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Here is more Tesla news that I am sure they didn't want to have to deal with. Once this sort of thing starts, every small-time criminal jumps on the bandwagon and creates problems for Tesla EV owners who used to depend on always finding a charging station running when needed: 

In other news: President Biden just raised the import tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to 100% of their value and it was also raised on Chinese solar panels, but I am not sure if it was the same amount (having just heard the headlines and not all of the story).  These tariffs are not going to expand the sales and implementation of solar panels to meet government goals, plus they add to the overall inflation rate and no doubt pour fire on the two country's trade war.

Here is the New York Times article that was published in my newspaper today regarding the subject matter.

I continue to find the timing of the SuperCharger staff firing interesting.  Just a day or two after the Governor was shown on TV, driving a Tesla up to a SuperCharging station, where he announced that other brands of EVs would be allowed to use the SuperCharger network. It sure seems like some sort of political gotcha to Newsom by Musk - with the employees taking the real impact of that little pout.  (Or so it seems to me.)

What I would like to know is why did he get rid of the entire SuperCharger division?  Was it just to save money, did he have an axe to grind over some people in the division, or did it just feel good to screw over his employees and potentially the people that need to use the system in the future - like owners of Ford EVs? The guy is apparently really smart, but scary as a businessman and I sure wouldn't want to work for him.

But then I never understood from a financial point of view, why he bought Twitter and then pretty much destroyed it, so that it is now only worth a fraction of the price that he bought it for and only has a fraction of the former number of people using it. (Plus, calling it "X" makes it very awkward for anyone quoting a post from it.)

Quote from: JaimeC on May 02, 2024, 06:59:39 PM

Looking for recommendations. I already have a lift for the rear wheel but I'm looking for a front wheel lift that will allow me to remove the front wheel. Thanks in advance!

Just lift the entire bike up with a Black Widow lift, And I did that with my Zero SR with power tank, lifted from the plastic under the OBC.  Did no damage and can take off both wheels at the same time, or just either one.


But, it could be best to install the crashbars first, because that replaces the plastic OBC bottom with a metal one. But I did mine on the stiock plastice with no issue.


-Don-  Auburn, CA

I have done the same thing with my 2018S with Power Tank.

I get all of my news from the print version of the Mercury News, affiliated with the Bay Area News Group (which I have delivered to my home every morning) or from the all-news Bay Area KCBS radio station. If I get any news from the internet (such as YouTube) I would reference it or provide a link to the article.

Quote from: Specter on April 28, 2024, 05:47:43 AM

With this being said it looks like I am going to be tearing up toe draggers instead of knee draggers until I figure something out here.  Is this something that is replaceable on a boot, or do they make a boot where it is replaceable?  Tires are expensive enough I really don't want to go thru a few boots a season as well.

Someone said to me that racing is one of the most effective ways to burn money 

I guess for all Alpinestars boots are toe sliders available for replacement. I know for sure for SMX5 and SMX6 at least.
BTW Dainese have screw-ons, plastic and for some boots even metallic.

I think that owning a boat or private airplane could be an even more effective way to burn money than racing.