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Ive had that kind of thought from one of the very first times I saw Shark Week (on Discovery channel) way back when. How adorable I thought. As long as your fingers stay intact I presume, would be the correct answer in longevity of said career choice. But I quickly learned the one thing about myself that I knew I couldnt be one of the lucky ones to have such a job. And it aint the fear of those teeth either. I saw the Tyson/Holyfield fight live... I have teeth of my own. I could always bite back. Imma not so much a religious guy, but an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth comes in handy in this line of work. Its this:

My real random thought for the day: Lately, I've been wondering how people get a job tagging great white sharks. And what the length of employment at such a job would be.

yes decent phone, tech folks tend to like it as it allows personal customization very easily. ymmv

Really wish I had drag raced. Kind of a life regret. This Camaro, raced by Taylor Chomiski just does it for me in the race car department.

Badass....

And I, not being the one NOT to stop beating a dead horse I did quick research. Like quick. VW and Toyota in the 2000s have emerged to be legit global car makers. Moreso than GM. I mentioned GM of 1965, but Toyota and VW have best sellers in EVERY region of the planet. Especially in the 2000s up until today. They got hits like Priuses and Corollas and Camrys and Rav4s and smnall pickup trucks and Jettas/Boras and Golfs/Rabits and all kinds of other stuff like Polos and shyte we simply dont get here in the US and Canada but are quite the buzz everywhere else in the world. And the MOST GLOBAL market share...REAL GLOBAL MARKET share unlike GM in 1965 that Toyota and VW could muster is 13%. Toyota's and VW's global market ranges between, it fluxes, 9%-13%. Toyota in 2022 sits at 11.7% That is with multiple brands. With again...a literal HUNDRED of models. Ditto for VW. Its good to be a dreamer. Elon is a celebrity of the highest order. And he has made things happen. Paypal, Tesla, Space X, buying twitter and literally become THE talk of the town worldwide... But there ARE limits to which dreams CAN come true if the proper and necessary steps are not taken. Tesla is not where it should be to be able to get 10% market share, let alone 33%. Shyte, GM has a 6% global marker share in 2022 and Elon is far from gaining on GM. Model & sells 1 million units. GM has the pick-up trucks. But GM has plenty of other units to be where its at... Tesla has not. GM invests billions on NEW platforms. Tesla has not entered that realm yet to offer 2nd gen models. The Roadster is MIA.

VinFast is the 3rd most value car company in the world. I think that is nuts and stockholder speculation although there are very few publicly traded shares. But the value is there because it is EV, ICE vehicle revenue is worthless to an investor. Mercedes slots below them because they have 5 EV's on market now and something like 14% of global Mercedes sales are EV and it is quickly rising. Mercedes also is making over $11,000 per car profit first half of 2023 when BMW and Tesla are around $5-6,000 per car and are the next best. Profit margin and EV has them up there. Volkswagen has size and and EV push going that has them as 5th most valuable, but their EV's aren't any good, the Taycan Turbo S for $200k gets smoked by the newly prices $89,900 Model S Plaid. If the Bentley-Lamborghini-Porsche money printing machine ever stops they could be in some trouble. Back to the Escalade though, I think GM should kill the ICE Escalade and every other ICE Cadillac at the end of their current life cycles. Time to sink or swim going all EV with that brand.

GM at its height wasn’t nearly as dangerous to competitors as Tesla is now. Because GM didn’t also own the gas stations, own the taxi companies, own energy storage and production, own data and AI, etc. Tesla can make billions on charging, solar, robo-taxi, Tesla Bot, and AI. Tesla also doesn’t have to worry about the dealers in the middle taking profit or putting dealer markups on cars or offering poor service to customers. Most of these other EV’s aren’t competitive that is why a ton came on market and Tesla still is rising in sales and still has over 60% market share. I think 30% of the global car volume is very doable because no one else is going to make a car that does everything the Tesla does with the charge network Tesla has. New Model 3 just debuted, Mode Y next year. The Model S/X are dated but they just dropped the price. The 670 hp awd Model S has the same price as the 288 hp rear wheel drive EQE350 as one example. The Mach-E is a sales dud compared to Tesla Model Y. Legacy OEM better seriously step their game up if they want to be here in 10 years. Think of this, the top 5 most valuable car companies in the world are: 1. Tesla 2. Toyota 3. VinFast 4. Mercedes-Benz 5. Volkswagen The ones down lower need to step their game up because I think half of the rest go under and half survive.