Tesla in Mariupol

 A captive Tesla recovered in Mariupol by DPR forces.

Oops... the thing seems to have self-immolated as Teslas are wont to do.

Must have short-circuited. 

 

 

Thanks, Elon!

Musky News: Musk’s Neuralink Interface Causes Extreme Suffering in Monkeys

Musky doing what he does best:

Musk’s Neuralink interface caused ‘extreme suffering’ in monkeys, doctors say

Elon Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink has caused horrific damage to test monkeys, according to a complaint filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) on Thursday and seen by the New York Post. The complaint, filed with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), concerns Neuralink testing on the monkeys carried out at the University of California at Davis from 2017 to 2020. 

The group has accused Neuralink and its host university of nine violations of the US federal Animal Welfare Act, noting in their complaint that “many, if not all, of the monkeys experienced extreme suffering as a result of inadequate animal care and the highly invasive head implants during the experiments.” It reportedly goes on to claim that the Neuralink implant procedure “produced recurring infections in the animals, significantly compromising their health, as well as the integrity of the research.” 

One monkey reportedly described in the complaint was found missing extremities “possibly from self-mutilation or other unspecified trauma,” and was later killed during a “terminal procedure.” Another monkey had holes drilled in its skull in order to implant the Neuralink electrodes directly into its brain – only to develop a “bloody skin infection” and be put down. And a third appeared to survive the electrode implantation, only to be overcome with “vomiting, retching and gasping.” Days later, it allegedly “appeared to collapse from exhaustion/fatigue” and finally died, revealing it had suffered a brain hemorrhage.

I wish he'd try this implant on himself and Bezos next.

 

Musky's Neuralink is ruining monkey (and soon human) brains while Musky's Starlink is doing damage to the outer space around the planet Earth. 

While another idiot Bezos is blowing up bridges in the Netherlands and building mansions with hundreds of rooms while his former company employees sleep in cars.

Is it not yet time to tame both?

Rhetorical question.

 

Thanks, Elon!

 

Musky Jets

Musky Jets Again

Landed in Hawthorne, California, US. Apx. flt. time 2 Hours : 38 Mins. pic.twitter.com/dlkRhlMj69

— Elon Musk's Jet (@ElonJet) January 30, 2022

Keep polluting, Musky!

Thanks, Elon!

Elon Jet

Thanks, Elon!

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What I find funny is that Musky has the gall to suggest that someone else is a "nutcase".

 

The Universe is a Hydrogen Sonata

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2022

Here is to self-fulfilling prophesy for Musky, he probably deserves it.

Landed in Austin, Texas, US. pic.twitter.com/4l7tKiUspp

— Elon Musk's Jet (@ElonJet) January 26, 2022

If someone ever does something to Musky, it'll probably be "nutcase on nutcase" violence.

EV Strikes Again!

 EV Strikes Again!

An electric car at a charging station has a short circuit. It took just over 1 minute to destroy 3 cars. The fire cannot be extinguished with water. No fire department will approach a burning battery-powered car because of the toxic gasses produced. No salvage yard will take them pic.twitter.com/hHQx79srth

— Deplorable Richie (@DeplorableRich5) October 2, 2021

thanks Elonka!

Elon Musk: Man Who Pollutes

'Man who polluted heavens': Astronomers furious over Musk's Starlink satellites clouding their vision — RT World News

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk seeks to make the world happy with his Starlink project providing satellite Internet access. So far, he only managed to make astronomers across the world upset by rendering their telescopes blind.

The billionaire who also positions himself as philanthropist and innovator has recently set himself a goal of bringing high speed internet to the most remote corners of the earth with a network of thousands of small satellites he plans to put on the low-earth orbit. The ambitious plan involves sending a whopping 12,000 devices into space to form a satellite constellation as part of the project Starlink.
That is not the final number, though, as SpaceX has entered into negotiations with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reportedly seeking to get permission to fly another 30,000 Starlink satellites, bringing their total number to 42,000. That is roughly 20 times more than the number of operational satellites currently in orbit.

Thanks, Elon

683 km to go on a tank

683 km to go on a full tank (on one filling) in September 2019!

Catch me if you can, Elon!

Braking point: Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 lurching from one crisis to the next — RT Business News

Braking point: Elon Musk’s Tesla Model 3 lurching from one crisis to the next — RT Business News 

The beleaguered Tesla Model 3 has already faced a production crisis and a 123 percent price surge. Now it has another major problem – a report says the car brakes slower than a pick-up truck.

