Elon Musk bought Twitter.

[Slick]

After the couple of posts from the pro Russian/chinese propagandist above (or previous page), back to hearth

who's this? If you meant me it's truly idiotic. I would be delighted if what remains of the russian empire collapses and I have a considerable dislike for the CCP, and have never indicated otherwise

Pretty sure it was aimed at this Firewater chap

[Hellraiser]

Cybercuck deliveries have been stopped by Tesla because the cantrail trim is detaching at high speeds.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Cybercuck deliveries have been stopped by Tesla because the cantrail trim is detaching at high speeds.

is that a design flaw, or have assembly workers found a faster curing method that hasn't in all ways delighted the designers? or even were the assembly line pushed to develop faster systems?

[fishfoodie]

Cybercuck deliveries have been stopped by Tesla because the cantrail trim is detaching at high speeds.

is that a design flaw, or have assembly workers found a faster curing method that hasn't in all ways delighted the designers? or even were the assembly line pushed to develop faster systems?

"Move fast & break things !"

[dpedin]

Press reporting that a number of Tesla Executives and board members are off loading stock, never a good sign! I suspect they too realize that Tesla has been hugely over valued and will be looking a current and future sales projections very very nervously. Hopefully the slow, or hopefully quick, implosion of the Tesla bandwagon?

[Hellraiser]

Tesla has been kicked out of the Vancouver Auto Show.

[fishfoodie]

What's another massive fraud between friends ?

Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround

Social media site was valued at less than $10bn in September

Social media site X’s valuation has soared back to $44bn, underscoring the sharp turnaround in the company’s fortunes since its owner Elon Musk assumed the role of staunch ally to President Donald Trump.

Investors valued the platform at $44bn in a so-called secondary deal earlier this month, in which they exchange existing stakes in the company, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

....

https://archive.ph/ECpgT#selection-1739.0-1743.60

So the banks know this valuation is trash, & they also know that means the loans on Xhitter aren't secured, so they should call in the debt, but with all Space Karens cash in stock, them calling in the debt would be really, really bad, so they opt out of the responsibility to their shareholders, & pretend that everything is fine

[I like neeps]

What's another massive fraud between friends ?

Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround

Social media site was valued at less than $10bn in September

Social media site X’s valuation has soared back to $44bn, underscoring the sharp turnaround in the company’s fortunes since its owner Elon Musk assumed the role of staunch ally to President Donald Trump.

Investors valued the platform at $44bn in a so-called secondary deal earlier this month, in which they exchange existing stakes in the company, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

....

https://archive.ph/ECpgT#selection-1739.0-1743.60

So the banks know this valuation is trash, & they also know that means the loans on Xhitter aren't secured, so they should call in the debt, but with all Space Karens cash in stock, them calling in the debt would be really, really bad, so they opt out of the responsibility to their shareholders, & pretend that everything is fine

Its very banana Republic type stuff.

Not a surprise for a South African to be involved in state capture.

[Rhubarb & Custard]

Cybercuck deliveries have been stopped by Tesla because the cantrail trim is detaching at high speeds.

is that a design flaw, or have assembly workers found a faster curing method that hasn't in all ways delighted the designers? or even were the assembly line pushed to develop faster systems?

"Move fast & break things !"

It's all very OceansGate

[laurent]

is that a design flaw, or have assembly workers found a faster curing method that hasn't in all ways delighted the designers? or even were the assembly line pushed to develop faster systems?

"Move fast & break things !"

It's all very OceansGate

considering the reliance on export to be viable not following any European norms or weight limitation is in that vein....

[TB63]

My daughter works for a Polestar dealership, they've broken sales records 4 months in a row, also refusing to take in Tesla's as part ex..

[fishfoodie]

My daughter works for a Polestar dealership, they've broken sales records 4 months in a row, also refusing to take in Tesla's as part ex..

Funny, they're actually doing a special deal in the US for Tesla trade-ins, presumably to gain market share, because the 2nd hand market for Teslas has gone off a cliff since the Election.

[fishfoodie]

People go to prison for shit like this !!

[Hal Jordan]

My daughter works for a Polestar dealership, they've broken sales records 4 months in a row, also refusing to take in Tesla's as part ex..

