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I guess you missed the news.
2Q sales were a MISS.
Something killed Tesla's sales cough BYD cough.
That didn't happen because people were buying e-bikes instead of Muskmobiles.
Really? You STILL don't understand?
Have you not seen the long lines for the Fool-Aid dispenser inside the Church of Muskology?
Where Saint Musk doles out communion wafers bearing his own image?
Big-name investors thought they KNEW something about Theranos. They were all dead wrong.
Theranos was valued at $9B before it was exposed as a complete fraud.
Just because the other lemmings are jumping off a cliff doesn't mean you should follow.
The ones who KNOW something are the analysts (most of them - Morgan Stanley obviously didn't.)
Three analysts cut targets ahead of Q3 earnings
Tesla windows easily shattered by falling hail
Video from Bavaria circulating on social media shows a Tesla being no match for a hailstorm as the pellets easily break through the rear window of the car and continue shattering pieces of glass with every falling piece of ice. The rest of the car suffered some dents, while the other windows appeared to remain intact. When the owner popped the trunk to investigate the damage, all they could do is let out a chuckle.
This isn't the first time a Tesla has been seen being damaged or destroyed by hail. Despite the glass roof being built to withstand the weight of two elephants, sometimes all it takes is some big pieces of hail to break it.
A Tesla Model 3 owner in Canada last year had his car totaled after an intense hailstorm rained down on his shiny investment, shattering the iconic panoramic sunroof. And earlier this year, a Colorado resident was told to wait three to six months to have their hail-damaged Tesla solar panels repaired by the manufacturer.
Tesla offers its own car insurance that evaluates claims "in the event of an accident, collision, glass damage, and more," according to its website. Depending on where you live, it might be worth it to invest in it if your area is prone to hailstorms.
Tesla's China-made EV sales volume falls 10.9% year-on-year in September
Oh yeah, in my OP I forgot I'd posted that and the link to the video too.
Only when I went back later to PM you did I discover my error.
I was making a joke because of all the publicity the Musk vs Zuckerberg cage match fiasco got before coward Muskrat backed out.
My bad - I totally forgot that after the rule change, humor and jokes are no longer tolerated here.
In the future I'll try to limit myself to things that I know ARE allowed now - personal attacks and using the f word.
I'm as anti-gun as anyone, that's why I called him a douchebag (well, that's ONE reason).
But the video was posted by the CEO of the company on his own floundering anti-social media site, and he's clearly NOT harming anyone.
You may call it "insinuations of violence," butI call it a display of insanity by a demented CEO of a worldwide public company.
Hip-firing my Barrett 50 cal pic.twitter.com/OkNnjWid0r
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 30, 2023
In spite of that, they upped the FREE posts from 15 to 30 per day.
Allowing twice as many free posts doesn't seem like the best way to boost Premium membership purchases (don't tell Shelly I said that).
No, just personally and professionally. Douche Bigalow. 😄
AKA the world's richest man - er...human.
And yet, even after you restored my Q&A post that included the phrase "Douchebag with a gun," you failed to restore the original post that included the phrase.
The "douchebag," as I've made abundantly clear, is the friggin' CEO of the company!
You didn't remove an attack on a member, you removed an attack on a public figure who was recently in the news for firing that weapon.
Again I go back to the handbook: if I'd said "fuckin' CEO with a gun" instead of "douchebag with a gun," that would've been fine, I suppose?
Is D-bag less offensive somehow?
As for the post that was removed with the word "dumbass," I believe it was likely removed by admin for being a personal attack, however it is listed as vulgarity.
If you're going to remove a post, make sure the reason matches the offense, even if it was reported under something else. Otherwise it's confusing and may lead to unnecessary follow-up emails (as I sent to an admin) or follow-up posts on the Q&A board (as I did today).
Pay attention, son!
I said the post was about the CEO of the company, not anyone on this site.
I think I'm free to attack the CEO if I want to.
Rely on the proven history of OTC fraud and also charts.
Unlike pinky CEOs, numbers don't lie.
Two years ago the delays were falsely blamed on a pandemic.
"DD" led you and other the numbnuts to predict "$5-$10+" years ago.
Oops, my bad - your prediction actually used to be twice as much.
HERE'S A QUESTION: WHY'D YOU DELETE MY POST INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE QUESTION?
Where else am I supposed to get an answer?
Why are the words "dumbass" and "douchebag" considered vulgarities when variations of the f word are acceptable in most cases and are explicitly allowed in the handbook?
