Someone should tell CSX it's the Democrats who support rail. Not that they'll listen because Unions and having adequate rail capacity in the southeast are bad and more profits to shareholders is good.
If CSX had any sense, Amtrak would already have high speed rail Boston to Charlotte
Tesla is on much shakier ground than Toyota. There is no way in hell the Japanese government would ever let Toyota go under. The company is a national institution. Tesla is still an overvalued unicorn; if the company or Musk ever face regulatory backlash (via the NTSB, FTC, SEC, or some combination) prospects could change rapidly.
Being first-mover brings a certain market advantage but it also comes with all of the overhead of shaking out the kinks and bugs of new technology - and absorbing the cost of blind R&D. At some point though, the market becomes just another market.
As technology matures it proliferates. If a company isn't going to establish as first-mover, there is something to be said for leaning in to their own manufacturing strengths and then moving in to edge markets when the technology has matured to the point of being standard and widely available.
Several vendors now offer battery/powerplant production and licensing. VW is aggressively competing in the space with cutting-edge tech. A simple licensing agreement and Toyota jumps right into the game. Tesla effectively had to build a bunch of charging stations just so people could actually drive their cars. Toyota drivers can just access an expanding national network of charging infrastructure.
Sometimes it doesn't make sense to jump into a technology race when it is possible to just go to the finish line ... see what technology is winning ... and buy into that.
Tesla definitely went through some trials when it was first ramping up production in the Fremont plant. Now though, it’s more or less cookie cutter. The Gigafactory is just another product and tesla can crank them out at will.VW (also the others I mentioned and some Chinese companies) is certainly competing in the space now although it was touch and go a couple of years ago when the chairman was trying to convince the board to start abandoning ICE vehicles and go all in on EVs. Toyota still hasn’t done that. Not sure what you mean about Tesla being obliged to build their charging network in order to convince people to buy their cars. They’ve built the biggest and best charging network with the fastest charging speeds. The other networks, including Electrify America which was built using cash resulting from VW’s Dieselgate scandal, is objectively inferior. And obviously it’s advantageous to any company building EVs to be able to ensure their customers have a convenient and high quality charging option everywhere they go.
It's anecdotal evidence of course, but I had a 2009 Mini that I drove for 5 years with only normal maintenance, and now I have had a 2016 Mini Cooper S Countryman for 4 years that has been a fantastic car with no issues. Super fun to drive too. YMMV.
Someone should tell CSX it's the Democrats who support rail. Not that they'll listen because Unions and having adequate rail capacity in the southeast are bad and more profits to shareholders is good.
If CSX had any sense, Amtrak would already have high speed rail Boston to Charlotte
Also CSX stands for Crash, Smash, eXplode
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Tesla is on much shakier ground than Toyota. There is no way in hell the Japanese government would ever let Toyota go under. The company is a national institution. Tesla is still an overvalued unicorn; if the company or Musk ever face regulatory backlash (via the NTSB, FTC, SEC, or some combination) prospects could change rapidly.
Being first-mover brings a certain market advantage but it also comes with all of the overhead of shaking out the kinks and bugs of new technology - and absorbing the cost of blind R&D. At some point though, the market becomes just another market.
As technology matures it proliferates. If a company isn't going to establish as first-mover, there is something to be said for leaning in to their own manufacturing strengths and then moving in to edge markets when the technology has matured to the point of being standard and widely available.
Several vendors now offer battery/powerplant production and licensing. VW is aggressively competing in the space with cutting-edge tech. A simple licensing agreement and Toyota jumps right into the game. Tesla effectively had to build a bunch of charging stations just so people could actually drive their cars. Toyota drivers can just access an expanding national network of charging infrastructure.
Sometimes it doesn't make sense to jump into a technology race when it is possible to just go to the finish line ... see what technology is winning ... and buy into that.
Please, not the pasty white males swim suit competition!
Tesla definitely went through some trials when it was first ramping up production in the Fremont plant. Now though, it’s more or less cookie cutter. The Gigafactory is just another product and tesla can crank them out at will.VW (also the others I mentioned and some Chinese companies) is certainly competing in the space now although it was touch and go a couple of years ago when the chairman was trying to convince the board to start abandoning ICE vehicles and go all in on EVs. Toyota still hasn’t done that. Not sure what you mean about Tesla being obliged to build their charging network in order to convince people to buy their cars. They’ve built the biggest and best charging network with the fastest charging speeds. The other networks, including Electrify America which was built using cash resulting from VW’s Dieselgate scandal, is objectively inferior. And obviously it’s advantageous to any company building EVs to be able to ensure their customers have a convenient and high quality charging option everywhere they go.
John C. Calhoun wasn't so bad if you don't judge him solely based on his support for slavery.
Jeffrey Dahmer was a nice boy from next door. Yes, he raped and ate people, there WAS that side of him, but otherwise.
Detroit has Big Beaver Road. The I-75 exit to that road is Exit 69.
Isn't he a New Yorker? They get their right to vote back after completing their sentence. Blue state, you know.
Clarkson, Hammond and May also love them, especially Clarkson. That should be enough of a warning for most.
The Pruis is kind of an environment disaster. It is an environmental disaster.
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Buy a smaller or used electric. Hell arguably pure gas is better
https://afdc.energy.gov/fil...
Spoiler: they do not.
It's anecdotal evidence of course, but I had a 2009 Mini that I drove for 5 years with only normal maintenance, and now I have had a 2016 Mini Cooper S Countryman for 4 years that has been a fantastic car with no issues. Super fun to drive too. YMMV.
When I get a license I shall not be leasing a Toyota.
Every modern car is great until it isn’t. Don’t buy any green bananas.