The Polestar 4 is a bit weird with no back window, though. However, it looks positively evil when specced in black, a proper sinister looking thing.

[Gumboot]

People go to prison for shit like this !!

So the guy in charge of eliminating American govt waste has just profitted handsomely from creating $43m of Canadian govt waste?

[robmatic]

Free speech absolutist Elon Musk's Twitter has been closing the accounts of hundreds of journalists and opposition activists over the last few days in Turkey.

[geordie_6]

Tesla having to recall every Cybertruck they've ever sold, as the wrong glue was used so panels are falling off

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tesl ... 19222.html

[tabascoboy]

[Rhubarb & Custard]

One might reasonably ask what could be done to make those Teslas look worse? The Ford Scorpio starts out as a much better looking car, so much so vandalising those Tesla trucks may even raise their value

[dpedin]

One might reasonably ask what could be done to make those Teslas look worse? The Ford Scorpio starts out as a much better looking car, so much so vandalising those Tesla trucks may even raise their value

I suspect a lot of the anti EU animosity from the US gestapo is because their mate and funder Musk is angry his Tesla monstrosity is banned from sale in Europe and not just from being an ugly pile of shit but because it would likely kill any pedestrian it hits due to those sharp angles and poor safety features. Those pesky regulations again!

[fishfoodie]

What's another massive fraud between friends ?

Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround

Social media site was valued at less than $10bn in September

Social media site X’s valuation has soared back to $44bn, underscoring the sharp turnaround in the company’s fortunes since its owner Elon Musk assumed the role of staunch ally to President Donald Trump.

Investors valued the platform at $44bn in a so-called secondary deal earlier this month, in which they exchange existing stakes in the company, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

....

https://archive.ph/ECpgT#selection-1739.0-1743.60

So the banks know this valuation is trash, & they also know that means the loans on Xhitter aren't secured, so they should call in the debt, but with all Space Karens cash in stock, them calling in the debt would be really, really bad, so they opt out of the responsibility to their shareholders, & pretend that everything is fine

Its very banana Republic type stuff.

Not a surprise for a South African to be involved in state capture.

It just moved to the next level of corrupt self-dealing !

Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for $33 billion in all-stock deal

Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday.

Both companies are privately held, which means they are not required to disclose their finances to the public.

Musk said in a post on X that the move will “unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach.” He said the deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion. Musk, who serves as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX as well as an advisor to President Donald Trump, bought the site then called Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, gutted its staff and changed its policies on hate speech, misinformation and user verification and renamed it X.

....

https://apnews.com/article/x-musk-sale- ... 2160dc77eb

So he's using money VC idiots put into his bogus AI company, to buy (overpaying obviously), the SM company he's been destroying, so that he can claim success, & do an end run around data protection laws.

He has a track record of this, when he bought the company his cousins ran using Tesla investors money, & then righting it all off after a year or two, after spending ~$2.5 Billion on an obvious lemon.

[Niegs]

Complete and utter oblviousness to how he does the same thing about things which actually matter.

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.soci ... hxfnnnnc2j

[geordie_6]

Complete and utter oblviousness to how he does the same thing about things which actually matter.

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.soci ... hxfnnnnc2j

Like waving a chainsaw around to celebrate sacking thousands of federal employees.

[fishfoodie]

Rumors going around that Space Karen is going to declare DOGE a complete success, & he's cut 9 billion trillion from the budget, so it's okay for him to return to his day job .... whatever the fuck that is these days

I can't imagine his office leaving party will have too many attendees

[Hal Jordan]

Sounds like he's nicked all the data he needs and secured all the contracts for the foreseeable future, so back to hating his kids, wanking on about Mars promising FSD this time next year, honest, and getting idiots to pony up for the chance to be on the list to buy a non-existent Roadster.

[Uncle fester]

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/tw ... ocumentary

Twitter: breaking the bird is well worth a watch

What a fücking tool Jack Dorsey is.

[fishfoodie]

Sounds like he's nicked all the data he needs and secured all the contracts for the foreseeable future, so back to hating his kids, wanking on about Mars promising FSD this time next year, honest, and getting idiots to pony up for the chance to be on the list to buy a non-existent Roadster.

