I used to live near Scottsboro, Alabama. They are very proud of this place called Unclaimed Baggage, where they buy lost luggage and sell all the stuff they find. In general, it was a great place to get stuff like Bose QC headsets and iPads and nice clothes fairly inexpensively.

THAT... that right there will be the secret sauce AND I think convert a LOT of people as well.

Its so early and I made a comment elsewhere that if prices hold even for the base model... its gonna be popular.

Agreed. They nailed it. I no longer want a Rivian.

Actually pretty much- the fine print requires them to submit a W-9 like an independent contractor would. I’m not a lawyer, but I know Elmo has fucking fleets of them on retainer. Everything about this drips “careful, precise wording”. They want the public to assume it’s a giveaway, but they’re selecting the most…

Never says “randomly selected” anywhere- Amber assumed (as many people would at first blush) that this is a give-away or lottery, and used that verbiage in the article. That assumption is exactly what Elmo is going for, but it’s never stated anywhere on the promotion. In the fine print they even mention that people…

They’re not picking folks at random; they’re going through & filtering out those who don’t meet the profile of the voters they want to attract first. They pick someone from the remaining signatories after vetting them to avoid embarrassing associations (Republican pedophiles get enough press as it is, there being so…

Doesn’t appear to be a lottery- they never use the term “win”, only “earn”. You get $1M as salary for being “hired” as a “spokesperson” for the America PAC.

The other clever dodge happening here is that its not actually a sweepstakes or a lottery. They never use the verbiage “win” - it’s always “earn”. They even clarify that you’ll need to submit a W-9 if you’re selected.

So basically, one person per day is selected and offered a job as a temporary spokesperson for the…

Its letter of the law vs spirit of the law.

I suspect — IANAL — that this is weasel-worded enough and behind enough layers of cutouts that Musk can’t actually be prosecuted for election interference or campaign finance violations.

I’m a bit of an EV skeptic - at least for how overall it would economically make sense for our personal use cases overall.

I’m actually curious about the hauling capabilities of the EV9. It has a new type of motor that changes the magnetic field to switch from high torque at the low end to one that’s better at speed and maintaing speed. Since it’s not something Kia is talking about, I don’t think anyone’s really tested it, but I’d love to…

I really want to move to a Rivian.  I think I’m waiting on the R3, but I just love the R1T. It’s just soooo expensive.  Every once in a while I think “wouldn’t a car that can do anything I’d ever ask of it be worth the money?”  Then my wallet calls me a dumbass.

“2) Reservations were open world wide”

WTF about the Gladiator? how do you sell a truck in the US with a bed narrower than 49". Almost everything is 48" wide. 

TBH the CT actually does fit a similar niche to the Gladiator. A looks first vehicle where the actual usefulness is substantially hampered by the design choices.

Rivian wants a number that they can use to plan. Tesla wanted a number that would make line go up.

Because it was only $100. People were gambling that they could get an early delivery and flip it for a profit, just like folks were doing with the Ford Bronco and Maverick.

I bought an ‘08 TSX used as a rage/spontaneous purchase to get away from the complete shitbox of a GTI I owned at the time. The TSX was a better car in SO many ways. That car just kept going - my parents drove it and loved it for another 5 years after I got a new car.