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One future pop quiz answer: Tesla city is the capitol of the State of Jefferson.

by ddingus 5y ago

razster 5y ago
I doubt Tesla city, more like Trump city.
- fnord77 5y ago
  Putin city would be more like it, since the whole split california movement gets pushed hard by russian trolls
  - Alupis 5y ago
    California has some very diverse areas with very diverse people with very diverse needs. I'm not necessarily in favor of splitting California up, but it does make sense to have several smaller states that can better care for the needs of their constituents vs. what we have today where two major cities tend to drive the politics and priorities of the entire state.
UncleOxidant 5y ago
Heh, not a lot of Teslas down there. More like F-150 city.
- ddingus 5y ago
  Totally! I am familiar. Have friends and family in the region. I come to visit them as the tree hugging, bleeding heart, gun toting lefty from lefty central. Always good laughs. Fortunately we have a good culture on politics. No worries. Not everyone does, and I wish it were more true. Can get along just about anywhere really. Wonder if the Ford electric F150 will see rapid adoption in that region? Ford got almost all of it's priorities right. The big screen is a mistake, like delicate work truck type, but maybe the great package overall is not impacted. I will be curious to see that play out.
  - smaryjerry 5y ago
    Ford’s biggest problem with the F150 was using Biden as its salesperson. Someone at Ford didn’t evaluate their consumer demographics properly.
    - ddingus 5y ago
      Yeah, that may not have been the best move. But then again, the F-150 is like a really solid brand. And it's a really great product. They will power through.
    - DeRock 5y ago
      Their biggest customer may end up being the US government (eg. for work fleets). So maybe it was a strategic move? Time will tell.
      - smaryjerry 5y ago
        This is a good point. seems that the majority of police vehicles have been Ford historically because if the requirement to buy American. Biden also is pushing a $2M infrastructure bill that is at is core described as for addressing climate change. There will be a lot of vehicles for that.
      - cratermoon 5y ago
        Next time you're at a national park, national forest, BLM land, or some other federal facility of that sort, check out the brand and types of trucks they have.
        DeRock 5y ago
        I honestly don't know, can you tell me? One thing to consider is that Biden has been very public about transitioning US government fleets to all electric (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-government-fleet-with-electric-vehicles.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-gover...), so even if other brands are currently used, it doesn't matter, because they don't sell an electric pickup.
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One future pop quiz answer: Tesla city is the capitol of the State of Jefferson.

razster 5y ago

I doubt Tesla city, more like Trump city.

fnord77 5y ago
Putin city would be more like it, since the whole split california movement gets pushed hard by russian trolls
- Alupis 5y ago
  California has some very diverse areas with very diverse people with very diverse needs. I'm not necessarily in favor of splitting California up, but it does make sense to have several smaller states that can better care for the needs of their constituents vs. what we have today where two major cities tend to drive the politics and priorities of the entire state.

UncleOxidant 5y ago

Heh, not a lot of Teslas down there. More like F-150 city.

ddingus 5y ago
Totally! I am familiar. Have friends and family in the region. I come to visit them as the tree hugging, bleeding heart, gun toting lefty from lefty central. Always good laughs. Fortunately we have a good culture on politics. No worries. Not everyone does, and I wish it were more true. Can get along just about anywhere really. Wonder if the Ford electric F150 will see rapid adoption in that region? Ford got almost all of it's priorities right. The big screen is a mistake, like delicate work truck type, but maybe the great package overall is not impacted. I will be curious to see that play out.
- smaryjerry 5y ago
  Ford’s biggest problem with the F150 was using Biden as its salesperson. Someone at Ford didn’t evaluate their consumer demographics properly.
  - ddingus 5y ago
    Yeah, that may not have been the best move. But then again, the F-150 is like a really solid brand. And it's a really great product. They will power through.
  - DeRock 5y ago
    Their biggest customer may end up being the US government (eg. for work fleets). So maybe it was a strategic move? Time will tell.
    - smaryjerry 5y ago
      This is a good point. seems that the majority of police vehicles have been Ford historically because if the requirement to buy American. Biden also is pushing a $2M infrastructure bill that is at is core described as for addressing climate change. There will be a lot of vehicles for that.
    - cratermoon 5y ago
      Next time you're at a national park, national forest, BLM land, or some other federal facility of that sort, check out the brand and types of trucks they have.
      - DeRock 5y ago
        I honestly don't know, can you tell me? One thing to consider is that Biden has been very public about transitioning US government fleets to all electric (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-government-fleet-with-electric-vehicles.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/25/biden-plans-to-replace-gover...), so even if other brands are currently used, it doesn't matter, because they don't sell an electric pickup.
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