Or how about they just release the actual fucking game content with the purchase of a game?!

Ah yes, Discovery channel! This should fit in nicely with them explaining the science of the universe, or physics of huge building projects, or the human body... oh wait, I’m remember back to their programming lineup when I was a child.... 😶

So if this is truly the case (which it is), I would suspect leasing would see a comparative surge in popularity. While that might be a stupid move in the long term when it comes to total cost. A continuous 36 month lease where new cars were under warranty then that might be the ultimate “subscription” model for that…

So that’s interesting that it’s being compared to items which have a much smaller value. 100% extra on an item that costs $0.50 or something (at the supplier level) is much easier to absorb and pass onto the consumer. Yes over the long term it adds up and yearly bills are more expensive. BUT, I’m curious how sales…

I know it weighs a lot more then it looks.... but man with how thin that is I feel like they should be able to layer two of those without affecting too much interior space in the car and then have a 200kW Tesla!

Something tells me my $131 return isn’t going to get me anything worth while.... :-/

Something tells me my $131 return isn’t going to get me anything worth while.... :-/

Musk is probably going ballistic he doesn’t have his fleet of robots ready yet... obviously his plans are to remove all the fleshy bits of the manufacturing process. Why invest in health and safety now when robots won’t care? :P

Chevy Bolt gets almost 240 mi (under ideal conditions) from 60kw. Tesla could still offer an upgraded range by offering a 75kw or 80kw option... they probably can also repackage the battery to save a little space. The Bolt gets roughly 4 mi/kWh, the design of the model 3 appears to be far more focused on aero…

So it absolutely sucks hands down... but I thought they got a decent deal! I was expecting the value to be like $30k or something. The car had over 55,000 miles on it and the value was only ~$15,000 less then the OUT THE DOOR cost for them when they got it (new?). Tax probably was what, $5,000 to $8,000 on that car?…

I thought those terms were in the other one too.... but here we are with people buying up cars like crazy and selling them back... I’m getting the feeling these rulings are very fluid and loose...

So... is this actually fact this time? Do the restitutions get split between owners, or am I going to read six months from now how people bought four or five of these cars to sell back? I’m 100% positive the same wording was in the other statement (and I believe actually in the legal papers and I didn’t just go off…

DAMN IT! Literally the day they released the ruling (long before collecting the cars) I read over the documents seeing if I could do this exact thing. I had already located two or three around me that would have gained $4k - $6k each and was expanding my search to within an hour or two drive distance. Ultimately the…

What if that feature is still included? Just because it’s a big long hidden cent doesn’t mean you couldn’t have some louvers hidden inside the ducting. Then instead of “old out dated” manual movement to close vents you’ll be able to control the zones digitally from the touch screen. Maybe just by temperature settings…

What would be amazing is if they could get some support from Tesla & run a semi-custom car with battery swap technology. Even if the common owner won’t want to give up his perfect battery for one that might be older, OR doesn’t routinely drive a route that allows for regular swap backs, there are plenty of service…

Man, in the world of F1 I can’t believe a ~$13 million payout is make it or break it for a team! Even if that money just means confidence from investors and a heck of a lot more then $13 million, that sum just seems like it should be a small hurdle in that insanely expensive world.

I suspect it’s more of a “horsepower is easy in an EV”. I know that with Tesla when you switch to the dual motor design (AWD) instead of a single motor the range actually INCREASES a little because it’s more efficient and better at regen. The limiting factor probably isn’t the power the electric motor can take (at…

“Chief Technology Officer Peter Rawlinson explained to Jalopnik that Lucid instead divots the battery pack in the passenger compartment.”

Oh totally! That’s why I’ve got ~9 gallons of gas to extend the range out at ~40 mpg.

It’s also an engineering thing. My Volt has a capacity of 18.4 kW but I’m only ever able to use 14 kW from it (good for ~53 miles). That’s roughly 75% of the capacity of the battery that I actually get to discharge and use. Basically I’m dragging around 25% of my battery (or potentially 13+ extra miles of range) that…

This is also an auction... that means people bid on them, right? There’s a seriously good chance that these cars are going for $7 or $8k or something and then being marked up to $10-11k.