Cont: Musk, SpaceX and future of Tesla II

[The Great Zaganza]

Don't let them do it!

A Cybertruck with the Original Motor is going to be so much more valuable !

 

[theprestige]

Recall of Cybertruck motors that is not a recall.

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/...t-a-recall-will-see-electric-motors-replaced/

Doesn't seem like a recall to me. They're offering an upgrade, not fixing a safety issue.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Doesn't seem like a recall to me. They're offering an upgrade, not fixing a safety issue.

Have you heard of Elon Musk?

There would be no recall if there was not a serious issue.

 

[plague311]

Doesn't seem like a recall to me. They're offering an upgrade, not fixing a safety issue.

That's kind of the thing though, we don't really know, do we? Elon, and by extension Tesla, wouldn't really say it was unless they had to. It could just be an upgrade, or it could not.

I just got a recall on my 2019 Toyota Tacoma today! That'll be nice to be without my vehicle for a couple days.

 

[theprestige]

Have you heard of Elon Musk?

There would be no recall if there was not a serious issue.

That's your inference. That's not what was actually described. I think it's a reasonable inference. I don't think it's reasonable to say it's a recall, until that inference has been confirmed correct.

 

[a_unique_person]

That's your inference. That's not what was actually described. I think it's a reasonable inference. I don't think it's reasonable to say it's a recall, until that inference has been confirmed correct.

The inference is there are many cyber****s breaking down with failed motors.

 

[a_unique_person]

Musk Donates to Trump, Tapping Fortune to Swing 2024 Race

Tech mogul contributed to group backing Trump in swing states

Move demonstrates Musk’s growing influence in Washington

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...une-to-swing-2024-race?embedded-checkout=true

 

[dirtywick]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...une-to-swing-2024-race?embedded-checkout=true

i wonder what part of elon's vision of saving humanity at all costs he sees with trump? i'm going to assume it's the part where elon musk gets a bunch of money and power.

or is this going to be one of those instances where it's actually the left's fault for being so gosh darn hard on him that he had to ally with the right wing grift

 

[jeremyp]

Doesn't seem like a recall to me. They're offering an upgrade, not fixing a safety issue.

They are replacing a part that is underperforming and breaks a lot. Sure, it's not recalling the vehicle to fix a safety issue, it's recalling the vehicle to fix a reliability issue.

 

[a_unique_person]

In fact, the*New York Times*now reports, Musk has gone as far as to volunteer his sperm to seed a Martian colony — highlighting not just his obsession with the company, but his also his boundary-blurring obsession with reproduction and his own genetic material.

His willingness to provide the semen necessary to grow a colony on Mars shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Musk has*long argued*that the greatest threat to humanity is collapsing global fertility rates.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-spacex-sperm-seed-mars-colony

You couldn't make this up.

 

[Marcus]

The cybertruck is now the best selling electric truck, outselling Ford.


https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-ford-f150-lightning-electric-trucks-1851596485

 

[theprestige]

The cybertruck is now the best selling electric truck, outselling Ford.


https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-ford-f150-lightning-electric-trucks-1851596485

I suspect Ford's problem is that they've invested a generation's worth of resources in cementing a customer base that isn't interested in EVs.

 

[Marcus]

I suspect Ford's problem is that they've invested a generation's worth of resources in cementing a customer base that isn't interested in EVs.

Yep. I'm in Texas, it's a bit hard to imagine all the good ole boys trading in their giant powerful pickups for an EV.

 

[theprestige]

Can't roll coal in an F-150 Lightning. What would it be? Rolling cadmium?

 

[dirtywick]

musk endorsed candidate vows to end ev mandate on day one in favor of legacy auto makers and says he’ll tariff any coming from mexico and invites the chinese to manufacture them in the us instead

 

[The Great Zaganza]

musk endorsed candidate vows to end ev mandate on day one in favor of legacy auto makers and says he’ll tariff any coming from mexico and invites the chinese to manufacture them in the us instead

this is about more than saving the planet - it's about Musk not getting lip from his kids.

 

[Roger Ramjets]

Because Musk is a ********ter.

Oh dear.

 

[Roger Ramjets]

Sure, take Toyota off the list then. The other 16 remain.

No, I will not play Whac-A-Mole for you.

In what way am I trying to get past the auto censor? I am not writing the asterisks, the auto-censor is doing that, when I write that Musk is a ********ter.

Interesting. I had presumed it would censor the whole word, as I have seen people being warned for just doing part of it.

I am writing that because he IS a ********ter. That doesn't make me a hater. It makes me someone who accepts reality and can clearly see ******** when it is spouted.

Hard to tell when we don't know what you wrote. I just have to assume it's a nasty word, which makes you a hater.

 

[Roger Ramjets]

musk endorsed candidate vows to end ev mandate on day one in favor of legacy auto makers

Hardly surprising - it's a popular stance, especially among republicans. They are always talking about keeping the government out of the market so the invisible hand can do its thing without interference.

Now just waiting for Trump to announce his intention to end oil and gas subsidies... oh wait.

This will be good for Tesla and bad for legacy automakers, who are already struggling to make EVs cheap enough.

And now we know why Musk endorsed Trump for president. He voted for Biden in 2020 you know.

and says he’ll tariff any coming from mexico and invites the chinese to manufacture them in the us instead

Fair enough. Using Mexico as a Trojan horse to avoid tariffs seems wrong to me.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Fair enough. Using Mexico as a Trojan horse to avoid tariffs seems wrong to me.

Why?