The problem was pointed out by the US magazine Consumer Reports, which exposed the alleged braking issue with the Model 3 sedan.“The Tesla’s stopping distance of 152ft from 60mph was far worse than any contemporary car we’ve tested and about 7ft longer than the stopping distance of a Ford F-150 full-sized pickup,” it wrote.
The Consumer Reports test is designed to determine how a vehicle performs in an emergency situation. Testers speed up a car to 60mph (96kph) and slam on the brakes until the car comes to a full stop, then measure the braking distance.
CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the situation is under control and will soon be fixed. “With further refinement, we can improve braking distance beyond initial specs. Tesla won’t stop until Model 3 has better braking than any remotely comparable car,” Musk wrote in a tweet.
The report comes at a time when Tesla’s safety is being questioned following the accident involving a Tesla Model S driving in “autopilot” mode when it crashed into a stopped firetruck in Utah.
Tesla’s braking problems described in the Consumer Reports have been previously covered by Car and Driver. The magazine published a test, which said Tesla Model 3's one stop from 70mph took “an interminable 196ft.”
“I’ve been testing cars for 11 years… And in 11 years, no car has stood out with inconsistent braking like this. Some trucks have. . . . It was just weird,” Car and Driver Testing Director K.C. Colwell said in an interview with Consumer Reports.

Thanks, Elon

BREAKING: Tesla recalls 123,000 of its Model S cars.

BREAKING: Tesla recalls 123,000 of its Model S cars.

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 29, 2018

Thanks, Elon.

Tesla just months from total collapse, says hedge fund manager — RT Business News

Tesla just months from total collapse, says hedge fund manager — RT Business News

The American electric-car company Tesla will be bankrupt within four months unless its CEO Elon Musk “pulls a rabbit out of his hat,” according to hedge fund manager John Thompson.


“Companies eventually have to make a profit, and I don’t ever see that happening here,” the head of Vilas Capital Management told Market Watch.
“This is one of the worst income statements I’ve ever seen and between the story and the financials; the financials will win out in this case.”
Thompson manages $25 million and his Tesla short is the fund’s biggest position. He has been betting big against the electric automaker for years.
Last April, Tesla stock hit a record high of around $300 and continued to grow to $389.61. Nevertheless, Thompson’s fund still managed to churn out a 65-percent gain for the year.
Since then, Tesla has fallen sharply and Thompson is confident his bet is about to pay off. Tesla shares were down more than 8 percent at Wednesday closing to $279.18.
The hedge fund manager said that if his prediction comes true, his fund could surge by another 50 percent. He noted that he is investing $500,000 of his own money.
“Tesla, without any doubt, is on the verge of bankruptcy,” Thompson told clients in an email. He explained that funding will be hard to come by in the face of problems in delivering the Model 3, declining demand for the Model S and X, extreme valuation, and a likely downgrade of its credit rating by Moody’s from B- to CCC.

Thanks, Elon!

Bye, Elon!

First Self-Driving Car Pedestrian Death

As reported by the BBC website:

Uber halts self-drivng car tests after death.

Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities after a fatal accident.

A woman was hit by a car and killed as she crossed the street in Tempe, Arizona.
While self-driving cars have been involved in several accidents, it is thought to be the first time a self-driving car has been involved in a fatal collision.
Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi said the death was "incredibly sad news".
"We're thinking of the victim's family as we work with local law enforcement to understand what happened," he said in a tweet.

This self-driving (and now, self-murdering) crap was pioneered by Elon Musk.

Thanks, Elon.

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: Tesla Roadster 2008

A certain Tesla Roadster is in the news right now... so here are some quick pictures of a 2008 Tesla Roadster found in Gran Turismo 5.

And this is it - an instance of the 2008 Tesla Motors Tesla Roadster.

Here the car is at San Gimignano - Town Square.

The in-game description goes on like this:

"The EV sportscar born in Silicon Valley, the centre of information technology."


Established in California's Silicon Valley in 2003, Tesla Motors announced a car in 2006 that dropped the jaws of many automakers in the world who were still struggling to produce an electric vehicle. This was the announcement of the 4-seater EV sportscar with a midship layout, the Tesla Roadster.
A CFRP body was matched to an aluminum bathtub chassis based on the Lotus Elise. It also shared other components with the Elise, and is assembled at the Lotus Factory in the UK, so it's no wonder that their styling and package is similar. However, this car is powered by lithium-ion batteries and a three-phase AC motor.
Delivery began in 2008, and the initial commercial model produced a maximum output of 245 HP, and 198.9 ft-lb of torque. 0-60 mph is 3.7 seconds. The top speed is limited for safety, but still reaches 125 mph. Obviously its performance is in no way inferior to a gas-powered car, it even has a driving range of 244.2 miles per charge, which was another surprise to many.
The performance of the sports model released in the beginning of 2009 was raised to 284 HP/295.1 ft-lb. This roadster had been the focus of attention long before its release, and even though the price tag was high at $98,000, orders were placed for well over 600 cars immediately. Its final release was slightly delayed, but the initial sales were good and delivery started in Europe beginning in 2009.

