While this is old news, hackaday is an incredibly reliable source and full of actual electrical-engineers.
Overall, there's no new information here, but its written by someone who actually knows electrical engineering / computer engineering. So its a better perspective.
What is unwritten, is that eMMC is among the cheapest forms of storage available. A "socket" for eMMC already exists, its called microSD cards. While your 32GB SanDisk may not be automotive-grade, you can get a decent idea for how much an eMMC costs from that.
Finding a supplier for automotive-grade eMMC in microSD form, and then providing a way for users to change-out the microSD card easily, should be a priority for Tesla engineers. This is a part that is KNOWN to wear-out over time. If you expect a car to last for 10+ years, you need to allow the eMMC card to be replaced over time.
EDIT: I did a search on Digikey. Here's a -40C to 85C (!!) extended temperature range microSD card, probably sufficient for automotive use.
If you think comparing burst demand due to preorders to vehicle well into its life cycle... I dunno what to tell you.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/05/is-this-why-sales-of-general-motors-chevrolet-bolt.aspx
Oh hey an article that explains the drop in bolt sales instead of a knee jerk fanboy image post.
> It's easy to assume that Bolt sales are suffering because of competition. That might be true to some extent. But it's also true that supplies of the little electric Chevy have been tight, thanks to demand outside the United States.
> The takeaway: U.S. sales of the Bolt may be down, but from GM's global perspective, it is doing just fine.
Toyota has been able to offer a wide variety of options in very small runs since the 80s, using LEAN manufacturing techniques. The same techniques that Elon rejected for his “alien dreadnaught” experiment.
https://smile.amazon.com/Machine-That-Changed-World-Revolutionizing-ebook/dp/B001D1SRRS/
Apologies for hijacking your comment, I just wanted to add some context to who this guy is and what his credentials are to make a statement like this. As CNN puts it:
> British caver Vern Unsworth, 63, who lives in Chiang Rai, was instrumental in linking up the Thai authorities with the British experts. "I was actually scheduled to go into the cave on June 24 anyway," Unsworth told CNN in an interview in Thailand."I got all my gear ready, and I was going in to do a solo trip just to see what the water levels were like. And I got called out at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, and I was there for the whole 17 days."
> Unsworth's role in the rescue was also pivotal because of his intimate knowledge of the Tham Luang cave system, which he describes as his "second home" after spending the past six years exploring it.
> He had been involved in cave rescue operations in the UK before, but "nothing on this scale."
> It was Unsworth who initally pinpointed where he thought the Wild Boars team would be waiting. They were found 200 meters away from that point, which was "probably around about the best place they could have been," he said.
Let's see if Musk tries questioning his subject matter expertise on twitter :)
Considering the fact that existing service centers are currently not capable of keeping up with existing Model S and X load, even though Model 3 production levels were much lower than initially hyped, this could be a big issue for Tesla.
The other big issue that nobody is talking about is the availability of service parts. One of the big issues with Tesla is that they are not sending spare parts to their service centers quickly, resulting in cars being left for months while repairs are not done.
Situations like this are not acceptable: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/07/repairing-my-tesla-model-s-has-been-an-utter-night.aspx
Perhaps fans will tolerate it, but the public will not.
Ed Niedermeyer's book on Tesla "Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors" is available for pre-order with 20^th of August release date.
This is not a UK only problem. There have been similar complaints in the US of long repairs.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/07/repairing-my-tesla-model-s-has-been-an-utter-night.aspx
One issue is that if the Model 3 is really the mainstream car, they will need to dramatically step up the volume of repairs, which they are ill equipped to do. I suppose the only saving grace here is that they won't make nearly as many units as they said they would, which presents cash flow problems for them.
I have this one. There are higher rated ones that do more, but I didn't feel like throwing money away before I knew if they were really effective or not. Slight blur when not using the special tape on your windshield, but for price + what it does it's a 9/10 out of me.
In theory, you could carry around jugs of gas for ICE cars.
https://www.amazon.com/Midwest-Can-5600-4PK-Gas-Capacity/dp/B00DW4YLLK
Especially with a large pickup truck, you could carry quite a few of these cans. There is no way to do that with spare batteries at the moment. Plus as you note, the charge time is too long.
This is however a good argument for PHEVs.
I am wondering if the 5,000 cars are slowly starting to reach customers.
At least he didn't end up like this guy: https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/07/repairing-my-tesla-model-s-has-been-an-utter-night.aspx
The only praise I will note is that the person got a loaner Model S for now. Hopefully he gets to keep it until the Model 3 gets back.
