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Again a great article from Motley Fool for those looking at the EV Transition to invest in now or in the future. If you don't like or want EVs don't buy one. If you have links for more info on the industry please do add them in answers. Key Points: Warren Buffett recently expressed uncertainty regarding electric vehicle stocks, noting that intense competition makes the sector difficult for investors to navigate. Consumers are still early in their adoption of electric vehicles, and very early in their adoption of autonomous vehicles, but both markets are forecasted to grow quickly in the coming years. Tesla may have a durable competitive advantage in the form of manufacturing technology and artificial intelligence expertise. Excerpt: "The EV industry has already created tremendous wealth for some shareholders. For instance, Tesla (TSLA -2.55%) stock is up 4,500% over the last decade, meaning an initial investment of $25,000 in 2013 would be worth $1.1 million today. More importantly, the market is still early in its adoption of EVs, and very early in its adoption of autonomous vehicles, but experts expect both industries to grow quickly in the coming years. According to Precedence Research, the EV market will increase at 23% annually to reach $1.7 trillion by 2032, and the autonomous vehicle market will increase at 39% annually to reach $1.8 trillion by 2030. That growth will undoubtedly create wealth for some investors, but identifying the long-term winners in either market could be challenging. Ultimately, there is no right or wrong answer regarding EV stock ownership, but there are good and bad strategies. Investors that buy EV stocks should do so in the context of a diversified portfolio, and they should understand the risks Buffett pointed out. Tesla could be a long-term winner in the EV sector Tesla is one of the riskier stocks in my portfolio. Shares currently trade at 6.9 times sales and 103 times free cash flow. Those valuation metrics are outrageous compared to automakers like Ford and General Motors. Yet, I have no plans to sell my stake in Tesla, and I believe the stock will grow severalfold in value over the next decade or two. Here's my investment thesis: Tesla is the market leader in battery electric vehicles, and I believe its capacity for innovation will keep it ahead of its peers for years to come. That doesn't mean Tesla will maintain its current market share. The company will almost certainly continue to lose market share in the coming years. But the EV market is big enough for several winners, and I believe Tesla will outpace its peers in terms of profitability. Why? Tesla can produce battery packs (the most expensive part of an EV) at a lower cost per kilowatt-hour than any rival, and analysts at Cairn Energy Research Advisors expect that advantage to persist through the end of the decade. More broadly, CEO Elon Musk says Tesla possesses the most advanced manufacturing technology in the world. That is somewhat subjective, but Tesla did report the highest operating margin among volume carmakers last year, and management believes the company will retain that title in future years. Additionally, Tesla is a frontrunner in the race to build a fully autonomous vehicle. Data is the cornerstone of AI, and Tesla has far more autopilot-enable cars on the road than its peers, meaning it has more training data for its full self-driving (FSD) software. Tesla cars also pack the most efficient inference computer in the world, according to Musk. Those assets should come to bear in the near future. Tesla recently made its FSD software generally available across North America, and it plans to mass produce a robotaxi in 2024. Ultimately, higher margins on FSD software and autonomous ride-hailing services could make Tesla even more profitable. Admittedly, the portion of my investment thesis related to autonomous vehicles is very theoretical, and I know some investors disagree with my conclusion on Tesla. But I have a diversified portfolio and a long time horizon, so I am comfortable owning the stock despite the risk." Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/05/09/whos-ev-stock-leader-warren-bufffett-says-not-one/?source=eptyholnk0000202&utm_source=yahoo-host&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article&yptr=yahoo

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Here are a bunch of YouTubes about that oven: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=High+Pointe+EC028BMR+convection+oven+will+not+heat Pat and Pete's suggestion may be a fix too if it is the outlet. I keep a cheap outlet tester that can check basics and even check pedestal outlets with an adapter. I go to it first as it is easiest. Then pull out the Multi-meter if that shows nothing. Example: Fluke is a top instrument maker and their outlet tester is affordable. Example of price: https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-ST120-Socket-Tester-Audible/dp/B0B3VCZ4XK

Sounds like you found a winner. When/if it all works out let us know. A professional and competent inspector is worth traveling to use.

