Maybe, but vehicle ownership in the United States is way higher per capita. Something like 17 of households in China versus almost 90 in the United States. That could change with the availability and cost of electric vehicles, but as of now it’s still pretty skewed.

You think workers have better quality of life in China?

Yes, and don’t forget low pay and long hours for their workers.

Why are Chinese cars so inexpensive?

Yes but without any of the technical or industry knowledge or experience needed to make a viable product within the margins of resource costs.

There are different failure modes, yeah. My preference would be a mechanical combination lock, or just have a key stashed.

My aunt got locked out of her house because the battery powered smart lock died in the cold. So she couldn’t get in when it was late at night and freezing cold. Had to get a locksmith out, which probably cost her a couple hundred dollars.

The fact that you can freely criticize and say whatever you want about Elon means that he is not even close to as oppressive.

Not sure why the knee jerk hate on this one. I like the idea of opening up academic articles and other materials for free and open use.

It’s still way up from a year ago. The insane climb after the election was unsupported hype, which has been corrected. Say what you want about tesla, but the stock price looks pretty healthy.

It’s either the power mods or the admins who decide how content gets censored on reddit. Which one is worse?

I haven’t dabbled with that stuff for years, but I could go back to that as well I suppose.

Yeah I suppose they would hop on as well. The idea that my experience would be tailored according to unknown algorithm and agenda kind of scares me.

I’ve never used an iPhone, been a die hard android user since the beginning, but I might switch because of this. I don’t care about AI and don’t want it on my phone.