Ulmo
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Cool! They had free natural special effects of a bunch of dust flying for the 1st stage landing. The solar arrays for the Dragon capsule deployed.
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dennis
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First off, thanks so much for putting together this comprehensive post. It is extremely helpful.
At the time of the Gigafactory Party one year ago, the exterior walls were [mostly] up for Section D but the floor was open rebar awaiting the concrete. D', E and E' didn't exist - there were just the beginnings of the footings for those sections. Given the timing I'm wondering if Tesla needs Section D producing cells (in addition to B and C) to reach 5000 M3 per week and is depending on D', E and E', which lag by 6-9 months to reach 10,000 per week in 2018.
It is somewhat counter intuitive, but that is exactly what you want in a more startup type environment. Much like going into debt every quarter is not sustainable you want to create lots of technical debt in your startup phase.
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By 'full spectrum' software development I mean there are many different tasks SW is built to accomplish and the exact skills and best practices to be successful in different spheres are not identical. Rigorous adherence to the tenants of software engineering are vital in some of those but are not closely followed in others due to cost, time and business constraints. Don't assume Musk hasn't much understanding of large scale software development. He doubtless has well founded views on how and when SE best practices can be short changed in order for the more critical business objectives to succeed. Since Tesla and SpaceX were founded and grown by the same man who made his early fortune building software companies, and SW is mission vital to both, it's logical to take SW technical successes by one as demonstrating the other companies successes are due to competence not luck. There have been many posts explaining why AP2 has been slow to replicate AP1 features and why AP2 progress has likely accelerated. That there have been poorly executed Tesla SW based features is a fact, but if those were the rule rather than exceptions Tesla would not have evolved successful and compelling features for their cars. Musk is more interested in pushing the envelope to hasten change than he is with achieving a 5 in the capability maturity model. In this he has his priorities in order.
By 'full spectrum' software development I mean there are many different tasks SW is built to accomplish and the exact skills and best practices to be successful in different spheres are not identical. Rigorous adherence to the tenants of software engineering are vital in some of those but are not closely followed in others due to cost, time and business constraints. Don't assume Musk hasn't much understanding of large scale software development. He doubtless has well founded views on how and when SE best practices can be short changed in order for the more critical business objectives to succeed. Since Tesla and SpaceX were founded and grown by the same man who made his early fortune building software companies, and SW is mission vital to both, it's logical to take SW technical successes by one as demonstrating the other companies successes are due to competence not luck. There have been many posts explaining why AP2 has been slow to replicate AP1 features and why AP2 progress has likely accelerated. That there have been poorly executed Tesla SW based features is a fact, but if those were the rule rather than exceptions Tesla would not have evolved successful and compelling features for their cars. Musk is more interested in pushing the envelope to hasten change than he is with achieving a 5 in the capability maturity model. In this he has his priorities in order.
Waiting4M3
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Working on framework, not working on Waymo, looks like he's not a good fit for autonomous driving specifically, not a surprise based on his departure from Tesla.
Smart brand’s move to all-electric results in losing 2/3 of US dealerships
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Automotive News reported that out of the 85 Mercedes-Benz dealership in the US that were carrying Smart cars, only 27 decided to keep selling them:
“Mercedes-Benz USA, which distributes Smart in the U.S., asked dealers to decide by the end of June whether to continue selling the ForTwo two-seater, the brand’s sole nameplate. Of Smart’s 85 outlets, 27 said they would remain, while 58 said they would move to a service-only operation, said company spokeswoman Donna Boland. Those numbers are preliminary, she said.”
The remaining dealerships are mainly located in California, New York, and other states with zero-emission vehicle mandates.
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like I said-
ICE-Co doing the best they can - but they're in the wrong business and the retail stores know it
the grind of disruption continues apace
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Automotive News reported that out of the 85 Mercedes-Benz dealership in the US that were carrying Smart cars, only 27 decided to keep selling them:
“Mercedes-Benz USA, which distributes Smart in the U.S., asked dealers to decide by the end of June whether to continue selling the ForTwo two-seater, the brand’s sole nameplate. Of Smart’s 85 outlets, 27 said they would remain, while 58 said they would move to a service-only operation, said company spokeswoman Donna Boland. Those numbers are preliminary, she said.”
The remaining dealerships are mainly located in California, New York, and other states with zero-emission vehicle mandates.
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like I said-
ICE-Co doing the best they can - but they're in the wrong business and the retail stores know it
the grind of disruption continues apace
Maybe they could contract out with Tesla to sell their EVs...
adiggs
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Certainly sounds reasonable to me. My '91 CRX has kept my wife and I happy through 2013, and we still use it today. This year's Model X will hopefully be the car I'm driving 40 years from now when they take away the fob from me
Maybe I only get 20 years though ...Not to worry. FSD will arrive just in time!Certainly sounds reasonable to me. My '91 CRX has kept my wife and I happy through 2013, and we still use it today. This year's Model X will hopefully be the car I'm driving 40 years from now when they take away the fob from me
Any car dealers don't/refuse to sell, the manufacturers should sell directly.
If you look at the new navigation interface, it is starting to show some abstraction that should make it more easily maintained.
I think the swift guy helped.
larmor
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Many auto manufacturers are likely looking at this more and more-- current shopping paradigm is going online for many purchases, and auto manufacturers could see an opportunity to recover extra margin...
The dilemma for other manufacturers is without dealership, they will also loose their vast n/w of Service centers. That was how things got set up the old way
that would be an interesting lawsuit by dealers in various states; not sure those laws allow manufacturers to go direct if ANY dealer in state is selling- State dependent of course- but....
So ultimately, even if legacy automakers go whole hog into EVs, they will be constrained by the dealership network (at least in the US)... who will refuse to sell them. Unless the automakers completely STOP selling and making ICE vehicles.
Another Tesla moat.
larmor
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Possibly traditional auto manufacturers could see service centers as a profit generating source, and would quickly cut out traditional dealers/service centers.
Thats until Tesla comes along(already did) and says goal of service center is not to make revenue
Also dealerships will not let go without a fight, unless the manufacturer is badly in the red ..
Service, yes perhaps. But there seem to be fiercely defended legislation prohibiting manufactures selling direct, certainly if they already have any dealers, in most if not all of the US. They will probably not lose the service revenue willingly either.
Bet TSLA
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And I was happy with my '94 Accord until 2013 when I gave it to a relative. But that's irrelevant. These new things aren't cars, they're computers on wheels. They will obsolete much, much faster.Certainly sounds reasonable to me. My '91 CRX has kept my wife and I happy through 2013, and we still use it today. This year's Model X will hopefully be the car I'm driving 40 years from now when they take away the fob from me
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