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Cake day: August 8th, 2023

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  • It’s triangulation.

    The plans Mamdani campaigned on are going to cost billions, and will require state and federal support to have any chance of success. He said as much himself and I imagine that’s why he agreed to the meeting.

    Hochul supported him verbally and now Trump has too (words are free).

    From Trump’s perspective, if he had done a presser where he immediately shits on Mamdani to his face, and vows to oppose him with the entire Federal apparatus, then that adds fuel for more people to potentially support Mamdani-like figures if for no other reason than opposition to Trump. It also gives Mamdani an easy target to blame if his policies ultimately fail in NYC.

    In contrast, Trump comes out and says “NYC is great, it’s gonna be great under his leadership, he can do it” etc. then later when things don’t go so well in New York (which Trump is betting on) then it’s easier for Trump to say Mamdani owns the failures.

    Its the same thing as building up a debate opponent prior to the event and then it becomes easier to suggest they underperformed expectations.











  • Here’s the thing… Hyundai could be doing even better in the US but they kinda hamstrung themselves.

    I went looking for leases recently and I was mainly interested in PHEV or full EV. Hyundai had inventory of the Ioniq 5 and while I think it looks cool and the battery platform is cool, it was a bit expensive and its form factor didn’t really work for my needs. The salesman tried to show me an Ioniq 6, the sedan thing with the fastback appearance that sort of looks like a Wish-dot-com Porsche or Mercedes. Again, didn’t really fit my needs.

    He informed me that they make PHEV Tuscon (a more classic small/medium SUV form factor) but Hyundai made the strategic decision not to market them in the Midwest US.

    Completely stupid decision. I am positive they could have sold thousands of those in the area I live. Hyundai missed a layup there.



  • It is rare in my area to see anything besides Teslas but the Chevy Blazer and the Honda Prologue (same GM powertrain/chassis with a different skin) are appearing more often.

    I like that these look and feel like normal family SUVs (they don’t have unnecessary styling queues of other EVs like retractable door handles) but they’re all electric.

    I want to see more options on the market but I’m guessing there will be a slight lag in adoption at the end of this month when tax credits go away and the lease deals get worse.