Facebook Gives Congress The Finger, & Will Continue To Publish Lies

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:10:40 +0000

Mark ZuckerbergFacebook has announced that it will continue to publish political ads, even if they contain obvious lies. It says Congress is supposed to make laws, not private companies.

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Tesla & Robotaxi Economics: The Network That Optimizes The Machine

Credit to Author: Rahul Sonnad| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:34:20 +0000

There is a long-standing argument about whether Tesla is a car company or a tech company. This argument is typically made in the context of how Wall Street should value the company. If Tesla is just a new kind of carmaker, it should be valued at something significantly less than its annual revenue — maybe 25% to 50%, like Ford and GM. Alternatively, if Tesla is a tech company, then it could be valued significantly higher. Google, for example, is trading at about 6 times its revenues today, Facebook at 8, Microsoft at 9, and Salesforce at 10 times. Tesla trades at around 3 times its revenues with some profits, while Uber and Lyft trade around 4 times revenues and have never been profitable

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5 Battery & EV Charging Stories You May Have Missed

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 04:50:00 +0000

Electric vehicle (EV) batteries and charging may not be as exciting as robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles, there’s been a variety of fun news about these matters that should help to further raise awareness and get people to switch to EVs

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On A Personal Note

Credit to Author: Alex Voigt| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:09:10 +0000

Editor’s Note: Alex sent along the letter below a couple of weeks ago. He let us know about the big shift noted here and that he’d be publishing the letter on Patreon on December 15. I decided to let his letter stand alone on his page initially and then republish it here a week later. So, here it now is!

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