Recent content by kanweg

Auke Hoekstra tweeted about a report on autonomous driving approaches. Big PDF can be downloaded. https://x.com/aukehoekstra/status/1736800220842013137?s=61&t=kaIFxrZZQWyU6j2PHbLQ_w

If I’m not mistaken, while some features didn’t make it, the CT comes with something that was not announced four years ago: rear wheel steering. That requires some hardware and development, adding to cost. As to the price, unlike the model Y, this is an entirely new product. Tesla will want to...

if you create a new thread I’ll fight you over that, with examples from my own practice that show the opposite. eg a small company would have never been able to get a contract with a huge customer and would have his lunch eaten by big competitors who supplied that customer. A second reason is...

(Bc it is Saturday). There are two major hurdles If you try to get a patent granted. 1. The first is Novelty. If there is a publication that discloses all the measures of the first claim, that claim is not New and hence not patentable (at least not without further limitation). 2. If the first)...

It is a patent application; it doesn’t mean you will get it granted as broad as claimed or at all. Based on a few past Tesla applications I did look at, the patent agency Tesla hired did not appear to be particularly good, which wouldn’t improve the chance Of getting stuff granted.

Brits longing for an S or roadster should think outside the box: change the roads. Has there ever been a better reason? I should have kept this for a red day but my memory is bad so here it is. I’m still waiting for the terrible music, but imagine having invested in Workhorse in Februari 2021...

Quarter push. Yesterday (Friday) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, a truck arriving at the Tesla shop. it had Model 3+ displayed in front of the store. Didn’t check the doors; a couple did and they got in.

Looking at this graph I’m reminded of a conversation some 3-4 years ago which was about why the first million was hard, and the second million was easy. I thought I had come up with a good explanation: It takes many doublings from a given modest starting amount for investing to reach 1 million...

India GF for righthand drive, conveniently between UK and AU, with largest market India itself (model Too) so fewer ships necessary.

Tesla does have a patent application for an aluminium alloy: WO2021150604 https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2021150604&_cid=P21-LDAHOV-97810-1 (As an aside, having seen several of Tesla’s patent applications, I think Tesla should consider hiring better patent attorneys.)

GM wants the Treasury to consider SUV status for the Lyriq. The 5/7 seat Model Y issue and ID4 qualifying are mentioned as well. The Treasury defended the well-established standards. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-wants-u-treasury-reconsider-225254216.html

Here is TSLA doing its thing in Europe on a day when the US markets are closed.

Anyone longing for the terrible music this forum offered when things were going well? Ah those old days of yore.

For those that want to determine the appeal of the Semi in Europe, this YouTube movie discusses why US and EU trucks are so different. Perhaps Tesla will make a version specifically for Europe too.

I’m in a bit of a pickle. So, there are TMC members who say that borrowing money against your stock to buy more TSLA is fine, and other members are totally against it, but that leaves middle of the road by doing it moderately. I’m safe, even after the drops of this year, from being...