@@TexasRiverRat31254 He could have NOT stripped UAW Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock of her duties in retaliation for her refusal to authorize his personal expenditures. OR, similarly, removing UAW Vice President Rich Boyer from overseeing the union's relationship with Stellantis because he refused to engage in financial misconduct. Maybe those two things, as a start...🤷
@@TexasRiverRat31254 The unemployed UAW workers now have jobs that pay less then what they were making before the strike. You can't pay out 25% higher benefits and be competitive. More plants moving to Mexico and Canada.
@@TexasRiverRat31254 in Canada and the USA we have legacy auto companies that are Union and Non Union Toyota and Honda have assembly plants in Ontario, Unions have tried to get the workers to sign , those workers said overwhelmingly " No", and k think e ven Magna workers said No as well, back in the day ( 1986) Magna had a very generous PROFIT SHARING scheme and was the company to WORK FOR.
@@BTC_Minarchist OR...Stellantis could have reacted with building better products...Maybe put some of the multi million dollar increases the executives were making into some better quality control in their vehicles
"The UAW should be ashamed for allowing China to build auto plants in Mexico"??? I didn't know it was the workers who decide where to build auto plants.
Just one of the many things Trump either doesn’t understand or misrepresents as suits the moment. The free trade agreement negotiated by Donald Trump in his first term is what gives them that right.
The Big 3 ( now big 2.5)has been building in Mexico for decades, I, I remember my Rental company furnishing 3 whole houses in early 90s to GM for Mexican management trainees in GM Oshawa. Those trainees did not feel welcome by the GM factory workers, " We are here to take theirr jobs" were the was the words said one of the Mexican Engineer trainees to the other Mexican management trainee, this overheard by me. It was Doom and Gloom already back in 1993 in the Oshawa GM plant.
You apparently know nothing about the UAW and thecommunists and criminals that run it , They are just democrat like politicians, in it for the kickbacks.
Autoline's coverage focusing on market volatility short-termism, the big picture is clearly BEVs taking over, prices will soon fall below competing ICE at point of sale. Who has the best capacity to fill that Gap with leading EV products? Tesla in the US, Tesla and BYD globally. As for legacies? Well the news of Ford turning their EV plant to a truck plant at edge of EV transition, and GM falling further in China due to lack of competitive line-up, gives us some clues as to where things may be headed.
The CAFE standards are a 2% decrease in emissions per year. It means fewer V8s more than an EV mandate. Also you'll continue to see the selling and buying of emission credits. There is no federal EV mandate.
Think about this. If a new administration comes into power, they will increase tariffs on all cars and car parts made in China by at least 100%. The car with the most parts made in America is Tesla, and they are on track to be over 80%% on two of their models by 2026. Ford, GM, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, and Stelantis are around 54% made in America, which does not account for their own EVs, which are less. It takes years for car manufacturers to change vendors and pass safety standards. Elon became a multi-billionaire by knowing which side his bread is buttered on. For other mfgs to meet these tariff requirements, they must increase prices by 27% in the short term, making Telsa made-in-America EVs very affordable against petro vehicles. New Teslas are targeted to increase ranges to meet the Chinese-made Zeekr 001 EV 620-mile range in early 2026 based on their new CATL-licensed batteries made in Sparks, Nevada. I thought I would never say this, but Elon is smart to endorse Trump.
@@Carl_in_AZ biden just increased tariffs on chinese EVs by 100% AND pushed through the $7500 EV tax credit, which trump would end. You have lost your marble's.
The concern with cars with internet connectivity and onboard cameras is Chinese brand cars in the US could be used by the CCP to spy on Americans. Tesla and Ford in China face the same issue.
Even the EU is adding tariffs to Chinese auto brands and China is pushing back on Europe. Europe knows what the United States knows. Chinese brand will put their country brand out of business and this means American and European citizens lose their jobs and a whole industry will be negatively impacted.
Ford turning their EV plant into a truck factory is a comical display of legacy falling behing further on EVs, but no surprise when the economy is hurting their already non-competitive EV designs sadly. EV market is once again the domain of market leaders such as Tesla and BYD, they just have a big lead that's hard to catch up with for the old guard.
IMHO Ford is dumping it's ICE Trucks production onto Canadians , as in we are getting REMNANTS because ICE is not the future and the Oakwood ( sorry I meant Oakville )plant was supposed to go EV or Hybrids or PHEV going forward? A Canuck and former Ontario resident here, now living in Canada's Oil Country , Alberta
The problem with EV’s in America is politics. This results in our politicians throwing money at anything a lobbyist can get them to. And half the public aren’t interested EVs because their political beliefs tells them not to be.
For an oil importing country, choosing between an ICE and an EV car is like choosing between a land-line phone (ICE car) and smart cell phone (EV car). The largest car market in the world is an oil importing country (as are 3 of the top 4 car markets). Plus, EVs will continue to get cheaper.
@@baronvonjo1929 batteries are getting cheaper , not more expensive , and new ways of making EVs are getting implemented , plus Tesla new way of making cars ,like the " un- boxed" process , which Toyota plans to adopt.
"No EV mandate" is misleading. Yes, the government absolutely has a mandate to buy EVs. At the state level, there have been mandates signed into law; they just aren't effective yet. Before anyone jumps on my back, I have 2 EVs in my driveway and have owned 4... I just prefer honesty/ clarity.
It’s UAW Shawn Fain Short term gain Long term pain His demands are insane Has protection for the lame Big 3 (actually 2) will fall And Fain was involved in all
Ford is doing the right thing with the re-tooling. I own a Tesla and love it, but gotta say Trucks are not the best move for EV’s… Range and Towing for Trucks needs to be 400-500 miles. Granted the Silverado EV can do 400 miles it is way too friggin expensive.
I love how everyone blames the unions and not the executives pulling in tens of millions of dollars every year deciding to close factories out of spite.
You miss characterized the Ford position on the plant in Canada. You need to go back and read it again. It’s in the shareholders letter. They need more capacity to build super duties, so they will share the capacity with the super duty while still building the EV models. It’s an adjustment not a cancellation. They need to bill more super duties so they’ll have enough wreckers to go around and repo all the vehicles that people can afford.
The automotive industry stays alive by economy of scale. Porsche, Nissan, Mercedes, Stelantis, Toyota, VW, Ford, Audi, and GM feel the effects of not selling into China, the world's largest market. Porsche's parent stock (POAHY) has fallen over 50% in the last three years, and Nissan is now listed as junk. Companies like Jaguar, Porche, and Landrover have made major announcements in the last few weeks to drop over half of their petrol vehicles to be replaced by EVs next year. As 2/3 of the world market migrates to less expensive EVs, the US auto industry will become an Island manufacturing country, resulting in a reduced economy of scale.