What do you think the leak to CNBC yesterday was for?
However, another leaker came out and directly contradicted them soon after
Until this board fight gets resolved the price shouldn't move much.
Here is another review from the same event. They must have done a "tech press" review event:
https://www.wired.com/story/mustang-mach-e-delivers-jolt-if-find-charge/
>Ford also delivered a car that’s fun to drive, with three distinct driving modes, including “Unbridled.” In a sequence of informal comparisons against a comparable Tesla Model Y Performance on a closed course, the Mach-E came up predictably short in overall thrust, with the Tesla hitting 60 mph in a brisker 3.5 seconds, which would be more directly comparable to the Mach-E GT Performance coming later. But in a simulated slalom, the Mach-E more than held its own against the Model Y, with comparable speeds and only slightly more body roll, another thing that will be addressed in the GT version. It felt sure-footed, smooth, and quick, with crisp steering feel and surprisingly good wind- and tire-noise levels—a potential gremlin for whisper-quiet EVs.
>The final question, of course, is whether the Mach-E lives up to the Mustang logo affixed to its minimalist grille. Keeping in mind that there have been plenty of actual Mustangs that haven’t exactly lived up to the Mustang name, the short answer is yes, it does. Ford had a choice of whether to make the Mach-E its own thing, or to skew it toward one of its existing models—whether that be on the side of pure efficiency or performance. It chose the latter, and likely wisely. Doing otherwise would have set a low bar for both the engineers and potential customers, whereas aligning it with the Mustang forced them to think hard about the driver experience and the mystique of the car.
If they were on summer tread in any vehicle, they shouldn't have been. My Type-R summers in that same temps was like driving on hockey pucks so I hope they didn't have summers on anything they tested no matter what it was.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/hell/48169/november-weather/2211114?year=2020
I checked to see how long til rain starts getting in their production facility and on this point, it seems they're fine.
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Fremont+CA+94538:4:US
Relentlessly sunny for the foreseeable future. Hot though on some days. And on some days breezy. I imagine leaves and dust will blow in there.
Birds will probably fly in and shit on things too.
> It will be years, if not decades before China can develop its own chip ...
This couldn't be more wrong.
https://www.huawei.com/en/press-events/news/2019/8/huawei-ascend-910-most-powerful-ai-processor
O man how much i hate those naysayer
Obviously there will be an underground Gigacharger network all around the World so where ever a tunnel has to be built the Machine can stop every 500m and recharge!
/s
Have you seen the lidar in the Audi A8 and A7? Probably not. Have a look:
https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=Lidar+in+audi+A8
I am pretty sure Audi doesn't pay $7.5k for one of them. They are not on top of the car and they don't compromise the aerodynamics or the range. There are enough suppliers by now. So, actually it's a no-brainer to have them installed.
Are you comparing US sales numbers with a global sales prediction?
I pasted this elsewhere in this thread but:
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/05/is-this-why-sales-of-general-motors-chevrolet-bolt.aspx
So? We don't live in the stratosphere, we've noted sustained warming in ground level temperature readings and in the troposphere, and warming in the troposphere is known to cause cooling in the stratosphere.
I know on an Earnings Call back in (I think) February, Elon had stated Tesla made Model 3 parts orders of 1k/week for July, 2k/week for August, and 4k/week in September. I hope Tesla could see they'd have production issues and pushed the order numbers back a couple months. Pretty sure I read earlier this year that they had purchased some warehouse complexes over the past 12 months that could house Model 3 parts, but I've no clue if that's actually how they're storing them.
Short of an exec on the upcoming Earnings Call flat-out telling analysts Tesla's parts order plan, the only insight we are likely to get is from the 10-Q filing that should be released within a few days of the Shareholder Letter release. There is a section in the 10-Q that outlines the quarter-end state of Inventory value (in $'s) broken out into the following categories: Raw Materials, Work in Process, Finished Goods, and Service Parts. If tens of thousands of Model 3 parts are stacking up, we'll definitely see it reflected in the Raw Materials section.
Raw Materials numbers at the past 3 quarter-ends have been: $680M (2016Q4), $693M (2017Q1), and $558M (2017Q2). Not sure why there was a drop from Q1 to Q2. I also believe Tesla taps lines of credit (secured either by the parts themselves or the finished vehicles in-transit) to purchase the raw materials, so their cash shouldn't theoretically be getting tied up unless they're REALLY deep in parts inventory hell. They also expanded their borrowing capacity on these asset-backed lines in late June by ~$800M. (https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/06/26/ahead-of-model-3-production-tesla-expands-credit-f.aspx)
I guess none of this actually answers your questions...and you probably already know the info I outlined. Just wanted to post what I knew!
