In the not-quite-a-week that General Motors workers have been striking, seeking better wages for less-tenured workers and trying to hang on to their unusually sweet deal on health insurance, there has been the usual choosing of sides. On Twitter, Rep. Alexan…
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Month: September 2019
Faraday Future is still on the ropes, but it’s not out yet – Roadshow
Faraday Future has an extremely troubled history but it still feels like the company is on the verge of something big. Whether that’s success or failure, we’ll have to see. Faraday Future We’ve covered Faraday Future and its many, many troubles over the las…
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Tesla targets Nürburgring EV record next month
Data from our track tests indicates that Model S Plaid can achieve 7:20 at the Nürburgring. With some improvements, 7:05 may be possible when Model S returns next month. — Tesla (@Tesla) September 19, 2019 Unofficially, observers said it went around the tr…
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2:00PM Water Cooler 9/20/2020
More on politics shortly. –lambert“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51Alert reader dk (not to be confused with DK) is in the process of developing the following interactive chart:B…
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Faraday Future has a big plan – and a big problem
Faraday Future has big plans, and it needs big money to pay for them. The car startup was meant to weave together the electrification of Tesla, the user-experience of Apple, the data wrangling of Google, and the shared mobility flexibility of Uber. Instead it…
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