With it's focus on large trucks and SUVs, not saleable in volume anywhere else, and supported by very cheap gas prices, it could be argued that it already is an Island manufacturing country.
@@michaeloreilly657@michaeloreilly657 You are on the right track. It is like a peninsula. The island will come when they lose sales to China when their plants open in Hungary, Denmark, and Turkey in the next two years. Fortunately for the USA, these countries are not yet equipped to ship to the USA. I still believe BYD will move ahead next year in Mexico to build hybrids. They are now headed to be the world's third-largest producer of vehicles this year and are on the step to overtake Honda sales in hybrids by 2025.
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck There is an Oakwood street & area in Toronto, many Carribeans in that area, and is also the Portugese and old Italian area of Toronto, it is a mixed community and has poor renters and expensive houses as well , these being Toronto, where average houses are now $800,000 to $1.5 million, 1/2 a kilometer away is Forest Hill area $2 million to $4 million is going rate.
Ever heard of the Osborne effect? In the first 2 months of the year, people were waiting for the new and much improved Model 3, so Model 3 sales crashed. Model 3 sales are currently soaring. .... Now people are waiting for the new Model Y. This refresh will be at least as good as the Model 3's was, and may be better. I know 2 people who want a Model Y and they're just waiting for the new one. edit; To prove my point. Tesla's just now offering 1.99% interest on the Old Model Y, whose sales are way down, but the New Model 3 interest rate is still 6.29% with soaring sales.
@@timothykeith1367Bullshit. There are many of the earliest 2008 Tesla Roadsters which are still in commission the better part of 2 decades later in 2024.
You should know that Kodak is still in business. A local retailer sells 4 models of Kodak digital cameras. Kodak made it's money in film processing, now they are a leader in digital printing. It's funny how many times social media commenters think Kodak is gone.
I lived in Rochester working with Kodak when they went from 110,000 to under 4,000 employees. I believe it was 2012 when they went bankrupt, requiring them to sell their digital IP for over $500 million to Fuji, Cannon, Samsung, Amazon, Google, and I think there were more. They did this to salvage what was left. All my friends that retired got screwed, and the city is now one of the poorest cities in the USA, with some of the highest rates of poverty. Social media might be funny but losing your house, my business, and starting over during that time was far from amusing. All the cameras they sell are now rebranded from other companies. The other Rochester company that is barely holding on as a digital printing leader is Xerox. When Kodak refused to listen to the market, Xerox followed a similar path and gave up its IP by opening it up to others with no strings attached. The other major players in that town that are no longer around are GM's Delco, GM's RPD, who made carburetors and pushed off Bosch which came to them asking for help to make fuel injectors, and the last company is Bausch & Lomb, who, for the second time in 14 years, is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Not a fan of his politics, but this was a no brainer. The other side abandoned him years ago, even actively tried to sabotage their own former golden goose, and now the chickens come home to roost. It's just the smart thing politically, Elon's learning how US politics work, where votes are actually counted by dollar bills. And removing the rebates hurts the legacies the most, so it's not exactly a concern for him, especially as EVs are going to become cheaper than ICE at point of sale soon, with Tesla leading the charge. Either way, EVs are here to stay.
@@AllanSustainabilityFan Are you kidding? Trump is likely to attempt to ban EVs domestically and there's no way Teslas will be legally sold in China after the likely trade disputes that are coming. If Tesla survives at all I'd be surprised.
All it takes is making vehicles people want and can afford. Not sure GM undstands that anymore, although the Bolt was a good try and should have been kept in production.
Trumps going to start a trade fight that gets tesla kicked out of china at the same time as he does everything he can to kill EV sales in America. Not that it matters, Elon got his paycheck so its okay if tesla collapses now.
@@santiagohills3997 The Cybertruck is brand new and Model Y is still the best small SUV around. The fact is that Teslas have been mostly bought by leftists vegeterians, the "Californian" type of people. That is why Teslas are so wide spread in California. The rednecks of the Midwest hate those leftists and everything that comes along with them: sushi, yoga, meditation, BLM, LGBTQ rights and Teslas. They love guns and pick-up trucks. They will NEVER buy an EV, they think climate change is a hoax. They are the MAGA cult. So Elon has now gone full MAGA, yet, the cult hates him for being a climate conscious billionaire. Trump isn't. The Californian progressives don't want to give money to a proto-fascist, so they wait for other EV manufacturer to come along.
GM SAIC sales. 1. GM can't sell more EVs than they make. 2. Why buy a feature phone when you can buy a smartphone? Tesla: I'm sure everyone waiting for the refreshed M3 has NOTHING to do with lowered sales the past few months. Cause we didn't see exactly the same thing before the MY refresh...
I ordered a Tesla on 7-10 with a delivery on 7-26. I have gone to a few forum sites, Reddit as well and if Tesla sales are down you wouldn’t know it. Tons of threads where people who ordered in May still looking for their car and speculating where it could be.
Sales of Model Y slowing is not surprising due to many buyers thinking the new Y will be put sooner than Tesla is saying. Considering the upgrade from the previous Model 3 to this one, I would wait as well. Sales slowing California could also be a sign of economics slowing in general and that they have had exceptional demand which can never be kept going forever. I do think Musk's public statements and pissing match with Biden and Newsom has hurt sales. Sadly, the talented Tesla team is probably missing out on their stock options upside due to the more outrageous his behavior gets. Maybe he will end up like Howard Hughes.
Agree with your first 2 comments. I'm one of those people. I have no reason to upgrade, so I'll wait until the new model comes out. I don't care if it takes 1, 2 or 3 years. My current Y is better than the day I bought it. Re: Your 3rd comment...Biden and Newsom are both 💩, so, yeah
@BTC_Minarchist Most government officials suck and it is partially due due to our broken systems of government. So much knowledge and data, but we seem stuck in old ways of doing things and both parties are to blame.
@@kevtheobald Agree. I'm a libertarian (small L), so I vote on policies and generally can't stand 95% of politicians. I have little respect for anyone who votes blindly down party lines without understanding the issues. That said, Biden and Newsom are about as low as you can get on the politician scale. I don't even think they are good humans IMO.
