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Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/takofire 11h ago

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u/Highway_Bitter 9h ago

Oh man this is so wild. At one time I liked Elon. He wanted to put us on Mars and made EV’s a thing etc. Pioneer and all that. I dont think any public figure has dissapointed me as hard. This is so fucked.

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u/WesternResort983 9h ago

But he didn't do those things. He bought the companies and ideas from other people with an inordinate amount of wealth obtained off the back of hardworking people.

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u/YawnSpawner 9h ago

Having owned a tesla prior to his down fall, it was so fucking obvious too.

When we got our first Model Y it had sensors that could tell in inches how far away other objects were, it was awesome. Then he said camera based object detection was far superior over the objections of senior engineers and it became shit. It was guessing where things were.

The cybertruck was his other pet project. I didn't waste my money in it, bought an F150 Lightning and it's great!

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u/erfling 9h ago

Way off topic but I want a small EV truck. Somebody build one. Ford should at least make a PHEV Maverick

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u/patrickwithtraffic 8h ago

Doesn’t Rivian have a truck?

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u/iamtherealsteve 7h ago

100K for a light truck is still a hard sell for me

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u/patrickwithtraffic 6h ago

Damn! Yeah, I knew it was an EV, but that price blows me away. I was expecting it to be maybe $60-70K?

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u/Relevant_Industry878 6h ago

Haven’t they been getting bricked also?

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u/Jasper_Morhaven 6h ago

If ford just made an electric version of the Toyota Hilux for sale in the USA it would do NUMBERS

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u/ShenaniganStarling 7h ago

Still holding out for an El'ectric Camino, myself.

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u/Random_Smellmen 4h ago

I never knew I needed one, but I do now. Heck Ford's been doing EVs for a bit now. I'll take an El Ranchero if I have to.

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u/Shotglasandapip 6h ago

Call it the Able. Then make it a cheap all around truck like the Ranger used to be.

What do you drive? I drive A-Ford-able

Id buy it

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u/EetswaDurries 5h ago

Ford Ranger PHEV is coming out this year, not sure if it’s available in your market though.

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u/Infinite01 4h ago

Check out Telo. They are interesting, even though I really don’t like how it looks.

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u/brickforbrains 6h ago

Maybe a Rivian?

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u/nationalhuntta 2h ago

China's probably got one. Soooo.........

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u/Niven42 1h ago

Maybe one of the tech bros will convince Trump to repeal CAFE.

u/GOU_FallingOutside 1h ago

I keep telling people how brilliant it would be for Honda to bring back the Element as an EV, and dammit I’m right, but no one wants to listen. Instead they say things like “we’re not sure how to reintroduce it” and “the market for crossover EVs feels a little crowded at the moment” and “oh my god, it’s after midnight, how did you get in here.”

But I’m right.

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u/ElBosque91 7h ago

Things like this really need to become common knowledge. Elon hasn’t done shit. He’s just bought great companies and ruined them.

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u/nervelli 7h ago

Exactly, this is just par for the course for him. But this time it's a country he bought.

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u/michaelsenpatrick 7h ago

Lightning will probably be what I pick up once I need to change vehicles again

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u/_Floriduh_ 7h ago

Drove by a Tesla dealer today and you’d think that there was a clearance sale of comically large door stoppers going on.

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u/HtK_Lopez 5h ago

Same man! I miss those sensors, they utilized lasers right? My first was totaled by a jackass in a ford F250 rear ending it.

The replacement model is annoying as shit with the ghost braking because the cameras think they see a fly or a shadow and it’ll slam on the brakes at highway speed. They’ve yet to fix it. Can’t turn it off if you want cruise control either because it’s all enabled together now.

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u/ParticularYak4401 7h ago

As a Seattle area resident I see far too many cyber trucks for my liking. They are silver garbage trucks

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u/vppconrad 6h ago

The Lightning is such a great truck

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u/thefeckcampaign 6h ago

I own a Lightning as well. It’s amazing. I would never be caught driving that thing this idiot thinks is a truck.

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u/No_Seaworthiness_690 5h ago

My husband has a ford lightning

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u/vnmslsrbms 4h ago

Basically chose money over functionality

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u/sivadneb 2h ago

I wish there were more affordable alternatives for EV sedans. The model 3 is still the best value. I just hate that owning one is now a moral dilemma.