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I am a The Motley Fool's client, but I decided not to renew my subscription after they recommended TSLA. It did go up since the recommendation, but there was nothing to back that up. As you wrote, no fundamentals. Fantastic text, John.

I wonder who will wear the cap "I was right about Elon Musk" first. If they ever make one, that honor should go to @niedermeyer.online.

Maruti Suzuki Proves Affordable Cars Can Be Safe With 2024 Dzire The $8,000 sedan achieved five stars on a Global NCAP test, proving that affordability does not need to represent a life threat.

Indian cars generally do not attract any attention, but the Maruti Suzuki Dzire should. It proves affordable cars can be safe. How it got there holds the key to making that as obvious as it should be.

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Amen, Cristina. Everything is going to be better!

Cyber Kool-Aid.

I thought it was a hearse.

What changed my perception about it was driving one. Such a nice style but such a lousy execution (steering, gearbox...). What a disappointment.

In Brazil, they are deemed as children's guardians. People used to distribute packs of candies to kids to celebrate their day. In some places, they still do.

I just hope you have a nice time here, Kevin. Enjoy!

BMS_u029 Case Tells a Horror Story About Tesla Service Centers – Conclusion All soap operas need several episodes to unfold. When I started writing about what Bob Atkins and his mother-in-law went through when her 2014 Model S 85...

The ones anywhere near that are getting familiar with BMS_u029, the error code that warns the battery pack has to be replaced. True horror stories, even for long-time owners.

I also felt this recently. They are among us, even if they prefer it over there.

Accident Investigator Explains Autopilot's Issues With Emergency Vehicles Costas Lakafossis contacted me about a week after the Wall Street Journal released bombastic news. The newspaper published on August 9 a video of a 2019 ...

Costas Lakafossis asked NHTSA to take measures to prevent sudden unintended acceleration cases with Tesla vehicles. He also helped me understand why Autopilot will never avoid emergency vehicles while it works with Tesla Vision: it is blind to these situations.

Fremantle Highway Didn't Absolve BEVs (Yet) – It Was Another Journalism Confusion Battery electric vehicle (BEV) advocates rushed to absolve them of wrongdoing after Automobilwoche declared they had nothing to do with the fire that des...

If you read anywhere that it wasn't a BEV that caused the Fremantle Highway fire, forget it. The truth is we still lack that answer: one of the 498 BEVs in the RoRo ship may have provoked it or made the fire worse. We don't know. Sadly, our only certainty is that journalism is in a sorry state...

New Images and Video Confirm Austin-Made Tesla Model Y Has Cracked Front Casting When I first told my readers about an Austin-made Tesla Model Y with a cracked front casting, the owner had yet to confirm how serious the problem was. I...

Yes, the front-structure casting in this Model Y has a crack, but you won't believe what led this owner to discover the problem: another major safety concern.

Elon Musk's Cage Fight and Tesla Suing Whistleblowers Have Creepy Similarities I was shocked after seeing the headlines about Tesla suing two whistleblowers. That was the BEV maker's answer to what is now more popularly known a...

When shifting the narrative becomes a stepping stone.

Austin-Made Model Y Unit Presents Cracked Front Casting; Tesla Says It Is Within Specs Whenever I discover a new problem with a Tesla, investors and advocates argue that it is anecdotal evidence. Trying to explain that early cases could lea...

Do you drive a Model Y made in Austin? Do yourself a favor and check the front casting: it may present cracks like these ones.

Tesla Sues Two Former Employees for 'Tesla Files' Episode, Tries to Shift the Blame It took Tesla quite a while to address the episode known as Tesla Files. If that does not ring a bell to you, the German newspaper Handelsblatt gave the ...

I have not seen a single article with the proper context for this, so I wrote one. I apologize if any reporter tried to do the same and I failed to read their work.

New Model S and Model X Standard Range Units Tell a Concerning Story About Tesla When Tesla started reducing prices, its usual advocates thought it was a fantastic move to increase sales. Some even parrotted Elon Musk's surreal e...

It's been a while since I do not post anything, but this is a worthy discussion. Can a software lock result in a $10,000 discount with no cost cuts involved? Tesla's latest excuse to reduce Model S and Model X inventories suggests the problem is more serious than the company makes it seem.

First Class Action Against Tesla's Unreal Range Readouts Disputes More than Just That On July 27, Reuters published an investigation revealing that Elon Musk ordered Tesla's software engineers to always present the best possible range...

The first class action against Tesla for "rosy" range readouts goes beyond that. The attorneys in charge also put a spotlight on something inherent to battery packs with ternary cells: the recommendation not to charge them to their full capacity. All BEV makers should keep an eye on that.

More-Than-Million-Mile Model S Helps Clarify What is Wrong with Tesla's Motors When Hansjörg von Gemmingen achieved 1 million miles with his Model S, he said he would buy a Lucid Air. It seemed he was bidding farewell to Tesla,...

Tesla intentionally made its remanufactured large drive units for the Model S and Model X worse than the original motors. Hansjörg von Gemmingen exposed that trying to demonstrate it was possible to drive an EV for more than 1 million miles. It is no surprise Tesla tries to ignore him. I didn't

Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.

What a demolishing article. Congratulations for bringing this up, Reuters.

Christoph Lindner Became the Tesla Attorney Due to His 2016 Model S 90D Christoph Lindner became a prolific source about new and old Tesla issues. The German lawyer created the website TeslaAnwalt (Tesla Attorney) and got on ...

Several new defects and bad practices related to Tesla were revealed by the work of Christoph Lindner and his team. Known as Tesla Attorney, he started going to court against the BEV maker due to a problem with his own car. Here's what I learned about him in an interview.

Governments Are Cheating to Make Battery Electric Trucks Feasible, But Will That Work? A new regulation in Europe made me realize something that passed before my eyes in the past but did not receive the attention it deserved. In the US, Cla...

Battery electric trucks have a huge handicap compared to those with combustion engines: the weight of their battery packs. Instead of pursuing better ways to transport goods, governments are changing the maximum gross weight for these trucks. That's cheating, and it will not end well.

BEV Adoption in the US Is Slowing Down, But Not for What BEV Advocates Claim Several BEV advocates thought that all it would take for customers to buy more electric cars was a broader offer of products. Or more financial incentive...

I've seen some articles talking about how cost misconceptions were hindering BEV adoption, so I went to the sources. The truth is that what some classify as errors are correct impressions – and that customers have a better idea of what is going on than BEV makers would care to admit.

What Determines When a Car Dies? The EV shift is happening with the excuse of turning personal transportation more sustainable. In a way, it is a direct consequence of the increasingly s...

After searching for a Twitter substitute for quite a while, here I am. I'll start with a discussion that I consider pretty relevant: what determines when a car dies?