Some of my posts containing the f word are still up. But I had posts removed for using the other two.
I submit that more 13-year-olds use dumbass and douchebag than use the f word.
The entire text of one post was "Douchebag with a gun" and then an image of the CEO firing a 50 cal rifle.
How is that anywhere near as "vulgur" as variations of the f word?
Why are the words "dumbass" and "douchebag" vulgarities when variations of the f word are acceptable in most cases and are explicitly allowed in the handbook?
Posts of mine containing the f word are still up. But I had posts removed for using the other two.
I submit that more 13-year-olds use dumbass and douchebag than use the f word.
The entire text of one post was "Douchebag with a gun" and then an image of the CEO firing a 50 cal rifle.
How is that anywhere near as "vulgur" as variations of the f word?
AI predicts EOY price: $235.28 😂
https://is.gd/AZpr9p
How are those bullish symbols workin' out for you, george? 😆
It's really sad that owning an EV, and especially a Tesla, means planning your trips/vacations around the availability of charging stations.
Maybe I don't want to/can't afford to stay at a Hilton. Then what?
With a normal car it doesn't matter - I can go anywhere, stay anywhere and buy fuel anywhere.
I can take off on a moment's notice and head up to the mountains or into the desert for days and never have to worry about being stranded because my fuel cell died.
But hey - at least Tesla's got that awesome Camp Mode to entertain you (marshmallows not included). Too bad it won't work when there's no juice (also the electric door locks won't function).
Who cares that a Tesla can go 0-60 in 2.x seconds on its way to a Hilton? How practical is that?
Have you been indoctrinated into the Church of Muskology?
Muskrat IS Tesla. Everything that happens there is ultimately his responsibility.
If he were to be removed from the board, or jailed 🤞, the company would continue. But as long as he's in charge, he is Tesla.
From racial attacks in the Fremont plant to innumerable injuries at the Grünheide plant, the buck stops at the CEO's desk.
There is NO WAY he didn't know about the racial attacks and slurs at Fremont, or the aluminum dust hazards and hundreds of injuries at Grünheide.
He deliberately misled the public and investors about his company's products. That's called FRAUD.
German magazine makes demolishing report about Tesla's factory in Grünheide
Before the Grünheide facility started its operations, I covered the concerns of area residents who feared they would be left with no water to drink should any leaks happen in the factory. They were dismissed as hippies who did not want the region to have a modern factory from the world's most valuable carmaker. Not even warnings from the Wasserverband Strausberg-Erkner (Strausberg-Erkner Water Association, or WSE) helped. Stern revealed that at least 26 spills, fires, and other incidents that could affect water reserves have happened at the plant.
Among the 26 potentially hazardous events that happened at the Tesla factory in Grünheide, one involves an illegal fuel station that the American BEV maker hid for months under a white party tent. Before that, Tesla only used tents to build cars.
As ironic as this is, the fact is that 250 liters of diesel leaked on May 4, 2023. That happened when a truck driver tried to refuel and shortly left the illegal station after inserting the nozzle into the tank. When he got back, the nozzle had dropped and was spilling diesel "uncontrollably" on the ground. The authorities only discovered the hidden fuel station on July 21, ordering its removal. There's no word about fines or other legal consequences for Tesla.
When it comes to employee safety, the Stern team discovered that these folks get hurt every day in Tesla's German factory. Considering the company's records in its home country, that is hardly a surprise. A 2019 investigation revealed that the Fremont factory was three times more likely to violate health and safety work regulations than the other ten largest American factories combined. Tesla was also accused of concealing work accidents. Whenever one happened, the affected employee had to reach the hospital by taxi or Uber. That made ambulance requirements drop. In other words, the company could argue the accident had nothing to do with the work environment.
There are pretty dark reports of what happens at Giga Grünheide. Stern talked to Tayfur Karaboga, a former Tesla worker who lost his job after warning about safety risks in his activity. In January, Karaboga was told to turn a workshop into a final assembly hall. That would demand him to move a power outlet. To perform that safely, he would need to turn off power in that workshop, but he had no clearance to do so. His shift supervisor told him to do that with the power on. Predictably. Karaboga was electrocuted. Luckily, he's still alive. The former worker also reported hearing "booming alarm sirens and frequent emergency calls" all the time.
