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Tesla had big problems in 2008 financial crisis. Elon put in his own last money and got private funding round on Christmas Eve 2008 to survive. Tesla got $465 million DOE loan in 2010 under EV program. It was a loan, not free bailout. Tesla paid it back early in 2013 with interest. Government also …
🚨🇺🇸 The number that should be making the White House nervous: 55% of Republicans now blame Trump personally for high gas prices. His own base. Trump survived two impeachments, an indictment, and a bullet. Gas prices might be the thing that actually hurts him. You can spin a… https://t.co/vvN7E2YFtq pic.twitter.com/8MHjRXmxpv — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May …
Following the Tesla Cybertruck his friends had climbed into late one night around Thanksgiving last year, Matthew Riordan spotted a fire blazing in the distance. The Cybertruck had crashed into a tree and wedged itself against a retaining wall, trapping his friends inside the burning car. He rushed to pull them from a growing blaze …
BREAKING: Iran says Fordow survived the strike untouched. Israeli Army Radio admits there’s a slim chance they’re right. So either the U.S. just dropped $300 million worth of bunker busters for theatrics… Or someone’s lying and we’re about to find out who, the hard way. — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 22, 2025 IRAN – “You …
Most of the missing people are foreign tourists BREAKING: 45 people are missing after a boat sank off Egypt’s popular tourist resort Marsa Alam. Most of the missing people are foreign tourists pic.twitter.com/VED1cnCzra — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 25, 2024 #BREAKING: Boat carrying 31 tourists sinks in #Egypt's Marsa Alam, Red Sea – local media …
That’s really sad. This person probably would have lost the money with another form of gambling, crypto is just a fast way to do it. h/t NewSchoolBoxer
An Ural Airlines flight was forced to perform an emergency landing in a field in Novosibirsk region. An Airbus A320 en route from Sochi to Omsk declared a mid-flight emergency on Tuesday morning and was redirected to an alternate airfield in Novosibirsk, but failed to reach it, emergency services told Russian media. The aircraft was …
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-fires-timeline-maui-lahaina-road-block-c8522222f6de587bd14b2da0020c40e9 h/t DeathlyMFR
‘The owners of the red-roofed ‘miracle house’ in Hawaii believe adding a new roof and cutting foliage helped it survive the devastating wildfires. The $4 million seaside home remains unscathed as it stands alone amid the rubble of its neighbouring properties in Lahaina, on the island of Maui. Its owners, Dora Atwater Millikin and her …