@BTC_Minarchist Not human is too harsh. Hypocrites, as they all seem to be, fits. From America's founders to our modern mess of leaders, they are all flawed and many suffer from greed. Our founders had thought we would review and upgrade or core systems every decade. Instead the system got taken by two parties and they ha e locked it down. I hate Trump, but I know he is human. He is just a con and fake Christian, not to mention horrible businessman. How anyone can believe he was chosen by God for anything other than ending life on Earth is beyond me. The lack of transparency, accountability, and ethics, as in commonsense, not Bible driven, are not found in our government or many others. With so much data and the ability to share it globally, those in power are freaking out because their darkside is being exposed. Just look at all those offshore hidden bank accounts that were exposed when that bank in the Cayman Islands got hacked. All kinds of world leaders in government and business were trying to hide their wealth. Probably lots of bribes hidden in those accounts. Money is a faith based system and seems to be a rigged game for the elites. It is becoming more obvious as more and more transparency exposes what many suspected about our "free market" world.
I live in California, and car insurance prices have gone up significantly. The avg price for Tesla insurance is over $2000/year. That's quite a bit, and with public chargers at 45 cents/Kwhr (or more), the economic incentive to own an EV is near zero unless you can charge at home, and those people were the early adopters. Apt dwellers in California are not going to adopt EV any time soon, so Tesla sales in California are plateauing. Nothing wrong with the product; it is a really simple and reliable vehicle, and they offer good value for the money. One thing Tesla could do is offer more colors. Spending a few thousand for a wrap which will degrade, is a not a good deal, and they are being lazy. You can get many others in 8 or more colors. Tesla only has 5 and they don't offer the nice silver they have in China here. A car has an emotional aspect, and Tesla is super boring.
All cars' insurnce in CA (and other states) has increased. ICE insurance is as expensive as similarly priced EVs. Lots of disasters - huracanes, tornadoes, wildfires damaging many more cars than in the past. I agree apt owners are not ideal for EV owners, but most new apts in CA have EV outlets installed and many more are adding them. Still a long way to go though. Tesla does offer silver for the S/X (6 colors total) in the USA. Likely 3/Y will get silver later this year.
The Ford plant is in Oakville , Ontario, just West of Toronto in Peel region, no such thing as Oakwood Ford plant in Canada , other Ford plant us in Windsor Ontario, just over the Michigan border.
Shawn, those EPA rules are designed to make automakers build EVS. Essentially making it a mandate. Play semantics all you want, but it is what it is, and that’s making electric vehicles mandatory sooner than later.
@@bobbbobb4663 AI is mostly fake anyway. There was an app to scan receipts and put them on accounting books automatically. But in reality it was just sent to Indian workers who made pennies per scan.
@@leerjet18 EV's are only good for people who want a car that's silent, accelerates faster than a Porsche, costs 1/3 the price of gas per mile, requires hardly any maintenance, and gets "filled up" at home instead of having to drive to gas stations.
IMHO, tesla has largely addressed its initial market. To expand sales, they are going to need go after normies using things like ads and marketing to expand their consideration. Just my thoughts.
That question usually splits Tesla investors.That and stock buy backs. Personally, I am not in favor of Tesla doing buy backs or advertising. Re: Buy backs - I think they need to maintain a high cash balance and avoid having to raise capital, for several reasons (you didn't bring this up,so I won't detail) Re: Advertising - I'd rather see them invest the $ in R&D and/or capital investments like new plants (energy and auto), and software. If you look at the amount GM has spent on advertising over the past 5 years (below), it's enough to have paid for built Giga Texas, the last Shanghai expansion, and possibly the two MegaPack factories. Ask 100 Tesla investors and you'll probably get close to a 50/50 split on the responses. 2023: $3.6 billion 2022: $4 billion 2021: $2.7 billion 2020: Could not find 2019: $3 billion
Thursday GMs Battery team leader Mei Cai a Chinese born 24 year GM veteran resigned.GM leads in promises not fulfilled, and Mary Barra seems to walk back BEV development. Is GM leading in being last in BEVs?
Its Oakville! Trump is trying to solve today's problem with yesterdays technology, not a very smart move, makes good sound bites, but Trump is from a generation that is shortsighted and not looking at the reality of things. Using terms like "factories" makes it sound like 1955 with a lunch bucket workforce, someone should tell Trump the 1970s Mary Tyler Moore Economy is dead and will not becoming back....
As I have long predicted, Tesla is reaching its saturation point for how many sedans/hatchbacks that Americans want to buy. The company needs a real auto industry exec that can move it forward, assuming it wants to keep growing.
So what do you call the 11 states banning ICE cars then? because we all know how that trickles down the pipe line. I know what he meant and you do to, just like on this show, how many people are going to spell it out word for word and listen to it all when i few words get to the point. Why don't we stick to just car news and leave personal opinion out of it.
I am not surprised that Tesla sales are stalling/falling - it is the same in the UK. The early adopters are moving onto different EVs now that there is more choice and the traditional “petrolheads” have never been enamoured with the minimalist interiors and bland styling. However much you can admire the technology and the refinement now engineered into the Model 3 I don’t think Tesla’s really connect on an emotional level which they have to do for those splashing out with their own money. For the general consumer Tesla’s have become white goods and as such are held on to until they break.
omg , can be stop expecting endless growth from everything. things stop growing. you cant own the market. its OK not to grow all the time. you didnt fail cause you didnt grow like crazy.
I am turning to other non us brands because they are safer, more efficient and less pricey than the crap coming out of the big 3. Have you guys featured the MG's?
Now that Tesla has successfully entered the utility energy storage sector, I would not say they are Studebaker, but I would say Nissan maybe since their stock has been rated as junk.
Studebaker was a great car. I remember riding in my Grandpa's new Studebaker in the sixties. I asked him why he bought a Studebaker, and he responded by stepping on the accelerator. As I was pushed back into my seat, I understood. 😀
If the government is forcing car manufacturers to make EVs to meet emissions regulations, then there is essentially an EV mandate. Don't play coy or be stupid! We all know what Trump meant.
I had reserved a cybertruck a couple of months after its announcement and had been saving up ever since. I want an electric vehicle but I don't need one. I canceled my reservation when his $45 million monthly Trump donations were reported. Just like i don't need one of his products, it's obvious he doesn't need my money. This is sad cause I was a fan boy.
Exactly!But even without all the stupid movies from Elon,Tesla is becoming fast irrelevant!The pandemic saved Tesla for a awhile with crazy high profitmargins,but that all over!
