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I just gave unmodified, unhacked, fully stock 2018.42.3 Navigate on Autopilot a good try with an open mind on a ~300 mile drive this weekend. I've seen some videos, tweets, posts, etc praising the feature. I hadn't really had a chance to try it on a longer drive myself as of yet, though, until this weekend. TLDR version: This is the most...
So I found the incessant negativity an enmity towards Tesla by LA Times reporter Russ Mitchell puzzling, so I researched a bit into his articles to figure out what's going on. I have a theory. First, here's the raw data: Here's chronological list of links and headlines of all 484 articles Russ Mitchell wrote at the LA Times since 2014:...
[IMG] On the Road! Driving a Tesla is a bit different from driving a gas car, or even most electric cars. On a daily basis, there is no concern about “range anxiety”. Owners expect their car to have a full “tank” every morning, and have enough range to do whatever they want. After a while they never look at the gauge. What the new Tesla owner...
I was able to sit in a 7 seater yesterday at Fashion Island Tesla Store in Newport Beach. The sales rep told me that because they were a flagship store, they received the first 7 seater on Tuesday 1/12. She took me down to the garage where the test drive vehicles are and they had one white 7 seater with black interior. First impressions -...
Here's what car companies will probably look like in 2019: Tesla: ~$35b revenues ~$6b OCF ~$9b debt Debt is equal to 3 months of revenue or 18 months of operating cashflow. Revenue is growing at >30% per year. Growth, Profitability, and Financial Ratios for Tesla Inc (TSLA) from Morningstar.com Ford: ~$155b revenue ~$16b OCF ~$160b debt Debt...
Q4 2020 Projections Highlights: Record Revenues of $11.0B Record Gross Profit of $2.6B Record Operating Income of $1.0B Record GAAP Earnings of $0.6B Record non-GAAP Earnings of $1.4B Record Non-GAAP EPS of $1.22 (analysts are estimating $0.93) Notes: I have increased Stock Based Compensation to $792m due to increased CEO Award Expense (see...
As someone who actually drives an Hydrogen FCEV - I am responding honestly with our experience over the last 9 months. Hydrogen so far is turning out to be a major pain for us, and we live in Southern California with access to 5 different stations between Del Mar and Costa Mesa. We first test drove the Mirai 3 years ago at an promotion event....
Was having a conversation about this with someone the other day. I think the display behavior you point out must be confusing to a lot of people because I've heard it from pretty much everybody. It's obvious when you think about it, but what appears on the display is not what the car is using to drive, it's a separate output that is just...
Hi Everyone - The peak charging rate possible in a lithium-ion cell will slightly decline after a very large number of high-rate charging sessions. This is due to physical and chemical changes inside of the cells. Our fast-charge control technology is designed to keep the battery safe and to preserve the maximum amount of cell capacity...
It looks like the new battery architecture that was mentioned by Elon and JB used in P100D pack is outlined in US Patent Application Publication US 2015/0244036 A1 titled ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH HEAT PIPE THERMAL MANAGEMENT. I made an attempt at comprehensive search of all Tesla patents, but could not find any other that would be consistent...
Worth noting that just before the Moody's downgrade, someone(s) bought an enormous amount of way-OTM April 250 puts starting a couple weeks before the event and continuing right up to the day before. (from my trading notes) (About 4000 contracts) Happened at this point on 3/14/18: (note red line at bottom - IV began to spike) [ATTACH]...
Model S (70 RWD Coil Spring Suspension) flooded in my garage on August 27 in Houston. I thought I'd share details about my experience thus far that may be of interest to the community. The car ultimately sat in about 22 inches of water (measured from ground), probably 21 near the front and 23 near the back due to incline of garage. The car...
A welcome offer came out of the blue from a friend who thought I might be interested resulted in the opportunity to test my model 3 back to back with the Polestar 2. He was right of course, I am interested... I’ve had a few hours of seat time on varied roads and duties, and have a few thoughts. Please bear in mind that this wasn’t an...
Methods for resetting various features in the Model X: Center Display Press and hold both scroll buttons for a few seconds. Center console display will turn black and reboot. Instrument Cluster Press and hold both of the steering wheel buttons above the scroll wheels. IC display will turn black and reboot. Reset of 'most' systems (4 fingers)...
If you read the German reports in the media they sound very different to what Fred wrote. German local media said that the main message is that the two plants will stop production ICEs and people will offered compensation to leave. So this is like a lay off announcement. The announcement to produce for instance the Aero EV in Emden is named...