> Is this something unusual?
America is exceptional.
> can't read full article btw
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox or https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome work great for bypassing paywalls.
https://www.scrapehero.com/how-many-products-does-amazon-sell-worldwide-october-2017/
Today Amazon US sells more than 606 million products, which means Amazon’s product count has expanded to more than 200 million since the beginning of the year. That an average of 1.3 million products is added each day!
I'm old enough to remember the story of the Dale from Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp. Are you? If not, here's the Wiki. Scary parallels to Tesla in some business practices if not technology.
The parallels are hard to tell from the Wiki article. But if you have Amazon Prime, you can see an episode of Unsolved Mysteries it was featured in (Season 1 Episode 22) by clicking here. You may be able to find the episode elsewhere. But it's a bizarre and truly riveting tale. Hugest commonality was taking small money in advance to reserve cars they didn't even have a working factory to make at volume yet. Sound at all familiar?
Most interesting thing about it? Engineers working at 20th Century to this day insist it would have worked if they just had a bit more time. And they may be right. But the business model was dangerous.
SpaceX lost another rocket in 2016. So I'm assuming 2016 was another money losing year. The problem is that the margins they are running on are crazy thin: Like 0.2%. So any ambitious development program, or another setback, will quickly turn their finances into the red. My guess is that between the satellite constellation, Falcon Heavy, BFR, Raptor, and Crew Dragon, plus any safety upgrades on the F9, they've realized that they bit off more than they can chew and now are losing money to fix them. Like the cancellation of Red Dragon, prepare for another cancellation soon. I'm guessing the FH is soon to be axed in favor of an upgraded F9.
The issue is the energy is stored in the battery itself cannot be easily contained. Unlike in gasoline fires, where starving the fire of oxygen is often enough, this is not going to be easy to contain.
Just a scary thought, but what happens if a Tesla semi crashes and catches fire? This would not be a hypothetical if the plan is to replace diesel semis with EVs.
Or the energy storage batteries? Look at the image here. How many times more batteries are there in this storage system than in cars?
A fire would quickly spread and could engulf all of the batteries.
Cool story, bro. source
>And although these survey results are coming out in tandem with the summertime (released about five weeks ago), they reflect the habits of 2,000 American men and women year-round. In fact—and surprisingly—women who invest regularly in their appearance spend an average of $3,756 a year, just narrowly surpassing their male counterparts who spend a comparative $2,928 a year. Respectively, that’s $225,360 and $175,000 in a lifetime!
The argument is an image with zero effort that's why op's being downvoted. Shockingly to no one, an chart with absolutely no context can push a fanboy narrative!
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/07/05/is-this-why-sales-of-general-motors-chevrolet-bolt.aspx
Historical weather for Tejon Ranch on Memorial Day 5/31, 98/71. I wonder how many Teslas ran out of juice and people had to bake while waiting in line.
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/tejon-ranch/93243/may-weather/2630877?year=2021
I'm no expert on this but if you look at the waves in the eastern Atlantic on windy.com (https://www.windy.com/distance?waves,40.028,-20.874,5) it seems they may have paused to let the storm progress south or southeast so they miss it on their approach to Europe. Just a guess, because otherwise, why?
The miniaturisation trend in modular nuclear looks promising from everything I've read. I studied nuclear reactors as part of my degree and have followed progress at a limited level of depth since.
For those looking for a solid, physics-driven understanding of energy requirements (and subsequent land resource requirement) I recommend this book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sustainable-Energy-Without-Hot-Air/dp/0954452933
And there's a free pdf of it here:
https://www.withouthotair.com/
David Mackay was a really good guy (and advised UK government) but sadly passed in 2016, the year after I took his course (though lectured by someone else) on sustainable energy.
The book is great at a micro-level but doesn't properly address the systems-level integration that you're discussing here, which is much more complex but much more interesting!
Batteries are a great solution for grid stabilisation (why the one in Australia is so successful) but beyond ~4 hour storage duration, the balance of sensibility shifts to H2. Horses for courses.
Look, what I do observe is that institutional holders are cashing out recently -- https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/05/02/will-this-giant-mutual-fund-lead-a-tesla-sell-off.aspx
while common folks in other sub are all like "I got some more TSLA with discount, hooray!".
To be honest, it looks to me as a distribution phase, when stock accumulated on much lower levels by professionals is being sold to retail dudes.
>You do not understand what the purpose of CarPlay/AndroidAuto is.