Think about this. If a new administration comes into power, they will increase tariffs on all cars and car parts made in China by at least 100%. The car with the most parts made in America is Tesla, and they are on track to be over 80%% on two of their models by 2026. Ford, GM, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, and Stelantis are around 54% made in America, which does not account for their own EVs, which are less. It takes years for car manufacturers to change vendors and pass safety standards. Elon became a multi-billionaire by knowing which side his bread is buttered on. For other mfgs to meet these tariff requirements, they must increase prices by 27% in the short term, making Telsa made-in-America EVs very affordable against petro vehicles. New Teslas are targeted to increase ranges to meet the Chinese-made Zeekr 001 EV 620-mile range in early 2026 based on their new CATL-licensed batteries made in Sparks, Nevada. I thought I would never say this, but Elon is smart to endorse Trump.
@@Carl_in_AZ Carl it might look smart right now, but right now is not the future. He and Musk have no idea how things will actually play out if Trump is in office. It won't necessarily be easy sailing for him. The Future - unpredicatable as always.
He's should be fired working under this law has been ridiculous and constantly being lied to buy them I am by no means that Trump person but he got that one right . Soon as he put out that speech 5 months ago the federal monitor should have started investigating Shawn then but better now than never
Ford and GM offer non competative cars at high prices and are shocked when people don't like them
I'm going to guess that Oakwood is supposed to be Oakville 😁
Must have been a BRAIN FREEZE.🤔..LOL🤣
It's Canada. It might as well be the moon to most Americans even those in Detroit.. SMH..
Oakwood is a home construction company here in Ottawa (Ontario, not Ohio or Illinois)
Fain bragged about UAW deals with makers like Stellantis. Then Stellantis shuts down factories and fires thousands. Great strategy there, Fain!
What was he supposed to do? Negotiate lower wages and worse benefits so the UAW members can become the "working poor"?
@@TexasRiverRat31254 He could have NOT stripped UAW Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock of her duties in retaliation for her refusal to authorize his personal expenditures. OR, similarly, removing UAW Vice President Rich Boyer from overseeing the union's relationship with Stellantis because he refused to engage in financial misconduct.
Maybe those two things, as a start...🤷
@@TexasRiverRat31254 The unemployed UAW workers now have jobs that pay less then what they were making before the strike. You can't pay out 25% higher benefits and be competitive. More plants moving to Mexico and Canada.
@@TexasRiverRat31254 in Canada and the USA we have legacy auto companies that are Union and Non Union Toyota and Honda have assembly plants in Ontario, Unions have tried to get the workers to sign , those workers said overwhelmingly " No", and k think e ven Magna workers said No as well, back in the day ( 1986) Magna had a very generous PROFIT SHARING scheme and was the company to WORK FOR.
@@BTC_Minarchist OR...Stellantis could have reacted with building better products...Maybe put some of the multi million dollar increases the executives were making into some better quality control in their vehicles
"The UAW should be ashamed for allowing China to build auto plants in Mexico"??? I didn't know it was the workers who decide where to build auto plants.
Just one of the many things Trump either doesn’t understand or misrepresents as suits the moment. The free trade agreement negotiated by Donald Trump in his first term is what gives them that right.
Chinese auto plants in the U.S. would not be UAW, but they could operate at lower costs in Mexico - probably with lower quality.
The Big 3 ( now big 2.5)has been building in Mexico for decades, I, I remember my Rental company furnishing 3 whole houses in early 90s to GM for Mexican management trainees in GM Oshawa. Those trainees did not feel welcome by the GM factory workers, " We are here to take theirr jobs" were the was the words said one of the Mexican Engineer trainees to the other Mexican management trainee, this overheard by me. It was Doom and Gloom already back in 1993 in the Oshawa GM plant.
Well, it seems the UAW wants to decide most other things outside their pervue why not where plants are built.
You apparently know nothing about the UAW and thecommunists and criminals that run it , They are just democrat like politicians, in it for the kickbacks.
"Model Y is still the best selling vehicle in California"...that is a big deal
Best in the World
Autoline's coverage focusing on market volatility short-termism, the big picture is clearly BEVs taking over, prices will soon fall below competing ICE at point of sale.
Who has the best capacity to fill that Gap with leading EV products? Tesla in the US, Tesla and BYD globally.
As for legacies? Well the news of Ford turning their EV plant to a truck plant at edge of EV transition, and GM falling further in China due to lack of competitive line-up, gives us some clues as to where things may be headed.
Interesting to see GM, who got an early start on EVs, wasn't in the top 5 of EV sales.
Maybe they need more models? /S
Mary led and it matters. Mattered. Did it ?
Mary Bitsy was always #1 in undelivered promises .😂lol
GM had battery production problems which reduced their ability to sale EV’s.
@@tedg1609 Yes, people will mistrust GM for years after their battery fiasco.
Mandate is a political "trigger" word in whatever context you use it in.
But you can't survive and meet CAFE regs unless you build EV's...so you have to but it's not mandated. What does mandatory mean again?
It’s a defacto mandate. The worst kind of mandate
Trump doesn't know what he is talking about. What's new ?
The CAFE standards are a 2% decrease in emissions per year. It means fewer V8s more than an EV mandate. Also you'll continue to see the selling and buying of emission credits. There is no federal EV mandate.
I can't imagine how Elon endorsing Trump would effect sales in California...
Think about this. If a new administration comes into power, they will increase tariffs on all cars and car parts made in China by at least 100%. The car with the most parts made in America is Tesla, and they are on track to be over 80%% on two of their models by 2026. Ford, GM, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, and Stelantis are around 54% made in America, which does not account for their own EVs, which are less. It takes years for car manufacturers to change vendors and pass safety standards. Elon became a multi-billionaire by knowing which side his bread is buttered on. For other mfgs to meet these tariff requirements, they must increase prices by 27% in the short term, making Telsa made-in-America EVs very affordable against petro vehicles. New Teslas are targeted to increase ranges to meet the Chinese-made Zeekr 001 EV 620-mile range in early 2026 based on their new CATL-licensed batteries made in Sparks, Nevada. I thought I would never say this, but Elon is smart to endorse Trump.
@@Carl_in_AZ biden just increased tariffs on chinese EVs by 100% AND pushed through the $7500 EV tax credit, which trump would end. You have lost your marble's.
@@Carl_in_AZ Urg... Some very good points. I just wish we weren't risking our democracy in the process.
@@Carl_in_AZ Except when they ban the sale of Teslas in China due to trade tensions that company will go bust.
@@Carl_in_AZyou got this trade thing all figured out 😅
Any country should be able to sell cars in America without tariffs so long as they are made here by American workers.
The concern with cars with internet connectivity and onboard cameras is Chinese brand cars in the US could be used by the CCP to spy on Americans. Tesla and Ford in China face the same issue.
Even the EU is adding tariffs to Chinese auto brands and China is pushing back on Europe. Europe knows what the United States knows. Chinese brand will put their country brand out of business and this means American and European citizens lose their jobs and a whole industry will be negatively impacted.
