Did you get the memo? No one cares any more about this because we've moved on to AI. The need for power is so great that we will generate it in whatever form necessary. We're taking used JET ENGINEs and powering data centers.
I almost spit my coffee out when they said "gouge the customer". Having had the privilege of paying PG&E tier pricing at one point in my life, it honestly can't get any worse than it already is.
Trust the science, except for every single day we're learning that something they said was a lie. So I'm sure that GMO stuff that they fought tooth and nail to prevent labeling of is fine. That fake meat with a gazillion ingredients is supposedly fine too.
think of doing with all your cash. The vision pro isn't going to take off this go round. Everything else is super mature and VERY polished. So it's just a natural upgrade cycle cash cow. Maybe they can take their amazing ARM technology and get back into servers.
If they won a competition against other teams, great! Comparing it to what is on the road is pointless. That vehicle is not optimized to carry 4 people and have all the required safety equipment and crash standards to be deemed road worthy.
Just answer these questions.
How many tons of minerals have to be mined to produce the battery and rare earth powered magnets in your BEV motor?
How much fuel is consumed during that mining process?
What is the carbon footprint of that battery?