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Ahhh, Clarkson, a knob. But a very funny knob and quite funny article. Especially of note, Clarkson may be an ego maniac but with this passage he demonstrates he is not a malignant narcissist lacking in self control.



I don't know why but the title 'Attenborough of Automotive' just came to mind. I just hope no one gives this twat an OBE.
He's a neighbour of my cousin, who has more money than God and lives in the Cotswolds. My cousin uses rather stronger terms to describe him, but also agrees he's amusing company and generally harmless, though apparently one can quickly have enough of him.
 
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A peaceful protest outside the Tesla dealership turned ugly on Saturday when a Trump supporter on an electric bike was confronted by protesters and whipped out a stun gun to ward them off.

A Berkeleyside reporter was at the scene of the altercation and witnessed electrical sparks coming from the stun gun a number of times. No one was actually zapped, the people targeted told Berkeleyside.

Berkeley police arrested Rick Fuze, 33, of Berkeley, who owns an e-bike repair shop on University Avenue. Berkeley Police Lt. Steve Rego said at the scene that Fuze would probably be charged with brandishing a weapon or assault, but only if the Taser connected physically with someone.
 
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...My cousin uses rather stronger terms to describe him, but also agrees he's amusing company and generally harmless, though apparently one can quickly have enough of him.
In other words, he's a comedy writer.
 

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Trump has told in his inner circle of power that Musk is going to step down during the following weeks. Musk will declare then he's reached his goals. So far he axed all authorities regulating Tesla and such.

Tesla stock went +10% today after the news came out.

Probably the smartest thing Musk could do...and the first smart thing he's done in a good while is to just declare victory and walk away. ....act like he didn't just create a bunch of new problems.
 
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Up 10%? Were I back in my corporate days the amateur day-traders would all be chortling "Dead cat bounce" all smugly.

And yeah, Musk's job is probably done, I've no doubt that his tech bros have copied all the data they need to basically extort judges, election officials, candidates and representatives for the next two decades. There won't be anyway to prove anything, as things continue to slide more and more fascist.
 

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Link to Guardian article

I started to reflect on owning a Tesla and it was my daughter who made the case for selling it. But judging by people posting secondhand cars in the Facebook group, prices have been dropping. I feel trapped. I cycled to meet a friend recently, and he took one look at my reasonably nice bike and said “It’s probably worth more than your Tesla now.” Someone else said to me he was interested in buying a Tesla, but he was going to wait until they were virtually worthless.
 
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I'm not sure what the point of this piece was.

I'm trapped! My family owns a vehicle we thought was a fantastic purchase - at first! It felt like the future! We drove all over Europe with it! I brushed off any worries of owning a car built by a madman, but now we can't sell it because we'll have to take a loss! But hey it's "cheap to run, easy to service and Tesla has a mobile repair service that dispatches a “ranger” to your house to fix any issues." Our lives are a living hell!

Seriously, sounds like a frikken nightmare.
 

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I understand Rivian is offering a dandy trade-in deal right now.
 

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I understand Rivian is offering a dandy trade-in deal right now.
BTW, not joking: