Just FYI Studebaker was a large and successful wagon maker (for horses) and transitioned to autos. They lasted 50 years in the auto business and made many good cars.
I did almost the same on the back of a TR6 trackside at Road America. MGB not watching went in our lane. I landed on my feet and rolled no serious injury but I was 19 and at the height of my powers. Famous picture of a race driver who walked away If I remember correctly. I thought it was Innes Ireland but maybe not. Been wearing my shoulder harness since our family had a 1961 Volvo PV544. I feel naked withou.
This was a long time ago. People weren't nearly as sensitized to driving under the influence as they are today. MADD wasn't formed until about fifteen years later.
If I'm not mistaken, in the 1920s their stock was valued at around $125. That would be something like $1850 today.
Marketwatch talking up the likelihood of the tax credit renewal passing.
Tax-credit expansion sought by Tesla, other EV players is among tax breaks getting lawmakers’ attention as year ends
Still uncertain, of course.
Contrary to some misinformation circulating on Twitter, the new language only applies to sales made after the bill is enacted.
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However, the extra 400k sales also doesn't start ticking up until
The bill also creates a new credit for used vehicles (e.g. will boost residual value):
... and heavy vehicles (e.g. Semi)
The value of this bill to Tesla, should it pass, really can't be overstated. It'd create billions of dollars of extra ASP for the company. I would say "sales", but they're already going to be maxed out on production regardless.Might justify sinking more money into "as quickly as possible" capacity expansions, though. The key for Tesla would be to come just short of 400k US sales in one quarter (say, Q4 '20 or Q1 '21), and then have tons of extra production capacity come online the quarter after that, to get as many sales in before the credits phase out.
But it has to actually pass, of course.
I've talked to self-identified American patriots who swear the American flags they fly 24/7 from the windows of their car doesn't impact their MPG "significantly". But the US consumes 142 Billion gallons of gasoline annually. Let's assume the flag drops the mileage from 26.32 mpg to 26.30 mpg. That's a drop of 0.08%. The actual impact is probably a lot higher but let's be conservative. If everyone flew the flag from their gas-burning vehicle, that would amount to 113.6 million gallons annually. Just in the U.S. Just for every gas car to display an American flag. How patriotic is that?
But they are taking about ALL lights not just headlights. Accent, window switch, footwell, clearance/Parking, etc.
My suspicion is that the populatoin of survivors to tell their story is SMOL.
ED: Oh yes, Ed K. But he died too.
Total lighting load is going to be under 100w with modern LEDs. The accent/marker lights are trivial, like 5w each unless the brakes are depressed. Maybe the watts may go slightly above 100w if you had on highs, while turning, with the brakes pressed and your dome light on.
