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Let's make this a place to discuss voting on the agenda items for the 2021 AGM. From the annual report: We are pleased to inform you that our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2021 Annual Meeting”) will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time, at Tesla’s Fremont...

When I view this post in the investor roundtable thread, it seems to be a wiki post, including an edit button despite not being my post. Is that supposed to happen? If I select the edit button it appears I can edit this other user's post. The whole thread has been announcing itself as a wiki...

Nature published a new paper describing what could become an important tool for improving battery technologies: a better way to observe what's happening inside the battery, in real time. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03584-2 Abstract The key to advancing lithium-ion battery...

It would be nice if we had another post reaction: "stop", perhaps as 🛑 or ✋. Use case: one or more users in a thread are beating a dead horse, going off-topic, posting inappropriate content, etc. In many cases it would also be appropriate to report the post for moderation; a "stop" reaction...

The watched threads page "/tmc/watched/threads" now seems to hide any threads started by users I've ignored, using an "is-ignored" CSS class. I can see how that might seem like a good idea, but it makes for unexpected behavior when the thread has one or more unread posts from someone who isn't...

My latest PG&E statement shows a new rotating outage block, changing from 50 to 13B. That seems reasonable enough, because as I understand it over half of PG&E customers were on block 50 and thus exempt from most outages. That never made much sense to me. But I'm curious about this change, and...

Would be great to see the state government act on this. Meanwhile I wonder if local authorities could enact their own reach codes? Update green building codes to make EV charging available for everyone | CalMatters

PG&E sent me an email notice about this proposed rate change. California Tesla owners in PG&E's service territory may find it relevant, because it would affect the cost of charging. General Rate Case Phase II Application A.19-11-019 How can I participate? PG&E and the CPUC would like to hear...

The main investor thread includes a lot of chatter about price manipulation, so I thought a dedicated thread could be useful. Here's a recent article to kick off the discussion. This is about metal trading, but the technique seems more general so I hope it sheds light on how manipulation might...

Menlo Park becomes first U.S. city to set goal to be carbon neutral by 2030 Menlo Park became the first city in the U.S. to set a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 on Tuesday when the City Council moved forward with a new plan to slash carbon emissions citywide. Menlo Park is the first...

Secretive group's petition to FERC could 'end net metering as we know it,' lawyers say A recent filing submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could "end net metering as we know it," according to legal experts. The petition from the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) asks...

I think it would be nice to have a list of mods for each forum/subforum, and maybe indicate whether or not they're online (for DMs). Looking at the investor forum for example, it's hard to say. I might be able to guess AudubonB by looking at the sticky threads, but that's about it. On other...

This was off-topic where it was posted :oops: but I think it's a good idea and might help mods cope with increased activity around here :)

Anyone care to discuss or critique the technical and policy aspects of pumped hydro storage? No politics please. Pumped-storage hydroelectricity - Wikipedia Reading this recent Clean Technica article, I realized pumped hydro storage hasn't been on my radar. I'd been under the impression that...

Cross-posting because I think it's of more interest here than in the NA sub. In my area EVgo has a few L2 chargers, but mostly Chademo and CCS. I have AAA so I signed up, even though I may never use it. NB — I cleaned up the link

A three-way battle over control of PG&E Whoever wins, Californians will probably lose [...] pg&e will continue to teeter. After years of underinvestment its grid needs a massive upgrade. Stephen Byrd of Morgan Stanley, a bank, calculates that burying its transmission and distribution lines in...

Bay Area CCAs Solicit 30MW of Distributed Batteries to Weather Grid Outages Community-choice aggregators representing three San Francisco Bay Area counties have launched a 30-megawatt behind-the-meter battery solicitation aimed at protecting vulnerable customers and communities from the massive...

This week the Economist published a few articles on carbon accounting and how we're doing it wrong. The right way to measure carbon emissions Net-zero targets are necessary, but not sufficient [...] most net-zero targets refer only to the carbon produced within the target-setting entity’s...

This is the first I’ve heard about this. Is it a good idea? Does it affect Tesla? Most electric car chargers don't take credit cards. California wants to fix that The California Air Resources Board, which regulates airborne pollutants, voted in June to require charging companies to install...

NB: This discussion started in another thread and in another sub, but I felt we were getting far afield from the thread topic. Since I contributed to that, I took it on myself to start a new thread. Anyway I've been wanting a dedicated thread for power-to-methane discussion. The story so far...

Lex Fridman's latest AI podcast is an interview with Chris Urmson, formerly of CMU and google/waymo, now with Aurora. audio: https://media.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/p/content.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/mit_ai_chris_urmson.mp3 video: There's some Tesla-specific content: Urmson argues against...

The Economist A new type of engine for electric cars [...] But if Indigo Technologies of Cambridge, Massachusetts has its way, all this will change. Since the firm was founded in 2010 by Ian Hunter, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Indigo’s...

From The Economist: An innovative approach to making electricity from the wind Fly a kite that powers a generator Excerpts: The wind blows more strongly at higher altitudes. That is why wind turbines have grown ever taller. The blade tips of today’s biggest now reach up a dizzying 260 metres...

Recently I had to replace the windshield of my Model 3. I'll share my experience here, and hope that this thread helps others around the SF area. Summary: it was a waste of time to talk to Safelite or Tesla about glass repair. First my insurance (USAA) referred me to Safelite. They said they...

I think this deserves its own thread: Tesla Valuation Model: Are Investors Stuck in Reverse? TashaARK/ARK-Invest-Tesla-Valuation-Model Last August, we wrote an open letter to Elon Musk and Tesla’s Board of Directors with an extract from our Tesla valuation model that communicated why...