Then why don't you tell me? You're the smart guy in the room...
According to android.com, the way I've described AA is exactly accurate. If you know something they don't, though, I'd love to hear it.
Its sad to say, but I probably need to invest in these for my Tesla: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073JCMTW2/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_ME8Y3KN8TCYR16T48JFQ
2 per car, one for the rear occupants and one for the front occupants. Owning a model 3, can anyone tell me off the top of their head how to manually release the rear doors? I know how to do the front doors... I did see something under the storage mats in the rear door cards... but have no idea how to operate it (Let alone be able to figure it out in an actual emergency).
Shoulda gone Android :p
I just have an aftermarket unit and Android Auto works great. Google maps and Waze are both available. It does voice recognition, will even answer questions. I mostly use Amazon Music as its free with Prime with unlimited skips and all that.
Yup. That sounds like the thermal reduction. If his charger was mating with a dirtier / less used part of your contacts then it was probably lowering current to protect itself. Pick up some deoxit - works wonders: DeoxIT Sampler Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AQ7FZFG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_pS7rYOviigIbv . These brushes were spendy but fit the charge port and plug perfectly: CAIG Laboratories Brush, Connector Cleaning Brush 3-6 mm x 20 mm 25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015A9DRK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1M7zFbZ4B97WM
Also, having a rooted S, yeah, being able to pull up the ‘real’ error messages is definitely handy. There should be some ‘I know what I’m doing so show me the damn error code’.
>The Saudi government popped Bezos's phone with a link based exploit
Geeze, Jeff you can buy a burner on Amazon - free shipping if you've got Prime.
An electronic Dungeons and Dragons mini, using an e-ink screen as the... erm... screen.
I'm trained in computer engineering, so I'm confident I can (eventually) learn the PCB / microcontroller bits. But D&D fans will want a piece of plastic that holds everything together.
Imagine replacing a set of these things: https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Pathfinder-Roleplaying-Miniatures-Unpainted/dp/B09ZK5NP1D/ref=asc_df_B09ZK5NP1D/?
With something like this: https://www.opticonusa.com/assets/documents/datasheets/EE-153R_2019a-Datasheet_FINAL.pdf
D&D pieces have size requirements, but the "mechanical" problem is pretty much "can it stand on its own, and kinda-sorta look like the imaginary monster everyone is fighting". D&D grids are all 1-inch standardized in the USA at least, and minis are all to scale (1-inch is a standard person. 2-inches is a "large" monster, like a bear. 3-inches is a "huge" monster, like an elephant), etc. etc.
Also Im not sure how familiar you are with Teslas.. but the interior of the Model 3 Performance.. and the interior of the Model Y (any of them) are identical. The only thing the Performance changes on the inside are aluminum foot pedal covers. And trust me.. they are covers. You can buy them off Amazon for $15: https://www.amazon.com/TOPlight-Performance-Anti-Slip-Accelerator-Replacement/dp/B07KJX4J3M/
When I said the 3 and Y are virtually identical. I mean identical. The only thing that changes between the two from front dash to the rear seat.. is the amount of legroom. The Y of course has much more legroom.
Elon isn’t known to be good at efficient programming. From his own biography.
>While Musk had exceled as a self-taught coder, his skills weren’t nearly as polished as those of the new hires. They took one look at Zip2’s code and began rewriting the vast majority of the software. Musk bristled at some of their changes, but the computer scientists needed just a fraction of the lines of code that Musk used to get their jobs done. They had a knack for dividing software projects into chunks that could be altered and refined whereas Musk fell into the classic self-taught coder trap of writing what developers call hairballs—big, monolithic hunks of code that could go berserk for mysterious reasons.
Here's a 5000 N actuator. I'm pretty sure my understanding of forces and masses means it could lift a half ton piano. $35 on Amazon.
About to go through my first summer here where it gets hotter than Phoenix with my Model 3, so I guess I'll find out. We actually set a record not long ago for hottest day while raining.
The July 24 rain at 119°F in Imperial sets a new record for the hottest rain in world history.
I'm not sure what that has to do with my comment? Efficiency is a personal problem. And parts-of California also benefit from very mild weather.
It's 76F where my California relatives live right now. It's 93F here in Dallas. If I were in CA my air conditioners wouldn't be on right now. And this week has been very mild compared to the week before.
Why would the SC care whether it is an insurance claim or not? I appears the ball joint separated. Fairly easy fix in your driveway if you own a few basic tools and aren't a wimp. A new UCA with balljoint and bushings cost $88.
https://www.amazon.com/Front-Upper-Control-Replacement-2012-2018/dp/B08T8VJVNP
Beside the missing spare tire, lug wrench and jack, you also need some little thingamajigs to put between the jack and the bottom of the car so you don't deform the battery, which would induce sadness.
