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The judge reduced the bond 50 percent so the family could afford to let him out! If someone is facing 100 years in prison, you do not allow him out, because he'll run (and hurt others).

Stupid judge! He should get assaulted and paralyzed.

It does look female. But could probably scream in a deep voice "Git in yur seat!", then pick you up by the collar and drop you in the seat. It looks better than some of the female softball players my male team in the past was up against (and we lost a few games to them).

That happened not far from where I live. Not just any cliff, but Devils Slide. Notorious for being almost vertical and all rocks and boulders. Most people die if they sail over the cliff. These Tesla occupants survived despite the driver going over the cliff at high speed and crashing into boulders 250 feet below.

False. There are a number of companies that recycle battery packs from damaged Teslas. Redwood Materials among them. Smaller companies refurbish the packs and install them as replacements for other Tesla owners. Damaged battery packs are taken apart and used in alternate usages such as storage batteries and such. No battery packs are being shredded.

I have those safety features on my car, as well as some others. When I back out of a parking lot space, not only do I have a rearview camera and back-up beeper, but a warning if cars are approaching from the sides at the rear - very handy but sometimes annoying. If I go 5 mph over the speed limit I hear a beep, weird. Also, if I'm veering out of my lane the steering wheel vibrates. I always drive defensively so these features aren't necessary. I won't use any assisted self-driving features, that's a sure way to get in trouble.

As if blacks can steal electricity for an EV, like how they can steal gasoline. They ain't buying EV's.

Actually, even Toyota has been suckered into the game. They have a couple EV's for sale. One of my neighbors bought a Toyota BZ4X SUV, all electric. These cost around $50,000 or so.

Anything can happen. But Musk has been heard to say that he doesn't want to be selling cars in the near future. His plan is to gravitate to building ride-sharing vehicles and robots. He'll make bigger profits doing that. As well as home appliances such as air conditioners and becoming a utility company. Others will be making the EV's.

Lol! Yes, these companies like Ford and GM are idiots. Tesla actually had a plan that works. Tesla's plan was to make luxury sports cars for the rich at a profit, then use that money to build luxury sedans for the rich at a profit, then make cheaper cars for a profit. They stuck to the plan over years, making cars more efficiently and reducing prices all while making huge profits.

A good plan is to increase volume on profitable cars. Ford and GM are losing thousands on each EV they sell, because they refuse to sell them at a price that is more than what it costs them to build.

That would work. We have a dear friend whose husband was in a motorcycle gang (he passed about 5 years ago). He lived hard, in and out of jail over the decades. He always told me to give him a call if I had any problems with neighbors, and he would bring a bunch of his buddies on their bikes. Never had to call him, but appreciated the offer.

A long time ago when I lived in another neighborhood, a friend had a problem with a neighbor. He asked his biker gang friend for help, and a few of them got into the neighbor's home and cleared out the furniture. Neighbor came home to an empty home. He had no clue what happened, and no one got caught.

Absolutely. Many black lives do Not matter. Any black who harms an Asian lady like this case should be killed - immediately. And to anyone who spouts that BLM nonsense as long as these hate crimes by blacks continue.

Some independents already do this, refurbishing battery packs and installing them on customer's EV's.

Redwood Materials is in the business of recycling EV batteries for many auto makers. They don't refurbish the packs. What they do is salvage good batteries and put them to use in lesser products, such as golf carts, forklifts, and storage systems. The batteries that can't be used are reduced to their material elements and used in manufacturing new batteries, similar to how lead-acid batteries for ICE vehicles are recycled. There is no reason to junk EV batteries in junkyards or landfills, they can be recycled now by existing companies.

This is true of all EV's sold in California. There is a law that all manufacturers must replace the battery pack in an 8-year period, if it fails to provide power within a certain range.

Comedians have been the enemy for quite some time now. A few decades ago I got a couple speeding tickets, and to avoid a bad record opted to go to traffic school. That turned out to be multiple days listening to a leftist comedian while getting some driving tips. The comedians spouted anti-conservative drivel. The liberals forced to be there were happy and laughing, while I suffered under the abuse. It did cause me to be more careful in avoiding speed traps, but pissed me off that tax dollars were being used to host lousy leftist comedians.

After Musk populates Mars (and/or the Moon, Venus), he can truthfully say he paid more income tax than anyone ever in the history of the Solar System. Democrats will then try to tax inter-planetary travel, and Musk can give the finger to them from Mars.

Add to this, the incessant government propaganda against Japanese, inciting Chinese to want to further racism against Japanese. It's in their movies, TV, and written fiction. That does not bode well for Japan if China attacks. On the other hand, the Japanese are smarter and fight well. China may have more people, but Japan has better values and guts.

Former president Bill Clinton paid off women he abused, one of which was Paula Jones who got $850,000 in hush money. Clinton had numerous affairs, many non-consensual by the women, and he paid them hush money. So he's liable to be investigated by authorities for wrong doing.

Oh, never mind, Democrats never get arrested and charged. Wrong president.

Tesla could use you for their Tesla-Bot development; unlike other robots they're focusing on human-like hands.

Anyway, I like people like you who produce, unlike the folks who have desk jobs while griping about products. I used to make stuff in shops since I was a teen, before getting into IT engineering. Later on, saw lots of lazy desk people who were inefficient and didn't understand the idea of reducing time and costs in order to bring profit to the firm.

As for owning an EV, I have owned one going on four years. It suited our needs, having a daily driver to use in an urban city setting, and bought it because of rebates that brought the price in line with other offerings. We charge it in the garage every week or two. Only costs so far are bi-annual service costs of $28 to $35, other than annual reg costs. Also own several ICE vehicles, which cost a lot for service, smog checks, and gas. So far, the EV is much cheaper to operate. We've soured on dealerships that try to gouge us on service - another reason we bought the EV. I personally do what I can to maintain the ICE vehicles, having had experience rebuilding my own engines. But I'm old in my seventies and slowing down, no longer like crawling under a car.

Cars are becoming like toasters. Use them until they fall apart, and swap for another. EV's will take a third of the market because of simplicity of operation.

I know lots of people that would like to buy an EV, but simply can't afford one within their budget. Others brag about having bought an EV, and say they're saving money on not having to buy gasoline; which is a lie because they bought a $100,000 EV. Regular folks will buy ICE vehicles up to $30,000, because that's what they can afford. So ICE is going to be around for many years despite libs mandating the end of ICE sales by 2030 or 2035. Just plain stupid. Government should just let the free market decide what people will buy, and end dumb regulations.

Have you priced offerings from other makers, for example GM and Ford? $100,000 for EV offerings from them. GM and Ford EV's will always be expensively using similar logic.

Yes, there's a lot of hype about Tesla. No different than the bs hype from Mary Barra at GM. Lots of promises from GM, no delivery. Just expensive Hummers and Lyriqs, if you can find one. The difference is that Tesla can deliver on the hype for a $25,000 EV in the next few years, and still make a profit. I do think EVs are too expensive, but don't single out Tesla on that. They're all expensive at this time. People with lots of spare money are the buyers.