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Originally Posted By @realwar: Apple just laid off 600+ people from their CA location. More coming.. View Quote Attached File "Lost $4 Billion" - $.99 Cents Stores Close 371 Locations Nationwide Due To Crime & Inflation |
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul; the other for your freedom. George Patton |
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Originally Posted By LurchAddams: It's going to be interesting to watch smaller EV manufacturers, like Rivian and Lucid. Rivian is eliminating a shift. Evidently EV's are no longer a "growth" business. View Quote I keep reading that but would like to see consumer sales data to support it. Note that EVs produced but sitting on lots awaiting purchase should not be counted in end user sales figures. |
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Originally Posted By maslin02: A motor and transmission in a $60k Sprinter would be somewhere around $50k. As in more than the car is worth the day you drive it off the lot. An engine and transmission hasn't been $5k since 1979 or so. Vehicles are disposable after warranty. ICE/EV/diesel/poptart powered. Buy, warranty, sell. If it has value at the end, good. Maybe it doesn't. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Janus: Releasing the new Model 3 and it not being eligible for the tax credit has to be a significant contributor to their demand issues. View Quote Yep, that was pants on head retarded. Not having the Model Y Juniper ready to go was also an amazingly retarded move. Elon could cut the price of FSD (in half) and it would still be Way The F overpriced... |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
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But I was told the economy is strong and everything is fine.
Run bull, run! |
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Originally Posted By FuriousYachtsman: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/256621/Capture_JPG-3188519.JPG View Quote Tesla dealer lots... They sell direct in Texas - there are no cars for sale at the dealer lots, ever. |
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Originally Posted By LurchAddams: It's going to be interesting to watch smaller EV manufacturers, like Rivian and Lucid. Rivian is eliminating a shift. Evidently EV's are no longer a "growth" business. View Quote Rivian lost a hilarious amount of money in their last quarterly announcement. Like 4 billion...lol |
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Well, look who's posting about Tesla! Will this thread make it over three years like the last one did? Any day now!!
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All of us want to be Hicks, but most of us are Hudson.
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Originally Posted By mooreshawnm: Depends on the compensation package. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Tom Sawyer.
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Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: I keep reading that but would like to see consumer sales data to support it. Note that EVs produced but sitting on lots awaiting purchase should not be counted in end user sales figures. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AmericanPeople: Originally Posted By LurchAddams: It's going to be interesting to watch smaller EV manufacturers, like Rivian and Lucid. Rivian is eliminating a shift. Evidently EV's are no longer a "growth" business. I keep reading that but would like to see consumer sales data to support it. Note that EVs produced but sitting on lots awaiting purchase should not be counted in end user sales figures. Attached File |
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America did not become a superpower by working from home or from a cubicle.
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Verizon is laying off a ton of people and moving their jobs to Ireland. Where are the articles and memes about that? Ahh yes, that's right their CEO is on the board of blackrock so we can't talk about that.
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Ok, Tesla did halt Cybertruck deliveries for a week yesterday - missed that news. But halting delivery does not equal halting production.
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Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Jobs ads actually state that salaried positions are expected to work late nights, weekends and holidays. In addition to your 9-5. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By tortilla-flats: Originally Posted By mooreshawnm: Originally Posted By BillofRights: Crazy. I admire Elon, but sure wouldn't want to work for him. In Any capacity. Depends on the compensation package. That’s a fair and needed warning for a certain type of applicant which companies like Tesla and SpaceX tend to attract. |
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Don't you tell me about galaxies! I walk them in the timeline.
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With Tesla there is plenty of demands to share the pain, sacrifice, change the world etc.. Rubber meets road and they are just like any other corporation, probably worse.
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Tesla has great deals on leased vehicles for employees. Tesla subsidizes about half the monthly lease payment on a ~36 month lease.
When an employee is terminated, Tesla's subsidy ends, and the employee is on the hook for the full lease payment. 'I have bills, I have a life' | Tesla workers left shocked after sudden layoffs at Austin factory |
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America did not become a superpower by working from home or from a cubicle.
