There is a very clear chain of advancement for every technology we have from predecessor tech. And any extraterrestrial tech would almost certainly be so incredibly far ahead, we’d have no hope of even understanding its principles, much less reverse-engineering it. Imagine handing an iPhone to an Australopithecus…

Lack of Fisker’s cloud software would be annoying, but mainly it’s for the phone-app (which lets you see where your car is, and send addresses to the car’s nav). The built-in 4G connection is likewise useful for the maps updates and streaming music. But, we already know we can stream music from a Wi-Fi connection to…

And for anyone digging thru these old comments, I actually got my Ocean updated to OS 2.1 last week, which resolves a couple of minor bugs (that hardly affected me anywhere). The only feature I really long for is seat-position memory, which was slated for version 2.2, which I’m sure is dead in the water. So close!!!…

That legit sounds way worse than my Fisker Ocean, which also doesn’t have full 360, but it does have five different camera views, including two synthetic views from the back right and left. The Ocean does remain fully drivable even when you reboot the infotainment system - it's weird in that the camera view (when…

He already said “BMW x6". Hideous is redundant.

This is probably the most cogent analysis I've seen on this.

The Cybertruck seems like the worst of that list - rather than releasing something like the much-discussed Model 2, or an EV pickup with broad market appeal (a la Rivian R1T and F-150 Lightening), he wasted a ton of resources and time on a divisive vehicle with mediocre range, and looks that... well, they don't have…

Sure, that’s why we’ve had full self-driving cars since 2015, when Elon said we would, right? Then he said 2016. Then 2018. Then 2020. And EVERY YEAR SINCE. Musk has a habit of drastically underestimating the difficulty of achieving things, and is perennially wrong on when he can deliver them. So maybe in 2032, Tesla…

“... Tesla doesn’t have anything against LIDAR per se, and it’s not a personal vandetta. Tesla wants to make cars and sell cars that will (eventually) make them money. LIDAR is still wildly expensive..”

I think your analogy about floaties is just wrong - a better analogy would be trying to design a submarine with arms or fins to swim, rather than acknowledging that submarines are not people, and that driven-screws are far more suitable (until caterpillar drives become practical, which are also a mechanism not used by…

Some of the parts being replaced - like my charge port door assembly, which I stupidly broke off by backing out of the garage with it open (d'oh!) - are likely exactly the same on pre-production and production models. I have no idea what the source for my part was, but it was a perfect replacement. 

Although I would absolutely vote for a ban on any vehicle - lifted or not - that obstructs the driver's view of the road in front. Even OEM pickups have gotten so high, with such high hoods, that they're resulting in increasing numbers of pedestrian fatalities, usually children.

Another significant reason for the rebound in sales is almost certainly due to Tesla’s aggressive price cuts. When the Model Y is $15k cheaper, it’s a lot easier to overcome one’s objections to Musk’s political antics. Plus, several EVs that seemed like reasonable alternatives a year ago (Fisker, Lucid) are now…

False. Did you even read what you just wrote? The tax credit is a GOVERNMENT CREDIT, that's not the actual price - and if - like me - you earn over the max income cap, you DON'T QUALIFY for the credit. And the Model Y price I quoted - for >300 miles and AWD - came **directly from Tesla's website**. Learn to read and…

That dovetails nicely with his Mars ambitions too! 😅😅

And yet Marques Brownlee gave the Cybertruck a fairly glowing review, titled, “Tesla Cybertruck Review: Already Iconic?”. 🙄

Worst car he ever reviewed? I get that he’s a Tesla fanboi (he’s gotten a personal tour of the Tesla factory with Elon Musk, while wearing his Tesla merch), but maybe he hasn’t reviewed the Cybertruck; this very website, today in fact, published an article headlined, “Tesla Cybertruck Owners’ Forum Is Already Full Of…

If you don’t absolutely need AWD, Volvo’s EX-30 has been getting excellent reviews, and they use torque-vectoring, and automatic stability control to give solid handling even on ice with their RWD. Although even Tesla does not sell an AWD model with 300+ miles for $40k. To get both AWD and >300 miles of range, you’ll…

Player of Games would be great, but I’d love to see “Look to Windward” as a movie - if nothing else, seeing the orbital, and the Chelgrians brought to life on the big screen would be awesome. Consider Phlebas could translate well as a mini-series on TV I think, given its series of linear subplots

I have an Ocean One, which was delivered in October. Mechanically, I love the car - drives smooth, it’s fast, it looks great, and the giant sunroof is the *best* thing I’ve ever had on a car. I also love having Spotify, and Disney+, etc, on the giant screen, and I very much appreciate having physical controls for…