The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to block California from implementing plans to block new sales of gas-powered vehicles in a decade.
While this may seem like a victory for Oil and ICE it is really quite inconsequential. ICE tech is going away just like horse drawn carriages did, it may take a bit longer now but there is no stopping it despite heroic last stands like this one.
Lutnick said on "This Week" that the White House will implement "a tariff model in order to encourage" the semiconductor industry, as well as the pharmaceutical industry, to move its business to the United States.
Setting up semiconductor production is an expensive and long term commitment. Who in there right mind would take such a risk when the rules of the game are changing by the hour?
Are you questioning Trump's mercurial genius?
America doesn't have a "left wing"
What are you even talking about? Maybe you should start here.
If you ever met a real radical leftist your brain would melt, Trump on the other hand would probably survive simply because he likely doesn't have a functioning brain.
Natgas is cheaper than coal in nearly every circumstance, even dismissing pollution controls.
I'm sure the US taxpayer will happily subsidise these plants to bring their price per Kwh down to nat-gas levels or even lower. After all, we can't be losing the 'AI arms race' now can we?
AI Industry Tells US Congress: 'We Need Energy'
Well, then let the AI industry leaders build their own power plants and finance it from their from their vast profits.
I ditched Adobe for Affinity Photo. Industry insiders tell me that it is no substitute for Adobe Photoshop and that there cannot be a substitute for Adobe because Adobe is an 'industry standard'. That may be true (in their minds), but so is the fact that this is what happens when you allow monopoly to be created and if you never give the monopolist's competitors any business you are actively encouraging and nurturing the growth of the monopoly.
It's one thing to hold a boycott, but this is something else entirely. Especially when you're targeting (including doxing) people because of what car they drive.
I don't condone vandalising random Teslas and I've had many arguments with anarchist activists over it. They are cars owned by innocent people who just decided to buy a car without intending their purchase being some high flying declaration of political allegiance. What brand/type of car you drive may be a declaration of what political tribe you belong to in the US but over here in Europe it is simply a function of what car you liked that is reliable, affordable and best suits your needs. I know this is an alien concept to politically polarised Americans but that really is how we pick our cars over here. Furthermore, it is also unacceptable for MAGA pundits to conflate arsonists with people who simply saw Elon give his Hitler salute and instantly decided they would consider buying any brand of electric vehicle other than Tesla. There is no law against boycotting, even in the USA, although that will doubtless change.
I think is the only Chinese company that sells cars in the US.
Polestar is also launching in the US during Q2 this year so that makes two, three if you count BYD and its buses as 'cars' but I'm not sure if they have been ban-hammered but the angry orangutang yet.
Progressives have declared an all out holy war against Tesla, complete with firebombs, bullets, and swastikas, and you know the first conspiracy theory they'd come up with is to claim that mining our own lithium is some kind of oligarchic power play for Trump to help Elon at the expense of the environment.
Well you did a fine job of listing all the least effective methods to stick it to Elon. Is there any particular reason you didn't mention the most spectacularly effective one? Hint: Just not buying Teslas.
You, no.
Someone is winning and it's certainly not anyone who would post on Slashdot
Seems to me it's China that's winning while the US is still pissing about with laughably obsolete ICE tech.
The intersection of people who voted for this and people who are now unhappy is rather small. Trump favorability among Republicans is at 93%.
That poll is four months old.
Was not a secret. This is what people voted (or did not bother to vote for).
This is what people deliberately voted for or stayed at home and didn't bother to vote against. Now they are stuck with it and both are unhappy. The latter because this and a whole bunch of other stuff is happening and the former because they thought Trump would only be doing these things to liberals and that they themselves, having voted for Trump, would of course be exempt.
These were the people who called Trump a Nazi just a few months ago.
Nazi? Noooo, Trump is more of a Fascist autocrat with strong monarchist tendencies.
No, hollywood used the words "nazi" and "hitler", they didn't use any of the words you just said.
Haven't you watched the news even once this past month?
And I disagree with that. Your point?
A Fascist would NEVER reduce the size, scope or authority of the central government.
Reall? So far I have only seen him reduce the parts of it that he doesn't like or that could check his power.
They sell well in Europe.
Not to say anything good about Chinese companies, but my biggest three fears about Chinese cars were location tracking, remote disabling without permission, and lack of parts. Well, looks like one doesn't have to go to the Far East for those fears to be realized. So, my hesitation for buying Chinese stuff has dropped.
Plus, the US, cars are way overpriced, and selection is garbage compared to every other world market (especially China, Europe or the UAE). Not everyone wants or can afford a Canyonero. Something like a serial hybrid or PHEV would be perfect for something that is an urban runabout, but when power goes out or one is in a rural area (chargers wind up getting vandalized in some areas), one can just use the range extender.
That concern always strikes me as funny. Most modern humans carry at least one mobile phone, some also a laptop and smartwatch, all devices that are used to track every move they make and on top of that people voluntarily upload ever detail about their private lives onto social media websites
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the demigodic party. -- Dennis Ritchie
