Elon Musk needs his own thread because he's in every damn thing/positive Elon Musk

The problem with ignore is it makes it hard to follow any other conversations that occur as a result

 

We don't have negative rep any more, do we... sad!

Either the Jackson's or, (my preferred option), Gloria Gaynor, is what you should have used.

 

... and that someone is you?

 

Volkswagen would be a good pick up for Elon considering it's origins.

 

All depends on the accounting of what goes into a project before you even start turning dirt

 

Some of Ted Cikowski's finest work - Michael Mejido would be proud

 

As always, I remain ready to serve once again, as a Moderator / Commissar

 

haha Tesla ain't going nowhere. i'm going all in on tesla stock.

 

I support this idea.

 

Better start a GoFundMe.

 

In all honesty, the gas companies are way behind.

It's not going to end well. Elon told them to build battery factories but they ignored him.

Now its too late.

 

Too late in the sense that he was wrong as usual?

They would have made lithium batteries sick have supply issues. The future is solid state.

 

I have my inflation-fighting McDonald's coffee in hand and ready to tackle the day!

I found a Positive Elon tweet just now I'd like to share:

BREAKING: Donald Trump to introduce a government efficiency commission recommended by Elon Musk. The commission would conduct "a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government" and make "recommendations for drastic reform," per WSJ.

BREAKING: Donald Trump to introduce a government efficiency commission recommended by Elon Musk.

The commission would conduct "a complete financial and performance audit of the entire federal government" and make "recommendations for drastic reform," per WSJ.

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 5, 2024

 

how was he wrong?

I was comparing electric cars over the weekend.

Subaru has only one and its called the Solterra which gets 220 miles of range.
And Tesla has many that get more than that!

The Long Range model 3 gets 363!

 

If your argument is that traditional automakers are too late in making EVs, you aren't entirely wrong. Where you are wrong is that Tesla has cornered the market. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Tesla is going to go under in the near future, but it is slipping globally. I think Tesla will continue to be the top selling EV brand in the US for the near term simply because it has the most charging stations and realistically resolves a lot of the "range anxiety" that plagues CCS in the US. However, in Europe, European and Chinese manufacturers are rapidly gaining (and in BMW's case, overtaking) Tesla sales.

https://insideevs.com/news/731043/bmw-outsells-tesla-evs-europe-july/

Tesla aren't even the best EVs out there any more. Hyundai, BYD, BMW, maybe even KIA all have better EVs than Tesla. I think it is very fair to say that Tesla made the EV market, but, like many trailblazers, they are being caught and passed by others going along the path they cleared.

 

wow good for bmw they are finally selling a lot it seems. at 14,869 for July while Tesla sold 14,561. a tight race.

but how many EVs in the USA did bmw sell? probably not many.

there's just no way they can catch tesla because tesla has much more battery capacity.

tesla also has new models coming which are still in development. like the Roadster, the Semi, and more. I think they're creating a smaller car like a Model 2?

Tesla also sells solar panels and wall batteries. The whole shebang from A-Z.

There is also the question of - is BMW actually making a profit on these? probably not.

The problem with the OEMs is that they have a lot invested in IC infrustructure and can't just switch it over to EV without a ton of work.

 

But its true that the Chinese are best positioned to compete with Tesla. @Yoshou

 

Mark Cuban makes a valid point.....

Elmo is promoting a Tucker Carlson interview with an holocaust denier...

 

We already have an idea of what that would entail thanks to the GQP budget in the House: amongst other things want to cut CDC budget by nearly a quarter, including defunding large swaths of HIV programs because why not finish what Reagan started?

 

You don't like Milei???

Dept of Education --- AFUELA!
HUD ---- AFUELA!
CDC ------ AFUELA!