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by rolltiide 2281 days ago
Alameda granted Tesla an exemption
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Which smells a bit of "they're essential because they're employing a significant portion of the population".
And that's all the motivation you need. I wish everyone would follow their lead and the defy the quarantine theater - yes, I know the virus is terrible, but we haven't even quite started with the cure and it already looks like it's worse.
Well how many hours are they even working? Who the hell is buying $50,000 cars right now?
Maybe not this month, but things will go back to normal and people will want their $50000 cars
Things will not be normal for a long time. This is going to be a severe global recession and thats going to depress auto sales a lot. Also, oil is $24 a barrel, which makes electric cars at even more a disadvantage.
Aren't they still chewing through their backlog?