Elon Musk's epic bacon adventures

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Only 82k each, a bargain!
 
If you beleive the rumours they have had over 1 million reservations but don't think they have released numbers properly themselves. They recently stopped taking reservations from Europe and UK.

Rivian and Ford have already launched their EV versions.

It will be a key market but I suspect cost and supply will be the most limiting factor.

If I remember well, those reservations cost you nothing and you could cancel it any time. It's just playing with numbers like everything is regarding Elon companies
 
If I remember well, those reservations cost you nothing and you could cancel it any time. It's just playing with numbers like everything is regarding Elon companies

I believe 100 dollars that you could ask back. They basically had a 100 million loan free of interests
 
Not exactly comparable, but I remember that Pan Am took reservations for travel to the moon at once point
 
Musk is a turbo goon but the Cyber Truck is a fun retro-futuristic design, even if it’s obviously daft. He didn’t design it guys.
 
It’s shite, horrendous looking pixelated thing from an 80’s video game.
Whoever designed it is shite.
Considering the same fella designed the other Teslas, which in my opinion don’t look great, I’m inclined to agree, but the truck is a bit of fun.
 
U.S. authorities are escalating and expanding a probe into Tesla’s controversial automated driving feature in a move that could prompt a mandatory recall.
On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency under the guidance of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said it would be expanding a probe and look into 830,000 Tesla cars across all four current model lines, 11% more vehicles than they were previously examining.

The move came after the agency analyzed a number of accidents that revealed patterns in the car’s performance and the associated driver’s behavior, concluding that the findings warranted an upgrade to an "Engineering Analysis" from a previous "Preliminary Evaluation." An Engineering Analysis can be the precursor to a recall.

It said the purpose of escalating the investigation was to “explore the degree to which Autopilot and associated Tesla systems may exacerbate human factors or behavioral safety risks by undermining the effectiveness of the driver’s supervision.”

Initially the probe started last year in response to Tesla vehicles mysteriously plowing into the scene of an existing accident where first responders were already present. On Thursday, NHTSA said it had discovered in 16 separate instances when this occurred that Autopilot “aborted vehicle control less than one second prior to the first impact,” suggesting the driver was not prepared to assume full control over the vehicle.

https://fortune.com/2022/06/10/elon...on-traffic-safety-autonomous-fsd-fatal-probe/
 
"I love Elon because he speaks for the normal everyday man who just wants to see a better world".

HE IS THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET. THE.RICHEST.MAN.

Weird twitter conservatives should be aborted retroactively.
 
"I love Elon because he speaks for the normal everyday man who just wants to see a better world".

HE IS THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET. THE.RICHEST.MAN.

Weird twitter conservatives should be aborted retroactively.
Yeah but he likes memes so he gets us
 
"I love Elon because he speaks for the normal everyday man who just wants to see a better world".

HE IS THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET. THE.RICHEST.MAN.

Weird twitter conservatives should be aborted retroactively.

This is the stupidest con the rich & powerful have managed to pull on the thickos out there. That they speak for the working man whilst simultaneously not even hiding their elitism and disdain for the poor.
 
This is the stupidest con the rich & powerful have managed to pull on the thickos out there. That they speak for the working man whilst simultaneously not even hiding their elitism and disdain for the poor.
I like some thiccos and I can't lie.
 
"I love Elon because he speaks for the normal everyday man who just wants to see a better world".

HE IS THE RICHEST MAN ON THE PLANET. THE.RICHEST.MAN.

Weird twitter conservatives should be aborted retroactively.

I love Trump because he doesn't hold anything back, he says it like it is.

I love Bush because he's the sort of guy you could have a beer with.

I love Boris because he's a real person, he's not perfect and he knows it. He doesn't care about his appearance, he just tries to get things done.
 
I love Trump because he doesn't hold anything back, he says it like it is.

I love Bush because he's the sort of guy you could have a beer with.

I love Boris because he's a real person, he's not perfect and he knows it. He doesn't care about his appearance, he just tries to get things done.
Jim Jefferies did a good bit on this. Something that comes down to, the fact that he uses simple and short words that you understand doesn't mean he's a straight talker.

I wish we would come up with a better alternative to democracy. Most of us are clearly unfit to vote.
 
Would that fly in a court though? Which jury or judge will side with Tesla when they hear the driver had literally 1 second to take control?
But they could have taken control at any time and should be ready and capable of taking control at all times

Pr wise it will be a disaster for Tesla... Well ok like an average musk meltdown probably

Legally though I suspect they are on solid ground

Worst case scenario would be that there is a recall to remove the tech and technically they could disable it via an update so wouldn't have to physically do that ... If that did happen though would make it very hard for them to get it approved elsewhere... Would possibly see through the roof insurance premiums in countries where they had not disabled and would almost certainly see a lot of people want their money back as the auto drive is a pretty expensive add on
 
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Jim Jefferies did a good bit on this. Something that comes down to, the fact that he uses simple and short words that you understand doesn't mean he's a straight talker.

I wish we would come up with a better alternative to democracy. Most of us are clearly unfit to vote.

Hey, my democracy works pretty well. It's not my fault the Anglos ruined it (even if they've both got some claim to starting it). The Dutch one isn't too bad either, right?
 
Hey, my democracy works pretty well. It's not my fault the Anglos ruined it (even if they've both got some claim to starting it). The Dutch one isn't too bad either, right?
It's not nearly as bad as the US clusterfeck, though the problen still remains that about 15% of the population votes for Geert Wilders.
 
He just wants some moderation, and the current Democratic Party is just pure left-wing extremism.
 
I don't think Musk cares for republican or democrat. He wants power and control. Tesla and the idea of it was quite liberal focussed back in the day. He has already secured that market. Now his shift to the right will secure the other side of America and existing customers probably wont switch.

Elon Musk has also always been a bit of a meme billionaire. He's always had the "owning the libs" sort follow and worship him. This enhances his appeal as an "Alpha" to those people.
 
I don't think Musk cares for republican or democrat. He wants power and control. Tesla and the idea of it was quite liberal focussed back in the day. He has already secured that market. Now his shift to the right will secure the other side of America and existing customers probably wont switch.

Elon Musk has also always been a bit of a meme billionaire. He's always had the "owning the libs" sort follow and worship him. This enhances his appeal as an "Alpha" to those people.
Nah, his current very public drift (sorry, I mean the current drift of the left while he remains on the exact same spot) could very well put off many liberal potential customers, particularly in the current ultra-divided climate. I don't feel that loyalty from more liberal-minded people is irreversible or unbreakable, at all.
 
Nah, his current very public drift (sorry, I mean the current drift of the left while he remains on the exact same spot) could very well put off many liberal potential customers, particularly in the current ultra-divided climate. I don't feel that loyalty from more liberal-minded people is irreversible or unbreakable, at all.

I'm talking about general democratic party leaning voters who don't care enough to stop buying teslas or his products. The extreme far left probably can't afford Teslas in the first place anyway.

Musk has not remained on the exact same spot. Are you one of his fans or something? Because then there's no point talking about it.