Had the feds hinted they’d interfere in the railway one?

That show was awesome.

Simply taking a statistical look ignores what it was for centuries before. Middle class is more than just income, it’s what that income means for your lifestyle and ability and it has been eroded as you say and will need to be taken back, but people fooling themselves into thinking they are just because of their income are in a bracket.

Oh you earn the middle income? Too bad it’s 90% of your rent but don’t worry you’re still middle class! Nothing to be worried about here!

If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you aren’t middle class.

You might not be poor but definitely not middle.

Anyone who thinks that’s middle class has just been fooled by the wealthy to make them think they’re doing better than they are

The conversation was concerns about what China can do to the cars, but China is also concerned about what other manufactures can do with their cars. The concern goes both ways, it’s not just the west afraid of china. The concern about these highly connected cars is legitimate for everyone on both sides.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tesla-cars-barred-some-china-government-compounds-sources-2021-05-21/

I believe now that Tesla stores the data in China that some of that has been relaxed.

I looked it up once and the average Canadian/USA commute (at least in non winter weather) can be done on a 120v 5-15 outlet.

Harsher winters would probably need the 5-20 outlets (or indoor parking) to maintain that level though.

Edit: and ya having charging at work would make the winters better as it adds an extra 8 hours of charging you’d lose otherwise.

The safety systems require the cars to be what you don’t want and the requirements just keep increasing.

I don’t know about other manufactures, but on a LR Tesla you’ll get 7km/h. I think 10 would probably be pushing it for others, but that’s where the NEMA 5-20 with 20amp wiring (which is common practice now) would make the big difference.

The boat has sailed on that one unfortunately.

Safety requirements outright demand these things nowadays, and these safety things do save lives, of the occupants, pedestrians, and the other vehicles involved in the crash.

Even the Chinese government is wary of US based manufactures having their cars near sensitive areas because of all the cameras. Tesla had to ensure that all the data was stored in and didn’t leave a facility based in China before they allowed the cars to be in those areas.

It’s a legit problem for every country. It’s possible other countries might require the same.

I don’t know what the current laws are in each province, but we if we don’t have them yet, we really need new laws that require

1. Apartments/Condo’s to install chargers if paid for by the renter/owner. This is obviously less ideal for apartments, and more about condo’s, but it becomes a start for apartments as well. You could install a plug (not a charger) at an apartment and use your own charger which would at least reduce costs if you were going to stay a long time and weren’t worried about being evicted for some reason.

2. New builds must have at least X amount of 120v outlets available for parking spots at a bare minimum. Make them NEMA 5-20 outlets which give a few more amps and can charger the cars a little bit faster (10-12km/h vs 6-8km/h), but will also work with regular 5-15 plugs. Ideally, also require some 30amp or 50amp plugs, but we gotta start somewhere at least.

400k here won’t even buy you a tear down SFH here on the west coast.

You ever see those movies where a hit squad takes out a family but leaves a baby, and then the baby grows up and takes revenge and kills the entire organization that sent the hit squad?

He’s just covering his bases. He’s gotta kill every single Palestinian and Hamas member regardless of where they live.