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Is there an option to have "dumb" cruise control? I really don't like the way my Model 3 drives with TACC -- the random braking is really annoying.

Opening day at Century City (LA) http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetbrent/8618086050 http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetbrent/8616979783

A couple of photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetbrent/sets/72157632654160808/

I just walked by a new store going in at the Westfield Century City Shopping Center, said to open Spring 2013. I'll try to get some shots later. In a bit of irony not lost on anyone, it will occupy the same space that Coda had for a year or so.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/11/electric-car-company-tesla-posts-big-loss.html

NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2010/10/27/27gigaom-tesla-to-open-model-s-factory-76150.html?ref=technology

Active E coming to four U.S. regions next year: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/27/bmw-activee-electric-car-headed-for-u-s-trial/?hpw

There must be some good ideas floating around the head of some smart engineer out there: 1) Design charge stations to interface better with the car, such that the cable can be kept short, on the order of 30 cm or less. 2) Create some kind of extending arm, with rubber seal, that creates a...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26friedman.html?_r=1&hp

And then the NY Times comes out with this: I'm not sure what Wilcke means by "flat."

Aren't the reports making the same claim? That is, they both seem to be saying that the greeness of electric cars depends largely on how the electricity is generated, and that batteries don't factor much into the equation.

I seem remember that cyclists use 80 percent of their energy to move through the air at 20 mph, and 90 percent at 30 mph. But I think you're making a different point.

Yes, this may be my mistake. I think bolosky said something about food production emitting roughly 4 times more carbon than electrical production, which could account for the gap. That's a different claim than efficiency of one transport over another.

Thanks for the link. They're going to be in L.A. about a three minute walk from where I work. I've signed up for a drive.

I've just had a rather unsuccessful try at semi-defending bolosky's numbers on a discussion over here: http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2010/09/tank-full-of-petrol-gasoline-if-you.html The site's author claims he was able to ride his Mango Sinner 235 km in six hours (avg. speed around 24.4 mph)...