Doubling down on self driving is stupid. Robotaxi is just another sham

The the same-day-announced senior level departures signal something uncomfortable is going on. The periodic decimation of worker bees is more normal - I've been through a few of those.

Drew Baglino is a big loss IMO.

BIG layoff coming at Tesla - 10+% of total workforce: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-lay-off-more-than-10-its-staff-electrek-reports-2024-04-15/.

EV market getting rekt. Too many players too quickly.

Attempting paywall bypass here. But this is a WSJ journalist trying out the CCS-NACS adapter.
https://12ft.io/https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/tesla-superchargers-arent-just-for-teslas-anymore-we-tested-10-of-them/F248B963-4C04-43A3-8AEE-526DB90D16D5?mod=lifestyle_videos_pos2

Cool car interiors...


When cars were distinctive.

Part 25: Buick Riviera


Riviera.  A name that evokes images of white-sand beaches, Mediterranean breezes, opulent resorts, and members of the rich and famous jet-set.  The name is usually associated with the southeastern coast of France and the Northwestern coast of Italy.  Other regions around the world have tried to lay claim the Riviera name.  The coasts of Spain, Portugal, and even Lake Geneva in Switzerland have all tired to co-opt the Riviera name to boost the allure of their own beaches.  Some pretty unlikely locales have even tried to bask in the glow of the Riviera mystique by borrowing the name for their own stretch of coastal real estate.  The Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, the South coast of England, and the Baltic Sea shoreline of Latvia have all at one time or another rebranded their respective stretches of seaside tourist traps as a "Riviera."  Let's not forget America's very own "Redneck Riviera" on the Gulf of Mexico.

For the purposes of this thread, however, I'm going to stick to the "original" Rivieras of France and Italy.

Buick certainly found the name Riviera quite appealing, too.  Before it became a model in its own right, Buick applied the Riviera moniker to luxury-edition, pillarless hardtop versions of various Buick models from 1949 through 1962.  The Riviera finally came into its own in 1963 as a large two-door "Personal Luxury" car.  This theme continued throughout eight generations of car models through 1999, with the exception of a one-year gap in 1994, between the seventh and final eighth generation model.

I won't go through all the changes and redesigns of the Riviera over the course of its production.  Suffice to say that any iteration of the Buick Riviera would look ridiculously out of place on the French or Italian coasts.  Almost as ridiculous as a morbidly obese European man wearing a Speedo would look on any American beach!  Proof that not everything that looks appropriate on one side of the Atlantic can blend-in on the other side.

When I was shopping for replacement wheels for my truck I saw a lot of ads for wheels with old cracking tires stating plenty of tread left. The tread is useless if the sidewalls split open going down the road.

Quote from: MrH on April 11, 2024, 12:17:33 PM"The tires are fine" and they're almost 10 years old are incompatible.

   definitely.

Whatever happened with the fenderz???