Here in the UK the insurance costs would basically prevent a teenager driving something like an iX M60. A lot of companies simply wouldn’t give a quote for anything much more than a mid-spec Golf for a teenager. I feel that’s kind of appropriate! 

I couldn’t agree more. It’s not just the power and acceleration but how plug and play it is to extract maximum performance from the car. You just plant your foot down and hold on compared to the muscle memory and experience needed to nail the feathering of the throttle/clutch to know when your rear tires are hooking…

it’s actually pretty simple to block all of that speed / torque / power on a software level. If the driver is a teenager/student/whatever, the car won’t go past 75 mp/h and 0-60 in 15 seconds.

Frankly, that’s why I prefer to call them crashes.

Somehow I think this story ends with Musk in prison.

Man famous for not paying his debts, doesn’t pay debts. Consequences are for the little people.

It’s very safe to say at this point, knowing all the shit that’s come out with this guy over the last few months, if you buy a Tesla, you are the problem.

Maybe, just maybe, Musk could end up falling from the window of a very tall building, like so many of Putin’s friends and allies have a weird tendency to do. This nepo-baby had a fast ride to the top, and his ride down could be even faster.

He should immediately lose his security clearance and the SpaceX offices should be swept for bugs to make sure Putin doesn’t have any other ears in the company.  Then he should be given an ultimatum: completely divest from SpaceX, or else all their government contracts will be canceled.

18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments

Or the Russians drugged him, “reprogrammed” him, and then “set him free”.

“It’s one that gives the Nautilus more than 500 miles 148 leauges of range per tank, too.

A thousand percent agreed. It is insane to me that our government has helped this man weasel his way into “too big to fail” status for several of his companies, but particularly SpaceX.

Call me crazy but you shouldn’t NEED to be able to trace specific security leaks back to Musk to take action. Regular communication with a hostile foreign power should be enough to forfeit government contracts. 

VW is invested in Rivian, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is some parts sharing between Rivian and Scout in the near future.

Do they look like Rivian? Or just me?

There’s a sucker born every minute, and in America, there are a LOT of suckers. Our system is geared toward ensuring that evil wins and profits. Always.

Elmo keeps disappointing. I was hoping the lack of new models, the shitshow that was their new product launch (CyberCab, RoboVan, Optimus) and the poor reviews of the CyberTruck would pull down the stock prices, but apparently enough people are still buying Teslas (or Tesla selling carbon offset) that they’re still a…

The only reason the government has to play along with Musk is because Boeing sucks so damn hard at doing the bare minimum that they set the bar on the floor for SpaceX to crawl over. 

Revoke whatever clearance he has for whichever reason you want (there are many) which would cause any normie to lose their clearance.