I don't know who this Ted guy is but I don't want him showing up to my house like Mr T. Not an advice!!!
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AustinEV, my old buddy,
You realize that if that reservation is yours you're going to have a mighty easy time making friends on this forum between now and the factory tour.
Your good friend,
Papafox
Gerardf
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You are referring to the mandatory 50% Chineese ownership.
As I posted here 2017 Investor Roundtable:General Discussion
This might actually change. Would be great if we hear about that on May 3rd.
Edit: overthere one of the links I posted was China to loosen JV ownership restrictions for foreign automakers
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Todd Burch
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Having a tunnel whose walls are close to the edges of cars will increase drag, because the air obviously needs to be pushed around the vehicle, and nearby walls would resist that movement. However, if the sleds were kept relatively close, this could be mitigated quite a bit.
Vaccuum would not be possible (what with people dying and such), but they could lower the ambient pressure with pumps. For example, just as you are at a certain cabin altitude on an airliner, they could reduce the pressure in the tunnels to the equivalent of 10,000 ft altitude or so. (Been awhile but as I recall passengers in aircraft mist be supplied with oxygen only when above 10,000 ft cabin altitude). With that, everyone would still be safe and able to breathe, but drag would be reduced quite a bit due to the significantly lower air density.
This would mean you'd need to create some kind of semi-sealing elevator, or you at least restrict the leakage and size your pumps to keep up.
Would require a complex energy/cost analysis to see if it would be worth it, so I won't try to speculate as to its feasibility.
Vaccuum would not be possible (what with people dying and such), but they could lower the ambient pressure with pumps. For example, just as you are at a certain cabin altitude on an airliner, they could reduce the pressure in the tunnels to the equivalent of 10,000 ft altitude or so. (Been awhile but as I recall passengers in aircraft mist be supplied with oxygen only when above 10,000 ft cabin altitude). With that, everyone would still be safe and able to breathe, but drag would be reduced quite a bit due to the significantly lower air density.
This would mean you'd need to create some kind of semi-sealing elevator, or you at least restrict the leakage and size your pumps to keep up.
Would require a complex energy/cost analysis to see if it would be worth it, so I won't try to speculate as to its feasibility.
some of us positioned into TSLA 327.50 calls extremely aggressively on Friday with the intention of creating a free credit spread with further down calls. These are weekly calls so for the strategy to work we need premium to spike early next week before earnings. So this brings me into my thinking into earnings bound the obvious very short term positive.
Multi-day is very positive on TSLA right now before this breakout, and add to that the fact that Thursday was the perfect opportunity to cause some sort of significant shake before earnings. There was a pull back Thursday with no follow trough Friday , instead we saw the pull back stalled. Perhaps its Hedge Funds knowing that the priority might be to relive excessive short positions. We also know that the borrowing rate to short is very low with a higher amount of shorts available on some platforms giving further credence to short covering on TSLA ahead of the Earnings Event. Again unlike some that want to see huge profits I wish to see any money made re invested. I would welcome losses as long as the model 3 release is on track for July area.
And all indications with the release candidate vehicle spotted , everything should be on track . This is no longer a new green behind the ears company as it was when model s and X first went into mass production. Instead those who are working on Teslas model 3 are now veterans of the X and the S, and I say veterans because these engineers would of most likely never gone into the car industry for there the best of the best seeking true challenges . Now these best of the best have the experience, and there task is to create 500k cars next year of a simpler vehicle created with ease of production in mind? I not only expect it to be released in time but the production numbers to stun wall street that keeps speaking of absolute delays as we saw with model S and X. They cant foretell the progressions of the talented in fields inherently foreign to them. Now that they are " VETERANS " after only 2 mass production cars, I am sure that goals meet but the lesser slower peers stuck in the past, can easily be surpassed buy this team shaping our very future.
