After months, I finally started seeing Cybertrucks in real life. I have to hand it to Elon and Tesla: there is some impressive design and engineering here. Specifically, they have created a vehicle that is impossible to photograph, because none of the pictures of this thing convey just how butt-ugly it is in real life.
The first time I saw one, earlier this month, was head-on, parked facing out in a parking structure, and my brain had a hard time resolving it as an object.
The second Cybertruck I saw was also head-on, but in motion, as its driver was turning way too fast into a supermarket parking lot, entering through the one-way exit lane I was trying to use to leave the lot.
Which, to be fair, is 100% on-brand for anyone who would consider owning a Cybertruck.
Das ist auch deshalb witzig, weil es ähnliche Listen für Tesla gibt. Und SpaceX hat auch schon viele Ankündigungen wegignoriert. Ich glaube die Boring Company auch.
Der Mythos von Elmo Musk basiert auf seinem persönl. Kultstatus, darauf, dass er ein sehr persönliches, inspirierendes Marketing macht mit großen Ideen, die Leute & Investoren bahnbrechend & cool finden.
Oh look, another Elon company stiffing its contractors.
“Texas property records show that Hydroz is one of more than two dozen companies that have filed at least 72 liens since 2019 against sites developed by SpaceX and its contractors. Combined, Reuters found, the liens have sought payments totaling more than $2.5 million.”
Oh wow, no way, I thought firing everyone in the Supercharger division was a deliberate, well-thought-out decision!
“Here's the inside story of why Elon Musk fired the entire Tesla Supercharger staff—Employees say it was a snap decision after he got an answer he didn't like”
"Fun" fact: #ElonMusk's compensation plan, expected to be approved by the combination of retail shareholder enablers and the fact that many major market funds don't vote their shares, would be enough to pay 6-figure salaries to all ~14000 recently laid-off employees for 40 years.
Elon Musk has claimed that the 2024 presidential election would likely be the last to be decided by US citizens, blaming an “influx” of illegal immigrants being allowed to vote.
US-Milliardär #Elon#Musk auf Kuschelkurs mit rechten Parteien wie der #AfD?
... er würde von einem Erfolg der angeblichen Patrioten vermutlich mehr profitieren als "der kleine Mann" in Deitschland.
Tesla cuts all but 3 of its 3,400 listed jobs in North America
The company went through a wave of layoffs, which CEO Elon Musk described as "hard core," and saw at least six executives leave. In a series of back-to-back blows, the company's first-quarter earnings missed estimates by nearly every measure, it recalled nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks, and it entered a price war with Chinese EV rivals teaming up against the company.
Neuralink's brain-chip implant malfunctioned, and the company reportedly considered removing it from its human patient
The retraction of some of the threads caused the electrodes in the device to be less effective, Neuralink said. It said it had since made tweaks which in turn "produced a rapid and sustained improvement in BPS, that has now superseded Noland's initial performance."
Never let #Elon mess with your brain..
Think about SpaceX, Tesla, and twitter 1st 🤔
#EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry #Breton slapped down a last-ditch German effort to suspend the #IRIS2 satellite communications network — a European rival to #Elon#Musk's #Starlink system.
#Germany's Vice-Chancellor Robert #Habeck, who also serves as economy and climate minister, wants to delay the launch due to worries over what he called an “exorbitant” price tag.
After sacking the charging team at Tesla, the "free speech absolutist" has found a new way to save some a few dollars: Cancelling Summer internships he's already promised to students.
Musk said that Tesla would still grow its Supercharger network, but "at a slower pace for new locations" with more focus on reliability.
Tesla drivers, meanwhile, were already worried about bigger lines at already-swamped chargers once other models of cars were given the keys to the kingdom.
Musky boy trying to save the falling stock price of his techno-ponzi by announcing an "affordable" model ... I imagine how his couple of last projects have gone - Tesla Semi, Cyber-urinal ... I mean those expensive models are total crap from quality stand point, I imagine how this one is gonna look like ... I think Toyota, BYD, Volkswagen and others are going to destroy him ... https://twitter.com/Factschaser/status/1783512823085105300
@eddie1perez I can’t believe my good fortune in having tired of the #Elon app(#Twitter) and attempting to enjoy real quality content on #mastodon despite my cognitive challenges of chronic illness on the very day before the best post on that app was going #viral! I definitely wanted to know what the #employees and former employees really wanted to share from their recent experiences. #ThankyouEddie