Recent content by ulrichw

How about: "They're there. Their worry is unnecessary."

Fix title? $2.5M is not quite the same as $2.5 *Billion*

Car... because car.

Pssst.... Read the last page of the thread.

It's worse than that - your assumption that the mileage is a real-time estimate is not correct. In Teslas, miles left are simply state of charge multiplied by a fixed constant which depends on the EPA range of the car you bought. At 100%, the miles left will always be the exact EPA range left...

Not the person you were asking this question, but I would (and I would be irritated at having to pay the same amount).

I think ewoodrick has a good point, while also at the same time agreeing with you that the car can apply the brakes. Nonetheless, I think perhaps the explanation of your perception lies in the definition of "jerk" from a physics perspective. In Physics, jerk is defined as the rate of change in...

Yes No

"..like other Porches..." ... ahem!

I don't think the prototype weight is a great guide for them: From the Motortrend reveal article: "Construction of the prototype is "unibody-on-frame" in the same vein as the new Land Rover Defender, but the production Cybertruck will be pure unibody"...

Here's a decent debunk: Electric car ‘hatchet job’ debunked | Transport & Environment (Elektrek also did a debunk making similar points)

This is true, but the confusing/misleading aspect of this statement is that it is linear with *absolute* temperature (i.e., degrees Rankine or degrees Kelvin, vs. Fahrenheit or Celsius). This means that going from 10 degrees Fahrenheit to 20 degrees Fahrenheit doesn't double the tire pressure...

How about those automatic windshield wipers? Tesla gets some things very right, but also gets some things pretty wrong.

Re: "Abort, Abort" - Is there any possibility that your cameras are dirty? Purely anecdotally, I had similar behavior on a roadtrip last year. The car would regularly lose track of the lanes mid-merge and abort back to the original lane. I eventually turned the autopilot off when it tried to...

This is an impressive number, but note that they're "cheating" to a degree. The "at its most efficient" gives it away: One of the inherent disadvantages of ICEs is that they generate in the vicinity of 75% waste heat. That heat needs to be moved away from the engine compartment somehow. Usually...