Is it possible that a UK facility would be focused on batteries and equipment for the energy/utility disruption idea? I haven’t been following this at all so it could be way off target.
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Is it possible that a UK facility would be focused on batteries and equipment for the energy/utility disruption idea? I haven’t been following this at all so it could be way off target.
The tires are much larger, so there is more ground contact. Special one-use tread compound. Bleach on the tread to increase stickiness (not sure if bleach is still used). Really low inflation pressure (beads have to be fixed to the wheels with screws).
100% agree. Please don’t take my thinking that Putin is smart for having any support for him or his government. I could see Putin allowing him to build a factory there and then just saying “thanks it’s mine now”. I’m sure these are risks he’s considering.
It's a pain that all the other RHD territories are mostly the other side of the globe, but I guess an Indian factory would produce for these
jkirkwood001
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Wow, such a vicious but specious article in the Toronto Star (Canada's top-selling newspaper) trying to convince us investors to dump TSLA:
"When it comes to rivals, Tesla’s competition is almost every automaker on Earth. Most of the major automakers already have EVs that are credible competitors to Tesla’s mere four models. And most plan to gradually transition to EVs exclusively, as GM vowed to do in January. Tesla has lately been forced to slash prices in a bid to stanch market-share losses to competing EVs."
There must be some line between this article and the Alberta tar sands. (Oh wait, we're not allowed to call Canada's huge bitumen site that anymore). I'm sad to say our oil patch generates 1.3 M barrels of dirty oil a day.
Tesla’s stock market valuation is preposterous. What attracts the faithful to this ridiculously-priced stock?
Here's an excerpt that has four sentences, every one of which is plain incorrect IMO!"When it comes to rivals, Tesla’s competition is almost every automaker on Earth. Most of the major automakers already have EVs that are credible competitors to Tesla’s mere four models. And most plan to gradually transition to EVs exclusively, as GM vowed to do in January. Tesla has lately been forced to slash prices in a bid to stanch market-share losses to competing EVs."
There must be some line between this article and the Alberta tar sands. (Oh wait, we're not allowed to call Canada's huge bitumen site that anymore). I'm sad to say our oil patch generates 1.3 M barrels of dirty oil a day.
Is it also his opinion that Musk has 34 million followers on Twitter also? Lol.
StealthP3D
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Exactly. Except I would put your last statement in the past tense. Elon plays 4-D chess. Even if he knew that he would never risk building a factory there, he would not say that. He might even make it look like he was toying with the idea, because he knows it could prevent the big, bad wolf from acting out in the interim and the longer he can string him along, the better. Hope, especially the evil kind, can be harnessed for the greater good.
That would align with Tesla being granted an electrical generation license for that region.
Tesla Given Green Light To Generate Electricity In The UK
Cells, Powerwalls, Megapacks, Superchargers are all in demand products. Could also include solar.
There are reasons other than the ones provided above for Mr Musk to cultivate a relationship with Russia. Now, as difficult as it is to operate in China - and so far, Tesla’s success/fail ratio there demonstrates Mr Musk to have done very credibly, indeed - Russia is a supremely difficult and in almost every way more challenging nut to crack. So much so, in fact, that I will not discuss on open forum either my views as to what it is Mr Musk is attempting to accomplish nor how best he could proceed with the Kremlin. I do hope, however, that even more so than had been the case with Beijing, he has the very, very best of advisers. In the wording of a favorite fictional character, tightrope walking ain’t in it.
Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features [Updated]
Electrek has learned that Tesla has quietly made Model 3, and likely Model Y, ready for bidirectional charging, which should...
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No way they can just melt one of those intricate castings stored outdoors with dust, dirt, bugs, or the occasional bird nest and reuse that contaminated mess in the casting press again IMHO.
OT time waster, but I can't help myself, sorry-
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I can’t say I’m mad but for sure we won’t buy it again. Personally I think FSD will get abandoned in the next year or two. The existing features will be repackaged in a less expensive option package but after 5 years of being only months away I don’t see it ever coming to fruition. Still buying a model Y...because really the car, coupled with the supercharger network, still has no competition.
Jmho.
willow_hiller
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Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features [Updated]
Electrek has learned that Tesla has quietly made Model 3, and likely Model Y, ready for bidirectional charging, which should...
The redaction on that article from 2020 is small and buried in the middle, but Fred did walk it back:
The key thing is that the rectifier board on the internal charging module is not capable of bidirectional flow (operating as a DC-AC inverter). But, the DC-DC Supercharging circuits are capable of being bidirectional. So if you can install an external inverter and grid transfer switch, along with the appropriate firmware on the car to allow it, V2G with the current fleet is possible.
Is this a useful scenario: Tesla solar feeding DC to power wall and car through a new generation DC home charger, at night DC-DC home battery to car or in reverse if home battery is low and car battery has extra power. Then the AC-DC inverter in the home battery can allow power to flow to and from the grid with conversion while solar, car and battery can exchange energy without that conversion?
StealthP3D
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Of course they can. Aluminum ingots are stored outside, on pallets, unwrapped, from the moment they leave the aluminum smelter. Then they are loaded on flat-beds, open to the weather and road spray, to be delivered (where they are likely to sit outside with the birds again).
The transition to renewable energy in Russia will probably be driven by importing stolen Teslas from Europe. No need to build a factory there.
The Tesla vehicle batteries have a voltage in the range that the Tesla solar inverter and PW+ solar input can utilize. With a set of contactors for source selection, PW+ could be fed by a car at night. PW+ can handle four strings, so one could theoretically have dedicated vehicle connections to eliminate the contactor issue (at lower power). If they are using a standard buck converter for solar to internal DC conversion, that can be run in reverse as a boost converter to charge the car via DC. Or another set of contactors to provide AC.
Many options, will be interesting to see what they do in this space (if anything).
JRP3
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Interesting interview with George Hotz, a lot of self driving and Tesla talk
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Hummmm, have not read this yet, but sounds like someone liked my questions about fossil fuel ~ just by the title.
Is the tide in or out?
Hummmm, have not read this yet, but sounds like someone liked my questions about fossil fuel ~ just by the title.
Is the tide in or out?
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