Jörg Schneider is another former Tesla employee that Stern interviewed. Ironically, he was a shift manager and had to care for 50 workers. He said people used to collapse from exhaustion at the final assembly hall. Karaboga reported the same thing, which confirms the report PingWest wrote about Giga Shanghai. The Chinese outlet compared the factory to a modern sweatshop and was sued by Tesla. As a result, the story is no longer online, but you can still find copies around the internet. Schneider said that people are getting hurt at Tesla and that he never saw any other company work so ruthlessly. There are reports of electric shocks (such as the one Karaboga endured), scalding, hydrochloric acid, amputated limbs, and a long etcetera.
According to the German magazine, Giga Grünheide had 247 ambulance or helicopter requests only in its first operation year. Considering it was officially opened on March 22, 2022, that would be 247 incidents for 285 days if the plant worked all weekends. Exclude them and German holidays, and you'll end with 247 emergencies in 195 days (1.27 per day). From June to November of last year alone, 190 work accidents happened. Divided by 126 working days, that's 1.51 cases daily. Stern related that to the number of employees and concluded that this is three times as many occurrences in the same time frame as Audi had at its Ingolstadt plant. To make matters worse, all the people the German magazine interviewed said the factory's air is impregnated with aluminum dust. This substance is considered hazardous.
Exposure to this dust can cause "metal fume fever," which has symptoms similar to those caused by flu, as well as a metallic taste in the mouth. In more severe cases, it can lead to pulmonary fibrosis. Aluminum production is carcinogenic, even if the metal itself isn't. Giga Grünheide workers said the dust settles in their noses, ears, and lungs. Tesla could avoid that with industrial suction hoods. The German factory has some, but not enough. Sick leaves at the factory are frequent.
If none of that makes you wonder about buying a Tesla, Stern warns about how it all affects the products. Workers told the German magazine that the pressure to deliver more and more units is an effort to drive Tesla's share prices up. One of the helpers in the final assembly line said they were instructed to omit a screw for the holder of an airbag if the vehicles just passed too quickly through their station. It would be a measure to save time. Tinkerers among us will probably want to check their made-in-Germany Model Y units afterward. This rush to deliver vehicles, no matter what, explains thin and peeling paint, detaching steering wheels, panel gaps, and even more severe issues such as motor failures.
One of the two Stern reporters who worked at Giga Grünheide said she was in the motor production department. Once, the machines produced several defective components that the quality inspector "only partially sorted out" – even after saying: "We only produced scrap parts today." In other words, these defective parts are in some vehicles because there is a target for a certain quantity of components that has to be met at all costs. Too bad customers may end up paying for that.
Full Story: https://is.gd/N4qg7P
Tesla/Muskrat dominate the legal calendar in the U.S.
Truth be told, he's probably in second place to the ex-POTUS. 😁
Some of the lawsuits carry the potential for incarceration of the blowhard CEO, including the latest for blowing off a subpoena.
On the same day the SEC filed their lawsuit, the whiny bitch (Elmo) whined about the agency needing to be overhauled and wrongdoers punished.
Tesla driver suffers serious injuries after crashing into center divider in Chula Vista
A Tesla driver was hospitalized Friday with serious injuries after a vehicle knocked down two trees in the center divider of East H Street in Chula Vista.
At 2:50 a.m. Friday, a Tesla flipped after the crash and caught fire, according to OnScene.TV.
Area residents extricated the driver, who was taken to a hospital, the video news service said.
The Tesla’s batteries exploded, causing danger to Chula Vista firefighters. The fire was extinguished and there was debris in the westbound lanes of the 1600 block of East H Street.
DUI was suspected, and the Chula Vista Police Department was investigating.
Is that what the lying CEO said?
.0003s are back yeah boyeeee!
Been almost a year since the new owner arrived.
Where's Chi Ching Hung?
If you want to cheer for a turd, go ahead.
I prefer sending 'em where they belong.
It's true - my accuracy in declaring this a scam is both legendary and unparalleled.
When Wallace was allegedly releasing "Possibly the most exciting innovation to the ?nancial industry since online banking," I was calling it a scam.
Even when Steve-o was allegedly expanding XFCI into South America and pretending to merge it into EEGI, I called it a scam while suckers got excited and bought billions of worthless shares.
Six Teslas engulfed in flames on a trailer in Turkey
There's reportedly a video of the incident - good luck finding it.
Price cuts bring MSRP to new all-time low amid staunch competition
Tesla engulfed in fire in Hillsborough, NJ
Video: Tesla cuts prices of top models again
Muskrat in hot water with SEC for failure to comply with subpoena
What do you mean they aren't optional for billionaires?