![]() ![]() The first is that, while it’s a well-researched book, it fails at being truly fair and balanced. I have at least two reservations about Ludicrous. And Tesla is now Target One among its more traditional competitors. Like autonomous cars, which Niedermeyer calls hyped and “overblown,” EVs are a part of the automotive world that may be over-promising and under-delivering at the moment. If you do not own a Tesla, but are considering purchasing an EV built by the company or another manufacturer, Ludicrous provides some useful food for thought as well as caveats about the innovative industry. ![]() ![]() The writer sometimes finds reluctant praise for Tesla, as when he states that Tesla has already been successful in accomplishing its mission of “accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles.” But, in his view, Tesla’s products are needlessly expensive, and the high expectations for its products “collide with Tesla’s poor quality and worse services.” Ouch! In his words, Musk “looks heroic to his fans and desperate to his critics.” Niedermeyer is a critic who takes the position that Tesla is Musk there’s no daylight between the man and the company. Niedermeyer is far from being the world’s biggest fan of Elon Musk. The word “unvarnished” is a sneaky way of saying tarnished, at far as this somewhat biased account is concerned. Good, then you probably will not wish to read Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. Let’s say you’ve purchased a Tesla electric vehicle (EV) and you love it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Now the wildly popular star takes stock of that no good, very bad year - a difficult yet astonishing period in which tragedy turned into absurdity and despair transformed into joy. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good time? I have cancer." The set went viral instantly and was ultimately released as Tig's sophomore album, Live, which sold 100,000 units in just six weeks and was later nominated for a Grammy. Days after receiving her cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an unvarnished set with the words, "Good evening. Hit with this devastating barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. 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Even if you already "get" that exercise makes you feel better, Move! enhances the picture so you can see how the researched details fit together - Katy Bowman, author * Move Your DNA * Caroline Williams has created a true movement manifesto that made me want to get out of my chair. Williams reveals ways folks can reconnect their mind to body, and their body to movement. ![]() Move! is science writing at its absolute best: lucid, informative, authoritative, fascinating - and very very important - Guy Claxton, author * Intelligence In The Flesh * A letter to an "I think, therefore I am" culture that knows our bodies need exercise, but imagines our minds as somehow separate. 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One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. ![]() Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. ![]() ![]() ![]() She must cope with storms, shipwrecks, intrigue, and warfare, even as she makes a discovery that offers a revolutionary new insight into the ancient history of dragons. The thrilling adventure of Lady Trent continues in Marie Brennan’s Voyage of the Basilisk, available March 31st from Tor Books PREFACE. Science is, of course, the primary objective of the voyage, but Isabella's life is rarely so simple. Accompanying her is not only her young son, Jake, but a chivalrous foreign archaeologist whose interests converge with Isabella's in ways both professional and personal. A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 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