Recent content by AndreN

In the recent debate his response to climate change included "We are too late. We are 10 years too late." and made it clear he thinks his Universal Basic Income proposal is more important. He said the same thing back in April when he was in Des Moines, and several people dressed as penguins...

Not sure that's bad news. They're likely aiming for max gross margin on S/X. Running double shifts costs overtime, so they make less per car output.

This article has some decent analysis of the issue (er, non-issue).

Dana Hull should win some kind of award for this Bloomberg article headline (assuming she wrote it). The actual news of course is the release of the $35k Model 3. Somehow that didn't end up in the headline. Musk Pledges Belt-Tightening as Tesla Cuts Prices, Warns of Loss In my mind, that...

EVNow said: ↑ So, then what will they do ?

Side windows in cars are tempered glass. Tempered glass is under self-tension, making it stronger than regular glass, until you actually apply enough force to break it. Breaking any part of a pane of tempered glass causes the entire pane to shatter almost instantly into hundreds of small pieces.

In case you missed it... CleanTechnica analysis of Deloitte report

My current experience is mixed. In the past they've been great fixing whatever issues my Model S had. Last weekend I'd scheduled my Model 3 (dual motor non-perf) pickup for Wednesday morning. Tuesday afternoon Tesla called and said the car wasn't in yet and moved the appointment to Thursday...

If I were Elon, I'd find out which supplier leaked this, second-source whatever they were supplying me from someone else, then cancel their contract and never do business with them again. Given Elon's personality, I suspect he's going to do exactly that.

There seems to be some disagreement as to whether Trump can order the creation of a new armed forces branch. The constitution says congress holds the power to raise and support armies. See article: link

One problem here that the article doesn't mention is that it takes more energy to reverse any chemical reaction than was released by the forward reaction. In other words, burning some hydrocarbon fuel releases energy plus CO2 and water. Reversing that reaction to recreate the fuel requires...

A rather negative article from The Seattle Times' Jon Talton about Elon: link If anyone wants to respond to Jon (politely pointing out how he's mistaken), you can email him at [email protected] . There are also online comments after the article but since I don't have an account, I can't...

This older tweet may have been the origin of the mason jar thing. Caution: TheOnion article has strong language. Elon Musk on Twitter

Turns out solar power did the trick, mostly. Just waited this morning until things warmed up a bit. The window was able to blip down when I opened the door and back up when I closed it, but the manual switch to make the window go up/down wasn't doing anything. I shoved down on the window...

Need to be careful pouring hot water on a freezing cold window. My dad did that when I was a kid and cracked the windshield. My Model S window decided to freeze today. I stupidly yanked the door open but then couldn't close it while inside the car since the glass hits the brightwork. Can't...