If you call a random mechanic to help you by the side of the road and you don't have those yourself already, you may have a bad time.
I carry the motorcycle version of this with a small 12 volt compressor. Has saved my butt once, and its nice to have the piece of mind. Regarding "Goo compressors", well, there are circumstances where they wont help. Used one when my 2006 Charger SRT got a flat 1oo miles from home in August just north of Norfolk. Goo just kept pumping out the hole and I could see why. 2 hours later, tow truck gets us to the Dodge dealer 10 miles up the road. Guy uses pliers to pull out the rolled up steel from a wheel weight, it was like a hypodermic needle. They have no tire in stock, luckily there was a tire shop across the street, they popped the tire off and did a internal plug patch. My car goo kits now all include pliers and a rope plug to fill larger holes.
I always keep a window break/seat belt cutter in my cars (Tesla or not) and make sure he kids have one in their cars as well.
In an accident doors frequently get jammed shut. Car windows are hard to break with just you hand, but super easy to break with the right tool.
Something like this is cheap insurance.
https://www.amazon.com/04-100-09-Original-Keychain-Seatbelt-Breaker/dp/B01G6C18AG
No… start here. https://www.amazon.com/Probabilistic-Robotics-INTELLIGENT-ROBOTICS-AUTONOMOUS/dp/0262201623
Look up concepts you don’t understand and build this semantic graph of information until it intersects yours. There’s a lot of confident ignorance in your comments.
Understand that there’s a very low likelihood that you, as someone naively introduced to localization, tracking, mapping through autonomous vehicles has somehow identified massive gaps in our current understanding of the technology that landed us on the moon 60+ years ago.
Economics is non zero sum. https://www.amazon.com/Nonzero-Logic-Destiny-Robert-Wright/dp/0679758941?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=ef60b7d9-d157-4d9a-90d4-fcd43ebcede4
Instead of always attacking the billionaires we should all become billionaires. Then maybe we'd all have a little more empathy for them too
I did celebrate that Elonversary...I remember because I found other people who had already solved the problem. What I find hilarious is apparently 2 weeks ago I was calling Elon 'Technovictim', but his mood swings are so wide I can no longer remember why that was a thing:
Today's 4 year Elonversary:
"We’re working on allowing you to use your phone in car when you hear a rattle/squeak & pinpoint origin by acoustic signature & triangulation" - Technovictim, 5/20/2018
This actually doesn't sound impossible to implement, but I suspect the griftim was more interested in using multi-syllabic words than actually developing an app.
But to all you Branch Elonians out there - if you're on your 8th service center visit, and they just keep breaking shit looking for your rattle, help is on the way. Apparently some second principles non rocket landing developers have an app for that:
I bought this book https://www.amazon.com/NetWarriors-Programming-Multi-Player-Games-Book/dp/0471110647 not because I wanted to write graphical games, but because there was a section on writing DOS network protocols, and I was in the middle of writing a protocol for a project I was working on.
That was the last C I wrote from scratch. I'm guessing Elon's C experience ended around the same time.
Today's 4 year Elonversary:
"We’re working on allowing you to use your phone in car when you hear a rattle/squeak & pinpoint origin by acoustic signature & triangulation" - Technovictim, 5/20/2018
This actually doesn't sound impossible to implement, but I suspect the griftim was more interested in using multi-syllabic words than actually developing an app.
But to all you Branch Elonians out there - if you're on your 8th service center visit, and they just keep breaking shit looking for your rattle, help is on the way. Apparently some second principles non rocket landing developers have an app for that:
Lol. And you can buy the DIY paint kit for $65. They already have the car jacked up, might as well do it right and save some cash.
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As i pointed out in another comment is may be a regional thing, it's common in the UK. I used autocar as a source but I could have used any magazine or even Haynes who did an ICE special.
There's really nothing you can't find on Amazon:
> I did not imply it, I said it, and I still think so.
Oh so you don't know, just think so.
>You said the average price of an oil change is 500 dollars. Then backed down and showed an oil change in California, where oil changes are going to be the most expensive in the US, is 395.
Guess what Average means....It means some will be more expensive and other will be less expensive, odds are though it will be around the average. How is me showing a coupon for $400 mean I'm backing down?
Did you know that Groupon disagree with your claim that California is the most expensive place to do oil changes, in fact it is actually more like midwest and the south have the most expensive
https://www.groupon.com/articles/oil-change-prices
What is your source to prove that California has the most expensive oil changes?
