Simply Wow! I just checked out $TSLA. Talk about vial and putrid! I thought the garbage I would see on “Seeking Incompentence” was bad. There are people trolling simple because Tesla boots employee cars or that the factory lot is only 95% which obviously must mean they are going out of business.
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Simply Wow! I just checked out $TSLA. Talk about vial and putrid! I thought the garbage I would see on “Seeking Incompentence” was bad. There are people trolling simple because Tesla boots employee cars or that the factory lot is only 95% which obviously must mean they are going out of business.
None other than Steve Blank is saying that Tesla needs a change in order to execute.
Personally, I think he's using the wrong lens as he uses the main pivot point of cars as what this company is about rather than all things electric. It's a technology company and should start being thought of as one. Any one have thoughts as to why it's not?
Personally, I think he's using the wrong lens as he uses the main pivot point of cars as what this company is about rather than all things electric. It's a technology company and should start being thought of as one. Any one have thoughts as to why it's not?
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Popular in other countries. They sometimes buy Superchargers from Tesla for their own use.
RobStark
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Ford Fusion base 23 mpg city 34 mpg highway
Ford Escape base 23 mpg city 30 mpg highway.
They have comorable space except Escape can fit a lazy boy with second row folded down.
As Model X and Jaguar I Pace show you can make a Crossover electric.
Ford is making a 300 mile range BEV Crossover in 2020.
BEVs don't need to be small hatchbacks or sedans.
RobStark
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Is your neighbor a time traveller from the future?
The Audi Q9 and BMW X7 are about a year away from production.
Maybe he test drove the Audi Q7 and BMW X5?
K_Dizzle
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dc_h
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I troll the trolls and fact check, call bs and link back to facts. It’s better than gripping here and may help counter the shorts story. All that really counts is model 3 execution in the near term, but the trolls have owned twitter for too long.
JRP3
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I suspect only a small handful of small time investors fit that category but if you have the passion and energy to engage on twitter all the more power to you.
dc_h
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Waiting4M3
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Nice! HyperChange is getting to ask a question at the Q1ER call
RobStark
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"“I’m not sleeping on the (factory) floor...I’m too old for that crap.”
Ram Truck Production Reportedly Held Back by Suppliers - Motor Trend
As we previously reported, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne has already admitted that building the 2019 Ram 1500 at the retooled Sterling Heights plant has been more difficult than expected. On a recent call with investors, Marchionne said the plant is “running at 60 percent of cycle today which is not where we need to be,” and that FCA “allowed enough time in 2017 to get that installation up, but it’s proven to be challenging.”
Automotive News reports that according to one source inside Ram, Fiat Chrysler’s decision to continue building the older generation had caused a problem for suppliers. The demand for parts is reportedly so high, those suppliers are having a hard time “keeping up.” The source also told Automotive News that construction hasn’t been completed on the facility and that some factory workers still need additional training. More than 2,500 completed Ram 1500s are allegedly being held, awaiting repair for an unnamed electrical issue.
After reminding investors that the $300 million these delays have added to the cost of Ram production “are temporary costs,” Marchionne promised that FCA would make up for these production losses by the end of the year. That’s because, at full capacity, the Sterling Heights facility will be capable of producing 100,000 more trucks per year than the Warren plant could.
Just don’t expect Marchionne to take a page out of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s book and move into the factory. “I’m not sleeping on the floor,” he said. “You have to be Elon’s age to do it. I’m too old for that crap.”
Ram Truck Production Reportedly Held Back by Suppliers - Motor Trend
As we previously reported, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne has already admitted that building the 2019 Ram 1500 at the retooled Sterling Heights plant has been more difficult than expected. On a recent call with investors, Marchionne said the plant is “running at 60 percent of cycle today which is not where we need to be,” and that FCA “allowed enough time in 2017 to get that installation up, but it’s proven to be challenging.”
Automotive News reports that according to one source inside Ram, Fiat Chrysler’s decision to continue building the older generation had caused a problem for suppliers. The demand for parts is reportedly so high, those suppliers are having a hard time “keeping up.” The source also told Automotive News that construction hasn’t been completed on the facility and that some factory workers still need additional training. More than 2,500 completed Ram 1500s are allegedly being held, awaiting repair for an unnamed electrical issue.
After reminding investors that the $300 million these delays have added to the cost of Ram production “are temporary costs,” Marchionne promised that FCA would make up for these production losses by the end of the year. That’s because, at full capacity, the Sterling Heights facility will be capable of producing 100,000 more trucks per year than the Warren plant could.
Just don’t expect Marchionne to take a page out of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s book and move into the factory. “I’m not sleeping on the floor,” he said. “You have to be Elon’s age to do it. I’m too old for that crap.”
RobStark
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Finally, looking at the Fast-Charging protocols race, the 43kW AC of the Renault Zoe has only 3% share, the Tesla SC standard has 10% of PEV sales, Chademo has 13% and now the juiciest pieces of information...
...There has been a lot of talk regarding the supremacy of CCS over the remaining fast-charging standards, and that we should ditch everything else, but the truth is that at 8% share of sales, it is not only behind Chademo, but also behind the proprietary Tesla SC standard. And that's before mentioning the elephant in the room, GB/T. The Chinese standard has 14% of all sales...Making it the Best Selling standard in 2018.
EV Sales: Global Top 10 March 2018
Top 10 PEV Cars in Global Sales in Link
I have nothing against this guy, however, I'm puzzled about the excitement. What little I've seen of him appears to be little more than a Tesla fan trolling TMC and expressing our general sentiments elsewhere. While I'm all for solid information being distributed across as many channels as possible, I don't see how having him on the CC will be useful.
Waiting4M3
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That my be the case. It's still gotta be better than Elon having to explain "soap" to some idiotic analyst.
When I see something on FB about EVs, inevitably I have to read the comments and there’s always a comment saying ‘you can’t go from x to y because it will take z time with an EV’. When I answer with a link to abrp that clearly shows their statement is not true, I never get an answer back. Another example that it is very difficult to change somebody’s mind.
The Amsterdam airport (Schiphol) taxi company is in the process of replacing their Model S fleet with Model X. Certainly at airports you need taxis that can carry lots of luggage, so I doubt Model 3 would be suitable.
erthquake
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Twitter is a major news links source for many people. If we can blunt the spread of $TSLA FUD on Twitter, then we also reduce the incentive for negative clickbait pieces from the likes of Dana Hull and Lora Kolodny. It's been a fun, creative outlet for me.
Esme Es Mejor
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I think he has a point. Many, including @neroden, have suggested that Musk needs someone at Tesla who functions the way Gwynne Shotwell does at SpaceX. As I read it, that’s what Steve Blank is arguing for— a Tim Cook type, or an Alfred Sloan type in his analogy. I don’t think it matters much whether that person is COO (reporting to Musk as CEO) or CEO (reporting to Musk as Chairman).
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