Volkswagen California camper van for European market.

At the 2024 shareholders meeting Elon Musk said Tesla is developing two new cars. The Model 2 will be produced in Texas late 2025 and later in Mexico with an expected volume of 5 million per year.

Tesla’s 2023 Impact Report shows average 15% battery capacity loss of a Model 3/Model Y Long Range after 200,000 miles. (and slows after that)

Dubai Police Cruiser

Public knowledge about Tesla and EV’s is poor. 4 min.interview.

Smooth Sailing EV Ferry

Volkswagen is integrating ChatGPT in all new electric ID. family models. Take notes, write emails, verbal text, directions.

This years Pike’s Peak won by a modified Ford F-150 Lightning EV that did the 156 turns in under 9 minutes. Rivian 1T and Ioniq 5 also set records.

Karbike

June 26th a cyberattack on Management Software rendered over 15,000 Auto dealerships unable to make sales or do repairs. $10 million ransom.

Insurance studies report EV’s are the lowest per 100K  in car fires (25), Gas cars are second  (1,500), and hybrids most common (3,400). Full report. https://www.a27utoinsuranceez.com/gas-vs-electric-car-fires/

KIA EV4

Verne EV Robotaxi by Rimac

Bloomberg reports ICE sales declining. In 2023, 25% of bus sales were electric. And almost 50% of 2 and 3 wheelers . 18% of passenger cars with a Predicted 20% in 2024.  https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/

I have been living with daily pain since I was twenty years old.

Pope Francis Orders Humanity to Follow ‘Universal Bishop’ Klaus Schwab During ‘End Times’

Hey Francis,

Fuck straight off to Hell.

Take that fucking demon Klaus with you.

UPDATE:

Apparently I got suckered in by my emotions and didn’t bother to look any farther than this story that turns out to be bullshit.

That being the case, I still wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.

And it’s a Baaaad Motherfucker too.

I bet you can hear that thing roar for miles.

This is why they had to import an entirely new voter base.

I have seen dozens of posts like this.

Holy Shit that thing is ugly.

I think I could like this little asshole.

Sparrow sized Kamikaze mini drones that are autonomous, run by AI and have a 3 gram shaped charge to blow your brains out. We knew this was coming. It’s here now.

You could be sitting at a light with the window down and one of these could Kamikaze right into the side of your head before your brain registered the noise coming.

Welcome to the 21st century.

I get this bigly.

Even though I am technically a Boomer because I was born in 1960, the actuality of it is, is that I grew up as an OG Gen X’er.

Latchkey kid, my parents split for the 3rd time and for good when I was 8 years old. My Dad got custody of me and my little brother which was unheard of back in those days and for a couple months after my Mom left, I had to take care of not only myself but my 4 year old little brother. Dad went to work, and more of then than not, went to a tavern after work. He tried hiring a couple of ladies to take care of us but they didn’t last long. I had to feed both of us, do the laundry, make sure my little brother took baths, the whole nine yards, until the rest of the family found out what was going on and they arranged to have my Aunt come take care of us.

Shortly after that point the Gen X’ers were starting school and I lived through everything they did, just a bit older and wiser.

So yeah, I can absolutely identify with this.

The WHO, the asshole World Health Association, not the Geezer British Band, has declared Monkeypox as a world wide health concern.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but hey, QUIT FUCKING THE MONKEYS OK?!

Next item,

There have been some strange headlines recently declaring that there is some “UNIDENTIFIED DEADLY VIRUS” making the rounds, somewhere, and we should all hunker back down and start wearing masks again or some bullshit.

I don’t fucking know and I don’t fucking care.

It’s kind of amazing to me that all these “Deadly Virii” seem to be coming around every 4 years. It’s amazing that nobody seems to notice this or wonder why.

So I was on X a minute ago and ran across this,

And I thought to myself, yeah, that is EXACTLY how I feel about all this bullshit.

