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John Rosevear

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Thoughts and words on the future of autos (and lately, the state of things). Alum of CNBC, Fidelity, Cornell. Opinions mine, but they can be yours too. E pluribus unum πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ. He/him.

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It isn't the "Average American". It's the average American-who-still-watches-network-TV, which is a tiny fraction of the country.

12.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm an empty nester and I might really like a midsize Lucid.

12.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Only 10k R2s a year? They delivered 42k vehicles last year.

12.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ars Technica published it early (presumably by accident) and then took it down, but the internet never forgets. www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

12.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...13/10

12.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes.

12.03.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So apparently some of the details around the Rivian R2 (expected later today) have leaked.

I'll share this re pricing, because it has been contentious: There will be a $45k entry model, but not til sometime next year. The (loaded) launch model starts at $58k.

Seems not-unreasonable. $RIVN

12.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't need that kind of vehicle at this point in my life, but I'm really glad they're doing it. Seems excellent.

12.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charlie has never been very bright, but I'm old enough to remember when he occasionally did good reporting. He drank deeply of the MAGA Kool-Aid, though.

12.03.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. The first family car I remember was a '67 Galaxie wagon in "Tahoe Turquoise", which is that exact sort of metallic kinda-teal.

12.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These things were everywhere when I was a kid -- two doors and four -- and they all seemed to be the same shade of greenish-blue.

12.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Block-a-rama.

12.03.2026 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not good. But necessary, and that's also not good. $HMC

12.03.2026 10:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, and they know it. Sigh.

12.03.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"It's easy, we just send it to Mars and then send it back to the US from there." - E. Musk

12.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They come up as a reason to oppose Democratic spending ideas. That's it. For many, that was always it.

12.03.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh look, now that Trump and the GOP appear politically doomed, all of a sudden the AEI types are worried about the national debt.

Like clockwork.

10.03.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an easy take, but I disagree with it. The decision to wait to change tires was justifiable -- they were committed to a one-stop and weren't sure the hards would last to the end. Neither was Mercedes.

10.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think Ferrari is a lot closer to wiping that smirk off Toto’s face than most realized.

09.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In US history, most likely.

09.03.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Headline:

Oil surges above $100 as Gulf states cut back production; WTI nearly touched $120 a barrel at high

Headline: Oil surges above $100 as Gulf states cut back production; WTI nearly touched $120 a barrel at high

So great that MAGA did everything possible to kneecap the electric-vehicle market in the US, while doing everything recklessly possible to ramp up the cost of fuel.

/s

09.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 565 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 4

Not being mad online is my act of protest. You're just not ideologically pure enough to understand.

09.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really it's Bibi's war but somehow he convinced/manipulated Trump into taking most of the heat for it.

09.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a politically-calculated way to say what they're thinking.

09.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of my pet theories about All This is that the Trump people selected this Cabinet specifically to defend against this possibility.

A group of hacks who would never be relevant but for Trump won't vote to remove him!

09.03.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep imagining the "human supervisors" as a bunch of broccoli-haired ex-DOGE boys with game controllers.

09.03.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seven fitty nine

09.03.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Now that is Pure Michigan.

09.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The markets will recover, but we could have quite a ride before they do.

09.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"No more than 120 words"

09.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0