The issue is if you take your hands off, even for six seconds, that’s a short enough period of time for the car to kill you which is why they constantly say, “Hands must be on the wheel at all times.”
>JFC, Tesla is a dumpster fire. I mean, damn...
>
>JFC, be fair! Cut the hyperbole. Let's only make supported statements and not engage in exaggeration.
>
>Tesla is a roof and/or parking garage fire. ;)
JFC you obviously haven't been paying attention: Tesla factory becomes literal dumpster fire after recycling machinery goes up in flames
;)
> shift existing capital gains
again this took me 30 seconds to find
And again, this is all the out in the open stuff. As if there isn't a world if dark finance available to these people to hide money from the tax man.
here’s more research, no one here has a victim hood complex, just observing something we’ve seen a lot. chill out homie. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Glass-Cliff%3A-Evidence-that-Women-are-in-Ryan-Haslam/6b264b9f35b95c840b09c37aa0a77c5c98cb87d2
Fine. We'll use exactly your numbers.
Reaction time 1.5s.
Initial velocity 75MPH.
Initial car velocity 0.
Deceleration of 6.3MPH per second (this results in an 820 foot stopping distance).
Car acceleration of 7.5MPH per second (we'll assume we'll do a 0-60 in 10s in this somewhat hairy situation).
We'll also assume that no other lanes are available, despite the fact that there's no other cars around to interact with on the merge.
Truck gains 370 feet on car.
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/qjk8vv4t74
I mean, it's all on sliders -- you can change the values to suit.
> Unfortunately almost none of Earth
https://www.nperf.com/en/map/5g
that looks like a lot of the earth too me, especially considering it's what, been on the market for like 5 years? Sat internet has been a thing since the 90s and for reasons you think this is finally the YEAR when it's going to beat it's competition.
Only the rear wheels lock when in park for a Tesla, front wheels are free to turn. So only the rears are holding the car in place. If they start sliding at all, it’s all over, given the weight of the car. On ICE cars that are FWD or AWD, putting the car in park also prevents the driveshaft from turning, locking the front wheels too. Note this is not the case for a RWD car. Parking brake on most all cars, including Tesla, is rear wheels only.
Parking facing nose down is much worse chance of sliding. At least OP faced up, which should usually be enough. Best option is some inexpensive wheel chocks if parking like this and there is a risk of overnight icing.
I’ve linked to those twice in this thread like I’m selling them LOL. I’m not, I’m just trying to save some people some grief.
Mods locked the post. Same with the prior posts linked in this thread: if they aren’t on r/RealTesla, mods lock them. Wtf.
For anyone who owns a Tesla and parks outside on a sloped driveway in the winter:
I have to agree that their build quality is not up to the same standard as other higher end car companies. However, to make sure that we are all judging the truth here, Tesla doesn't make a "carbon fiber" appearing steering wheel attachment. This looks like the insert they bought which is aftermarket. https://www.amazon.com/CoolKo-Steering-Modified-Decoration-Compatible/dp/B07SY8L18M
Other than that, the only thing he shows is things "creak" a little. If you want to show Tesla build quality issues, look at panel gaps/etc.
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It seems significantly smaller than the subways I've been in. Here's a cross-section of the Pennsylvania line.
You've got pilings down to bedrock. Because you don't want to be sending 150mph sleds down a track that's going to shift after a heavy rain.
You have pump stations because in most places you'll be below the water table and the tunnels would fill up in a matter of days.
You have ventilation.
You have power and signaling, because you can't depend on the sled's batteries for any of the above.
You have emergency exits to the surface, with their own redundant lighting systems.
You have fire suppression and emergency ventilation because you don't want to kill everyone in the tunnel in the event of a fire and the smoke isn't going to clear itself, putting other tunnel passengers in danger of death by smoke inhalation who aren't in danger of the fire itself.
You have walkways to the emergency exits because the track area potentially has 150mph missiles escaping passengers would have to dodge.
I can see how the difference between a standing-room-only sewer line and an actual functioning passenger tunnel are easily an order of magnitude different in costs.
I don't see any reason to believe that Elon Musk has in any way contributed to any technological advancement in boring technology after purchasing his used machinery when existing players like mining companies have every reason to be just as, if not more focused on costs and have the experience to know where the real problems are.
He was considered crazy because he argued that the design could cause the wheels to come off. That's the "conspiracy theory". He was insulted for being an Australian having an interest in faulty American vehicles without owning one. If he's factually right, then he's been unfairly maligned. And as he said, he has challenged Musk to sue him for fraud if he's lying about it. Kinda suspicious that Musk hasn't sued him, eh?