Autoline also consistently shows anti-union sentiment.
Wrong. The production jobs are not that important. It is the white collar jobs and industrial capacity that are far more important
yes. that is a fact. What The Frunk does "should" mean?
Nothing wrong with reporting facts.
Good job
Ford turning their EV plant into a truck factory is a comical display of legacy falling behing further on EVs, but no surprise when the economy is hurting their already non-competitive EV designs sadly.
EV market is once again the domain of market leaders such as Tesla and BYD, they just have a big lead that's hard to catch up with for the old guard.
GM shrinking in China news segment, another example of legacy's challenges. Failure to adapt quickly enough to keep up.
IMHO Ford is dumping it's ICE Trucks production onto Canadians , as in we are getting REMNANTS because ICE is not the future and the Oakwood ( sorry I meant Oakville )plant was supposed to go EV or Hybrids or PHEV going forward? A Canuck and former Ontario resident here, now living in Canada's Oil Country , Alberta
The Ford plant is in OAKVILLE, Ontario not Oakwood
The problem with EV’s in America is politics. This results in our politicians throwing money at anything a lobbyist can get them to. And half the public aren’t interested EVs because their political beliefs tells them not to be.
Chinese auto plants in the US? What group was opposing the Ford/Chinese battery plant in Michigan?
Mouth breathers, that’s who.
It 1 mile away from a military base so the ppl blocking it
@@TkoddaLee source?
@@johnsullivan8673 I live in metro Detroit, I'm pretty sure there aren't any military bases in that part of Michigan.
@@2tmx54 exactly. It’s no where near Selfridge
General Motors is so far behind they think they’re ahead
Have you seen the Cadillac Lyric ? Really nice!
For an oil importing country, choosing between an ICE and an EV car is like choosing between a land-line phone (ICE car) and smart cell phone (EV car).
The largest car market in the world is an oil importing country (as are 3 of the top 4 car markets). Plus, EVs will continue to get cheaper.
The demand for oil is going down China. It's just slightly effecting the US.
The USA is the world largest oil producing country
I'm sure they will get a bit cheaper. But one way or another prices will rise.
Yes Detroit is slow ,fat,dumb and happy ……oh it’s all bout money 😮
@@baronvonjo1929 batteries are getting cheaper , not more expensive , and new ways of making EVs are getting implemented , plus Tesla new way of making cars ,like the " un- boxed" process , which Toyota plans to adopt.
"No EV mandate" is misleading. Yes, the government absolutely has a mandate to buy EVs. At the state level, there have been mandates signed into law; they just aren't effective yet. Before anyone jumps on my back, I have 2 EVs in my driveway and have owned 4... I just prefer honesty/ clarity.
So what can Trump do to overturn state auto regulation? Nothing. There is no federal EV mandate.
It’s UAW Shawn Fain
Short term gain
Long term pain
His demands are insane
Has protection for the lame
Big 3 (actually 2) will fall
And Fain was involved in all
Clever😀
It was 100% the union, and not the excessive executive compensation or stock buybacks.
Trump is starting to show up more and more in Autoline videos. The comments section is going to get spicy😂
Ford is doing the right thing with the re-tooling. I own a Tesla and love it, but gotta say Trucks are not the best move for EV’s… Range and Towing for Trucks needs to be 400-500 miles. Granted the Silverado EV can do 400 miles it is way too friggin expensive.
I love how everyone blames the unions and not the executives pulling in tens of millions of dollars every year deciding to close factories out of spite.
You miss characterized the Ford position on the plant in Canada. You need to go back and read it again. It’s in the shareholders letter. They need more capacity to build super duties, so they will share the capacity with the super duty while still building the EV models. It’s an adjustment not a cancellation. They need to bill more super duties so they’ll have enough wreckers to go around and repo all the vehicles that people can afford.
252 Comments and 230 are correcting the Oakwood/Oakville error. 😆
The automotive industry stays alive by economy of scale. Porsche, Nissan, Mercedes, Stelantis, Toyota, VW, Ford, Audi, and GM feel the effects of not selling into China, the world's largest market. Porsche's parent stock (POAHY) has fallen over 50% in the last three years, and Nissan is now listed as junk. Companies like Jaguar, Porche, and Landrover have made major announcements in the last few weeks to drop over half of their petrol vehicles to be replaced by EVs next year. As 2/3 of the world market migrates to less expensive EVs, the US auto industry will become an Island manufacturing country, resulting in a reduced economy of scale.
With it's focus on large trucks and SUVs, not saleable in volume anywhere else, and supported by very cheap gas prices, it could be argued that it already is an Island manufacturing country.
@@michaeloreilly657@michaeloreilly657 You are on the right track. It is like a peninsula. The island will come when they lose sales to China when their plants open in Hungary, Denmark, and Turkey in the next two years. Fortunately for the USA, these countries are not yet equipped to ship to the USA. I still believe BYD will move ahead next year in Mexico to build hybrids. They are now headed to be the world's third-largest producer of vehicles this year and are on the step to overtake Honda sales in hybrids by 2025.
Yes, MAGA will bitterly cling to ICEs and the imperial measurement system while the rest of the world evolves intelligently.
OMG, I bet my neighbour car enthusiasts in the super affluent Town of Oakville don't appreciate being called Oakwoodians... oooops!
Isn't OakWOOD the low-rent rehab?
@@FrunkensteinVonZipperneck There is an Oakwood street & area in Toronto, many Carribeans in that area, and is also the Portugese and old Italian area of Toronto, it is a mixed community and has poor renters and expensive houses as well , these being Toronto, where average houses are now $800,000 to $1.5 million, 1/2 a kilometer away is Forest Hill area $2 million to $4 million is going rate.
OAKVILLE ASSEMBLY COMPLEX NOT OAKWOOD!
Fain owns the move to Mexico, rather than fight he chose to circle the wagons
Ever heard of the Osborne effect? In the first 2 months of the year, people were waiting for the new and much improved Model 3, so Model 3 sales crashed. Model 3 sales are currently soaring. .... Now people are waiting for the new Model Y. This refresh will be at least as good as the Model 3's was, and may be better. I know 2 people who want a Model Y and they're just waiting for the new one.
edit; To prove my point. Tesla's just now offering 1.99% interest on the Old Model Y, whose sales are way down, but the New Model 3 interest rate is still 6.29% with soaring sales.
Yes you are right,Its Game over for Tesla!
@@BrunoHeggli-zp3nl Yeah, the only company making a profit on pure EVs, with $25 billion in cash and virtually no debt.
EV’s are the future get off your horse everyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVs have a shelf life of about 3 years, then almost every EV gets rid of them. EVs are unlikely to trickle down to the owner of a 2008 Crown Vic.
@@timothykeith1367 3 years? I've had my Volt for a decade and Bolt for 5 years.
@@timothykeith1367 You mean the 2,500 2008 Crown Vics? You may be right. Police departments using crown VIcs are switching to Chargers or to EVs.
They said the SAME thing in the early 1900's..... ICE won then and will continue to dominate the Auto industry for decades and decades.
@@timothykeith1367Bullshit. There are many of the earliest 2008 Tesla Roadsters which are still in commission the better part of 2 decades later in 2024.
Anyone remember Kodak? Digital cameras are Tesla cars. Tesla cars are far superior. I don't own gas cars anymore.
You should know that Kodak is still in business. A local retailer sells 4 models of Kodak digital cameras. Kodak made it's money in film processing, now they are a leader in digital printing. It's funny how many times social media commenters think Kodak is gone.
I lived in Rochester working with Kodak when they went from 110,000 to under 4,000 employees. I believe it was 2012 when they went bankrupt, requiring them to sell their digital IP for over $500 million to Fuji, Cannon, Samsung, Amazon, Google, and I think there were more. They did this to salvage what was left. All my friends that retired got screwed, and the city is now one of the poorest cities in the USA, with some of the highest rates of poverty. Social media might be funny but losing your house, my business, and starting over during that time was far from amusing. All the cameras they sell are now rebranded from other companies. The other Rochester company that is barely holding on as a digital printing leader is Xerox. When Kodak refused to listen to the market, Xerox followed a similar path and gave up its IP by opening it up to others with no strings attached. The other major players in that town that are no longer around are GM's Delco, GM's RPD, who made carburetors and pushed off Bosch which came to them asking for help to make fuel injectors, and the last company is Bausch & Lomb, who, for the second time in 14 years, is on the verge of bankruptcy.
@@timothykeith1367 Kodak still makes film in Rochester, mostly for the movie industry. I have a Kodak digital camera too.
@@timothykeith1367 who cares. i get the point he is trying to make.
Tesla is the past,Its over!
Now we know why Elon is buying access.
Adrian needs a pardon!
Not a fan of his politics, but this was a no brainer. The other side abandoned him years ago, even actively tried to sabotage their own former golden goose, and now the chickens come home to roost.
It's just the smart thing politically, Elon's learning how US politics work, where votes are actually counted by dollar bills.
And removing the rebates hurts the legacies the most, so it's not exactly a concern for him, especially as EVs are going to become cheaper than ICE at point of sale soon, with Tesla leading the charge.
Either way, EVs are here to stay.
@@AllanSustainabilityFan Are you kidding? Trump is likely to attempt to ban EVs domestically and there's no way Teslas will be legally sold in China after the likely trade disputes that are coming. If Tesla survives at all I'd be surprised.
Exactly
@@AllanSustainabilityFan After Teslas are banned in its largest market and all the subsidies in the US are withdrawn we'll see how genius he seems...
Rivian sells more EVs than GM? How is that possible?
I see them nearly everyday on semi trailers and about a dozen a day driving around.
GM: 🤔
Come on, new Bolt please
@@rp9674 I see more R1Ts & R1Ss than GM EVs. 🤷
A surprise indeed.
All it takes is making vehicles people want and can afford. Not sure GM undstands that anymore, although the Bolt was a good try and should have been kept in production.
🤔’Oakville, Ontario’. Oak wood? Dunno. Oakville plant was to be the F-150 lightning manufacturing plant.
Oakville, Ontario not Oakwood!!
Thank you for your informative videos. You confused the name of the location of the Ford plant. It is “Oakville” Ontario, not “Oakwood”.
5:53 Elon being a jerk is killing Tesla.
Trumps going to start a trade fight that gets tesla kicked out of china at the same time as he does everything he can to kill EV sales in America. Not that it matters, Elon got his paycheck so its okay if tesla collapses now.
@@santiagohills3997 All their current products are compelling. Musk is anti-oil, Biden is pro-oil. It's complicated I know.
@@santiagohills3997 The Cybertruck is brand new and Model Y is still the best small SUV around. The fact is that Teslas have been mostly bought by leftists vegeterians, the "Californian" type of people. That is why Teslas are so wide spread in California.
The rednecks of the Midwest hate those leftists and everything that comes along with them: sushi, yoga, meditation, BLM, LGBTQ rights and Teslas. They love guns and pick-up trucks. They will NEVER buy an EV, they think climate change is a hoax. They are the MAGA cult.
So Elon has now gone full MAGA, yet, the cult hates him for being a climate conscious billionaire. Trump isn't.
The Californian progressives don't want to give money to a proto-fascist, so they wait for other EV manufacturer to come along.
GM SAIC sales. 1. GM can't sell more EVs than they make. 2. Why buy a feature phone when you can buy a smartphone?
Tesla: I'm sure everyone waiting for the refreshed M3 has NOTHING to do with lowered sales the past few months. Cause we didn't see exactly the same thing before the MY refresh...
Correction Oakville Ontario not Oakwood
Correction, it’s Oakville Ontario
I guessv J. Powell extreme rate hikes are really reducing demand and sales for Tesla. Autoline how do GM, Ford, Toyota compare?
Oakville,not Oakwood
I ordered a Tesla on 7-10 with a delivery on 7-26. I have gone to a few forum sites, Reddit as well and if Tesla sales are down you wouldn’t know it. Tons of threads where people who ordered in May still looking for their car and speculating where it could be.
If Tesla was really "getting aggressive to boost sales", they would dump Elon.
🤣😂
Sales of Model Y slowing is not surprising due to many buyers thinking the new Y will be put sooner than Tesla is saying. Considering the upgrade from the previous Model 3 to this one, I would wait as well.
Sales slowing California could also be a sign of economics slowing in general and that they have had exceptional demand which can never be kept going forever.
I do think Musk's public statements and pissing match with Biden and Newsom has hurt sales. Sadly, the talented Tesla team is probably missing out on their stock options upside due to the more outrageous his behavior gets. Maybe he will end up like Howard Hughes.
Agree with your first 2 comments. I'm one of those people. I have no reason to upgrade, so I'll wait until the new model comes out. I don't care if it takes 1, 2 or 3 years. My current Y is better than the day I bought it.
Re: Your 3rd comment...Biden and Newsom are both 💩, so, yeah
@BTC_Minarchist Most government officials suck and it is partially due due to our broken systems of government. So much knowledge and data, but we seem stuck in old ways of doing things and both parties are to blame.