Terrorist !!!!

[tabascoboy]

Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected

Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers. The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations.

In Q1 2024, Tesla delivered 386,810 electric vehicles.

Due to demand issues and production challenges related to the Model Y changeover, Tesla was expected to see fewer deliveries in Q1 2025.

According to Tesla-compiled analyst consensus, the automaker was expected to report “377,592 deliveries” in the first quarter. The Bloomberg consensus from Wall Street analysts is higher at 390,000 deliveries.

Today, Tesla reported that it delivered 336,681 EVs in Q1 2025.

From https://electrek.co/2025/04/02/tesla-ts ... ies-worse/

[Guy Smiley]

It's not an EV thing, it's a Tesla thing...

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-b ... usk-2025-4

After Tesla's rough start to the year, Elon Musk is probably lucky that Americans cannot buy BYD cars.

Tesla's Chinese nemesis had another spectacular quarter, with sales jumping 60% in the first three months of 2025.

BYD has sold about 416,000 EVs and 570,000 hybrids this year. Tesla vehicle deliveries, meanwhile, came in well below analyst expectations, with the automaker announcing first-quarter deliveries of 336,700 EVs on Wednesday.

It's the second successive quarter that BYD has outsold its rival, with Tesla battling plunging sales as protests against CEO Elon Musk and DOGE spread worldwide.

Most concerningly for Elon Musk, a growing proportion of BYD's sales are coming from outside China.

The Warren Buffett-backed automaker reported record overseas sales in March for the third time this year as it expands aggressively in international markets.

[fishfoodie]

Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected

Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers. The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations.

In Q1 2024, Tesla delivered 386,810 electric vehicles.

Due to demand issues and production challenges related to the Model Y changeover, Tesla was expected to see fewer deliveries in Q1 2025.

According to Tesla-compiled analyst consensus, the automaker was expected to report “377,592 deliveries” in the first quarter. The Bloomberg consensus from Wall Street analysts is higher at 390,000 deliveries.

Today, Tesla reported that it delivered 336,681 EVs in Q1 2025.

From https://electrek.co/2025/04/02/tesla-ts ... ies-worse/

And that total is only that high because of obvious fraud like the 8,000 cars "sold" at one Canadian dealer, & who knows how many of the cars stacked in car parks near dealerships in the US are also imaginary sales, only to boost numbers & get Government money.

And yet.... the morons who invest in Tesla have decided that this makes the stock a buy

One analyst has set a stock price target of half of the current valuation, & another fan boy analyst has said it'll be worth 50% more in 2026 !

[Rhubarb & Custard]

So Elon both is and isn't leaving the Whitehouse. Doge now some sort of Schrodinger department presumably, and it would fit, they both have slated costs, if you ask them, and haven't if you ask reality

Frank Skinner has been observing when the Canadian/South African racist has a sufficiently big enough car crash in public it'll be known as Elon-gate

[dpedin]

Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected

Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers. The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations.

In Q1 2024, Tesla delivered 386,810 electric vehicles.

Due to demand issues and production challenges related to the Model Y changeover, Tesla was expected to see fewer deliveries in Q1 2025.

According to Tesla-compiled analyst consensus, the automaker was expected to report “377,592 deliveries” in the first quarter. The Bloomberg consensus from Wall Street analysts is higher at 390,000 deliveries.

Today, Tesla reported that it delivered 336,681 EVs in Q1 2025.

From https://electrek.co/2025/04/02/tesla-ts ... ies-worse/

And that total is only that high because of obvious fraud like the 8,000 cars "sold" at one Canadian dealer, & who knows how many of the cars stacked in car parks near dealerships in the US are also imaginary sales, only to boost numbers & get Government money.

And yet.... the morons who invest in Tesla have decided that this makes the stock a buy

One analyst has set a stock price target of half of the current valuation, & another fan boy analyst has said it'll be worth 50% more in 2026 !

Tesla brand is as dead as a dodo now, it has had its Ratners moment so it is just a matter of time for a slow lingering death.

