old battery at a swapping station?

You can sell it on auction, then it would be up to the consumer. The only issue might be that there could be a contract between the manufacturer and them to scrap them if anything. Cause even if the car is a salvaged car, it still eligible for recalls. Which means the manufacturer would be the one on the hook.

Cause even fiat doesn’t love them.

Is this one of the few EV models with a lithium-titanate batteries? Most EVs out there use NMC, LCA or LFP. But I heard iMeiv use LTO.(though not sure if that remains for US version or not)

Progress is made through testing and pushing to the limits, which leads to explosions.

Technically speaking, the sun is a star and it can go there.

Please point on this doll where Elon Musk touched you.

It won’t suck if you depressurize the craft first. ;)

What makes this exciting isn’t that it wasn’t possible in the 60s. What makes this exciting is because it is much much cheaper and more sustainable than in the 60s. Not to mention safer and will soon create a private space industry.