I actually did try watching a bit of it, and while I love the idea of it, I can’t stand the length they make it due to the reality tv show.
It just drags on and on.
If they’d made them 30-40 minute episodes instead of an hour I might have liked it.
I see this a lot, but people often don’t understand where a lot of the money he’s gotten comes from. The big ones that come up beyond regular tax incentives for building something somewhere are… (these often don’t cost money, it means less money in though)
SpaceX - They bid on contracts and won them and are often the lowest cost bidder. Sure it’s government money but its not in anyway shape or form close to welfare. They are actually saving tax payers billions of dollars.
Tesla - They got a DOE loan while times were hurting yes, but it was a LOAN, that they paid back in full early. Nothing special here and not a bailout. Tax payers benefited from the interest.
Tesla - ZEV credits - People can complain about this one if they want as it’s the closest to what you’re describing, but it was intended to spur new business which it did. This is the one that others couldn’t realistically benefit from but Tesla could. The money comes from other manufactures though, not taxpayers. But it was forced by the government, so in a sense this one is a handout in the form of a punishment.
Tesla - $7500 200k rebates were open to everyone up to 200k vehicles. GM also used these up.
Tesla - $7500 IRA Have convinced Tesla and other OEMs to source more materials within NA boosting the NA economy and it’s independence from outside threats, so while it’s money out, it’s also money in and improved national security.
You gotta remember, as a corporation, they are obligated to use any and all incentives available to them, or they would be breaching their fiduciary duty and open to shareholder lawsuits. They do not have a choice on the matter.
Edit: Clarity on some points, but I also wanted to add, that SpaceX is going to save the US government more money than Tesla will ever have taken from taxpayers. Its a fact, not up for debate. It might have already done so as well given the below quote.
Quote from a general in the military
“General Hyten, [then] the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told me last year … the fact that we have competition now on going to space – just for the military – has saved them $40 billion in launch costs.”
Ya, I don’t think the power usage was that much different for normal driving, it just excels better now at prolonged high speeds. Some of that has to be the improved aerodynamics since the impact of drag is quadratic at high speeds, but probably some motor/power train efficiencies as well?
Isn’t 10 years around the time you’d expect a doubling anyway if it was in a board market ETF?
I’m not saying it’s great that their wealth has doubled… but it’s not surprising and isn’t beyond normal at the 10y mark.
I got a wooden spatula that’s great for creating fear!
Companies like VW are getting raped in China where a substantial amount of their profits come from though due to their current EV positioning and it’s causing them catastrophic problems in the EU. Deiss the old CEO was warning about needing to cut back and refocus because of this and they kicked him out. Now the new CEO is saying the same thing but the delay has made it even worse, and the union, as expected, is fighting it. VW is in serious trouble right now.
Edit: Looks like new news on this yesterday, 35k jobs cut (25% of workforce), but no factory closures, and a reduction in 700k vehicles/y. Also no raises for 4 years.
You might not like the interior/exterior changes other than the reduced noise, but it’s also much more aerodynamic, and it is exceeding the range estimates even on 70mph tests instead of rapidly dropping off below estimates at those speeds (which the tests aren’t meant for). That’s also a big improvement. That and noise are the big ones IMO.
Even his brother tried to get him to back down on all this craziness, but he didn’t listen.
This is from the Texas GOP 2012 education platform.
“We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”
They backtracked on critical thinking after the outrage it caused with this
- Munisteri told KVUE, "The platform plank is against a specific type of teaching called ‘outcome-based education.’
"The reason why critical thinking is mentioned is some places try to disguise the program of outcome-based education and just re-label it as ‘critical thinking.’ "
Well, I think rules are rules, and they do differ country to country, but this whole recall for something like that is what the problem is.
Bu nothing geneartes headlines like Tesla recalls every vehicle made in NA.
I mean maybe they have record growth for a month or two in a very specific region, like this one really bad month in the EU but ya not happening this year. It’s gonna take a huge Q4 push to not be down globally YTD but maybe they’ll squeak a tiny tiny growth out.
They applied that font/icon change in Canada as well, and then Canada made them undo the change that NHSTA demanded. Double recall lol.
She said he was pretty absent ya.
That’s what I said.
My money is on 3 months after the first release of a FROM title on PC, sony will come in and force them to create a sony account with crazy DRM to play it.
Then after the outrage from that, force it on all previous FROM titles.
It’s pretty much comes down to
Do they support trans people and trans rights?
Yes: Woke mind virus.
No: TAKE MY MONEY!
That’s why he’s in right wing politics now, he’s said as much. His trans daughter, who he dead names, was “stolen” from him.
For the month maybe, but its possible imports are gonna be higher in December for various shipping reasons. Monthly numbers aren’t always good indicators and have always been used to attack Tesla even when they were growing, not to say it might not be a preview of whats to come either. It’s around 15% YTD.
What’s going to happen is DOGE will cut $5 trillion from the programs, and then there will be a $4 trillion in tax cuts that impact only the rich in someway or another, and an additional $1 trilion for the military.
0 money is actually going to be saved from this. Realistically it’ll be negative and cost money, not even 0.
There’s limits on selecting people. You can only say not that one so many times.
So how about when the GOP takes control of everything in January, you do an investigation into everyone on the USC and find out if the dems are as corrupt as well? Or are you just gonna do the dems and ignore Clarence who’s maybe targeted, but only because he has no ethics.