The onion has definitely lost their edge lately. That, and reality had become increasingly difficult to parody.

It’s amazing how JD vance is respected by absolutely nobody.

Anything remotely related to US politics is almost impossible to satirise, if a news article came out saying this really happened, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

Except even Grok hates him.

This shows, once again, that anything to do with the US is almost impossible to satirise.

It’s pretty much impossible to satirise US politics, isn’t it?

Not on the inside.

China is a nation of around a billion people, most of whom we would consider middle class, and 22% of the overall fleet is electric, with new car sales being higher. The economies of scale for manufacturing are huge.

No, but they’re so far ahead of anyone else it’s unbelievable.

You seem to be comparing a crate motor with the full cost of replacement of the Tesla motor. Also, is that the motor, or the whole drive unit, which from my understanding includes the differential?

No way does an electric motor cost that much.

Have you seen the amount of precision engineering that goes into building a combustion engine? That is ridiculously expensive.