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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 13h

Tesla's stripped-back, ~$5k cheaper Model 3/Y (now that the $7.5k fed subsidy is gone) are a tacit admission that taxpayers were funding a lot of the cool stuff
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12h

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 13h

Tesla's stripped-back, ~$5k cheaper Model 3/Y (now that the $7.5k fed subsidy is gone) are a tacit admission that taxpayers were funding a lot of the cool stuff
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

www.bloomberg.com

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 14h

Tesla: Enervation eclipses innovation
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 14h

Tesla: Enervation eclipses innovation
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

www.bloomberg.com

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Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 15h

This is one chart climate denialists can’t ignore, @markgongloff.bsky.social says: bloom.bg/3IZ3pi1

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 16h

Elon Musk said Tesla didn’t need EV subsidies. The new ‘cheaper’ model 3/Y show how wrong he was
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

www.bloomberg.com

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla's cheaper EV trims signal enervation, not innovation
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

www.bloomberg.com

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla's cheaper EV trims signal enervation, not innovation
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Musk’s Cheap Teslas Are the Wrong Kind of Cheap

This has not been a vintage year for Tesla Inc. product launches. This summer, it launched a long-delayed robotaxi service that came with a free human. Now, it has unveiled two long-awaited cheaper el...

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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 1d

“People talk a lot about ‘can you get a deal with Trump?’,” said Gerald Butts. “As someone who spent a lot of time trying to do that … the … question is, ‘Is a deal even possible with a person who does not believe in the dictionary definition of the word deal?’” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

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James Gibney @jamesgibney.bsky.social · 1d

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, Canada’s future is less secure than perhaps at any time in postwar history, says @franciswilkinson.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...

Can Canada Survive Donald Trump?

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, the country’s future looks less secure than at any time in postwar history.

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

So much for Tesla's bumper 3Q EV sales:
- Consensus for full year +6.1K since release
- Still implies another down year, -10%
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Musk Can Cheer the End of EV Subsidies This Once

Tesla Inc. just moved a lot of metal. But it wasn’t alone in enjoying a surge in electric vehicle sales this summer as buyers locked-in expiring tax credits. That makes the third-quarter EV rush less ...

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Dan Saltzstein @dansaltzstein.bsky.social · 5d

“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”

Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla's sales: On one hand, the pull-foward of EV demand and loss of credits tees up a weaker Q4/'26.
OTOH, this is the last qtr before investors vote on Tesla awarding Musk a $1T pay package and putting $$$ into his private AI co.
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Musk Can Cheer the End of EV Subsidies This Once

Tesla Inc. just moved a lot of metal. But it wasn’t alone in enjoying a surge in electric vehicle sales this summer as buyers locked-in expiring tax credits. That makes the third-quarter EV rush less ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla’s stock hit 200x earnings. The last time that happened, EV euphoria was ramping up. Not so much these days, so what gives?
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

The deepening hackery of self-professed "science geek" Energy Sec. Chris Wright

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Reducing the CO2 emissions, that's expensive but really wholly unnecessary. Extremely expensive, very little benefit from that. Again, it's just returning common sense. Americans want affordable energy."

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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 5d

Texas is now #1 in utility scale battery storage with 14 gigawatts, passing California. That gives Texas the #1 spot in wind, utility scale solar, and storage. Good thing, too, because yesterday Texans shattered ERCOT's previous October peak demand by nearly 4 gigawatts. 1/2

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla's sales: On one hand, the pull-foward of EV demand and loss of credits tees up a weaker Q4/'26.
OTOH, this is the last qtr before investors vote on Tesla awarding Musk a $1T pay package and putting $$$ into his private AI co.
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Musk Can Cheer the End of EV Subsidies This Once

Tesla Inc. just moved a lot of metal. But it wasn’t alone in enjoying a surge in electric vehicle sales this summer as buyers locked-in expiring tax credits. That makes the third-quarter EV rush less ...

www.bloomberg.com

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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 5d

Pakistan pivoting away from LNG b/c it's too expensive.

Petroleum Minister says it's "not a blip" but a strategic shift
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LNG is No Longer a Key Energy Source for Pakistan, Says Minister

Liquefied natural gas is no longer playing a key role in meeting Pakistan’s energy needs, according to its petroleum minister, a stark shift for the South Asian nation once seen as a fast-growing buye...

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 6d

Altman should read the room on power demands for AI
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Altman’s AI Power Grab Is Tone Deaf and Infeasible

Sam Altman may be a visionary but he could use some help reading the room.

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 6d

- Oxy is selling its chemicals business with profits there at a 5-year low
- Oxy's adj. net income this year is expected to be lower than the year before it bought Anadarko
- Berkshire is the buyer of Oxychem
All of these things are connected
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Buffett Got a Win-Win With Oxy’s $9.7 Billion Chemicals Deal

Over the past six years, Occidental Petroleum Corp. has morphed from being a large oil company with a reputation for discipline to an even larger oil company well on its way to becoming a business sch...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

“.. no modern American president has positioned his family to make so much money while in the White House. Already, since the early days of his reelection campaign, he’s more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion.”

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla’s stock hit 200x earnings. The last time that happened, EV euphoria was ramping up. Not so much these days, so what gives?
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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · 5d

Big questions for Southern California, Gov Newsom and Chevron after explosion at El Segundo. Some context here on California’s gasoline politics from @erika-d-smith.bsky.social and me
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Gavin Newsom Can't Afford to Ignore California's Oil Gap

The state is losing fuel production faster than it is losing its appetite for gasoline. High prices have electoral consequences.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Fire crews are battling massive flames at a Chevron refinery just outside of Los Angeles. California Gov.

Massive fire erupts at Chevron refinery near Los Angeles

Fire crews are battling massive flames at a Chevron refinery just outside of Los Angeles. California Gov.

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