Tesla to cut thousands of jobs as Elon Musk warns the ‘road ahead is very difficult’

Hoid

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Tesla cybertruck reservations now 250K and counting.

That would represent 250000 X say $50K? = $12,500,000,000

12 and a half billion dollars. That would be enough to pay for the transmountain expansion
 

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Motor Mouth: The good, the bad and, whoa, the ugly about Tesla's new Cybertruck

BY DAVID BOOTH
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: NOV 26, 2019

Well that didn’t go quite as planned now, did it? Indeed, I can’t remember a time when the appearance of Elon Musk on a stage elicited so much … sympathy. From the silent gasp that greeted his futuristically-styled lunar rover — best summed up by Credit Suisse’s pronouncement that Ford and General Motors can “breathe a sigh of relief” — to the I-wonder-who’s-going-to-lose-their-job-this-week moment when supposedly bulletproof glass looked, uhm, surprisingly vulnerable, last Thursday’s Cybertruck presentation was — there is no other word for it — cringe-worthy.

Nonetheless, it would be foolhardy to dismiss the Cybertruck importance. It is, after all, a Tesla, meaning that cult members will line up to hand in their $150 deposits because, well, flamethrowers.

Article goes on to call "bullshit" on Musk's claims.

https://driving.ca/tesla/features/f...whoa-the-ugly-about-teslas-new-cybertruck/amp
 

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You mean like mobile phones and the internet?

It's OK. You have commanded the tide not to come in, so everything will be fine.


Never said it was a question of IF, but a matter of when.


That said, get back to me when the trillions in infrastructure and distribution upgrades are in place, assuming of course, that your renewables utopia can keep up with the demand for 100% of all energy requirements are met.


Ought to be a few decades at least
 

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Never said it was a question of IF, but a matter of when.
That said, get back to me when the trillions in infrastructure and distribution upgrades are in place, assuming of course, that your renewables utopia can keep up with the demand for 100% of all energy requirements are met.
Ought to be a few decades at least
Well, I suppose if you can't counter my actual position, you can always make one up, attribute it to me, and argue against it, pretending you're doing something other than talking to yourself.

Strawman is a tried-and-true logical fallacy practiced every day in barrooms and political offices throughout our fair lands.
 

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Well, I suppose if you can't counter my actual position, you can always make one up, attribute it to me, and argue against it, pretending you're doing something other than talking to yourself.

Strawman is a tried-and-true logical fallacy practiced every day in barrooms and political offices throughout our fair lands.
Yes and you are doing just that with your cover of Joe Biden . Was there Quid pro quo when Biden withheld aid to Ukraine for political favours ? Why are you projecting his crime onto Trump ?
 

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I will tell you that I have personally grown up with these same people opposing unleaded gas and seat belt laws.
ANd there are valid reasons for opposing both as they were implemented. But you would have to have some basic mechanical knowledge to comprehend it.
 

Hoid

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No quarter mile. Learn how to read. Now it is possible that electric cars are designed not to because most people couldn't handle it but I see no reason why they couldn't.
then we have to factor in that you are not very bright
 

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ANd there are valid reasons for opposing both as they were implemented. But you would have to have some basic mechanical knowledge to comprehend it.

No there was never a valid reason - but you managed to prove my point
 

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Just passed a transport full of shiny, new Teslas on the way home. I guess they haven't heard about you straight shootin', rootin' tootin' manly, manly Western rough necks from Edgemont and how you know that electric cars are just a passing folly.