Automobiles

[ousdahl]

California considering a per-mile tax for drivers

[TDub]

oh fuck off with that.

[MICHHAWK]

all the best stuff happens in californey.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

There is a Tesla showroom/dealership in the building I work in.
There is a Rivian showroom/dealership two blocks away.

I mention that because...... This go on the Uncle Joe thread with a "thanks" included in the post?

https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg ... es-1904860

[Sparko]

I appreciate you passing that on Gutter because I wanted to mention how far right Newsweek is skewed. It is FAR right now and should be viewed like Fox .

The charging stations have a lot of obstacles to being built. Big oil, nutjobs like the folls quoted at the end of the article. Congress likely sequesters the money and will not allow a spending spree even if the stations were ready to go with parts and oversight. Newsweek is way off in it coverage of several key issues right now. Their headlines could be written by MAGA.

[DrPepper]

My work parking lot looks like an AV sales lot. It is being demolished and replaced with a new building and a light rail spur line, and I can't wait.

[Shirley]

There is a Tesla showroom/dealership in the building I work in.
There is a Rivian showroom/dealership two blocks away.

I mention that because...... This go on the Uncle Joe thread with a "thanks" included in the post?

https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg ... es-1904860

A typical Gutter post.

Reuters February 15, 2023 Biden praises Musk plan to open Tesla's charging network, says it is a 'big deal'

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised the plan by Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk to open part of its electric vehicle charging network, saying the move is a "big deal" and will "make a big difference."

..."In building our EV charging network, we have to ensure that as many chargers work for as many drivers as possible," Biden said in a tweet. "To that end, @elonmusk will open a big part of @Tesla's network up to all drivers. That's a big deal, and it'll make a big difference."

In response to the tweet, Musk said, "Thank you, Tesla is happy to support other EVs via our Supercharger network."

By late 2024, Tesla will open 7,500 new and existing Superchargers and Destination Chargers, the Biden administration said on Wednesday. The administration is set to spend $7.5 billion on expanding charging infrastructure and jump-start the adoption of electric vehicles...

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May 1, 2024 Musk firing Tesla Supercharger team undercuts Biden’s ‘big deal’ for EVs

Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.

Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News on Tuesday. The CEO hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the company will slow the expansion of its charging network.

In addition to potentially compromising budding partnerships with other carmakers looking to tap Tesla’s chargers, another consequence of Musk’s move may be undercutting Biden’s EV push in the midst of his reelection campaign. Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked electric cars on the campaign trail and predicted a “bloodbath” for the auto industry if he isn’t elected.

Tax credits aimed at cultivating a domestic EV and battery manufacturing industry were a key element of Biden’s signature climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. His administration also is doling out $7.5 billion toward EV chargers through programs set up by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed during his first year in office...

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

There is a Tesla showroom/dealership in the building I work in.
There is a Rivian showroom/dealership two blocks away.

I mention that because...... This go on the Uncle Joe thread with a "thanks" included in the post?

https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg ... es-1904860

A typical Gutter post.

Reuters February 15, 2023 Biden praises Musk plan to open Tesla's charging network, says it is a 'big deal'

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised the plan by Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk to open part of its electric vehicle charging network, saying the move is a "big deal" and will "make a big difference."

..."In building our EV charging network, we have to ensure that as many chargers work for as many drivers as possible," Biden said in a tweet. "To that end, @elonmusk will open a big part of @Tesla's network up to all drivers. That's a big deal, and it'll make a big difference."

In response to the tweet, Musk said, "Thank you, Tesla is happy to support other EVs via our Supercharger network."

By late 2024, Tesla will open 7,500 new and existing Superchargers and Destination Chargers, the Biden administration said on Wednesday. The administration is set to spend $7.5 billion on expanding charging infrastructure and jump-start the adoption of electric vehicles...

_____________________________________________________________________

May 1, 2024 Musk firing Tesla Supercharger team undercuts Biden’s ‘big deal’ for EVs

Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.

Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News on Tuesday. The CEO hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the company will slow the expansion of its charging network.

In addition to potentially compromising budding partnerships with other carmakers looking to tap Tesla’s chargers, another consequence of Musk’s move may be undercutting Biden’s EV push in the midst of his reelection campaign. Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked electric cars on the campaign trail and predicted a “bloodbath” for the auto industry if he isn’t elected.

Tax credits aimed at cultivating a domestic EV and battery manufacturing industry were a key element of Biden’s signature climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act. His administration also is doling out $7.5 billion toward EV chargers through programs set up by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed during his first year in office...

That's all I have to say about that (what you shared above and " A typical Gutter post").

[Sparko]

Musk is a menace even to Tesla. But Biden

[KUTradition]

apparently he’s being vetted for some sort of advisor/consultancy role in trump’s next administration

[japhy]

There is an EV charging station in the park where Udoka goes to take a shit every morning in the Empire. Last Fall I actually saw an out of State vehicle stopped there recharging. It is unusual for drivers from out of State to come the mile from the highway into town. But there aren't many charging stations in the valley. There is a gas station out at the highway intersection which diverts most travelers from venturing into town.

In May while on our morning poop walk in the park walk I noticed one of the two charging plugs was on the ground and smashed. Now I'm not going to say I know the wind didn't do it, it might have been the wind. Maybe the coyote I see wandering around town at night got pissed and smashed it. But I will venture that it is just as likely it was some drunken miscreant who thought they was making sum sorta statement about EV conversions.

