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I think Toyota holds the record for most press releases per SSB. Which is quite the accomplishment, as the industry has turned out to be more PR than useful tech.

Strong disagree. We are way cooler than any auto exec from any company. Every automaker has their half-ass development efforts that flops. Toyota is no exception.

If it's an EV, I'll believe it's complete crap until proven otherwise. The automakers that went all in on EV's around 2020 made EV's that mostly range from duds to okayish. There's been a few hits, but they've been the exception. My expectations for Toyota are in the below-average range of...

No. Waymo is moving towards custom built vehicles for their own purposes. Tesla's deceptive marketing has made people think there's overlap between the capabilities of a car made for being a taxi and a car you buy to drive yourself around. There will not be overlap between these for many...

I'm very interested in the concept, but details matter. I have a desire to get a 12V power source in the bed, but limited willingness to take on something complex and/or destructive.

I love my Rivian, but the bluetooth player is one of the few things I find well below expectations. It sucks donkey balls to be honest. I hate streaming services, but the bluetooth player makes them feel good. A list of music does show up on the screen, but it's locked to whatever you were...

The structure of executive compensation incentivizes behavior more than any other factor. I've seen in multiple times across my career in corporate finance, and I believe academic studies have documented it as well. A revenue based bonus target means that revenue will be the primary executive...

Probably not a government mandate, but I do expect Tesla to mandate (ish) it for new Tesla purchases within a few years. They'll probably bundle it with connectivity, while raising the price of connectivity a bit. So it won't be truly required, but most Tesla drivers will eventually have it...

This seems to be a universal thing with demo vehicles. Every year a carmaker debuts a car with lie-flat seats, or swivel seats, etc. Then they come back and say oops, safety regulations prevent it. You'd think these car companies would actually understand safety regulations before they design...

I'll take it off your hands for $20k if it's worthless to you. DM me.

I don't think there are any grownups left on Tesla's management team. Enshitifying a product by putting a standard feature behind a paywall isn't going to boost car sales. Particularly when that feature is becoming a nearly standard feature among competitors. Last number I've seen have FSD...

I make significant efforts to avoid the worst of big tech surveillance. I've significantly reduced my reliance on their services over the last few years. I'm not at zero, but doing pretty good. Worth the effort IMO. I don't get the people who think it's worth doing nothing because it's hard...

By brothers cousins roommate knows RJ personally and swears it will be February 29th.

I enjoy being offroad, but more of the sketchy forest service road than crazy rock crawling. Think trails rated on the harder end of easy or the lower end of moderate. I need to take a course on offroad driving skills. A friend recommended one I plan to take next summer. I'm not interested...

The more entrants the merrier. These companies aren't competing for a fixed pie, they're competing for pieces of an expanding pie. It's like when I used to work at a well known debit/credit card company. We rarely viewed ourselves as competing against other credit card companies. We were...

That is the place Rivian is falling behind on. It's way more important than this autonomy nonsense.

It sounds good, and it's targeting the mid-size SUV/CUV market that all automakers want to crowd into. I've become skeptical of manufacturer product hype until they're actually in the market. I remember all the talk about how the EX-90, id.buzz, Jeep Recon, etc. were going to be runaway...

If that bandsaw is like mine, it has an oil-filled gearbox that is nearly impossible to fully drain. Any attempt to lay it on its side will result in 10W oil all over the place. Of course my Powermatic bandsaw was made in 1973, so they might have changed since then.

It should, but I'd have a backup plan in the back of your mind given the conditions. Find a convenient charger on the route and just plan to stop there if things are looking dicey. I've found the Rivian nav to err on the conservative side while planning, so you should be fine. I just prefer...

In the finance world a "50% rate cut for FSD miles" is code for "we raised the price on everyone not using FSD".