Dealerships are also concerned about the direct to consumer model that has shown to be viable and the inevitable tide of Chinese manufacturers taking over the market.

The study shows that this strategy is only half effective.

I don’t think their research is in conflict with your perception here.

“The study found that just having a first-class section on an airplane quadrupled the chance of an air rage incident and that loading economy passengers through first class doubles that again.”

The whole experience is shit and having a first class section makes it even worse psychologically.

https://paultan.org/image/2024/09/MyZEVA-top-10-EVs-July-2024.jpg

What type of business?

It has the potential to be a primary vehicle for most people.

After 100% tarrif, it might still be competitive with the lackluster options in the lower end of EV in the US.

So directly, absolutely not.

Indirectly, probably.

Do you think that prison labor and undocumented workers are a significant portion of the labor used to produce EVs in the USA?

it’s not the manufacturer that bears the cost of tarriffs, it’s the customers.

And the locals that lose their means of providing for themselves.

The counterpoints are about local US employment and thinking comparative advantage is bullshit.

Time to start pushing for EV subsidies from Congress for real.

Elon was already aware of the global landscape and chose Trump as the conduit for government support of the EV market.

I’m saying that scenario has a low probability

Wikipedia has a great image of orientations on the dates of Saturn’s opposition from 2001 thru 2029 (copied below). It really shows what’s going on and the approximate timing of visibility of the rings as they change from a Northern to Southern view from Earth’s perspective. Between March and November of 2025 the rings will be in the least visible orientations.

Rivian will probably be bought out by a larger company if they fail to scale, so that going zero possibility seems low.

Tesla did change the world for the better. Elon took the financial rewards and is using them to offset all of the improvements with catalyzing social issues into worse social issues.

Slow single leg heel drops.

Fore foot raises with your back and butt against the wall and feet about the length of your foot away from the wall.

The above are preventative strength exercises that should be done when you aren’t currently feeling shin splint pain.

Make sure it’s not a stress fracture.

Rest and stretch the lower legs muscles.

Reduce how long and how often you run for a while after your pain stops.

Once Mexico has manufacturing plants building Chinese badged vehicles, I think the dominoes will start to fall. Right now , it seems that Mexico is just importing cars assembled in China.