Uber is an overvalued clusterfuck. At least Tesla and Netflix can achieve economies of scale with its factories. Both Netflix and Tesla still have its original leadership.

Tesla’s success is hinged on the fact that it’s an elusive option that many are hoping becomes affordable (via model 3) without realizing that the tech on batteries really hasn’t kept up to the pace of the rest of our demands. In simplest terms, batteries cost too much economically and environmentally with too little…

Any article making such declarative claims should be written by (or at least run by—what happened to journalism?) a professional in venture capital and technology company valuation. The little bits cribbed from the source article in the Economist show clearly what the business strategy is for brands like Amazon,…

Thank you.

The one, single feature of Autonomy is Autonomy.

Alcantara. Ah, yes. Modern Japanese ultrasuede. Plastic, in other words.*

When he almost killed that motorcyclist, my asshole clenched so hard you could have turned a piece of coal into a diamond.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he had never actually driven a car at speed before. Looks like he thought it all worked just like in a video game...

“We lost one of our vinyards :/” is possibly the most first world problem sentences I’ve ever read in my life.

EVs remain problematic in general due to the fact that people will be charging at night. Solar and wind power are largely daytime-only power sources, so if you’re charging your EV at night you’re doing it off fossil fuels. There’s not really any point in using an EV if you’re getting that electricity from a natural…

The thing is I worry that’s not all that true. In many cities where electric cars would have an advantage, the people do not have garages in which to plug their cars. They have to park on the street, perhaps far away from their own house.

The power grid is easily the biggest problem with wide ranging electric car adoption. People don’t realize that our power grids are already taxed, adding huge amounts of power drain from electric cars isn’t going to help.

And that’s for a mostly warm climate in CA. What about us Northerners? Heaters being on constantly along with the faster discharging of batteries in cold weather.

“Renault and Nissan don’t yet have any hybrid cars but the third company in their alliance, Mitsubishi, does.”

The thing is I worry that’s not all that true. In many cities where electric cars would have an advantage, the people do not have garages in which to plug their cars. They have to park on the street, perhaps far away from their own house. You can’t run a 1000 foot extension cord down the sidewalk to keep your car…

Read an article recently on what it would actually take to replace, or at least ban gas cars in CA, and am interested in the Jalop Community’s thoughts on it. I’m not 100% on the actual math, but the line of thinking seems in the right direction. Here’s the crux of the article:

Yeah but the roadster doesn’t have current model s tech, and the Porsche has their current tech. If you put the model s drivetrain and batteries in a smaller roadster it’d probably fly.

PROTIP: If you’re having trouble reaching the pedals, move the seat forward.

What was the point of the video? I mean, it looks like that car is aging poorly but could that be due to a high salt environment? I wish I knew German.

I'm sure people are thinking about how much money they saved when they are pinned, bleeding heavily, after a crash in their knock off. Boggles my mind.