This is the TSLAQ podcast with Keef. I thought he seemed perfectly reasonable.
According to https://www.amazon.com/Ludicrous-Unvarnished-Story-Tesla-Motors/dp/1948836122 Musk has 3 separate PR agencies for himself and his family, I've always wondered how he gets his companies too foot the bill, or if this is just something that he pays for himself to make the whole musk brand work. I don't have the book myself, I'm just cribbing notes from the TrueAnon podcast they did that was largely based off this book. But I'm like 90% sure it was at least 3 companies mentioned.
I would suggest to use: https://www.deepl.com/Translator
It's much more accurate than Google/Bing. Only downside is that you have to copy&paste the text and can't translate whole websites (yet).
Here is the relevant part:
> Elon Musk recently twittered: "The only thing that goes beyond Ludicrous is Plaid." A reference to Tesla's performance modes, of which "Ludicrous" was the most extreme so far (the new Raven engines improve efficiency above all; nothing concrete is known about their performance so far). Above all, however, there will probably be three engines (two on the rear axle) like in the Roadster. "Plaid", which translated means "chequered" and is again an allusion to the movie "Spaceballs", should allow an even more powerful performance and could also be used in the series versions of the Model S, Model X and the new Roadster in about a year's time. Model S is almost as far away from a production car as Musks Roadster is from Mars. But what the new engine can do, it has already shown on some very fast laps. Our observer reports a hand-stopped lap time of 7:23 minutes - as I said: hand-stopped with corresponding inaccuracies. But that would be about 20 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan. The weather conditions on Monday (16.9.) were rather cool with 18 degrees and heavy clouds.
It bumps into everything. I don't have nice furniture, but if I did I might want to get some soft pads to protect everything from the robot.
https://www.amazon.com/Robot-Add-Ons-Ultra-Soft-Bumper-Roomba/dp/B003JTAEVE/
Would not trust it at 60mph.
https://weatherspark.com/y/11799/Average-Weather-in-New-Orleans-Louisiana-United-States-Year-Round
There is a lag from when people catch it and when large amounts of people show symptoms so look back 2 weeks or so. If you look at these average charts for time of year - it’s not usually humid and it wasn’t hot, especially at night when all these people were congregating. Mardi Gras is usually pretty dry and a bit chilly.
Does the reason have to be something nefarious? Here's a cool visual of wave activity over the Pacific Ocean: https://www.windy.com/-Waves-waves?waves,37.090,-168.662,4,i:pressure. There are huge waves in front the path of Ship #3. Could easily be the reason for the delay.
> Why does this matter? If you include GF1, they are simultaneously building 4 factories around the world and aggressively developing and producing their own batteries.
Their capex seems to be rather problematic both in real and relative terms:
https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:TSLA/explorer/capex
Their capex-to-sales isn't much different from Ford:
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Here's a little lighthearted fun, edited rather quickly, but might still be good for a laugh.
When it rains, it pours.
Like the comments! What the fuck...hope this guy has Uber or cabs near by if needed
edit: <strong>Acamp</strong> • <strong>3 minutes ago</strong>
I can’t get into my car for one. And I don’t have the key card. Hope they fix ASAP.
> The first few years are vital in child development.
Turns out that's not true: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0275961036/
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Early nutrition is important, though.
Still investigating whether or not she owns a prayer candle:
There's a great book I read on the eye and it's even more fucked up than you'd think.
The optic nerve doesn't have enough bandwidth to just transmit the data from your retina to your brain. The eyes are doing lots of processing and some level of thinking, and transmitting the visual concepts to your brain.
Also the time delay for the signals to get across is significant, so what you're seeing isn't what is coming through the optic nerve, or you wouldn't be able to catch or react quickly. It's what your brain predicts you will be seeing shortly. Crazy stuff.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eye-Natural-History-Simon-Ings/dp/0747592861
For what it is worth, I made this comment many moons ago concerning imagery very similar to this at the Fremont operation - which I am somewhat standing by.
At a higher-level, however, I will say that mere presence of "the tents" (or sprung structures, officially) at the Fremont operation supports my indictment of Tesla's current "four walls policy" in the way it builds out new production facilities with a singular and myopic focus on buildout time and cost. That is very unlikely to produce a scalably efficient facility (especially when future product/volume expansion is desired) and, crucially, a safe and comfortable facility for Tesla's workforce and for the safety of Tesla's downstream customers.
