Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 04:50:04 +0000
One of the funny things about a convincing con man: you believe all of the good stuff he tells you, but you ignore the warning signs. Going back a century or more, there’s been the story of a slick-talking con man from the city defrauding good but simple country folk. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:21:19 +0000
During the Tesla conference call for shareholders this week, where Tesla reportedly some not entirely positive financial results (and bad financial trends), there had to be a big announcement, right? Aside from Elon Musk thinking out loud that Tesla might be worth more than the next 5 most valuable companies … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:38:56 +0000
Well, this would not be my first guess, or even my 5th, but the 2023 Nissan Ariya has just won the best pre-owned EV in 2025 award from Recurrent Auto. This was from a comparison of 30 EV models. “The award recognizes Ariya’s strong value retention, advanced technology and standout … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 02:23:45 +0000
The UK’s Electrifying.com recently conducted a survey of car buyers in the UK. The survey found that “60% of car buyers now say Musk’s controversial reputation actively puts them off buying a Tesla,” the company writes. 60%! Is there any other company where 60% of potential buyers aren’t willing to … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:28:12 +0000
Yesterday, I wrote about Elon Musk’s long history predicting robotaxi-capable Tesla Autopilot/Full Self Driving. We then got another update from Tesla, stating: “2025 will be a seminal year in Tesla’s history as FSD (Supervised) continues to rapidly improve with the aim of ultimately exceeding human levels of safety. This will … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:53:11 +0000
There are clearly Tesla fans (and, more importantly, shareholders) who will try to spin any news as positive for Tesla. It happens constantly, and it’s quite annoying when it’s obviously false and unrealistic. On the flip side, I’ve covered Tesla closely for 13 years, which means I’ve covered the dramatic … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:28:37 +0000
During the 2024 US presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked electric vehicles and Joe Biden’s EV policies, including the US EV tax credit (which was first passed under George W. Bush, but which was updated and strengthened under Joe Biden — and which revived tax credits for Tesla under Biden). … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000
Theoretically, legacy automakers don’t want the transition to electric vehicles to go too fast. They want to make the most money possible from existing fossil-fueled models and production lines for those models. The investments have been made — into R&D, production lines, supply chains, etc. Now automakers want to get … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:23:45 +0000
One of the more wild claims Elon Musk has made — regarding Tesla, that is — was back in 2016 when he said a self-driving Tesla would be able to go from Los Angeles to New York City “in ~2 years” (in early 2018). A year and a few months … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:24:48 +0000
Elon Musk has gone from dabbling in far right-wing conspiracy theories and ideas to doing what seems to be a full-on Nazi salute — twice. It seems this has hurt Tesla’s sales in California, one of its most significant markets, considerably, and Tesla actually had fewer automotive sales in 2024 … [continued]
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