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CNN Skeptical of Elon Musk's 'Big Promises' (cnn.com)
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Tesla's electric semi-truck will be launched three weeks later than planned, CNN reports. It's been bumped to November 16th because Tesla says it's "diverting resources" to address problems with its Model 3 sedan production -- they've produced just 17.3% of the cars they'd planned -- and to make more batteries to send to areas hit by hurricanes. CNN notes Tesla's Model X "didn't start shipping until two years after it was supposed to roll out," and production of its Model S sedan "was also much slower than originally promised." Michelle Krebs, an analyst with Autotrader.com, complains Tesla "may well have far too much on its plate. It should focus and deliver on some key promises."
But Elon Musk "has a history of some pretty pie-in-the-sky promises," complained CNN business anchor Maggie Lake, citing Musk's claim that he had verbal approval for an underground hyperloop connecting New York City to Washington D.C. ("This is news to City Hall," said New York's press secretary at the time, and no actual approval has ever been produced.) Lake also noted Musk's promise to fix South Australia's blackout problems by building the world's largest lithium-ion battery within 100 days back in March. Last Friday Tesla signed a contract to begin the work, so the 100-day countdown has begun.
CNN's report ran under the headline "Elon Musk: Big Dreamer or Monorail Salesman?" -- referencing a satirical 1993 episode of The Simpson's. "Here's a spoiler alert," the segment concludes. "If you haven't seen that episode...the monorail plan doesn't work out too well. Let's put it that way."
But Elon Musk "has a history of some pretty pie-in-the-sky promises," complained CNN business anchor Maggie Lake, citing Musk's claim that he had verbal approval for an underground hyperloop connecting New York City to Washington D.C. ("This is news to City Hall," said New York's press secretary at the time, and no actual approval has ever been produced.) Lake also noted Musk's promise to fix South Australia's blackout problems by building the world's largest lithium-ion battery within 100 days back in March. Last Friday Tesla signed a contract to begin the work, so the 100-day countdown has begun.
CNN's report ran under the headline "Elon Musk: Big Dreamer or Monorail Salesman?" -- referencing a satirical 1993 episode of The Simpson's. "Here's a spoiler alert," the segment concludes. "If you haven't seen that episode...the monorail plan doesn't work out too well. Let's put it that way."
See subject. Far too many INTELLIGENT POSTS being modded down by ABUSIVE moderators. Rather than doing the RIGHT THING and SUPPORTING posts calling for bump stocks to be banned, the moderators are CENSORING them and SUPPORTING the Las Vegas shooter...
* STOP the CENSORSHIP. Mod UP the posts calling for bump stocks to be banned...
* STOP the CENSORSHIP of my posts about Ash-Fox. Take the time to INFORM yourself, then MOD THEM UP...
* There is NO reason for bump stocks to be legal. They take already dangerous firearms & turn them into fully automatic KILLING MACHINES. The moderators are continuing to CENSOR any posts calling for bans of bump stocks & it's preventing reasonable discussion of gun control.
* Help SPREAD THE WORD that I'm right by posting links to the many INFORMATIVE posts I've made about these issues.
* A creepy person keeps following me around and impersonating me in replies. Obviously I've struck a nerve with a right wing NUTJOB by calling for gun control and banning bump stocks.
(It is a PLEASURE to honor the victims of the shooting by demanding legislation to prevent similar mass shootings...)
APK
P.S.=> M2 is broken, as too many moderators keep getting mod points after censoring USEFUL posts like my HOSTS file engine and calls for banning bump stocks... apk
What ever they say, the exact opposite is more likely to be true.
Worrying about Trump is perfectly normal. When he's not being wilfully blind to Russian involvement in his election, he's consoling very fine racists, blaming Puerto Ricans for being poor, insulting his own staff and threatening nuclear armed North Korea.
Let's ask the great American public what they think of Trump.