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Anyone follow EV news, and/or Fisker? I work at an auto auction that's handling Fisker dealer prep stuff, looks like it's bad news for them.
X22 Dave keeps saying EV sales are dropping, but I think Fisker is going under. Hertz is also unloading a bunch of Teslas, we handle them too and don't seem to be selling too well. For the most part our auction is for car dealers.
Fiskers are such junk, too much to type on my phone/don't get me started. Out of 250 units we have here, at least half are bricked...
Also, just heard a few minutes ago Fisker hasn't paid us so we're not letting any units leave.
Hertz' CEO is out due to the disastrous decision to electrify - who the fuck wants to deal with all that with a damn RENTAL?!!!
Funny thing
I was watching an episode of father brown with a military theme. Every time they said the word Lieutenant, all I heard was…
Leftenant… 😂😂😂😂
Between that, and PepeSee (Pepsi)
I think I have GAW on the brain. 🤷♀️
Now then - ok I admit I don't have this one, I should probably get it, along with another couple notables of theirs.
Negativland - Dispepsi - full album
Edit: wait for the refrain on Track 2. ROFL I actually forgot how funny this is.
Edit 2: OK I hadn't even heard Track 3 - these guys don't usually groove like this. Reminds of early PWEI among a couple other things.
Edit 3: Oh man LOL - PWEI has a Pepsi connection too.
Edit 4: PWEI was one of TDR's most notable accounts/bodies of work.
Edit 5: Autechre was - and is to this day I believe - another.
Edit 6: WOW - I've only heard the poppiest "greatest hits" (such as they are) things on Dispepsi. I just listened to the whole thing, skipping just a couple weaker bits. The last track, holy cow. I will definitely be getting a CD (better for listening straight thru without turning it) copy.
Edit 7: Damn it, why did RTT have to drop? She would have really dug this one I think.
Smart drinks lead me to forget, and Coke won’t get me high. 😂😂😂
When Samuel Adams makes me ale 😂😂
And YES - this is Totally an RTT Jive!
I was gonna request removal after a time but then there was this
https://greatawakening.win/p/17s5IJABTa/x/c/4Z7Ro1eW07Z
Well, it works for me. 🫡
EXACTLY!
Most of the time, if you’re in a rental each other for a business or vacation. Who wants to spend hours of their vacation charging a vehicle? If you’re having a day trip for business, you don’t have time to sit around and wait to charge a vehicle.
These people are being offered money to sell their own companies out. Now they’re all losing their jobs. This is how it should be. Maybe people will learn their lesson.
Yeah dealing with an electric car, chargers (which may or may not work)/the time involved, good grief that would just be horrible.
Electric cars are good* for basically one thing, and that is short commutes/daily use (as batteries drain down if undriven, too).
*In this one sense, I don't view them as "good" at all generally.
I was at the Dodge dealership today, picking up my charger - my actuators were pumping cold air and hot air in the cabin, so I need to get that fixed before summer. Anyway… This is the first time ever, that I haven’t gone to the show room to look at a new charger or challenger. I know they’re just dumping that brand and making electric cars now, and it’s so sad. I saw a bright green challenger in the showroom, but. Meh 🤷♀️
What’s the point… Wokeness has taken over the Dodge brand, and the dodge brothers are turning in their graves. The last advertisement they put out for the new electric vehicles was so cringe, I had to wipe the grime off of me after watching it for only 30 seconds. Eewww!
Wow, thanks for sharing. I think this is Fisker's second time going under.
Yup. This is their 2nd rodeo and looking like it'll end like the first.