Definitely a well anticipated problem. Even among people who are bullish for an EV transition.

The argument to move full steam ahead is EVs can get fuel from any electricity source. Fossil fuel or renewable generation. Locally generated or grid-provided. ICE vehicles will always only get fuel from one non-renewable source.

China knows this and that’s why they’re dumping a shit load of money into solar, wind, and high-voltage lines that will move power from those sources into cities.

The old authoritarian playbook. The leader is never wrong. Find a scapegoat at all costs.

Mmm, communion wafer.

Off the bat, this thing is basically a dumb phone and it’s going to be very easy for third parties to mess with the platform. My bigger concern with the first launch is quality control. It’s a new vehicle, a new platform, and they’re trying to be extremely cost conscious. I won’t be surprised if there are quality issues with the first production run.

My guess is that, like with Rivian, Bezos is more interested in an EV platform for logistics. These are cheap, they don’t dent, they the don’t have a lot of electronics that can break, they can be easily retrofitted with new logistics platforms if you have an Allen wrench, they’re small enough for urban areas, and you don’t pay for gas.

Bezos is a lot of shitty things, but what made him rich was being a penny pinching logistics geek. This is right up his alley. Cheap to buy, cheap to maintain, cheap to operate.

The most exhausting thing is that, in a number of technology spaces, there is a new development every 6 months that forces teams to scramble. And very few organizations have found a way to train people about the new advances and how they will impact their jobs.

It’s either changing a core operational workflow, changing whether your customers are staying / migrating to a different product, changing the roadmap, etc.

GSM, WCDMA, and 4G LTE

Well now we know exactly where this person lives.

As I recall, you can get the OG cab on food trucks, but it’s something that they primarily sell to fleets vehicles. Consumers usually want the extra cab storage.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

When I saw people ripping off the floating liner, I immediately thought “they’re going to try to blame the bad work on these people”

250 foot long gash? This claim sounds pretty sus. Wanna bet they’re arresting people who are ripping off the peeling rhino liner for souvenirs?

Sateggsfaction guaranteed by:

Homie looks like he’s spent time at Arkham.

It’s expected to be 98-108F / 36-42C.

So yeah, water and weed is probably the better choice.

That said, people that attend Coachella every year are going to look at this and think “first time?”

Just Googled the guy. Yup, he does in fact look like a Gotham city villain.

Ideally you want just enough inventory to cover the demand with a little buffer. That way you don’t get saddled with a bunch of shit merch if there is a recall, or a new version is released. Also so you’re not filling your warehouse shelves with stuff that’s taking up space for other products.

Problem is, some weeks people buy more, some weeks they buy less. Also some weeks a shipment doesn’t show up in time, shit gets stolen, shit gets damaged. You can place an order for more inventory to cover the gap, but that takes time to process and arrive.

It’s a very imperfect process with a lot of variables that constantly change.

True. But at a concert or festival anywhere in the western world, weed will find a way.

If you’re in France, just look for a chill guy named Zephyr or something. He’ll hook you up. If you’re in the Americas, a Shane will do.

All of those top cities full of sprawl with high speed strodes. High speed strodes are famous for being more dangerous. They’re basically a highway with a sidewalk.

I liked that many people in the news seem to actually talk in a tone that implied this one was for realsies.

MAGAs immediately jumped to conspiracies about secret liberals tampering with the reflecting pool to undermine Trump. The dear leader knows everything and can do no wrong.

When idiots realize American Idiot is actually about them.