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FROM THE GLOBE AND MAIL: "Shows are still an expensive place to be, too. The bigger the show, the bigger the costs. At Frankfurt, the huge halls devoted to showcase the home-town brands of Volkswagen and Daimler were estimated to cost those exhibitors upwards of $40-million each; at New York, a...

Makers have to pay big bucks to rent floor space at these shows. So it's a form of advertising, and Tesla doesn't advertise. Which is one reason why my next vehicle will be a Tesla. If I bought anything else, I'd be paying back to the maker what it spent to get me to buy it.

I read in some place authoritative that Tesla makes nothing from selling cars but from offsets or permits or something of that ilk. Can somebody explain?

No -- no. Tesla stock is ready to tank bigtime! Sell sell sell! Please. Because, as the father said when he entered the ice-cream store with his kiddies, "I'm buyin'!"

Is Texas a "Right to Work" state, or is it a pro-union one? Does Texas still require new vehicles to be sold only at dealerships? Are any dealerships unionized?

Agree. Value of unions can depend on the culture and union's orientation. For instance, German and especially Japanese unions are collaborative whereas North American ones can and sometimes do impede employer success.

Sounds right, except I'd check more often than 50 hrs.

It's usually easy to change seats. I bet the dealer would do it for you. For instance, spring-mounted, weight-adjustable, supporting arm or back rest, storage pockets, ....

No grease? Not even the blade spindle? Hope it lasts.

Totally agree. It's not a matter of the amount. (I expect Tesla is about to rake in such huge profits that advertising would be an expense write-off that would cost them near nothing anyway.) It will be a source of pride that my driving a Tesla was not due to some Mad-Men types researching how...

Two years ago, replaced my 2-strokes with Stihl electrics. They have two sizes of li-ion batteries; I got the larger. My two batteries (one charger) power a pole chainsaw, hand chainsaw, hedge trimmer, leaf blower, and rotary trimmer. Costly but worth it for the convenience. (I didn't get the...

"My initial thoughts on the article were that China was trying to renegotiate the deal they have with Tesla and needed something to bargain with." Hold onto your initial thoughts. To put it simply, in Phase 1, Musk puts money into China. Phase 2: Musk starts recouping his huge investment by...

"... get out there ... front line ...." That's common practice in Japanese factories, where the execs take turns donning the company uniform and spending time at a lowly station on the line, sometimes getting their hands dirty. Not sure Musk appreciates the symbolism. The other workers...

Re your last sentence, T.C., I know of a case where an employee was unionized against his wish, later had a problem with management, and was saved by the union! What is "KZ"?

Thanks, AJ, didn't know that. Even so, can our collective wisdom not suggest a better name than "Emissions Testing"?

Dear me, we can't offend any delicate snowflake, so let's have a contest: What to rename the CT's "Fart Mode." For instance, -Rude Mode -Rudy Mode -Rudy Tooty -Gas Power -Bean Mode -Rip Tide -Cheese Cutter

"I think all of Toyota plants in the U.S. are non-union." Yes, and the repeated attempts to unionize Toyota plants in Canada have been rebuffed by the employees.

Surely German car unions aren't all that harmful to the industry since the most important vehicle makers in Europe (if not the world) are in Germany. Similar for Japan. But England and North America might be a different story and I fear that unionizing the Austin plant would be disastrous.

"Room for up to four" Four what?

Will likely depend on two unknowns: the price of liquid fuel and the success of vaccines.