I’m also thinking that just about everyone who stops by this joint probably thinks exactly the same thing.

These assholes fucked us over hard and now we find out that 90% of their rules were bullshit they pulled out of their asses just to see how far they could push us because they had no fucking idea what they were doing.

Tsk Tsk.

Ya done fucked yourselves in the long run there Sport because now a good portion of the population would rather strangle a health expert with their bare hands before putting a fucking useless mask back on.

I know I would.

Just sayin’.

I was kind of in a hurry this morning but I couldn’t stand the suspense so I popped open the Fundraising page and my jaw dropped open.

The renewal on the hosting for this place is due late next month so I setup the fundraiser last night about 7, Vancouverstan time.

By the time I went to bed we were already half way there.

When I came home yesterday and tried to explain this large expense coming up for the blog The Wifely Unit flipped out. “We can’t afford that!”, and on and on. Lit right up she did.

I can’t blame her. I just dumped $2400 last month, trying to pay off LAST YEARS’s medical bills.

I told her I was well aware of that and I was hoping to get some help from you fine people who stop by and read what we have to say and check out the memes, videos and CederQ’s trains, trucks and camping posts.

She kept on and on telling me not to get my hopes up over and over.

I explained that if it didn’t work out then I would regroup and move back to Blogger if necessary. (SHUDDER)

Imagine my complete shock when I get up just a few hours later and you guy blew it out of the water and kept firing, even after I posted to stop because we were good to go!

I figured a month would be safe enough and here you guys killed it in less that12 hours!!

I was so touched by your outpouring that I ran into a huge dust cloud on my way out the door to go to work and couldn’t see anything for a few minutes.

Serious.

I am amazed and hugely humbled.

Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

So to be on the up and up, I want everyone to see what the estimate was here.

Plus Wa Sales tax, of course. (spit)

I do not have a final tally, some folks wanted to do snail mail and I hope that I answered everyone’s queries about doing so. If not, drop a comment and leave your real email in the form and I will get back to you.

Some of you went WAY above and beyond!

Shocked me you did and I thank you very much.

I also want to thank each and every one of you who donated anything at all, no matter how big or how small.

I thank you in my heart every bit as much as anyone because I know that it was a conscious effort on your part to reach out and help the cause.

I appreciate every single one of you. And if you even thought well wishes, I want to thank you. Times are tough and we are all getting our wallets ripped to shreds just trying to stay alive these days.

I am of course having issues with PayPal. I would be shocked not to.

I have been a member for 16 years according to them, with very few problems. Now all of a sudden they want me to scan my drivers license and a picture of my ugly mug to verify my identity before they will release the funds. I tried six times and finally gave up. I went on their site, talked to an AI customer service computer and basically got nothing. I then went back to try again and it magically said I was good to go!

The curse words are still echoing around the room here. Now they say it could be up to 21 days before I can get it cut loose. Back to the AI Asshole. Told it that I have been a member for 16 years and that 21 days was unacceptable.

Beep Beep Boop, maybe it will only be 3 business day then.

More cursing.

We shall see.

I’m not worried. I have a month and I WILL WIN THIS BATTLE!

So don’t worry. One way or another, we will be good to go for another year, AT LEAST.

I don’t have a final total yet but I can safely say that you guys knocked it so far out of the park that I believe you donated enough for TWO YEARS!!

Un, Real.

In less than 12 hours.

WOW.

I can guarantee you this,

Every penny of this is going to Blog Hosting.

If there is enough for 2 years I’m doing it.

Just as soon as the funds get cut loose out of PayPal Purgatory.

When I get done, I will post the receipt.

Because I really hated having to do it in the first place, I would love to be able to not have to do it again soon.

Two years would be an amazing accomplishment and I’m pretty damn sure I can make that happen one way or another.

Once again,

Thank You, from the bottom of my heart.

VERY SINCERELY,

Phil

@BustednucklesDOT COM.