% So as some know, a couple of weeks ago I was in Texas checking things out. When I pulled off I-35 into Austin after spending a week 2 hours away north, it was a bit of a shock to go from zero, nada, zip EVs on the same TX roads, to once again begin seeing them (it is said Austin is the Silicon Valley of Texas).
It was a gun-grey Leaf EV https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YmjD19rrJV8/maxresdefault.jpg and though I did not see one, it could have easily had an easy-reaching-rifle-rack in it. When I returned to Silicon Valley (CA), once again there were EVs seen everywhere on the roads I was driving. Most of the Leaf EVs looked like the older baby-blue colored cheaper trim model types that had just been sold coming off lease https://media.caranddriver.com/images/11q2/395918/2011-nissan-leaf-sl-long-term-road-test-review-car-and-driver-photo-402468-s-450x274.jpg Mostly in parking lots would I see EVs, but much more rarely I would find a Soul EV http://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/5/2014/11/2015-Kia-Soul-EV-rear-three-quarter-view-3.jpg It was the while CA HOV stickers that gave them away (that the vehicle was an EV) usually. There were plenty of Fiat 500e EVs since these were the most affordable and made available http://www.fiat500owners.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17425&d=1461353377 They came in all colors http://www.fiat500owners.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=38658&d=1394305669 https://www.allpar.com/photos/fiat/500-Electric/fiat-500e.jpg Even a 500e Abarth with its flashy interior and exterior paint accents. In driving to Palo Alto to try to resolve a assault on my financial account from a skimmer/scammer draining that account, I saw different BMW i3 EVs on El Camino Real (the main drag). The first looked looked like the new 2018 i3 EV model https://indianautosblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2018-BMW-i3-rear-at-IAA-2017.jpg owner had just taken delivery, sporting no-lic plate yet but it already had its CA HOV stickers the dealership had put on it (well at least dealerships are good for something). And then a block later, an older, and a bit tired looking i3 EV model pulled into traffic https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/i4927/2014_bmw_i3_rearview.jpg Two blocks later, another older i3 joined the procession (it needed a wash, but CA residents are still in water conservation mode from the very long drought. Way, way in the back parking lot where I finally found a parking space, as I looked up at the car parking in front of me, I saw a new GM Bolt EV https://article.images.consumerreports.org/prod/content/dam/cro/news_articles/cars/CR-Cars-Inline-2017-Chevrolet-Bolt-ATC-r-10-16 I had not seen a black one before as most of the first way of Bolt EV deliveries to the SF area were the orange/gold colored ones. Today, hobbling back to the parking lot after I had finished my shopping, I notices a gull wing door way high in the air in the tightly packed front row parking (next to the stores). It was a new white Tesla-X. The mother was bottle feeding her baby facing to the rear in a child seat strapped in the second row seating. [video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fmY-mOfSsU Tesla Model X - Car Seats, Babies, & Baby Proofing - 5:56 Feb 4, 2017 - Uploaded by The Nerdy Engineer After recently having a baby, I've seen how great a Model X is for dealing with car seats. However, there are a ... ] I chided her to break the ice, saying she had her gull wing door up to show off. She smiled, yet continued to care for her child while I yakked. She had mounted a large hand mirror on the seat back side. She said it was so she could see her baby while she drove, and for the baby to also be able to see her (interesting). A person of my size I kept my distance so as to not cause the little mother any fear. But I polity ended the chat and thanked her for time. I continued on my way taking the longer route so as to find a wheel chair ramp to enter the road (that way I do not have to incur the instability of step down or up a curb when using my cane). I came across a fellow senior sitting on a bench the strip mall provided. I mentioned to her that there was a Telsa in the parking lot, pointing to the gull wing door flying high up in the air. She expressed her happiness that now there were EVs, that the climate really needs the serious help lower polluting EVs can provide. Here daughter came out of a nearby shop, and found her Mom on the bench while I was talking with her. I also let her daughter know of the Tesla, and she said a curious thing I had not hear before. She said she likes EVs but would never buy a Tesla because, 'that guy google fired for saying some really horrible things about women, Tesla hired right away. I let the conversation end after I had explained how FCVs work. After I had got home, I did some searching. I did finf there was a guy fired from goog http://www.bbc.com/news/world-40865261 Was Google wrong to fire James Damore after memo controversy? 9 August 2017 But I did not find that Tesla had snapped him up (as the daughter had put it). The guys resume did not show anything to do with Tesla https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-damore-b277b62b James Damore Senior Software Engineer The Damore topic is OT on the evdl, but I would like some confirmation, that Tesla did not hire this guy. IMO, it is likely the daughter got that mis-information that Tesla had, possibly from rumors passed around when she was talking to other women, etc. Does anyone know if Tesla did, or did not hire him? 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