Tesla crushes sales estimates, nears 300% sales growth in Germany https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-300-sales-growth-germany/?utm_source=pocket_reader

Excerpt: "Tesla (TSLA) continued its rebound Monday as Warren Buffett called CEO Elon Musk a "brilliant guy," and as the global EV giant is set to hold a ceremony at its new lithium refinery in Texas. TSLA shares advanced early. "We're different. Warren and I are looking for the easy job," he said. "He would not have achieved what he has in life if he hadn't tried for unreasonably extreme objectives," Munger said on Musk. Tesla stock rose 1% to 171.79 in Monday's market trade. Meanwhile, TSLA held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Corpus Christi lithium refinery plant Monday. Musk and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott spoke at the event, which comes about two months after Tesla broke ground on the $375 million lithium plant. On Monday, Musk arrived in a Cybertruck and told the crowd that the refinery is expected to produce lithium for about 1 million vehicles. The Tesla CEO added the goal is to finish construction next year and then "hopefully" begin production a year later. Tesla executives had previously said the plant should begin processing raw lithium by the end 0f 2023." Source: https://www.investors.com/news/tesla-stock-continues-rebound-as-warren-buffett-praises-elon-musk/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo

Excerpt: " If you've seen any science fiction movie, whether it's a classic like The Terminator or something more recent like Megan, you're probably familiar with the storyline where artificial intelligence threatens the world's safety. Recent rapid advancements in AI kicked off by the release of ChatGPT may make those threats less of a fiction and more of a reality. Also: I asked ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard what worries them. Google's AI went Terminator on me Geoffrey Hinton, deemed as one of the "godfathers of AI" because of his essential contributions to the space, recently quit his position at Alphabet after a decade at the firm because he wanted to speak out about the risks of AI. In a recent interview with Reuters, Hinton went as far as comparing the risk of AI to those of climate change. "I wouldn't like to devalue climate change. I wouldn't like to say, 'You shouldn't worry about climate change.' That's a huge risk too," Hinton told Reuters. "But I think this might end up being more urgent." Also: ChatGPT and the new AI are wreaking havoc on cybersecurity in exciting and frightening ways He isn't the first to vocalize concerns about the dangers of AI. Other tech leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI signed a petition to put a halt to giant AI experiments." More in the article here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-is-more-likely-to-cause-world-doom-than-climate-change-according-to-an-ai-expert/

Like $1000.00 cell phones or my Model Y Tesla sometimes improvements are not compatible with new software written on new hardware. Perhaps there may be aftermarket repair places like the cellphone mom and pop places everywhere that can fix last gen phones. This year Tesla went to a new computer and software for FSD. It won't be backwards compatible. So my car won't do FSD when it comes out of Beta. But I never bought the BETA FSD at $12k extra so no issues. Since they are coming out with new tech batteries this year too my plans to replace the Forester with a new one are on hold. So we are buying the Tesla Solar system and two Powerwalls instead first and the Y later this year. No prob because the Forester is awesome for a gas AWD. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/tesla-solar-panels-review-cheaper-than-other-national-players/?utm_source=pocket_saves Some of the complaints I have seen on it are the same with slow responses. Since we are on the grid anyway should not be a problem with a delay. There is a local company I thought to use but for a lesser system they want $10k more than the Tesla system! My son bought one of their early Tesla Solar systems back in 2017 and loved it. He also bought Tesla stock cheap. I hope you get your Space X issues resolved with them soonest! Good luck.

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Sounds like a plan. Enjoy yourselves! with everything budding out now it should be gorgeous in NY. The lush green spring and fall colors from that area are gorgeous.

Welcome to the forums! I hope you do find effective treatment options for yourself and wish you well. If you have it from military let me know as my messaging here is still on. I know of some resources that may help. Lots of help available. If I can help let me know. Safe travels!

Our SKP numbers are only roughly 3000 apart! Great! However I was talking about being active on the forums here when we discussed hydrogen and unanimously agreed it would not happen because infrastructure. Was it "Conflict Resolution?" Here's something I taught in the military: https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-therapy.html

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I like writing, so you triggered nothing. The data is now here for those others interested the data. If it upsets you that EVs work then don't read the threads about them. I don't think you were on the forums in 2000-2004 when I was totally into Hydrogen for cars and energy. Everyone here on the forum was against Hydrogen for cars because of lack of infrastructure. Me and others here thought it might be cleaner but it proved not to be so. They make it from methane and oil using coal and oil to power the extraction, transport (not counting spills) and refinement of it to fuels. Many members here since the start of the forums in 1999 like Lou, Stan, and Kirk remember those discussions in 2000 to 2003. You said I spend time looking for cut and paste? Do you have time owning an EV of any kind? I have four years driving and owning one. Didn't cut and paste that. I drive one, so I speak from experience, not just reading headlines. I have skin in the game. You? You see EVs have been ready for prime time since 2008 from one manufacturer and more added by the day. Today we can buy at least 43 different EVs for sale right now in the US so it sure isn't just about Tesla, they are just done with initial development and economies of scale resulting in high margins, and are working on their own continuous improvements. My car is fine and a supercar class as is! It is not waiting for development or even the inevitable improvements over time. The Model Y does not need them today. It just works, to borrow a phrase. Rich, so as not to end on a sour note: Thanks again for the kewl prototype EV RV from Winnebago. Or would it be RV EV? 🤷‍♂️

