EVs -- Deliveries -- Forecast -- October 2, 2023

Locator: 45625AUTOS.

Pick-up trucks: by state -- Texas does not make top ten list -- link here: 

Prediction: one hundred percent of all Americans in the upper 10% income bracket will own/lease three cars/pickup trucks, one of which will be an EV by 2035. One hundred percent of all Texans in the upper 10% income bracket will have a Ford pickup truck by 2035.

Rivian: in round numbers, Rivian will ship about 50,000 vehicles in calendar year 2023. Link here. Here are the numbers. OMG.

Tesla: deliveries miss estimates. In round numbers Tesla shipped about 435,000 vehicles in 3Q23.

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Asteroid City

One of the most interesting things about Asteroid City: so little foreshadowing. And something almost no one else has commented on.

Let's google my statement that there was so little foreshadowing in Asteroid City:

When I sat down to see his latest film "Asteroid City," I was very curious how the credits would look, given that 21 names appear on the film's poster alone.

What I loved about the opening credits is that every actor is billed along with their character name. One, in particular, stood out to me. It was in the ending "and" position, but it was not given that credit. It simply said, "Jeff Goldblum as the alien."

You see those five words together and become immediately jazzed. Not only was I anxious to see one of our most idiosyncratic performers play a Wes Andersonian alien, I was surprised they let us know that information so soon into the movie.

Also, from the review:

Renowned acting teacher Konstantin Stanislavski once said, "There are no small parts, only small actors," and Wes Anderson understands that better than almost any other filmmaker working today.

On another note, irony: very little time on screen, big actor, the movie was all about Marlon Brando and yet he barely appeared onscreen, huge role, small onscreen presence. Apocalypse Now.  Director unable to "control" Brando. Wes Anderson completely controls his productions.