I'm not so much worrying about the license but getting FAA approval for trips. I mean look how long it takes SpaceX.
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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I'm talking about the market in general. Nasdaq futures dropped almost 1% which is pretty amazing.
NBA players love to strut coming into the stadium. I'm sure more players will drive in one and I'm sure Charles and Shaq will show a picture of it on TNT.
I just can't wait for a few more years where a 6'8" player will be carried like a baby into the locker room by Optimus.
"The MTT 420-RR is street-legal, allowing it to also claim the fastest street bike in the world title with its top speed of 273 mph (439 km/h); 0-60 0.8 seconds". So the Roadster shouldn't really have a problem.
soon only LeBron will be driving electric Hummer among NBA stars
Now that production scaling is slowing down, Tesla seems to be spending their money on improving service. I tried to add another Tesla to my Tesla Insurance policy today. My wait was 15 minutes instead of the 1 hour+ I had usually dealt with in the past. When I told the representative that I noticed their service was getting better, she said they were finally hiring more people so the team was no longer short staffed. I hope Tesla next spends money on building spare parts to reduce cost of insurance across all insurance carriers. As the total cost of ownership decreases and quality of ownership experience increases, Tesla should naturally attract more buyers.
I hope this extends over to their service centers, some of them are seriously lacking in the customer service dept.
I agree with all of that.Exactly. 'Unboxed' method allows production of small volumes in individual modules, while retaining the capability to scale rapidly as required.
I think there'll be some new tech for weight savings on this "Roadster 2.5"
At this point, "sky's the limit" and we are "free to fly", so to speak... I love this!
- Kato Rd. cybercell v3.0 w. single crystal SI anode content (up to 400 wh/kg)
- magnesium die-cast frame (see 4-part series on MG by The Limiting Factor | Jordan Giesige)
- magnesium wheels for light weight/high strength
- Molded CFRP body panels w. embedded paint/finish (may be part of Gen 3)
- 3,600 lb curb weight w. 2,000 hp (10,000 NM of torque to the ground)
- SpaceX package:
- 10K PSI Carbon overwrapped pressure vessel w. upward-facing cold gas thrusters
- each individual corner's ABS system linked to upward jet to maintain traction
- (I hope these last two items are OPTIONAL!)
Cheers to the Rocket Scientists!
If Tesla doesn't have suitable cells they can source them from a company targeting the E-VTOL market like Lyten,
Anything that flies even for short distances, needs to lightweight and have low drag. Lightweight and low drag also makes a great EV.
My additional thought is that the SpaceX package is dangerous in the wrong hands, and in the wrong places.
Price is one barrier, if the base model was $250.000, the SpaceX edition might be $500,000, so likely good margins on the SpaceX edition.
The SpaceX booster can also be geofenced and by default only unlocked at specific locations like race tracks. A customer who wants to use it in another location needs to apply to Tesla and the regulator. it is possible that SpaceX edition cars can be road legal as long an regulators are happy that the software locking of the feature is robust and hard to defeat.
I doubt even Lebron wants to drive an electric Hummersoon only LeBron will be driving electric Hummer among NBA stars
... he likely got paid by gm to drive the hummerI doubt even Lebron wants to drive an electric Hummer
How many of those does Fred get for free?Exactly. 'Unboxed' method allows production of small volumes in individual modules, while retaining the capability to scale rapidly as required.
I think there'll be some new tech for weight savings on this "Roadster 2.5"
At this point, "sky's the limit" and we are "free to fly", so to speak... I love this!
- Kato Rd. cybercell v3.0 w. single crystal SI anode content (up to 400 wh/kg)
- magnesium die-cast frame (see 4-part series on MG by The Limiting Factor | Jordan Giesige)
- magnesium wheels for light weight/high strength
- Molded CFRP body panels w. embedded paint/finish (may be part of Gen 3)
- 3,600 lb curb weight w. 2,000 hp (10,000 NM of torque to the ground)
- SpaceX package:
- 10K PSI Carbon overwrapped pressure vessel w. upward-facing cold gas thrusters
- each individual corner's ABS system linked to upward jet to maintain traction
- (I hope these last two items are OPTIONAL!)
Cheers to the Rocket Scientists!
Just a small OT. Just received a message that my car is finally ready tomorrow after two months at the body shop after a minor crash. Really looking forward driving my own car again.
Back in December I was hoping that I would have FSD 12 by the time my car is ready. That hasn’t happened - perhaps fortunately as I would have been more restless in getting my car back. I do miss FSD though.
Back in December I was hoping that I would have FSD 12 by the time my car is ready. That hasn’t happened - perhaps fortunately as I would have been more restless in getting my car back. I do miss FSD though.
Artful Dodger
"Neko no me"
Zero, IMO. Fred runs a commercial, for-profit website, thus he is ineligible (and always has been) for the referrals he obtained from the public via his website. The referral program was always intended to benefit people personally known to the referrer. Fred promoted himself, not Tesla, who owes him nothing.
At the time many YouTube identities, (and I think Fred), were promoting the referral codes, earning referral credits though sales and qualifying for a Roadster or 2.
Tesla did get the benefit of the sales which earned the referral credits, and those engaged in the dubious practice have had to wait for their free Roadster.
Should they get Roadster, the first thing they will probably do is feature it on their YouTube channel.
So overall, it is part of the marketing budget... even though IMO those people didn't really earn their free Roadster.
And free deliveries don't need to be at the front of the queue, paying customers should come first.
Perhaps those with promoted referral credits don't have the right to a free Roadster, I am not sure when the conditions were changed, or this this change could be retrospective.
Knightshade
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Apologies if I missed it but didn't think I'd seen this posted yet--- interesting coming on the heels of Elon saying they had just "radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster."
NYT put out a surprisingly informative article about the Apple Car project.
Apple was very serious about this project. Their failure showed how remarkable Tesla is.
Apple was very serious about this project. Their failure showed how remarkable Tesla is.
Tesla is remarkable, no question there. But does this "failure" really show it? Its not like Ford, GM, Hyundai, Polestar and 100s of Chinese EVs dont exist. I guess they must be remarkable, too.
Just try not to get carried away. This is a nothingburger.
I think we can say that BYD is at least a bit remarkable, and many of Chinese car companies are good at copying.
What I am calling remarkable is, vertical integration and expertise in many different areas:-
- Computer hardware design.
- Computer software
- AI
- Robotics
- Manufacturing
- Supply chains
- Power electronics
- Vehicle design and engineering.
- Battery raw material processing.
- Making batteries.
- Materials science.
Most other companies are similar, 2-3 core competencies everything else they outsource.
The Ford company in the era of the Model T was more like Tesla and BYD.
In an era of rapid change, the generalists have an advantage over the specialists.
In the case of Apple, senior management also didn't give the team a winning formula, the software and AI part of a car was close enough to their core competencies.
Artful Dodger
"Neko no me"
Fred stated years ago that the 1st thing he would do is sell one of the Roadsters. IMO he doesn't qualify since his "referrals" would have almost certainly resulted in a sale anyway. There were literally a dozen online sources of Tesla specs and reviews. Fredtrik made his bed with the shortzes by sensationalizing any controversy he could find, especially with his 'hot takes' (which damangled Tesla) for his short-term click-baity benefit, and inevitably turned out to be wrong. Then there's the 'shadow banning' if you call him on any plain error. Fred is a net negative.
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