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Tesla discontinuing Model S and X, to make capacity for robot and automaton manufacturing capacity?

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/tesla-model-s-model-x-discontinued

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-x-discontinued-chart-2026-1

https://www.theverge.com/transporta...l-s-model-x-discontinue-optimus-robot-factory

https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars...sla-discontinues-model-s-model-x/88411874007/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/tesla-q4-earnings-estimates-elon-musk

https://insideevs.com/news/785761/tesla-model-s-x-discontinued-2026-earnings/

 

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Automakers targeting your infotainment screen for in-car ads.

https://sherwood.news/business/the-...makers-now-view-infotainment-screens-as-huge/

https://www.thedrive.com/news/stell...screens-with-pop-up-ads-for-new-car-discounts

https://www.wired.com/story/ads-popped-up-on-drivers-screens-there-may-be-more-on-the-way/

https://www.theautopian.com/subaru-...nnoying-in-car-pop-up-advertisement-game-too/

https://carbuzz.com/opinion-in-car-pop-up-ads-step-too-far/

https://www.newsweek.com/stellantis-dodge-car-drivers-adverts-pop-ups-2045033

Related: https://www.adweek.com/commerce/ubers-in-car-ads-hit-new-york-city-touting-98-ad-completion-rates/

 

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Canada welcomes Chinese EV's. Looks like U.S. is getting fucked by their own trade hostility.

https://insideevs.com/news/784813/us-china-canada-ev-tariff-recation/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2026/01/20/byd-trade-deal-canada/88217293007/

This is particularly interesting, in a twisted sort of way: https://www.reuters.com/business/au...anada-opens-door-chinese-made-evs-2026-01-19/

https://apnews.com/article/china-canada-carney-xi-beijing-b71c1b67d3489a8b4058c650152b0cb9

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/...se-evs-is-slippery-slope-gm-ceo-says-a84fe1f5

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/china-ev-tariffs-canada-00733086

 

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Canada welcomes Chinese EV's. Looks like U.S. is getting fucked by their own trade hostility.

https://insideevs.com/news/784813/us-china-canada-ev-tariff-recation/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2026/01/20/byd-trade-deal-canada/88217293007/

This is particularly interesting, in a twisted sort of way: https://www.reuters.com/business/au...anada-opens-door-chinese-made-evs-2026-01-19/

https://apnews.com/article/china-canada-carney-xi-beijing-b71c1b67d3489a8b4058c650152b0cb9

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/...se-evs-is-slippery-slope-gm-ceo-says-a84fe1f5

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/china-ev-tariffs-canada-00733086

I like it. Not that I'm in the market for a vehicle or anything but at least, this will allow some people to afford one. The big 3 and the U.S. have had control of the market for too long and have steadily increased the cost while diminishing the quality for decades. I won't pretend to know all the details and frankly don't give enough of a shit to devote a bunch of my time to it all but I am perfectly fine with giving a big middle finger to the current administration and to the crooked automakers who are the only reason there was a tariff on Chinese EVs to begin with. They don't want the competition and will make up anything they can to make people think the cars are crap or whatever. The media has been bought and sold to the billionaires and all their lobbyists so we honestly can't believe a damn thing we read anyway. As always, we will have to wait and see how this plays out but Canada can now export our canola to China and maybe, just maybe China is more trustworthy than the United States anyway and this is the start of something better. Ironic that the clowns are all butt hurt because Canada has gotten tired of being their lapdog while getting kicked across the room every time the orange clown throws a tantrum.