This is one of the most idiotic articles ever posted on Jalopnik.

I don’t think the Tesla Semi is meant for cross-country hauling, at least not the first iteration(s). More like hauling stuff from a local distribution center to local stores. Shorter-range trips, mostly.

Who said these trucks would be moving across the country? How many Semi’s commute relatively short distances such as deliveries from distribution centers? I honestly not sure of the numbers, but I’m sure there is a niche to fill in the short term as they work towards long distance solutions over the next decade or two.

One would think vehicles of 2040-2050 will not be using 2020 tech.

Don’t forget hair stylists and small business owners thrown in jail. Also not in jail, felons released due to COVID worries.  The world is so backwards.

LOL. The state of Minnesota’s executive branch is all DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor party). The city of Minneapolis is run by a DFL Mayor and majority DFL city council (I believe the other city council members are from the Green party). Unlike many other things, Trump can’t get the blame for this one. 

Read the article before speaking.

There is never a reason to protest on a closed access freeway. Truckers have a hard enough job already, especially fuel drivers. How about protesting the police station or city hall?

This really isn’t a car or hot-rod or performance vehicle or odd vehicle or cute vehicle or . . . anything vehicle story except that a guy, driving a boring semi, drove along a freeway, trying to get through a protest which turned ugly, he ran over someone(s) and got pulled from his truck. There’s no car-value in this…

Same as all the corporate statements and blackout pictures all over social media today. Does literally nothing but if you don’t do it, you’re a racist. 

Ding ding. But the splinter antifa rejects here will shout you down.

So, exercise free speech and have your life threatened?

Im sorry, I read that whole thing, and maybe I missed it, but what exactly is your solution?...

Classy response. And so utterly, totally stupid it makes me want to bash my head into a wall.
In case you’re not aware, Highway 101 is a major road. Cars zip up and down it all day long. From the video, it looked like that section was a divided four- or six-lane highway that would be closed to pedestrians. So the…

So now what, just let them attack your family? That's fucking retarded.

That’s fucking dumb. Should he just sit there and let them tear into his vehicle and family? Once the group think hits the level of a riot, all of that level-headedness that you seem to think is going on there goes away. I would love to see you just sit there and not try and protect your family. What kind of a person…

Why mention it? Because my county is only known for poverty and meth— or did you not read their comment? Compared to the rest of CA, perhaps you’re correct. Compared to the rest of the country, not even close. Poverty is mostly only a problem among the Hispanic, farm-laborer population.

Your numbers are bogus. Hard…

This article does not cover three increasing common tactics by protesters:
1) surrounding people in their vehicles and then doing thousands of dollars in property damage often leading to:
2) dragging motorists who stop for them out of their vehicles and beating them and usually robbing them in the process.
3) Just…

The power imbalance between someone in a vehicle and a pedestrian is tremendous. In the case of the Brooklyn events, protestors faced down a Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility, a vehicle that weighs in excess of three tons unloaded with more than three hundred horsepower under the hood. When aimed at…

really..the cops fault...?.. let’s start at the beginning ..if Floyd did not choose to commit a Federal Felony by passing a counterfeit note, we would not be here would we? if he had chosen to be a law abiding citizen , we would not be here...he made a conscious decision to commit a felony... and I’m sure it’s the…