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[Barrister]

MikeK: How serious do you think Trump is in regard to the tariffs?

[Mike K.]

You want my real opinion?

I feel he’s letting us reveal our biggest weaknesses. By doing nothing more than taunting us, he’s got us divided, frantic, running into each other and politically for Canadians, realizing how badly our governments have mismanaged our society.

How’s that saying go? You can win a war by never taking a shot.

I’m just one guy out of 40 million but what I’m seeing is amateur hour, full tilt, from our municipal governments right on up to the feds.

[Barrister]

Wait until Trump finds out that Victoria council might get rid of twitter, that should terrify him.

[Matt R.]

Wait until he finds out about the journalism tax credit.

[Victoria Watcher]

Troubled electric vehicle maker Nikola has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection months after saying that it would likely run out of cash early this year.

 

Nikola was a hot start-up and rising star on Wall Street before becoming enmeshed in scandal and its founder was convicted in 2022 for misleading investors about the Arizona company’s technology.

 

At the trial of founder Trevor Milton, prosecutors say a company video of a prototype truck appearing to be driven down a desert highway was actually a video of a nonfunctioning Nikola that had been rolled down a hill.

 

But the hype around the company was immense. In 2020, Nikola was valued at around $30 billion, exceeding the market capitalization of Ford Motor Co.

 

https://apnews.com/a...3ff7175b4a7b0b5

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 February 2025 - 10:56 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Elon Musk set the record straight about rumors of Tesla investing in Nissan. While the billionaire CEO did not outright deny the rumor or even reject the alleged Nissan proposal, Musk did hint at the inherent flaw of the rumored investment.

 

The Rumor & Elon’s Reply

 

According to Fortune, a few influential people in Japan prepared a proposal for Tesla, suggesting an investment in Nissan. The report suggests that Tesla might be interested in acquiring Nissan’s factories in the United States.

 

In an X post featuring Fortune’s article about the proposal for Tesla to invest in Nissan, Elon Musk replied, commenting:

“The Tesla factory IS the product. The Cybercab production line is like nothing else in the automotive industry.”

 

https://www.teslarat...san-investment/

 

 

Over the years, Musk has repeatedly emphasized that Tesla’s factories are the company’s product. The best example of this concept is Gigafactory Shanghai. Tesla implemented all the lessons it learned from the GA4 tent it built for the early production of the Model 3 in its factory in China. The company improved its factory model when it built Gigafactory Berlin.

 

Tesla discussed its production line model, called the unboxed process, during its 2023 Investor Day presentation. Given Tesla’s goal with the manufacturing process, it would probably be more challenging for the EV automaker to retrofit an old car factory rather than build a new factory from scratch.

 

If Nissan wants a Tesla investment, its US factories might not be the leverage it needs in negotiations.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 February 2025 - 04:09 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Why This Ultra Cheap Battery Breakthrough Matters.

 

Solid state batteries could address some of the biggest issues facing energy storage and EVs; safety, charge capacity, and longevity. But the biggest problem they face? Cost. But there's a new electrode manufacturing technique that apparently uses less energy, less materials, and less factory floor space — all of which means more savings. Plus, researchers have found a new cathode material that works just as well as lithium iron phosphate, but costs only 1 or 2% of its price, potentially knocking 50 to 60% off the cost of a finished battery. That's right, 50 to 60% off the entire battery's price. How are these massive savings even possible? And could these innovations realistically dethrone current manufacturing methods and battery materials?

 

 

YouTube VIDEO: https://youtu.be/qZ8...xngQjils5l5fHx4

[Victoria Watcher]

That's pretty good charging.

 

https://x.com/Sawyer...319641040421200

 

 

 

 

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700 mile range! Wow

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Tesla Cybertrucks burn overnight in Seattle, KIRO Newsradio reporter threatened with knife while covering

 

https://mynorthwest....seattle/4060501

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Europe’s biggest battery hope Northvolt files for bankruptcy

 

https://batteriesnew...for-bankruptcy/

[Mike K.]

Scam smelled an ocean away.

[Barrister]

How much money, if any, did our governments put into this?

[Victoria Watcher]

Lexus RZ Debuts First F Sport Trim and New Faux-Shifting Feature

 

 

Lexus's lone EV adds a more powerful RZ550e model with 402 horsepower and—finally!—steer-by-wire.

 

https://www.caranddr...update-details/

 

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 March 2025 - 09:06 PM.

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https://x.com/stillg...977507832484094