The other thing that's funny is the price of the stock goes up because Tesla promises new models. Never mind Musk is a compulsive liar who has promised and has not delivered on driverless cars for almost a decade
Hear me out. His AI and robotics are so advanced they're already actively killing people and violating the 3 laws.
I have a Tesla Y and bought it before musk went full nazi because of the charging infrastructure. We will not buy another Tesla. We’ve contemplated selling it for a couple years, but haven't (in part to the resale value cratering bc Musk sucks). I am ashamed driving it as is my wife. Musk revealing his true self (more) is definitely affecting consumer sentiment for Tesla brand.
Meme content car For $100k Better give elon $50 billion sl he can figure it out. No one's figured out cars yet
They were also the first to really take EVs seriously. Now you have the major manufacturers really making a push. Ignoring who Musk is, I'd rather buy an EV from folks who've been making cars for 100+ years whereas I might have bought a Tesla if I wanted one 3-5 years ago.
This. I'm waiting for Toyota to come out with a Tacoma EV, or something similar. You'd almost be guaranteed to get a ton of life out of it.
Yea Toyota or Honda who are already build bulletproof cars rolling out EV versions and I have no idea how Tesla will compete
Honda is coming out with the Prologue this year but Toyota has been super slow to the EV market which is really surprising given they are one of the EV OGs with the Prius.
Yeah I think I Toyotas stated goal is full hybridization first as they can actually produce in quantity hybrid vehicles, where getting batteries supplies for a large amount of EVs is more difficult and expensive.
I'll probably get out of the truck game once my Tundra dies and my next vehicle will probably be a hybrid 4Runner
My Tacoma is only a few years old and I plan on keeping it for quite a while. Hopefully by the time I'm in the market for a new vehicle there's some choices. Wife has mentioned wanted to upgrade to a Highlander hybrid in a couple years.
I have a plug in hybrid and I really don't drive that much. I haven't had to fill up since the middle of November. The only time I really fill up is before and after long trips. 30 mile range usually covers most of what I do.
I agree with this 100%. Even when Telsa was making their initial push I thought in 5-10 years all the big boys will be putting out quality EVs and I'd rather go with them than an (at the time) unproven car manufacturer.
Got spend a week driving an Ariya. Man i really like that thing. Think Nissan nailed the interior for sure. I really want one. Then of course their next two EVs, a Nissan sedan and Infinitiy sedan, have been delayed another year.
I'm really hoping these new hybrid 4runners turn out to be as reliable as everything else Toyota produces. I'll probably give it a couple years to iron out the kinks though.
I understand that mass murder is bad but I'm willing to make an exception with regards to everyone participating in the "look between __ and __ on your keyboard" trend
you can do a mute words/phrase of "look between" and then just delete it in a couple of weeks when the trend dies
Gonna need to check and see if it's kosher to be picking on elon for letting his body turn into a bag of grits
That’s what’s very confusing to me. They definitely look like cutoff sweat pants, but that can not be comfortable. This guy is a billionaire and he can’t get proper shorts?
Elon Musk’s grotesque distortion of capitalism He’s demanding the largest pay package in corporate history while extorting his shareholders and firing 14,000 workers ROBERT REICH APR 25, 2024 Spoiler Friends, In 2018, Elon Musk got the richest pay package in U.S. corporate history, then worth some $56 billion. Nearly three months ago, a Delaware court voided that pay package, finding that the process to decide on it was “deeply flawed” because Tesla’s board didn’t properly disclose it to investors and had “barely any evidence of negotiations at all” with Musk. Musk effectively decided on his own that he’d be paid $56 billion. Last Wednesday, Tesla’s board said it would ask shareholders to vote again on that same pay package (now valued at about $47 billion) at its annual meeting on June 13. In a letter to shareholders intended to justify the pay package, Robyn Denholm, Tesla’s chair, wrote: Because the Delaware Court second-guessed your decision, Elon has not been paid for any of his work for Tesla for the past six years that has helped to generate significant growth and shareholder value. That strikes us — and the many stockholders from whom we already have heard — as fundamentally unfair, and inconsistent with the will of stockholders who voted for it. Fundamentally unfair that Musk hasn’t yet been paid a $56 billion pay package that a court found to be illegal? It didn’t stop him from selling $23 billion worth of stock and pledging hundreds of millions of existing shares against personal loans to finance his gonzo purchase of Twitter (now X). Speaking of unfairness, Musk is extorting Tesla by implying that if shareholders refuse to sign off on his giant compensation package, he’ll devote more of his time to his other businesses, like SpaceX or his xAI startup. The extortion began with the 2018 pay package, according to the Delaware court. The judge cited a meeting at which the board planned to ask Musk to commit a minimum amount of time to Tesla but chickened out because, according to one participant, “that would have been like saying goodbye to Elon.” Tesla is already suffering from Musk’s lack of focus. Its slumping sales have erased billions off its market value in recent months. On Tuesday, it posted $21.3 billion in revenue, a 9 percent drop year over year — marking its biggest decline since 2012. True to form, Musk is furious that the Delaware court nixed his giant pay package. “Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware,” Musk said on X after the ruling, adding: “I recommend incorporating in Nevada or Texas if you prefer shareholders to decide matters.” So he’s also having Tesla shareholders vote to move Tesla’s incorporation to Texas, where he can grab even more of Tesla’s profits for himself. Musk doesn’t want an independent board of directors — which, according to the Delaware court, is why his pay package is the richest in corporate history. According to the court, board chair Denholm will do whatever Musk wants because he’s rewarded her so generously. She cashed in stock options in 2021 and 2022 for $426 million, describing it as “life-changing.” (It was revealed in an SEC filing that Denholm plans to sell additional stock options expiring on August 16, worth $53 million.) The judge also found that Tesla director James Murdoch (son of Rupert) is not independent due to his long-standing personal friendship with Musk, including going on joint family holidays. And board member Kimbal Musk is, well, Elon’s brother. While we’re on the subject of fairness, what about Tesla’s mass layoffs last week? A week ago Monday, Tesla announced it was laying off around 10 percent of its workforce, or roughly 14,000 people. Last Tuesday, affected employees discovered they no longer had jobs because their keys to get into the Tesla parking lot didn’t work. Showing up to work only to be sent home is a hell of a way of firing someone, but it’s just like how Musk handled mass firings at Twitter. Tesla appears to be offering workers two months of severance — the legal minimum — meaning that workers will be paid through June 14. In order to receive severance pay, laid-off workers must agree not to participate in any lawsuit or mass arbitration against the company or publicly defame Tesla. The mass layoff went about as poorly as you might expect for a company that operates at the whim of its mercurial CEO. American capitalism is coming apart because of people like Elon Musk, who insists on getting the largest pay package in corporate history while extorting his shareholders and shafting his workers. Boards of directors are supposed to represent and protect shareholders, but Musk doesn’t want an independent board. Unions represent and protect workers, but Musk has used illegal means to fight off a union, according to the National Labor Relations Board. Most of all, Musk rejects the entire concept of fairness. To him, it’s all about money. But fairness is the bedrock of capitalism. If most people come to believe that the system is rigged for the benefit of mercurial idiot savants and unprincipled robber barons, they will not support it. History tells us that social upheavals sometimes lead to fairer systems, but they have sometimes fueled authoritarian strongmen. Both Elon Musk and Donald Trump are sociopathic leaders who demand vast wealth and power, scoff at norms, want total control, and have no regard for anyone but themselves. They are the antithesis of the common good.