Correct, I was just talking about their car lineup here, sorry to be vague.  Read more

Absolutely, long term. Read more

Emergency Etymologists: We Work the Bugs Out! Read more

Women took our profession and named pants after it! Read more

Too late to edit my own comment, but if Elon is the genius he seems to be, the long-term exit strategy for Tesla would licensing their battery tech (and continue to improve it) and giving up on the incredible intensive world of car manufacturing. I think these vehicles will go down in history as test beds, or proof of… Read more

There will come a point where Tesla’s vertical integration will stop being an advantage (that’s a 100-year-old business strategy) but for now they’re killing it. Read more

My parents are Q5 owners and crunched the numbers on the e-tron. Their conclusion was it’s just a lease option (not a great purchase decision). Which makes sense at the rate everything is changing... Read more

I wish I could say it was more than an old joke punchline, but the title was begging for it... Read more

As a gaucho, I’m offended that Ford would appropriate our homeland for something as petty as a vehicle name. I’m not threatening them, just saying that if these start showing up burned on dealer lots, they shouldn’t be surprised. Read more

Not as weird as the guy saying these are hollowed grounds (twice, so it wasn’t a flub). Read more

No, you don’t HAVE to be a 1%er to buy a Model 3 or Y...that’s just how it’s been shaking out, statistically. Tesla has some of the wealthiest and most educated buyers of any brand. Read more

I did the FSA thing for years (before getting stuck with an HSA). It was always easy to spend what I needed, especially with the new, relaxed rules — which are coincidentally almost the same as the rules from several years ago. Read more

Well, assuming 90% of cars now are 20 years old or less, virtually all of them have immobilizers of some kind. My guess is just that hacking has replaced hotwiring over time, plus more thieves doing things like towing cars away with trucks/wreckers since fewer witnesses are around. Read more

I’ve got a few stocks that are up 1,000% since purchase and I’m not regretting missing out on Tesla at all...any more than I regret missing out on Bitcoin or other cryptos. Read more

Some say he singlehandedly invented a French word for Car Hole, and that he mastered the quick change for shorts. Read more

As opposed to the Kardashians, that was a Cunning Array of Stunts! Read more

This. I keep thinking “If you think Tesla is amazing now, imagine them with a real CEO” (both the stock and the company itself) Read more

I’m trying to think about Tesla vs VW outside of the scope of American One-Percenters (let’s face it, that’s Tesla’s core market, at least for early adopters). VW brands have a huge presence in China, that’s where my mind is going. And VW has the manufacturing scale to jump straight into the mainstream segments,… Read more

The three owners I know personally have had the mobile repair trucks come out for minor repairs, but one guy (who has an S and a 3) has had his cars flat-bedded over 100 miles away for 2-3 day trips. IIRC, one of those was a cracked windshield, can’t remember the other. Read more

Tesla started out more software-heavy and figured out the manufacturing later; VW is sort of doing it backwards. Not the first time either approach has resulted in delays. I’m still optimistic that they’ll deliver, even if heads have to roll. Read more