- LurchAddams |
Originally Posted By HKPDW: Yep, that was pants on head retarded. Not having the Model Y Juniper ready to go was also an amazingly retarded move. Elon could cut the price of FSD (in half) and it would still be Way The F overpriced... View Quote That just happened last week, at least for the subscription model....$199 / month to $99 / month. |
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EP429: Today's lesson - Don't provoke ARFCOM. People will see your butthole.
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Originally Posted By LurchAddams: Tesla has great deals on leased vehicles for employees. Tesla subsidizes about half the monthly lease payment on a ~36 month lease. When an employee is terminated, Tesla's subsidy ends, and the employee is on the hook for the full lease payment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aLeoZlsbY View Quote How is that news? It's a perk of employment....it's provided to employees....it's not surprising that someone who doesn't understand that is no longer employed. |
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EP429: Today's lesson - Don't provoke ARFCOM. People will see your butthole.
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The whole EV thing has run its course for now, and it actually ran a lot longer because of .gov subsidies and mandates.
Made quite a few people wealthier along the way thanks to FJB spending a Trillion fucking dollars on the EV/green energy shell game. |
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"I guess you already know that there are angels masquerading as people walking around this planet and your mom was the bravest one of those." - Idgie Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.
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All of us want to be Hicks, but most of us are Hudson.
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Originally Posted By taliv: Originally Posted By JG_Wentworth: This should be good for Tesla stock. Time to buy Just did Well I paid $165 for it on the 15th and watched it drop to 140 the next week and then it hit $195 today and I had to bail. Prob miss a $300 run as it will prob be $500 by mid summer but hey, 30 points and 18% isn’t bad for two weeks. I just regret not doubling down at 145. |
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Additional layoffs announced.
Their entire Supercharger team (500 employees) is being laid off. Most of their New Vehicles team is being laid off. https://electrek.co/2024/04/29/tesla-conducting-more-layoffs-including-entire-supercharger-team/ |
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America did not become a superpower by working from home or from a cubicle.
- LurchAddams |
Originally Posted By piperpa24: The whole EV thing has run its course for now, and it actually ran a lot longer because of .gov subsidies and mandates. Made quite a few people wealthier along the way thanks to FJB spending a Trillion fucking dollars on the EV/green energy shell game. View Quote It's good tech and worth of being developed, but at a natural rate instead of prematurely rammed down our throats by a moronic government. |
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Originally Posted By taliv: Well I paid $165 for it on the 15th and watched it drop to 140 the next week and then it hit $195 today and I had to bail. Prob miss a $300 run as it will prob be $500 by mid summer but hey, 30 points and 18% isn’t bad for two weeks. I just regret not doubling down at 145. View Quote and it's down $12 from where i sold yesterday. should i FO again? or too soon? ugh |
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Originally Posted By maslin02: A motor and transmission in a $60k Sprinter would be somewhere around $50k. As in more than the car is worth the day you drive it off the lot. An engine and transmission hasn't been $5k since 1979 or so. Vehicles are disposable after warranty. ICE/EV/diesel/poptart powered. Buy, warranty, sell. If it has value at the end, good. Maybe it doesn't. View Quote There is easily 100% markup in that number. Is that dealer labor at $300/hr or something? A reman 3.0 sprinter diesel is 10K and 15 hours to R&R. So at $150/hour your 12ish for a new engine. If you are buying Mercedes crate motors you're getting fucked. I mean if you own a Mercedes you're getting fucked but I digress... |
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Originally Posted By piperpa24: The whole EV thing has run its course for now, and it actually ran a lot longer because of .gov subsidies and mandates. Made quite a few people wealthier along the way thanks to FJB spending a Trillion fucking dollars on the EV/green energy shell game. View Quote where would it be without gov subsidies and mandates? Meaning there is a lot more baked into the cost of a Tesla than the sticker price. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: That's bug fuck nuts. There is easily 100% markup in that number. Is that dealer labor at $300/hr or something? A reman 3.0 sprinter diesel is 10K and 15 hours to R&R. So at $150/hour your 12ish for a new engine. If you are buying Mercedes crate motors you're getting fucked. I mean if you own a Mercedes you're getting fucked but I digress... View Quote Diesel tech labor rate at the stealership is $285 an hour where I live. |