The other day I was looking into google's Perspective API: Perspective is an API that makes it easier to host better conversations. The API uses machine learning models to score the perceived impact a comment might have on a conversation. Developers and publishers can use this score to give...

In a recent article The Economist covered developments in geoengineering, both scientific and political. Countries look at ways to tinker with Earth’s thermostat Selected excerpts: Under the Paris Agreement, governments have pledged to keep average global warming to “well below” 2°C above...

Looks like there's a race to deploy offshore wind in the USA before incentives expire: Energy firms bet on offshore wind farms in America Selected quotes: More than 4,000 wind turbines already twirl off the coasts of Europe. In America, just five short turbines poke out of the waves near...

New infographic from The Economist: Companies bought record amounts of clean energy in 2018 I like the trend, and I see a business opportunity in helping to close that renewable energy shortfall.

“Sun in a box” would store renewable energy for the grid Not clear to me if this could handle inter-seasonal storage. Seems unlikely unless the insulation is very very good.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/11/29/padmasree-warrior-nio-ceo-resignation.html Nio Inc.'s U.S. chief executive, Padmasree Warrior, is stepping down from the newly public electric carmaker after three years at the helm. [...] The company will not replace Warrior in the CEO role...

I'm not sure if this is good news or bad news, but apparently the CPUC is reviewing the so-called "indifference charge" that's part of community choice aggregation (CCA) or community choice energy (CCE) programs. Apparently there's a meeting scheduled for the 13th of September. If you're in a...

This week The Economist published a leader and a main article on sustainable air conditioning. leader: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/25/how-to-make-air-conditioning-more-sustainable WHAT is the single most effective way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? Go vegetarian? Replant the...

There is/was a "performance mode" with which a higher-trim S/X could simulate any lower trim. So a P100D could simulate the performance of a 100D or a 75D, etc. Can the Model 3 do this? And if you ask a 3P or 3D to simulate a plain 3LR RWD, what happens to the Wh/mi efficiency? I realize the...

From this week's Economist: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/08/18/how-to-design-carbon-taxes How to design carbon taxes The levies raise revenue and reduce emissions. But their unpopularity is a problem Governments have two ways to price carbon. They can levy a tax on...

Consolidation of dealerships could have various effects on Tesla. More concentrated ownership of dealerships could mean more concentrated lobbying. However this trend could also make for dealerships that are more open to change. Car dealerships have become targets for cross-border investment...

In times past I've owned a couple of green cars, in whatever shade the factory made available. I'm thinking about wrapping my future TM3, which means choosing a specific film. Has anyone wrapped a Model 3 in green? I've seen a few renderings online, for example this site — but no real-life...

Recently CA ISO has been reporting high peak solar generation and fairly low net demand. Imports have been dipping to around 1000-MW. Today marked the first time I've noticed imports so close to zero: a mere 57-MW at 13:55, down from around 7-GW before sunrise. That's about a 100x swing. For a...

Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet. By Varun Sivaram. MIT Press The future of solar energy Sounds interesting. I may have to read it. Google books preview: Taming the Sun

From this week's Economist: German cars have the most to lose from a changing auto industry The article mentions Tesla once or twice, and talks about mobility services as well as the rise of EVs and the decline of diesel. No truly novel content, but seems to be a good summary of the current...

Anyone familiar with 1460 Mabury Rd in San Jose? Tesla seems to be working on a new service center there. Here's how to get to the permits I found: Visit City of San José Online Permits Enter APN 25402044 List all permits Apparently this is a 60,800-sqft warehouse owned by Tesla, and they're...

The Jones Act has been in the news a little bit of late, because of its impact on early attempts to respond to the situation in Puerto Rico. I'm posting this under Energy, Environment, and Policy because it also turns out that the Jones Act hurts the environment. By making commercial shipping...

Lighting strikes are double the average in shipping lanes https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21729974-lighting-strikes-are-double-average-shipping-lanes-pollution-ships MODERN, broad-beamed merchant vessels are well able to withstand the rough and tumble of the waves, but...

This week The Economist published an article about electric motors: https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21728888-better-motors-go-better-batteries-electric-motors-improve-more-things The article isn't deeply technical: no equations. But I found it worth reading.

Has anyone figured out whether or not the TM3 center display will have an equivalent to the TMS/TMX IC Energy Graph? Maybe someone even got a photo last night? In case it isn't clear I'm asking about the image below (not mine). I imagine there will certainly be something like the touchscreen...

I'm going to schedule my model S 90D for its 25k service, and maybe replace the tires at the same time. It's about equally convenient for me to take the car to Burlingame, Sunnyvale, or Santa Clara. Which SC would you pick, and why? If there's no difference in service quality, which one is most...

This idea has been around for awhile, but here's a new experiment showing successful results. This is something I hope to see in future Tesla software. Experiments show that a few self-driving cars can dramatically improve traffic flow The team conducted field experiments in Tucson, Arizona...

A computer program that learns how to save fuel It seems to work—at least, in simulations. Using live traffic information to mimic journeys in southern California, Dr Qi and Dr Barth compared their algorithm with a basic energy-management system for plug-in hybrids that simply switches to...

For the past month or so I've been having an occasional problem where AutoSteer would be unavailable for no obvious reason. Generally it'd be fine for the first 5-10 minutes of a trip, then become erratic. I'd disengage and wouldn't see the AP steering wheel icon on the IC anymore. This would...

Reading a popular summary motivated me to dig up the original: Re-assessment of net energy production and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance after 40 years of photovoltaics development : Nature Communications Abstract: Since the 1970s, installed solar photovoltaic capacity has grown...