DarkandStormy

The great EV pick-up war is set to begin late next year. I don't know how the Endurance will do - those specs are basically the same as the base model RWD Cybertruck from Tesla, which comes in at $40k (no tax credit available, though...and I should note, Tesla often pulls its cheapest model at unveiling from production). The Cybertruck's dual motor (second trim) is AWD, basically the same price as the base model Endurance (though the Endurance will come up with the full federal EV tax credit -> and their website says starting at $52.5k, btw), but with 300+ miles of range claimed, 10k pound towing capacity, probably faster 0-60, etc. The bed on the Cybertruck is said to be about a foot longer as well (though...a redesign is supposedly coming and my guess is they have to take a foot off the length so it'll fit in a standard size garage). Here's a quick rundown (by my findings, so perhaps incomplete) of all the EVs that have been unveiled so far: -Tesla Cybertruck: As I mentioned, they're going to have to cut at least a foot off the length to fit it in a garage. It's 19.8 feet now and most garages are 20 feet in length. I also don't know how Tesla is playing this as part of their business -> they were well past 600k reservations at last check. Of course, when it's a $100 fully refundable deposit, it might not tell you much about demand. Tesla has prioritized its Model Y production out of its yet-to-be-completed Texas factory, leaving the timing of the Cybertruck in limbo. My best guess is that we don't see the top end tri-motor model until 2022 at the earliest. -Rivian R1T: These supposedly will start getting delivered by mid-2021. It's a start-up, so who knows how they'll actually do meeting their claimed specs. A lot of EV enthusiasts I know are pretty optimistic that Rivian will make a compelling truck. -Bollinger B2: I know nothing about this. -Lordstown Endurance: see above -Atlis XT: No idea about this company but the specs for the price sound impressive (https://insideevs.com/reviews/341937/atlis-xt-electric-pickup-truck-reveal/) -GMC Hummer EV: Edition 1 is said to go into production late in 2021 and then other versions coming in the years after. -Ford F-150 EV: Could be possibly debuted in 2021, but Ford has said it will go on sale in mid-2022. No prototype or specs or price yet. -Nikola Badger: RIP, Nikola was a fraud lol (believe I called that in the investing thread) -Hercules Alpha: new startup formed in 2018, I know nothing else -Chevy EV: There is increased speculation that GM will offer a Chevy EV pickup truck of some kind with a shared body of the Hummer. Timeline unknown.

^I mean, I think there is probably a need for both hydrogen FCVs and BEVs...but I can select from more than a dozen EV models right now and charge them in my garage. I can't say the same for FCVs.

Fwiw, because of the federal tax credit, you can get a VW ID.4 (electric cross-over) for ~$33k, depending on which trim you want. It beats any Tesla on price. EDIT - https://www.vw.com/pre-order/ They're also throwing in three years of free charging with Electrify America.

TSLA shares now trading in the $600-$650 range (post-split...so $3k+ pre-split - and remember, Elon said it was "too high" around $780 pre-split). It gets included into the S&P 500 at the end of trading on Friday. One estimate I read is that the index funds (SPY, VOO, etc.) that all track the S&P 500 (EDIT - and other index funds like the S&P 100) need to buy around 115m shares of TSLA. TSLA's float is around 730m shares. Of course, no one knows if those index fund managers have been front running it (i.e. buying up shares before the official inclusion date) or if they'll all have to buy millions of shares in the next week or so. It is the single largest company inclusion (by market cap and weighted %) in the history of the S&P 500 - it's roughly a $600bn market cap and is set to make up 1.25% of the entire S&P 500.

^Yes, I'm sure this guy with 1m subscribers makes >$4.5m a year lmao

Have had friends do the same - after they watched the Social Dilemma (or whatever documentary it's called on Netflix). I never had Instagram or Snapchat. And I mostly just keep Facebook around to be able to video chat with my grandmother (we finally helped her figure out how to video call on Messenger).

Ohio State vs. Michigan is cancelled. Buckeyes now do not have the requisite number of games played to play in the Conference Championship Game (for now - a lot of speculation the Big Ten may change that rule).

Would "the Lord" approve of using money to build such a building? Ramsey is good for a good chunk of the population - to the extent that many Americans don't seem to understand you need to spend less (a lot less) than you make to get ahead. But he's very beginner level for some as well. And he uses misleading figures to try to persuade people (e.g. he quotes something like 12% return on index funds, while most other financial advisors note you can expect ~7-8% returns based on historical averages - that's because Ramsey doesn't use CAGR. He averages out the annual returns, which is a really silly way to do it, but it also makes it look like he knows "more.").

From Tesla's own 10-K:

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-full-autonomy-2021/ Stop me if you've heard this before...but Musk is "extremely confident" Tesla's will be fully autonomous, wait for it, "next year." https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/tech/autox-robotaxi-china-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/8/21507814/waymo-driverless-cars-allow-more-customers-phoenix Self-driving cars already exist...just not from Tesla.

48 NBA players have already tested positive for covid. So...good luck with all that.

Do you think anyone who lives in German Village would be caught dead shopping on Parsons?? ..../s

So far this week it's Giant Eagle > Kroger, parkin spaces, and spamming for the website to sign the petition or whatever.

Bumping this so you can see the post above...yes. The guy also links to a simulation he put on YouTube in the tweet below it.

This is an incredible visual...not because it "proves" that the Loop will move 21k+ people per hour, but for how chaotic it is. Also...note that many pedestrians get run over in this simulation, and some cars hold 15+ people...which will take a lot longer to unload than is shown. Just build a train.

Broncos forced to play but Ravens get to reschedule for...reasons.

Easton is taxed as if it is farmland, which it pretty much was prior to 1996.

I don't think this justifies *SIXTY YEARS* of exemption from taxation of improvements.

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2020/11/24/columbus-city-council-extends-polaris-easton-tax-deals/6392623002/ Can someone explain why Easton and Polaris should be TIF'd through 2056?

Appears Randazzo may have taken a $4m payment from First Energy.

I didn't follow my advice (should have) other than a small fun play with TSLA that will neither make nor break my retirement date lol. Performance since 6/30: -TSLA +131% -WKHS +40% (looks like they're still waiting on that USPS contract...one to watch if you want) -FUV +154% (and that's after giving back some 14% today already...they popped 70% yesterday - I think on news that they obtained a pilot program with the city of Orlando) -NIO +537% (they're the new Tesla...in the stock market, at least) -BLNK +273% -KNDI +183% -SOLO +307% -PLUG: +196% And a couple that didn't: -HYLN (via SHLL, an SPAC): -12% -NKLA (also via an SPAC): -62% (their CEO resigned amidst fraud allegations), they've had an up and down run since going public, but mostly down recently

For those keeping score at home, Elon declared 2019 to be the "Year of the Solar Roof." https://electrek.co/2016/07/29/tesla-minibus-model-x-chassis-elon-musk/ This product has been scrapped. This hasn't happened yet. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-tesla-has-planned-before-2020-2017-6#increase-the-range-of-tesla-cars-to-1000-kilometers-per-charge-6 None of these have happened. https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/29/elon-musk-says-tesla-cars-will-reach-620-miles-on-a-single-charge-within-a-year-or-two-have-fully-autonomous-cars-in-three-years/ This was from 2015. More than five years later and Tesla is now "beta testing" its new/different autonomous technology..."Full Self Driving" (which, to be clear, does not make Teslas fully autonomous). The $35k Model 3 never happened. https://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/18/san-jose-mercury-news-interviews-teslas-elon-musk/ Musk was pumping the hype back in the early aughts.