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Therein lies the root of the problem. Politicians beholden to donors, and not constituents.

So . . . the interns are in charge? 😁

Yep. Only bat-*sugar* crazy fanatics would pay the prices for a Disney Cruise. No joke, often these cost as much as a car, and sell out quickly.

Probably a form of drop shipping, doesn't necessarily have to even touch the Maldives.

So in-line / barely beating expectations. Probably a muted response from WS today, or slightly up.

Plan to test this fully in 2 weeks. I have 3 Teslas rented through Hertz in 3 cities for a business trip.

My bad. Bought some shares for the kids accounts. I'm done now till next month. ;)

https://missionlocal.org/2023/08/driverless-car-freezes-forcing-drivers-into-valencia-street-center-bike-lane/ Wooops

They lowered prices over the weekend (up to $12k), hopefully stimulating demand. Damn, ninja'd by @Singuy

From the one friend I had in Tesla management, this is common. Burnout is always at start-up levels for this company. My friend left for similar reasons (quality of life).

Been over this in the Waymo thread. Horribly incomplete data set there on that site.

LoL'ing at the moron vacationing in a war zone (based upon the spedo's in the pic)

The Waymoites in the Waymo thread had a fit when I pointed out similar poor experiences in SF.

Probably a refurb/rebuilt, but yes, a replacement.

Go look at Google and GM's margins on these ventures. They are crushing alright . . . just not in the way you were thinking. Billions in losses for each.

Details matter. NO, the CA Gov DOES NOT share info for people to get lowered elec rates if they are low income. Those people have to VOLUNTEER that information and provide it to the utilities. It's a VERY VERY different beast when the CA Gov would just hand it over, en masse, to PRIVATE...

We should not even be discussing ACCEPTING an income-based fee for electricity, or anything else. What's next? Income based charges for groceries? Income based charges for water/sewer? Once the legislature gets away with pushing this through ONCE, it opens the floodgates for everything to be...

You live in LA, smog is going to impact your performance as well, even on a "clear" day. I'm on a mountain, I look down into the smog, and it's been impressive this year.

If anyone has a brain in the burgeoning EV marketplace, some OEM will snap him up and make him their EVP of Engineering or something like that. A guy like this let loose at Rivian or Lucid would really make a gigantic difference for those companies.

Wow. Color me shocked. I always thought he was next in line to take over the place.

https://electrek.co/2023/07/31/2024-chevy-blazer-ev-prices-range-revealed/ HA HA HA HA HA Wasn't this supposed to be a $30k SUV? EDIT - apparently it was the Equinox that was supposed to drop at 30k.

If memory serves me, F and GM both build things in single-story facilities. GigaTexas is 3 (sometimes 4) floors. You need to compare utilized floor space, not plant footprint for an accurate comparison (and even then Tesla is far more efficient).

Clearly you didn't read the article I posted earlier. Which had the original WaPo article with the numbers. For the lazy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/05/ev-conservative-buyer-uptick/ Those in the middle and on the right aren't as likely to buy an auto for purely...

Details MATTER. That 50% Dem has been pretty constant. The Rep and Ind have gone up DRASTICALLY.

Ok, in your own words, you're an Elon hater. Got it. We pretty much had come to that conclusion already.

I see you didn't answer the questions posed. Pretty much confirms what I was thinking. BTW, Meryl Streep - honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, honorary Doctor of Arts (x2) (she's an actress - good one by all objective measurements), so I don't see how that is out of line with her qualifications...

Half the story. While one party historically has dominated interest, the other party is showing increased rates of adoption compared to historical norms. https://electrek.co/2023/06/05/evs-winning-over-largely-conservative-areas/ Helps considerably that those red states are pulling in the...

OOO, a post seething with bitterness. And we are supposed to take you seriously? By your tone and language, we are to take Elon as an idiot? Fraud?

I would be those "talks" are basically reminders to the Kremlin of certain lines not to cross. If crossed, they would immediately result in US direct involvement, not just weapons sales. Believe it or not, keeping the lines of communication open like this, I view as a good thing.

So, you need to brush up on how academia works (I have a Ph.D. and a M.D. - I'm speaking from experience here). While true that Elon did not complete a TRADITIONAL pathway for physics, his work after his degree was completed was considered so extraordinary that Yale bestowed him in 2015 with an...

The S is a hatchback. That's the kind of design I was referring to. A model 3 with an S-type hatchback would have far more utilizable cargo space with pretty much zero compromises.

And their stock is up on the news. LoL, can't make this stuff up.

They can't make it difficult. There is a battery cell shortage, effectively. So while you have a niche players like Lucid that are pumping 500-mile range cars, they really aren't making that many of them, compared to the hundreds of thousands (soon to be millions) of Model Y's being cranked...

You do realize that there is space in the current 4680 pack for 2-3 more bandoliers? See Munro's teardown. You simply re-center the cells you have, problem solved. There is nothing in the structure that would prevent this. Back to my MAIN POINT - Elon has made it CRYSTAL CLEAR on many...

Yes, they are removed in groups, in this case a string of (don't remember the number, but there are pretty pics from GF TX with them). The motors work just fine in a moderate voltage range, they don't have to be locked in at a precise voltage, which is going to vary as the pack discharges as...

No blank cells. Pack is just filled with additional structural foam, that is it. They already do this, as there is actually already room for nearly 100kwh of cells in the current structural pack, but space is left open, and they certainly do not put empty cans in it. I suggest you go watch...

These could be just test mules. I.e. use the structural frame of an existing 3 with the add-on parts from Highland to test functionality of those specific parts (camera placement for calibration, headlights, etc. etc.). The mules would likely change as production nears (i.e. true front+rear...

Or, and more likely, they will use 10% fewer cells for the same range. Leaving 10% more cells to be put into something else.

Most interesting part of that video for me was the Gigacasting expansion that is visible. That's VERY good news for something like Highland. Appropriate downtime in order to boost production. Love it.

I don't disagree with this, but one counterpoint - I think COVID added to legacy auto's complacency. In the end, as painful as COVID was, I think it actually benefited Tesla more than anyone.

Munro's "Final Predictions" for the Cybertruck:

Because Tesla is building 2 GFs right now and about to start a 3rd. Growth phase. Back out costs of expansions like that, and margins would be absolutely bonkers. EDIT - what @StarFoxisDown! said

70 years old? They include a walker for those guys?

Munro's teardown of the Ultium they got their hands on was . . . less than flattering.

IMO, this would have been better served in Bradshaw, TN. Would fill the gap nicely, and provide good coverage for E/W traffic on US 64. Oh well.

Tesla should have just reached out to me. I would have driven a CT for them anywhere, no cost. ;)

Na, it's Wall St. They are like my teenage daughter. Nothing makes them happy, they will complain about anything.

Yep, this is the hidden "cheat code" for buying a Tesla if you want FSD. You may have to be a bit patient and accept that it will have a few miles on it (10-20k is fine in my book), but you can get FSD very cheaply this way. This is the approach we took last year with our Y.

Thanks, glossed over this part. Deal-breaker for me.

That's actually really favorable. You aren't required to sell your car back to Tesla. Color me surprised. /me goes to eye what he can get for the 2020 P Y and replace it with something new