And there it is. Confirmation bias much? That argument is similar to old folks saying they should not have to pay school taxes because they don't have kids in school. You said "My point is that the future hasn't yet been decided. They are always promising break throughs with new batteries. Same with hydrogen. Base load green electricity hasn't yet been solved. Plenty of promises. Will green energy be enough to recharges a billion or so EVs? Can they solve the hydrogen storage and transport issues? " Can you buy a hydrogen car retail there from the manufacturer like Tesla or at a dealer? I cannot buy a hydrogen car retail here in the US at a dealer or anywhere that I know of. I don't need any breakthroughs in EV batteries - I drive one that gets 330 miles range, is AWD, has LTE and streaming onboard, does 0-60 in about 4 seconds, and costs between 10 and 12 bucks to go 330 miles. Here is an article with 43 different EVs available right now to purchase in the US. I will buy another but want to see if the M3P comes out as well as pricing for the Cybertruck. Yes I have read about the few Toyota Hydrogen vehicles for sale in Japan. https://www.businessinsider.com/new-electric-cars-for-sale-2021-4#:~:text=The 19 electric vehicles you can buy new,I-Pace — %2469%2C850 Jaguar I-Pace. ... More items Where do you fuel hydrogen cars over there? ( I did not bring up hydrogen for the future for a lot of informed reasons, you brought it up.) However I can now buy EVs from every major manufacturer and about ten or twenty new startups like Polestar, Rivian, Lucid and more than just Tesla! More to the point every home in America that can afford a new car has electricity in their own home, apartments, and workplaces. And I can charge everywhere in 30 minutes or less. Where can we refuel a hydrogen vehicle now here in the US? Never mind buy one. Do we already have a hydrogen fueling system in place in each house and is it cheap enough that I can afford to make hydrogen at my house like I can make and store solar? BTW, my Solar system with two power-walls, because we are planning for two Teslas, is $39,668. That is about $10.5k less than the average cost of a new gasoline car! This my current estimate, public knowledge, no brag, and getting cheaper and more efficient by the day. Here is my quote from last week: Is every two car family rich and worthy of jealousy? 😉 The cost of EVs is coming down but they cost about the same as the average gas used car does today, ~$50k. So if a family has two cars when they go to get a new one they are surprised when I tell them mine cost about the same as gas cars. However in both gas and EVs you can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for status symbols. But and play stealership games.saying EVs are too expensive is just plain ignorance I actually drive a Model Y EV daily and charge it in my garage, no improvements needed. I can drive cross country with chargers available everywhere and no range anxiety. I am buying another but just decided to wait until the end of the year as Tesla is coming out with the M3P batteries this year for their cars and trucks. Lynda loves her Subaru but is ready to have a second EV so we are no longer subject to price gouged Fossil fuels. If Hydrogen vehicles became available and we could fuel them at home and on the road without range anxiety we will make one of our cars hydrogen too. Keep voting with your wallet and I will keep voting with mine. Myths busted in this post with authoritative sources. 1. EVs are too expensive. 2. EVs don't have sufficient battery density, range, or lifespan, they already do at the average gas new car prices. 3. The false idea that Hydrogen is as easy to do and somehow will not cost as much? And clean energy?? They use petroleum and methane as sources to make hydrogen as of today. 4. That EVs are only for the wealthy and Solar battery systems are even higher - Not. 5. Hydrogen cars are a viable alternative to EVs. Not today. You let me know when they have home hydrogen power generation systems that produce power for the house and stores hydrogen for fueling the vehicles, and those Hydrogen fueling stations are available everywhere for long trips. I want to thank you Bruce for bringing up things others also may misunderstand and might want the actual facts about. Have you seen me post about dirty and clean energy for gas and diesel like you have? I will say this, that is like the pot calling the kettle black. I am a car enthusiast and RV enthusiast. 😊The naysayers keep trying to pin tree-hugger on EV owners but that is only true for some few. I loved my gas vehicles then, and I love my EV now. My EV is faster, cheaper to run, and handles better than even my 911 Porsche did. And they are cheaper to run, fuel/charge wise and less maintenance which translates to cheaper. And the fastest cars in the world. I was at Porsche the other day and my friend there told me his new 911 that cost $700,000.00 Would beat my model 3. But I have the slowest Tesla. The Tesla Plaid costs more but it will beat the Porsche but the Tesla Plaid only costs ~$125,000.00! If having the Porsche 911 styling and the Porsche name badge is worth $575,000 more I am fine with that. However not to me. I have owned my 911 Targa, and I am not out to impress or save the planet, just having the best handling and speed and range in this price range is good enough for me, see I am not rich, I'd have to sell my house to get that, just like many had to sell their houses to buy their RV. The only problem is we can't live in a Porsche! 😮 But if it meant enough to me I might try to save and go back to work and expand my investments. NOT! Have a great day. You are preaching to the wrong crowd here. Get your fellow Australians to vote your way. But like death and taxes, you can't stop progress. My FIL died in 2016 and refused to have a computer in the house and refused to have a cell phone. But he was fine with A/C and his Toyota Tacoma, his LED large screen TV, and had a landline until he passed. My MIL had a cellphone but did not want to fight him over having a computer after he said he would never allow one in his house. He just was afraid he would embarrass himself by not being able to use one, although he would never say that out loud. Safe travels down under!