And now it is at Siena - Piazza del Campo.

Red Bull Hangar 7

And here are pictures of that other Tesla Roadster, picture credit SpaceX.

Gran Turismo Photo Dump: Tesla Roadster 2008: A certain Tesla Roadster is in the news right now... so here are some quick pictures of a 2008 Tesla Roadster found in Gran Turismo 5. ...

How Elon Musk and Other Self-Driving Idiots Threaten to Deprive Humanity of Most Positive Activity

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (read: chick-SENT-me-high), expert on flow states and optimal experience and author of Flow and Finding Flow, inter alia, says that driving a car is one of the most enjoyable activities that humans will ever do and one that often produces flow and optimal experience.

Here are some quotes from the latter book to back the point:

Driving a car ... is a surprisingly positive part of life. While neutral in terms of happiness and motivation, it requires skill and concentration, and some people experience flow more often when driving than in any other part of their lives.

For many people, driving a car gives the most consistent sense of freedom and control; they call it their "thinking machine" because while driving they can concentrate on their problems without interruptions, and resolve emotional conflicts in the protective cocoon of their personal vehicle.

Driving a car. That driving is one of the most enjoyable experiences in many people's lives was suggested by one of our ESM studies (Csikszentmihalyi and LeFevre 1989); a more in-depth ESM study sponsored by Nissan USA revealed many unanticipated details, some of which are reported throughout this volume.

Driving a car is so good for us because it requires skills perfected to automation, concentration and other states of the mind conducive to generating optimal experience while at the same time banishing boredom, anxiety and psychic entropy.

Now, if Elon Musk and other proponents of self-driving cars have their way, where will we be?! 

We will be deprived of all that flow and optimal experience (which is hard to come by in most people's lives) and instead will be thrust into doing nothing while the car drives which will at best lead to passive consumption of redundant information from the car entertainment system and at worst to boredom, anxiety, panic attacks and other manifestations of psychic entropy usually descending on an unoccupied mind.

Thanks, Elon!

Daily Kanban: Portrait of a Con Artist...

Portrait of the Con Artist as a Stung Man

Who has Musk conned?
Once a mere over-promiser, Mr. Musk has become a con artist. Model 3 reservation holders had confidence that their deposits would reserve them a vehicle but instead of holding the deposits in escrow Tesla appears to have spent the money on general operations. His march across this Rubicon continues. Roadster Founder customers have been invited to pay full price for a vehicle less likely to arrive shortly after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics than shortly before the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tesla again does not appear to have guaranteed that the $250,000 deposits, being five times the median household income in the USA, will be set aside. Many reports have called this a stealth cash raise. If they were in error, Mr. Musk would have directed vigorous invective at them by now.

Thanks, Elon!

Tesla Model 3 Steals Chrysler Crossfire Rear Suspension

More bad news for Elon, Tesla Model 3 caught stealing aka closely copying the Chrysler Crossfire MB rear suspension.

And the correct MB design that fully matches the Model 3 is the Chrysler Crossfire. Pictured with aftermarket bits but best pic I could find pic.twitter.com/qlQCtbkQJt

— Bozi Tatarevic (@hoonable) November 1, 2017

So, to recap, the all new and wonderful 2018 Tesla Model 3 uses the 1999 Chrysler Crossfire Mercedes-Benz rear suspension set up?! Wow, that's real progress right there.

Thanks, Elon!

Tesla's Human Saves Musk Autopilot

Tragedy was avoided by taking over control from the dumb Autopilot.



Thanks, Elon.

Tesla Shares Plunge

Tesla shares are having their worst week in over a year - falling after lower-than-expected deliveries, rising competition in the electric car market, and today's safety test results.

They've fallen about 13% this week, wiping off nearly $8bn from the company's market value and losing its status as the most valuable US car maker.

Thanks, Elon.

Is the Musk con over yet?

Employee Injuries At Tesla Factory Above Industry Average

A report released on Wednesday claims Tesla’s own internal data shows that injury rates at Fremont exceed what’s found across the industry.

Thanks, Elon!

Tesla to Bury World Under Huge Pile of Dead Batteries

Tesla is believed to be behind a new startup for material recycling

What transpires is that they are building huge car batteries in huge numbers but no one yet knows what to do with them when they die and those batteries are super hazardous and bad for environment.

Thanks, Elon.  

Daily Mail: Tesla owner demands $1million after Model X doors 'wouldn't open' as the car crashes and bursts into flames

Tesla owner demands $1million after Model X doors 'wouldn't open' as the car crashes and bursts into flames

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4443276/Tesla-Model-X-doors-wouldn-t-open-car-sets-fire.html#ixzz4g1g6bbUV

Thanks, Elon.