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Watching the kids shoot Pieeater's 1919 was great. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing a little kid kneeling in a pile of brass and links.-Pthfndr after the Nov 13th NorCal shoot
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Originally Posted By -Blue-: Diesel tech labor rate at the stealership is $285 an hour where I live. View Quote Is that just diesel stuff or is that shop rate for everything? Diesels aren't any more difficult to work on that gas engines. Hell I'd rather work on a diesel. Merc is fucking someone hard and dry. |
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Originally Posted By xd341: Ok...still. Is that just diesel stuff or is that shop rate for everything? Diesels aren't any more difficult to work on that gas engines. Hell I'd rather work on a diesel. Merc is fucking someone hard and dry. View Quote Just diesel. I can't remember what the gas labor rate is, but I know it's a bit cheaper than the diesel guys. |
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Watching the kids shoot Pieeater's 1919 was great. Nothing warms the heart more than seeing a little kid kneeling in a pile of brass and links.-Pthfndr after the Nov 13th NorCal shoot
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Don't you tell me about galaxies! I walk them in the timeline.
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Originally Posted By xd341: Ok...still. Is that just diesel stuff or is that shop rate for everything? Diesels aren't any more difficult to work on that gas engines. Hell I'd rather work on a diesel. Merc is fucking someone hard and dry. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By xd341: Originally Posted By -Blue-: Diesel tech labor rate at the stealership is $285 an hour where I live. Is that just diesel stuff or is that shop rate for everything? Diesels aren't any more difficult to work on that gas engines. Hell I'd rather work on a diesel. Merc is fucking someone hard and dry. P20ee/207f what’s your first move |
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Now in the 4th week of job cuts. So many managers have been fired - Elon Musk now has 35 people reporting to him.
https://www.businessinsider.com/more-tesla-layoffs-workers-post-2024-5 |
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America did not become a superpower by working from home or from a cubicle.
- LurchAddams |
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Whelp on the Civil Construction side the chopped about 55 employees but they had way too many that we dealt with. Overall construction of the new Data Facilites and manufacturing buildings is full steam.
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Originally Posted By LurchAddams: Tesla deliveries for the past ~18 months are flat. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/126713/temp_jpg-3189455.JPG View Quote Thanks. That is excellent data. Does your source allow going back perhaps another three years? Maybe the "growth spurt" has reached an equilibrium point. In other words, they are at their long-term sales point until subsidies end and US regulations forcing EVs end. |
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Elon's got a marketing problem, Tesla is now the left's Bud light.
Laugh at them, but from a business perspective people who think climate change is a big issue are an important segment of the EV market, while Elon has become a conservative activist online, so now they are not going to buy his cars I own a Tesla, I like the convenience of charging it in my garage, and I like the acceleration and honestly I like the tech based concepts (bit of a nerd). But I can't see how Tesla is going to survive by alienating its customers. CEO's should probably try and stay out of politics and just focus on delivering products people want. |
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Originally Posted By PolarBear416: Elon's got a marketing problem, Tesla is now the left's Bud light. Laugh at them, but from a business perspective people who think climate change is a big issue are an important segment of the EV market, while Elon has become a conservative activist online, so now they are not going to buy his cars I own a Tesla, I like the convenience of charging it in my garage, and I like the acceleration and honestly I like the tech based concepts (bit of a nerd). But I can't see how Tesla is going to survive by alienating its customers. CEO's should probably try and stay out of politics and just focus on delivering products people want. View Quote |
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