And according to BBC, SpaceX spent around 2 billion on Starship in 2023 while Nasa spacesuits look to be 1 billion EACH.
It is more than that.... I am guessing that everyone here is the same age as me (well at least I hope so)....and we thought that Thunderbirds was our future....and only one person thinks we should have cars that silently glide pass and rockets that land on their feet
No. That’s clearly not what I said at all.
What Space X is doing is nothing short of extraordinary. Tesla sadly is just another car company these days.
This pretty much says it all. I guess in your view anyone who agrees with Musk is not normal. Okay.
The last thing Tesla is is just a car company….from AI, humanoids, electric supply company….if Elon doesn’t get his pay package, it may become just a car company
No.
I was in Italy last year and even a year before. There was a mini crowd looking at my Tesla. And this has nothing to do with a really creative narrative the title of this thread is about.
My own memory of Italian road population is of smaller, cheaper vehicles than large American barges such as the 3/Y, electric or not.
Your absolutely right I haven't recently discovered the cheap build quality, the penny pinching, the absolute dishonesty of Tesla and the promises of fixing things "soon" that just never get fixed - and if you look back at some of my posts over a year ago I said I wouldn't buy another Tesla again, and it isn't because I'm unhappy with my car - its a great car - I'm not knocking the car for the sake of it.Don’t tell me you know this only now and going by your 500 posts here I am sure you are aware of this much earlier.
I don’t know what you know about Model 3 when it all started, Tesla consciously made a decision to keep the manufacturing and prices as low as possible to gain maximum profits by lowering production costs. Even DTC in the current form is part of that disruptive model. Every bit of legacy car manufacturing process was questioned and either a newer/cheaper (as you prefer) or technologically advance solutions(Tesla vision) or cost cutting approach (again depending on your views) was chosen. All these plastic clips etc., were part of this model instead of stronger pins the Germans use or the gummy tapes Model S had. The choice was to use the tape vs clips and obviously clips took fewer minutes to pin all the wires compared to tapes. Elon went with that. I am sure not many knew about this when they bought their Tesla in 2019 but since then repeat customers are more aware of these rattles etc., But people buy Tesla not because they are solid like German marquees but because of the drive train, battery tech, software sophistication, their simplistic design, SC networks and OTA updates and so on.
Have you checked the recent volvo x30, Velar and BMW 1 series (ICE) - their simplistic design layout mirrors early Model 3. But look at their price for what they offer - the Velar base model costs 54K - that doesn’t even have adaptive cruise control. And imagine if that car comes with the standard 60w battery for 250miles - it will cost around 70K. Not many can buy and compare that with the Highland that cost 39,990.
RR Velar base model against Model 3 or Y. Model 3P or YP is in a different category to base model Velar. I was comparing the base model the new Velar that starts from 54-56K.
cleantechnica.com
You are a very lucky man. I will never again purchase anything JLR. My stepson worked on the assembly lines for several years and you honestly don’t want to know what goes on. Now works for Aston Martin, so don’t buy one of those either
The most interesting part of that post is LFP packs are $50/kwh. Where are the cheap cars?EVs Take 25.7% Share of the UK — Tesla Stays Top - CleanTechnica
May saw plugin EVs take 25.7% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.1% year on year. Most of the gain was from PHEVs, BEVs barely improved.
