Maybe GDP growth shouldn't be the end all be all for measuring a society?
Go and look at overall happiness ranked globally by country. See how many of those countries are in Europe. The US meanwhile is 23rd.
Or, go and look at overall Human Development Index. The US is #16. All of the top 6 countries are in Europe.
GDP is a meaningless way to measure what average people in a country actually experience in life.
What you probably saw was drivers actually driving the cars around while the cameras and LiDAR were engaged, for learning/mapping.
You're dead on.
The simple reality is the entire western world is ALREADY below replacement fertility... And for most countries it is WAY below. China is also WAY below, and India is barely at replacement and declining rapidly. Almost all population growth is coming from Africa.. and as countries there develop, it's going away as well.
"BYDâ(TM)s Europe volumes rose 359% in April from last year, data from JATO Dynamics showed."
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Yes, exactly my point and why the GP post is incorrect. BYD is now outselling Tesla in Europe. Their sales in 2025 are up 350%.
This isn't even mentioning the other Chinese brands.
All of the best EVs in the world right now come from China. Most of the growth in EVs in the EU is coming from Chinese brands. The US is getting left in the dust.
Nah, Kodak already went bankrupt. It emerged from bankruptcy a shell of its former self, and was profitable for a few years but seems doomed again.
The march of technology killed this company, not private equity.
Anything you post on Reddit is not your IP. Read the T&C of the site.
When it's hot outside a very, very powerful fan is on to move the air over the cooling coils. Not sure if that's what you heard or not. It's just a fan.
FWIW, I own a Lightning
It is the best and most capable truck I have ever owned.
It is also the longest range EV of anyone I know, easily surpassing the Teslas of friends of mine.
It gets an unjustified bad rap.
The main thing to kill the Lightning was the cost. Nothing else. As a vehicle, it is amazing.
Er...
Sorry for believing that AI companies shouldn't be able to steal everyone else's work without being compensated.
Anyone who thinks that's OK is the one being intellectually dishonest
Why are you being a sycophant for these VC backed AI companies?
As it should be.
AI house-of-card companies should not be allowed to engage in rampant IP theft.
It has a huge impact because it devalues these kinds of deals and just supports the idea that these companies can run roughshod over IP rights, steal, and pillage to their hearts content without consequence.
Someday somebody has got to decide whether the typewriter is the machine, or the person who operates it.