@@kevtheobald Agree. I'm a libertarian (small L), so I vote on policies and generally can't stand 95% of politicians. I have little respect for anyone who votes blindly down party lines without understanding the issues.
That said, Biden and Newsom are about as low as you can get on the politician scale. I don't even think they are good humans IMO.
@BTC_Minarchist Not human is too harsh. Hypocrites, as they all seem to be, fits. From America's founders to our modern mess of leaders, they are all flawed and many suffer from greed. Our founders had thought we would review and upgrade or core systems every decade. Instead the system got taken by two parties and they ha e locked it down.
I hate Trump, but I know he is human. He is just a con and fake Christian, not to mention horrible businessman. How anyone can believe he was chosen by God for anything other than ending life on Earth is beyond me.
The lack of transparency, accountability, and ethics, as in commonsense, not Bible driven, are not found in our government or many others.
With so much data and the ability to share it globally, those in power are freaking out because their darkside is being exposed. Just look at all those offshore hidden bank accounts that were exposed when that bank in the Cayman Islands got hacked. All kinds of world leaders in government and business were trying to hide their wealth. Probably lots of bribes hidden in those accounts.
Money is a faith based system and seems to be a rigged game for the elites. It is becoming more obvious as more and more transparency exposes what many suspected about our "free market" world.
@@BTC_Minarchist I do not get the Biden bashing. I've yet to hear a decent GOP idea, but boy do they love dismantling democracy.
😂😂 Sorry , not Oakwood it is Oakville . I do not know where you got the press release from please check the Ontario map .
“Oakville” not oakwood
"Oakville". "Oakwood" is another place, maybe it doesn't even exist ....
ooo ya ice is doomed now
Once small cheap models come out, it will accelerate.
Oakville
Oakville not Oakwood.
Not the first time registration numbers have dropped.
People are waiting for new and refreshed models.
Tesla just needs to redesign their vehicles
They do, everyday.
Some of the nicest women aren’t supermodels.
@@GROND15 Not in any way that matters.
@@GROND15 👍💯
@@leerjet18 Hilarious and 100% on point!
I live in California, and car insurance prices have gone up significantly. The avg price for Tesla insurance is over $2000/year. That's quite a bit, and with public chargers at 45 cents/Kwhr (or more), the economic incentive to own an EV is near zero unless you can charge at home, and those people were the early adopters. Apt dwellers in California are not going to adopt EV any time soon, so Tesla sales in California are plateauing. Nothing wrong with the product; it is a really simple and reliable vehicle, and they offer good value for the money.
One thing Tesla could do is offer more colors. Spending a few thousand for a wrap which will degrade, is a not a good deal, and they are being lazy. You can get many others in 8 or more colors. Tesla only has 5 and they don't offer the nice silver they have in China here.
A car has an emotional aspect, and Tesla is super boring.
All cars' insurnce in CA (and other states) has increased. ICE insurance is as expensive as similarly priced EVs. Lots of disasters - huracanes, tornadoes, wildfires damaging many more cars than in the past. I agree apt owners are not ideal for EV owners, but most new apts in CA have EV outlets installed and many more are adding them. Still a long way to go though. Tesla does offer silver for the S/X (6 colors total) in the USA. Likely 3/Y will get silver later this year.
@@tesla_tap Silver is not a color. Neither is hearse black or refrigerator white. So they have blue and red colors, that's it.
A wall street analyst did say Detroit Auto companies has to get out of China ASAP , that was said less than a month ago.
The Ford plant is in Oakville , Ontario, just West of Toronto in Peel region, no such thing as Oakwood Ford plant in Canada , other Ford plant us in Windsor Ontario, just over the Michigan border.
It is OAKVILLE not Oakwood! It's in Ontario.
Minor point
Oakwood ontario you blinked you missed it
Oakville not so much, and yes that is where the Ford plant actually is
All car sale are down not just Tesla. How bad could in when you are selling 7x your nearest competitor.
Shawn, those EPA rules are designed to make automakers build EVS.
Essentially making it a mandate.
Play semantics all you want, but it is what it is, and that’s making electric vehicles mandatory sooner than later.
Spot on- in the short term, they must at least make every model hybrid…..even the biggest pickups!
Not Oakwood, it's Oakville.
I do like this great show and watch daily. I think it best that you continue to remain silent on politics…
Sales are down because the people who can afford a Tesla have already bought them .
Regulations can be sidelined in a day. There is no challenging the revocation of a regulation
It's all over for EV's. I guess the legacy automakers should switch back to 100% ICE vehicles and leave the tiny EV market to Tesla and the Chinese.🤔
Correction: It's all over for Tesla EVs.
@@krakken-Even babysmurf9000 admits Tesla is an AI company now.
@@bobbbobb4663 AI is mostly fake anyway. There was an app to scan receipts and put them on accounting books automatically. But in reality it was just sent to Indian workers who made pennies per scan.
Never drove one huh?
@@leerjet18 EV's are only good for people who want a car that's silent, accelerates faster than a Porsche, costs 1/3 the price of gas per mile, requires hardly any maintenance, and gets "filled up" at home instead of having to drive to gas stations.
IMHO, tesla has largely addressed its initial market. To expand sales, they are going to need go after normies using things like ads and marketing to expand their consideration. Just my thoughts.
That question usually splits Tesla investors.That and stock buy backs. Personally, I am not in favor of Tesla doing buy backs or advertising.
Re: Buy backs - I think they need to maintain a high cash balance and avoid having to raise capital, for several reasons (you didn't bring this up,so I won't detail)
Re: Advertising - I'd rather see them invest the $ in R&D and/or capital investments like new plants (energy and auto), and software. If you look at the amount GM has spent on advertising over the past 5 years (below), it's enough to have paid for built Giga Texas, the last Shanghai expansion, and possibly the two MegaPack factories. Ask 100 Tesla investors and you'll probably get close to a 50/50 split on the responses.
2023: $3.6 billion
2022: $4 billion
2021: $2.7 billion
2020: Could not find
2019: $3 billion
The TAM is 10x bigger than their current sales.
So UAW is bad for third country wanting to open Chinese car plant
Reading the comments, I learned Oakwood residents don't like their city called Oakville. Or is it the other way around?😀
Scab was about right...
Thursday GMs Battery team leader Mei Cai a Chinese born 24 year GM veteran resigned.GM leads in promises not fulfilled, and Mary Barra seems to walk back BEV development. Is GM leading in being last in BEVs?
