Because?

Thankfully, no. Due to a recent layoff, my 401k escaped my companyâ(TM)s control. I put it in an investment firm with strict instructions to avoid any Musk owned company, and any AI only company; OpenAI, Anthropocene, HuggingFace, etc. I have $0.00 in SPX, and will have the same in AI IPOs.

Bees, Bears, and Tigers, oh my! Hug me, Toto!

I had a 2011 Leaf. I know they're better / different now, but I don't care. That car was such a POS that I will NEVER recommend a Leaf to even my worst enemies. It has a realistic 88 miles of range when I bought it, and I was ok with that limitation. It was less than 60 miles after the first year alone! The best thing that car ever did for me was get rammed by another car so I could replace it w/o taking a huge loss (GAP insurance for the win on that one).

I knew people who had early Bolts, and they hated them about as much as I hated my Leaf. Personally, I couldn't recommend them based on their experience.

Kona's a great car, but a bit small. For folks who might be interested in a more mid sized SUV, the Ioniq is a great car, and only about $5k more than a Kona. No experience with the Equinox.

For secondary or tertiary cars, "150 mile range street legal golf cart with overnight charging" covers a LOT of ground.

I have a condo in St Croix, and I am constantly telling my wife that we should look into a high range street legal golf cart for there. EVs require basically zero maintenance. The island is only 27 miles from end to end, so 150 miles is probably a month's worth of driving. Electricity is expensive, but so is gas, and a relatively small investment in solar panels on our dedicated parking space would easily keep it charged enough for our needs.

She still wants a 50k jeep because... it's a jeep. Thankfully, we're quite a few years from being able to retire and move there, so I have time to work on her.

Check out the Ioniq 5. Switched my Tesla's for 2 of those, and couldn't be happier.

I was a former Tesla owner. 2016 S (100k), 2018 3 (60k), 2022 S (80k) -- before any tax benefits; so assume about $7500 less each.

When Elon started DOGE-ing the US, we dumped our 2018 3 and 2022 S and bought two 2025 Ioniq 5's. They are roomier on the inside, drive smoother, and were $40k (SEL) and $45k (Limited) out the door price. You can get a base trim for about $35k. They also use the NACS (Tesla) charger and are super charger compatible.

A base 3 now is about $37k. Model Y is about $41k. So the I5 is pretty on par with those, in SUV form, and with actual, physical, buttons for things! Range is similar. Even absent Elon's repulsiveness, I can honestly see no reason to get a Tesla over an I5 anymore.

There were income limits on the $7500. I forget exactly what the top limit was, but I think it was around $190k for a family. If you made more than that you got $0. There was a tiered system below that top number that phased down the $7500. I don't remember those steps though because, at the time, I was over the $190k between my wife and I.

There were also price limits. If the car was over a certain amount, the rebate phased out. Finally, there was a "made in the USA" aspect that was binary. Either enough was and you got whatever you qualified for, or not enough was, and you got zip.

Unlike MAGA tax code, the true target audience of the EV rebates were middle to upper middle class.

In "fairness" to the person confused to the 300 miles comment, I have traded in a car that only had a few thousand miles on it; not even enough to require a tire rotation yet.

Granted, it was a Tesla, it was during Elon's DOGE-ing of the US, and I did it because I was disgusted with owning it at that point. I knew it was a bad financial decision, but to me the moral aspect drove me to do it. I could not be happier with the Ioniq 5 that I traded it in for!

Depends on your standard plug voltage and amperage. Since you specified km, I'm going to assume you're not US, and I'm not familiar with non-US standards.

In the US, you can get about 1kw/hr on a standard plug w/o burning the breaker too hard. I've had EVs since 2011 and they've all been about 3-4miles/kw. My overnight (10 hour) charge was closer to 30-40miles rather than your 50ish.

For folks that need more than that, a 240v/50A is about $1k to install, provided the panel is somewhat nearby. Those can do about 9kw/hr, so about 27-36mi/hr of charge.

He's like the anti-Midas. Everything he touches turns to crap. I laughed when he tried to kill EVs and promoted oil like crazy because I assumed, even back then, that would mean he was personally about to do more to transition the world to clean energy than anyone in history ever had before.

skeptical that whatever is going on justifies that its stock should be punished like that.

Further, Apple would survive an AI bubble burst better than the other big tech companies because Apple doesn't depend as much on AI products nor AI-oriented investment funds.

It's fucking alien bees!

Summary: "SpaceX stock gets mooned"

This "news" comes out just when comparable Chinese models are coming out, and the US CEO's claim their wayward bot proves Chinese models are capable of doing evil deeds for Xi and thus need to be curtailed.