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The Conversation — Trump and Musk Chat For Two Hours

Big Red Car — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:46:48 +0000

Elon Musk struck a brilliant two hour marketing chord for X (and his own brand) by using X Spaces (look it up) as the platform to conduct a leisurely two hour conversation with Donald J Trump the Republican nominee for President of the United States. The convo — voices only no video — was slow […]

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Electric Vehicles Heating Up

Big Red Car — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 19:41:38 +0000

The Age of the Electric Vehicle is upon us in case you have been asleep, Rip Van Tesla. EV is no longer a novelty racket run by a guy with a joint in his hand named Elon Musk and Tesla. Everybody is getting in the game. Ford Motor Company, founded in 1903 in Detroit, Michigan […]

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Electric Vehicles — the Dirty Little Secret

Big Red Car — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 16:57:27 +0000

We are on the verge of great changes in the EV space. More car manufacturers are delivering actual units, more charging stations, and older vehicles are getting enough miles to smoke out the idiosyncrasies of EVs. EV Battery Life An EV propulsion plant is a motor driven by the power stored in a battery. Like […]

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Tesla and Austin By God Texas For The Win!

Big Red Car — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:58:03 +0000

Old news already here in the People’s Republic of Austin, but maybe you haven’t heard: Elon Musk has picked Austin By God Texas for the next Gigafactory at which to build the new Tesla Truck. Hook ’em, Tesla! Elon had NOT been smoking anything when he made the announcement and he thanked Tulsa, Oklahoma for […]

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Elon Musk — Quick Trigger Capitalist

Big Red Car — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:38:39 +0000

I am a huge fan of the core businessman Elon Musk. Not so much on him personally. Very skeptical on Tesla. Having said that, I rise to applaud Elon Musk (I was going to call him “Elon” like he and I are pals, but we’re not) for being quick on the draw as it relates […]

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Tesla Dips

Big Red Car — Thu, 23 May 2019 16:10:02 +0000

I am a huge fan of the Tesla story — brash entrepreneur starts electric car company. The story is four fold: 1. Car — great car 2. Elon Musk — irrepressible entrepreneur 3. Disruption of, perhaps, the most well-organized and entrenched industry 4. The stock, TSLA Today, we talk about the stock. You will recall […]

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Corporate Welfare – Incentives

Big Red Car — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 21:09:50 +0000

Corporate welfare, Big Red Car? Huh? Big Red Car here on a sunny, cold Texas day. Ahhh, winter is here at 41F at dawn, but 65F now. Winter is hard in the ATX, y’all. So, the Interwebs are all aghast at the gargantuan incentives provided to Amazon (richest guy in the world, Jeff Bezos, at […]

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Elon Musk and the US SEC – Shortsellers Enrichment Commission

Big Red Car — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 18:14:52 +0000

Big Red Car here, following the unending saga of Elon Musk of Tesla fame and his continuing dialog with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. “Just want to [say] that the Shortseller Enrichment Commission is doing incredible work. And the name change is so on point!” Tweeted by Elon Musk. Is this the smart […]

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