I was thinking the same thing. Read more

I just always think of that scene in Fight Club where he’s talking about the equation that drives recalls. Accurate then, accurate now. Read more

Tesla’s complaint asks for financial relief, which it says included costs to replace equipment, employee overtime wages, and lost profits Read more

They didn’t have a battery back-up?
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These development incentives basically never pay off, because specific benefits are asked for from the government—tax breaks—and, generally, specific benefits are never demanded from the company in such a way that they actually offset the cost of the incentive. Read more

The people who constantly complain about poor people (who do not have much money in the bank) taking assistance from the government, be it in food or housing vouchers, are the same asswipes that see no problem with the government giving away tax breaks for companies or sports teams that have very large sums of money… Read more

There are valid points on both sides of this debate (flame suit on) Read more

So I want to do $75000.00 worth of renovations to my house- will the city give me $25000.00 in tax breaks to do it ? I will employ local homeless people to do the work on my house Read more

What’s the mystifying part? Markets move regularly on whatever information is publicly available about a company. When a company releases information that causes a market to move, it has to operate within SEC regulations so that it’s not manipulating its value fraudulently. Read more

Holy crapola, this is terrible. That truck near the edge, luckiest driver on the planet right now. Read more

Hard to believe that that long of a stretch can fall and only 20 vehicles fell and killed only 11 people. Read more

$20 says it is the Chinese government’s sovereign fund if there really is secure funding. There is no other investor who is willing to throw money at money losing projects for reasons other than profits (other than the Saudis). Tesla needs the cash for the upcoming Chinese based factory so this hypothesis makes sense. Read more

I just read through all the comments and not one person had commented on this: Read more

As a NYC driver and cyclist - this is a great move. The congestion in this city has been insane, and it’s been noticeably worse since Uber and Lyft showed up. Read more

There is plenty of blame to go around. The first is squarely on the cities like NYC and their money grab in the form of medallions. This problem is also happening in San Francisco with the city being sued by the local credit union for losses from backing the loans for taxi medallions. Read more

Cabs fucking suck. I have real sympathy for folks that got caught up in the absurd medallion bubble. Clear their debt. Let them walk away. Force Uber to pay a living base wage, classify their drivers as employees, and limit the number of cars deployed. New York needs to drastically deincintivize driving through… Read more

Bullshit. Taxis and livery cars not just in NYC but surrounding jurisdictions like Westchester County are inspected as frequently as every 3 months. The TLC doesn’t fuck around. There’s dudes with bike-rickshaw things if you miss the feeling of a cart made out of a Lada pulled by a donkey. Next you’ll be telling us… Read more

Credit to anyone who can make a living driving full-time for Lyft or Uber. I did Lyft driving while I was in between jobs last year and it was murderous. The amount of wear it put on my car wasn’t worth it either. But it was great in a pinch in order to pay some bills. Read more

I’m trying to think of a bike joke but I’m two tired. Read more