Thanks Brandon.

[Shirley]

apparently he’s being vetted for some sort of advisor/consultancy role in trump’s next administration

I heard that this morning. What could go wrong with Trump having another person with the emotional maturity of a 3rd grader on his team?

I also wonder if Leon will be able to motivate his X/incel army to get off their asses and actually register and vote? (I hope not.)

[jfish26]

I Would Like To Put Lunchmeat On The Cybertruck

https://defector.com/i-would-like-to-pu ... cybertruck

I saw my first Tesla Cybertruck in person a couple weeks ago. I'd driven my family into an outer satellite town of D.C., well outside our normal circuits, and there it was, around the corner from us in a parking garage. It looked dumpy and top-heavy and cheap. You could spot its poor assembly at a distance: the weird uneven gaps between panels, the way light angled off the front and rear doors differently because they were misaligned and not even uniformly finished. While I was walking toward it, a whole other person happened by, spotted it, and erupted into giggles.

It was a bright, blazing hot afternoon. I did not touch the Cybertruck, but I did find myself wondering how hot its amazingly shabby-looking stainless steel body panels might be just then, or later on, when its owner took it home. I thought of the stainless steel propane grill my father-in-law used to have, and how just lifting the lid of that grill on a sunny day could blister your fingers. The thought came to me all at once, whole and fully crystallized, that I would like to slap a big ol' slice of bologna onto that Cybertruck.

I did not think about this further, because it's an insane thought to have. But a few days later, driving my kids home from a soccer game on another broiling sunny afternoon, we spotted another Cybertruck headed down our street, less than a mile from our house. It looked like shit. It looked far worse than the one in the relatively dim parking garage. The bright sunlight did those ugly brushed panels no favors: You could pick out, even headed the opposite way at 35 miles per hour, all the very many places where the light glanced off it irregularly, absorbed or refracted unevenly by a zillion oily fingerprints. It looked water-stained. It looked like a toaster for a divorced giant. Once again I found myself consumed by the idea of plopping a nice pink slice of mortadella on that sucker.

Many people are having this impulse! Certainly you yourself are one of them. I am here to tell you that this is quite normal. The fact of the matter is, to see the Cybertruck in person is to want to smack a nice thin rasher of corned beef onto one of its stainless steel body panels. This is natural. What is unnatural is to deny oneself so simple and harmless a delight.

Think of how satisfying this would be. You are walking along, with some cured lunchmeat on your person. You happen across a parked Cybertruck, baking in the summer heat, its owner nowhere to be seen. Hey, you think. I am gonna lay a slice of this soppressata across my open palm, and then I am gonna smack it down perfectly flat onto the hood of this Cybertruck. And then you just do it! Whap! It's on there! Will the lunchmeat sizzle? Will you be immediately hit with the aroma of hot pork? Will some type of animal claim the lunchmeat before the Cybertruck owner finds it?

Or! You are sitting serenely on a roadside bench on a nice hot July afternoon, wondering what you will do with this half a pound of sliced Black Forest ham you recently purchased but are perhaps not hydrated enough to enjoy just now, when along comes a Cybertruck, cruising slowly through this pedestrian-friendly area. You know what, you think to yourself, one thing I have never seen is a slice of ham frisbeeing through the air, smacking onto the driver's side door of a Cybertruck, and sticking there, or perhaps peeling off slowly as the truck drives away.

You will only live one time! You cannot wait for random chance to make your dreams into reality. Possibly that ham came to you—possibly that pig both lived and died so that you could have this chance. How many points should it be worth, if the ham slice slaps onto the truck with no significant wrinkles? How many points for each second it adheres to the steel panel? Imagine the possibilities!

This is the highest calling of the Cybertruck, which otherwise spends all of its time bricking itself, falling apart, and being shuttled back and forth to service centers and factory recalls: that on bright, hot days it will be a place to slap down a cold cut for the sheer joy of doing so. It is not the highest calling of lunchmeat, but then again neither are many sandwich preparations. We must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Imagine the sound of it!

[jhawks99]

Probably not seasoned well enough to cook an egg. Cured pork products is the way to go.

[Overlander]

Well, like Cicadas, the Cybertrucks are out of hibernation.

Ugliest, stupidest looking vehicle ever.
The Pontiac Aztec is breathing better today

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Well, like Cicadas, the Cybertrucks are out of hibernation.

Ugliest, stupidest looking vehicle ever.
The Pontiac Aztec is breathing better today

Reminds me of the 2024 version of a Hummer. At least Hummers and Hummer drivers...... Ah, never mind.

[KUTradition]

i’m really curious about the Land Cruiser reboot

doubt i could ever justify the price tag, but the classic has always been a fave

[Sparko]

Anyone buying a new car with a price north of 70K is paying for the next owner's good deal.

[jfish26]

Pretty true regardless of the price tag. But god bless are new cars ridiculous right now.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Well, like Cicadas, the Cybertrucks are out of hibernation.

Ugliest, stupidest looking vehicle ever.
The Pontiac Aztec is breathing better today

Reminds me of the 2024 version of a Hummer. At least Hummers and Hummer drivers...... Ah, never mind.

Right on cue….

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNjHo44W/