Great post from experience! Too many times we see Googled results from folks with no experience, and it shows. You've give a lot of good info for folks with roof issues to consider.

You got me looking there.Verizon bought Trac in 2021 I saw. We older folks remember the old days when Ma Bell was the only telecommunications option and they were only wired. Thus the "10-4 Good Buddy what's your 20" CB days. We've come a long way. I hear Nextel is trying to resurrect a cell service now that Sprint was absorbed by TMobile. Reminds me of the turn of the century and Craig McCaw/Nextel/Clearwire. And in the 1990s the Internet and email opened global communications. I used to chat on QLink with Commodores on a 300 Baud modem in the 80s. Also at the turn of the century EchoStar and Hughes launched satellite Internet because broadband was too slow and the TELCOs made a serious error in calling connecting the country by fiber was too expensive. So they ceded the Internet to the cable companies. And those are only a few of the many highlights to smart phones and free video calls anywhere on the planet without being a millionaire. And now with LEO satellites we will soon have at least one constellation of satellites from Space X providing high speed Internet to and from almost anywhere on the planet. Fun times to be alive in all tech aspects. AI (Artificial Intelligence) may solidify our gains or destroy us. We will find out however. That genie is already out of the bottle.

Tanks for that article usbusin. I am going to insert the YouTube video it included:

Rich that is an interesting vehicle. Lots of alternative EV vehicles being tested/developed today. Thanks for the heads up!

Hi Bruce, I saw Toyota has several Hydrogen models for sale, do you have one on order? I'm not entering the hydrogen debate either. However, at the very bottom of your video under "Show More:" is this: "DISCLAIMER: Our channel is purely made for entertainment purposes, based on facts, rumors, and fiction."

Interesting. I didn't know that either. I learn something every time we interact. If they started and had financial issues it would make sense if Verizon bought them for their respective customer bases but that is just conjecture on my part.

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YW Dutch. Wow! I did not know that about Straight Talk. I only used them as an emergency system when neither of our T-Mobile phones worked. We had zero service at our house in town with T Mobile or in their offices. Here we get a strong 5G signal and 4 G signal with all the providers. And others have it here but I think I just got a dud in their storefront we bought from. And their office we bought from is just up the street from us. Atraight Talk gave me a month to research MVNOs. Here is a current article about 12 Best Verizon MVNOs (Complete List and Ranking) - Last updated on February 7, 2023. Excerpt: "If we talk about a mobile service that covers most of the United States, Verizon would come out as the top choice. Its 70% nationwide 4G coverage would just cement Verizon’s place among subscribers who plan to stay for a long haul. Of course, good things don’t come without a trade-in, and for Verizon, it’s the premium mobile plans that they offer. Thankfully, Verizon MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) exist that allow mobile users to take advantage of Verizon’s wide coverage without burning a hole in their pocket. However, with the number of options, how exactly would you go about choosing the best Verizon MVNO for you? Which one would suit your needs? Which one offers the best deals for calls, texts, and data? If you are shopping around, you have come to the right place! In this article, we will outline the best MVNO deals offered by Verizon, their pros and cons, and package inclusions. What Is an MVNO? Mobile virtual network operators or MVNOs are wireless communications service providers operating without owning the wireless network infrastructure to provide services to their customers. It is a business model that offers mutually exclusive benefits to both parties; the parent company can expand its network, while the other network can operate as a name of its own but at a lower cost. Despite being cheap, MVNOs surprisingly have the best unlimited data plan or even family cell phone plan offers. Best Verizon MVNOs to Choose 1. Red Pocket Mobile 7. US Mobile 2. Page Plus Cellular 8. GreatCall 3. Xfinity Mobile 9. Total Wireless 4. Net10 Wireless 10. Straight Talk Wireless 5. TracFone 11. CREDO Mobile 6. Affinity Cellular 12. Visible In this section, we are listing down the best Verizon MVNOs and their package inclusions. We also ranked them to help you make the best choice of carrier. We have ranked them from the cheapest that offers the best value plan down to the plan that costs a little extra. Here’s what made it to our list." The rest is in the article here: https://cellularnews.com/cellular-network/verizon-mvnos-ranking/#credomobile May the fourth be with you!

Since no leaks or soft spots, amazing with that amount of wear on it, that may work fine. Hope your weather cooperates.