Multi-day is very positive on TSLA right now before this breakout, and add to that the fact that Thursday was the perfect opportunity to cause some sort of significant shake before earnings. There was a pull back Thursday with no follow trough Friday , instead we saw the pull back stalled. Perhaps its Hedge Funds knowing that the priority might be to relive excessive short positions. We also know that the borrowing rate to short is very low with a higher amount of shorts available on some platforms giving further credence to short covering on TSLA ahead of the Earnings Event. Again unlike some that want to see huge profits I wish to see any money made re invested. I would welcome losses as long as the model 3 release is on track for July area.
And all indications with the release candidate vehicle spotted , everything should be on track . This is no longer a new green behind the ears company as it was when model s and X first went into mass production. Instead those who are working on Teslas model 3 are now veterans of the X and the S, and I say veterans because these engineers would of most likely never gone into the car industry for there the best of the best seeking true challenges . Now these best of the best have the experience, and there task is to create 500k cars next year of a simpler vehicle created with ease of production in mind? I not only expect it to be released in time but the production numbers to stun wall street that keeps speaking of absolute delays as we saw with model S and X. They cant foretell the progressions of the talented in fields inherently foreign to them. Now that they are " VETERANS " after only 2 mass production cars, I am sure that goals meet but the lesser slower peers stuck in the past, can easily be surpassed buy this team shaping our very future.
MitchJi
Trying to learn kindness, patience & forgiveness
But wasn't the inauguration the biggest in history?
I heard it was huge, the biglyest.
sundaymorning
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From the climate change march:
Chris D'Angelo on Twitter
Listen to marchers' chant: shame SHAME, shame!!
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
Chris D'Angelo on Twitter
Listen to marchers' chant: shame SHAME, shame!!
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
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sundaymorning
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First image of Semi teaser released at TED talk:
Elon Musk teases Tesla electric semi truck, up to 4 new Gigafactory locations
Elon Musk teases Tesla electric semi truck, up to 4 new Gigafactory locations
FredTMC
Model S VIN #4925
That Tunnel Elon used as an example (i.e. Westwood flyaway to LAX) would be the perfect first Tunnel
As everyone knows, that 10 mile stretch of "The 5" between Santa Monica and LAX is ALWAYS bummer-to-bummer
I'd pay $10 bucks all the time to use the Tunnel.
Regarding Tunnel permits and right-of-way, I believe of you go deep enough, there's nothing in the way... no sewer lines, gas lines, pipes etc. nada
So, you'd think ultimately, once proven out, there should be little objection from anyone in govt or property owners.
Think about commercial airlines flying overhead. No one cares, right?
It just happens.
FredTMC
Model S VIN #4925
As soon as I can order the Slate Solar Roof, I will push the order button
I've purposely not reroofed my garage. It's old. The ceramic tiles are shot.
I'm waiting for Tesla Solar Roof.
FredTMC
Model S VIN #4925
There is effectively NO mass transit in LA. You can't from one part of LA to another via mass transit. It ain't Manhattan or Tokyo
Great points! I read somewhere that cost of actual boring is only about 10% to 15% of the project cost of current tunnels for roadways and subways. Rest of the cost is in mitigating the impact to existing infrastructure above and other compliance measures.
A big difference here is that these new tunnels are unlike anything before in that they can go way deeper! As a consumer, do I care if the tunnel is 50 ft underground or 1000 ft? No, I don't. At that depth, costs related to other compliance measures will likely be vastly lower.
Reciprocity
Active Member
What's going to be faster 10000 elevators going possibly 100s of feet or 100 ramps. Which solution is going to cost less? Remember there are probably a million commuters around LA.
Zhelko Dimic
Careful bull
I expect Roadster to be supercar. Easiest way to get cost of development of the car back, create hallo product and wall poster for the new generation of buyers
Now, is Roadster going to be able to go the the track for a driving events? (i.e. not race, but 20-30 min high speed) I doubt it, but if it is, and they resolve steering to something sensible and feelsome, I'm done with the Porsche. Can't stand going for a service there, not just because it's expensive, but dealers threat it as if it's a win-lose situation, and try to screw you any which way...
FredTMC
Model S VIN #4925
dhrivnak
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I was at the march and it was UUGE. The crowd did boo as they passed the new Trump building and they did say shame by the Whitehouse but otherwise everyone seemed well behaved.
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