There is a defacto ev mandate
Its Oakville! Trump is trying to solve today's problem with yesterdays technology, not a very smart move, makes good sound bites, but Trump is from a generation that is shortsighted and not looking at the reality of things. Using terms like "factories" makes it sound like 1955 with a lunch bucket workforce, someone should tell Trump the 1970s Mary Tyler Moore Economy is dead and will not becoming back....
Puts us even farther behind China in future technologies.
Ttrump is catering to the Luddites. Big difference vs. true conservatives, which he is not.
I guess trump has no problem with the U.S. automakers taking their plants to Mexico. Competition makes for innovation.
Local man points out trump makes contradictory statement. In other news the sun is hot and water is wet.
"innovation" means moving labor to countries with the lowest pay and and labor rights
@@ethanwelner1230 Tell Trump what you want to hear, and he will rant about it, making up stuff as he goes along.
Gee. . . Trump lied? Quelle surpreeze
As I have long predicted, Tesla is reaching its saturation point for how many sedans/hatchbacks that Americans want to buy. The company needs a real auto industry exec that can move it forward, assuming it wants to keep growing.
Who makes a cheap small hatchback EV? Take my money!
"Oakwood"? You might want to check your facts before going to air.
Ford to lose 5 Billions USD this year in EV. Now that merits a big bonus for the ceo
New NAFTA was approved by a recent President 😳
Elon Musk has been supporting Trump BUT if Trump is being harsh on EVs, do you think Musk will change his mind/support for him?
Trump will change. Money talks to him, who has no morals or convictions.
Teslas last longer and don’t need replacing, just better cars!
No better than any other car.
Tesla fanboys I tell ya😂
@@jeffcarroll3831 I would rather push a Tesla than drine a chevy, government motors that is.
@@tombrenemanMt come up with that one all by yourself did ya? 😂
@@tombrenemanMt you can actually repair a chevy yourself, tesla you are dependent on tesla
There are multiple methods for automakers to meet fuel economy and emission requirements besides building BEV.
Yeah but MAGA people want to say mandate, so its a mandate now I guess.
For now, lol the writing was on the wall bud
@@ethanwelner1230 you can't meet CAFE standards unless you build a certain percentage EV, a defacto mandate
So what do you call the 11 states banning ICE cars then? because we all know how that trickles down the pipe line. I know what he meant and you do to, just like on this show, how many people are going to spell it out word for word and listen to it all when i few words get to the point. Why don't we stick to just car news and leave personal opinion out of it.
Where’s Oakwood lol
I am not surprised that Tesla sales are stalling/falling - it is the same in the UK. The early adopters are moving onto different EVs now that there is more choice and the traditional “petrolheads” have never been enamoured with the minimalist interiors and bland styling. However much you can admire the technology and the refinement now engineered into the Model 3 I don’t think Tesla’s really connect on an emotional level which they have to do for those splashing out with their own money. For the general consumer Tesla’s have become white goods and as such are held on to until they break.
omg , can be stop expecting endless growth from everything. things stop growing. you cant own the market. its OK not to grow all the time. you didnt fail cause you didnt grow like crazy.
Oakville not oakwood
GM needs to get out of China yesterday 🤔
Is GM in China, or is China in GM? 😀
Yes Trump is right once more,EV’s going down the toilet
Get thta EV b.s out of here. Hahahahahah
Tesla will need to update it's model range to stay competitive, they are losing a lot to newcomers here in Europe
I am turning to other non us brands because they are safer, more efficient and less pricey than the crap coming out of the big 3. Have you guys featured the MG's?
I'm not sure trump knows what a mandate is....
Tesla is the Studebaker of the current Automotive business.
Now that Tesla has successfully entered the utility energy storage sector, I would not say they are Studebaker, but I would say Nissan maybe since their stock has been rated as junk.
Or Tucker or DeLorean.
Studebaker was a great car. I remember riding in my Grandpa's new Studebaker in the sixties. I asked him why he bought a Studebaker, and he responded by stepping on the accelerator. As I was pushed back into my seat, I understood. 😀
Oakville*
Correction: Oakville not Oakwood lol
Does anyone say "former president oboma"????
Who's Obama?
@@CaptainCaveman-l7p you know, that Irish guy, O'Bama.
The Convicted Felon said what?
The God he doesn't believe in, saved him.
If the government is forcing car manufacturers to make EVs to meet emissions regulations, then there is essentially an EV mandate.
Don't play coy or be stupid!
We all know what Trump meant.
I had reserved a cybertruck a couple of months after its announcement and had been saving up ever since. I want an electric vehicle but I don't need one. I canceled my reservation when his $45 million monthly Trump donations were reported. Just like i don't need one of his products, it's obvious he doesn't need my money. This is sad cause I was a fan boy.
Tesla sales will continue to fall. Elon didn't read the room before going all MAGA.
Exactly!But even without all the stupid movies from Elon,Tesla is becoming fast irrelevant!The pandemic saved Tesla for a awhile with crazy high profitmargins,but that all over!
@@BrunoHeggli-zp3nl Trump will take his money then punish everyone who drivers an EV if he becomes president. Some people never learn.
Think about this. If a new administration comes into power, they will increase tariffs on all cars and car parts made in China by at least 100%. The car with the most parts made in America is Tesla, and they are on track to be over 80%% on two of their models by 2026. Ford, GM, VW, Hyundai, Mercedes, and Stelantis are around 54% made in America, which does not account for their own EVs, which are less. It takes years for car manufacturers to change vendors and pass safety standards. Elon became a multi-billionaire by knowing which side his bread is buttered on. For other mfgs to meet these tariff requirements, they must increase prices by 27% in the short term, making Telsa made-in-America EVs very affordable against petro vehicles. New Teslas are targeted to increase ranges to meet the Chinese-made Zeekr 001 EV 620-mile range in early 2026 based on their new CATL-licensed batteries made in Sparks, Nevada. I thought I would never say this, but Elon is smart to endorse Trump.
@@Carl_in_AZ We shall see...
@@Carl_in_AZ Carl it might look smart right now, but right now is not the future. He and Musk have no idea how things will actually play out if Trump is in office. It won't necessarily be easy sailing for him. The Future - unpredicatable as always.
How many of the same comment do we need about Oak whatever, read
DUDE!!! IT"S OAKVILLE!!!! Glad I was able to get that out. Thanks! 😆
@@BTC_Minarchist Could you repeat that?
@@jamesvandamme7786 Yes! In case you missed it, Oakville, not Oakwood. They're very different.
He's should be fired working under this law has been ridiculous and constantly being lied to buy them I am by no means that Trump person but he got that one right . Soon as he put out that speech 5 months ago the federal monitor should have started investigating Shawn then but better now than never