[fishfoodie]

From https://electrek.co/2025/04/02/tesla-ts ... ies-worse/

And that total is only that high because of obvious fraud like the 8,000 cars "sold" at one Canadian dealer, & who knows how many of the cars stacked in car parks near dealerships in the US are also imaginary sales, only to boost numbers & get Government money.

And yet.... the morons who invest in Tesla have decided that this makes the stock a buy

One analyst has set a stock price target of half of the current valuation, & another fan boy analyst has said it'll be worth 50% more in 2026 !

Tesla brand is as dead as a dodo now, it has had its Ratners moment so it is just a matter of time for a slow lingering death.

Slow & lingering is infinitely preferable to what I think will happen; a lemming rush off a cliff that ends in Chapter11 for a company bigger than Lehman Brothers in 2008. The impact on pensions for millions of people will be devastating.

[mat the expat]

It's not an EV thing, it's a Tesla thing...

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-b ... usk-2025-4

After Tesla's rough start to the year, Elon Musk is probably lucky that Americans cannot buy BYD cars.

Tesla's Chinese nemesis had another spectacular quarter, with sales jumping 60% in the first three months of 2025.

BYD has sold about 416,000 EVs and 570,000 hybrids this year. Tesla vehicle deliveries, meanwhile, came in well below analyst expectations, with the automaker announcing first-quarter deliveries of 336,700 EVs on Wednesday.

It's the second successive quarter that BYD has outsold its rival, with Tesla battling plunging sales as protests against CEO Elon Musk and DOGE spread worldwide.

Most concerningly for Elon Musk, a growing proportion of BYD's sales are coming from outside China.

The Warren Buffett-backed automaker reported record overseas sales in March for the third time this year as it expands aggressively in international markets.

BYD has a schmick new Garage down the road from me.

Going to do a test drive soon

[Guy Smiley]

I’ve done almost 60000km in my Atto3 in 2 1/2 years. It’s been a magic ride so far but I’d quite like to try the Seal, apparently they’re really good. The high spec AWD option would be ace.

I’m a convert. The driving experience is excellent and the quiet surge is out of this world.

[mat the expat]

I’ve done almost 60000km in my Atto3 in 2 1/2 years. It’s been a magic ride so far but I’d quite like to try the Seal, apparently they’re really good. The high spec AWD option would be ace.

I’m a convert. The driving experience is excellent and the quiet surge is out of this world.

I wanted to buy an SUV Sized car when we moved to Newy - the problem was, our idiot previous PM bringing the Coal into Parliament put the kybosh on a lot of EVs coming to Oz in time

We ended up getting an ICE one but I want a "side car" for me. My RS265 is still fun but getting unreliable for trips to Sydney and back.

Ideally, I'd garage it and get a smaller runabout EV with Bidirectional Charging so I can use it as a battery for my Solar as well

The market is still all about large cars at present

[Hal Jordan]

I’ve done almost 60000km in my Atto3 in 2 1/2 years. It’s been a magic ride so far but I’d quite like to try the Seal, apparently they’re really good. The high spec AWD option would be ace.

I’m a convert. The driving experience is excellent and the quiet surge is out of this world.

I wanted to buy an SUV Sized car when we moved to Newy - the problem was, our idiot previous PM bringing the Coal into Parliament put the kybosh on a lot of EVs coming to Oz in time

We ended up getting an ICE one but I want a "side car" for me. My RS265 is still fun but getting unreliable for trips to Sydney and back.

Ideally, I'd garage it and get a smaller runabout EV with Bidirectional Charging so I can use it as a battery for my Solar as well

The market is still all about large cars at present

EV market? Well, there are a good number of small EVs coming through now, ranging from the rough and ready Dacia Spring to journalists' darling Renault 5 and beyond. I think bidirectional is likely to be a next gen thing for most EVs.

This also assumes you can get said runabouts in Australia.

[Sandstorm]

Plenty of small BEVs available in Australia, here's a small sample from all price categories:

[TedMaul]

Took delivery of a Leapmotor C10 last week, first one registered in UK. It's fantastic. GF has free charging at work so pretty compelling. It senses my phone approaching, flashes it's lights alluringly and moves everything around to my spec. Anything whilst on the move is voice activated. A lovely shade of Chinese Racing Green too.....

[Niegs]