I have not read Tim Higgins' book and I am debating with myself to do so anyways, but from the Twitter conversations that have occurred on it already and from the testimony of some former Tesla employees that have appeared on this sub, it seems I am pretty solid ground so far.
Tbf they also didn't show the seat belt buckle defeat device either. This was always possible but it always requires a defeat like not buckling the seat belt over you.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087Q4PPJ8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_GCRA3B4JPPSVJX8J6A37
> The whole “I have no experience or expertise, but here’s why the experts are wrong!” doesn’t sit well with me
You are not the only one. There is a book about it.
Thanks! And definitely, it's why I listed it as the #2 example for features to come :) Be sure to create that here, which is what I'm using to figure out what to work on next.
In the meantime, App Shortcuts works almost just as well. You can add them to the home screen as individual icons for quick use. You can see them in use on the store page's picture that titled "Add actions to the Home Screen".
Saudi Arabia was supposed to have run out of cheap oil long ago: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471790184/
In 2005, Simmons bet on $200+/bbl average oil price for the year 2010 (in 2005 dollars, corrected for inflation, so actually more than $200/bbl): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons%E2%80%93Tierney_bet
2010 was before the fracking revolution took off.
If you search for 'Tesla Autopilot' on Amazon these come up as a top result:
So yea, lots of idiots do this sadly.
> I worked with a Chinese supplier making parts for a biomedical device (needing a highly controlled process), and they'd be like "fuck it, let's change parameters whenever we want, no one will care". Turns out we did care when later lots performed drastically differently and we had to investigate what happened.
That sounds like Quality Fade. Have you read the book Poorly Made In China?
> OCCASIONALLY one needs to be able to fill up the whole 100kWh. ~~The~~ A charger ~~has to be able to do that~~ somewhere reasonably close to the parking spot needs to be able to do that.
>On that one day i drove those 200 miles i gotta go to work tomorrow!
is your office also 200 miles away from your residence? Most people work within 25 miles of their home. If you are stupid enough to live 100 miles from your workplace, that's on you.
> Or maybe i want to drive to another city next day! Weird, huh?!
They make Level-3 chargers for that...
https://www.tesla.com/supercharger?redirect=no
and if you want to commute 200 miles each way, that's what the Tesla Supercharger system is best at.
>You need a charging point EVERY FIVE METERS! I already told you that.
Well, the utterly thick view every question as impossible, but, clever people look around and find things like this https://www.amazon.com/JLONG-40ft-J1772-extension-cable/dp/B01B6OH99S oh look, it's a 12 meter long J1772 extender. Gosh, i'll explain it in small words. 12 Meters is bigger then 5 meters.
> You fucking joking? You expect people to lay hundreds of meters of fucking extension cords to their cars every fucking day?
Only if they are as stupid as you are.
>> I've worked at companies that charge for parking.
>How? Why?
How? I put in a resume. Why? The work was interesting and at the time the salary seemed pretty good.
>You are also assuming that those companies even have parking spots for their employees! But even if they have, they don't want to go through the hassle of charging for power.
It's often less hassle to just make the charging free. It's also an excellent benefit. They get smart clever employees and stupid ones like you don't sign up...
You are correct, thanks. I know the contract in 08 was 1.6 billion that really got them to legitimacy. I'm going off memory from the book Space Barrons highly recommend for anyone interested in the subject.
Either you don't understand Elon's objectives for any of his businesses, or you just don't care to see them through. Everything he's taken on he tries to find new efficiencies. Boring Company goal, improve tunneling efficiency, SpaceX goal, make a better, cheaper rocket. Tesla goal, make a more efficient vehicle that doesn't require as much maintenance, make production more efficient through new manufacturing techniques. Yes, the Tesla goals are extremely ironic at the moment.
Of course it's obvious the hell that they're in is of their own making - that's the cost of trying something new. He doesn't want business as usual, to just nibble away market share from other companies, he wants to change how the whole system works.
I really feel like people here should read this book about him: https://www.amazon.com/Elon-Musk-SpaceX-Fantastic-Future/dp/006230125X
It is not overtly pro Elon, not even close. The book does a great job showing where he's screwed some things up, including being a dick for a boss. But I think it'd shed a lot of insight to his mindset on his businesses and why he is choosing to run them this way.
> Other car companies can use profits from their profitable to subsidize the cost of their EVs.
The Innovator's Dilemma is very much real for other car OEMs. They are extremely hesitant to risk their core (money making) business at the expense of giving up their profits. This causes them to react very slow, and neglect, to disruptors like Tesla.