FWIW, at the Model Y unveiling, they said it would start production in Fall 2020. It started production ~6 months earlier than that in Spring of 2020.

Dude you’re fighting like 10 people trying to say that the chip shortage won’t affect things, despite even Mitsubishi up-charging on a base Mirage.

Tesla has always been overly optimistic on the timing of the release of their products. But they’ve always come through-eventually. You can criticize Tesla for a lot of things, but they didn’t get where they are producing vaporware…

Don’t let this distract you from the the fact that in 1966, you scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against your old nemesis, Bubba “Spare…

It’s amazing to me that for something as ubiquitous and essential to our daily lives as the microchip is, very few people actually understand how they are made.

“Ramping production,” as Musk referred to it during the investor call, is difficult as it is, even without the supply-chain woes the whole industry is undergoing.

Considering I’ve made well more than my $100 deposit on TSLA since the announcement, you can be quite sure I’m happy with it.

I feel like Elon has been playing a long game con this whole time with the cyber truck to force the hand of the legacy makers to accelerate their plans to build electric trucks.

It depends.  FSD stuff is 14nm, so not bleeding edge but fairly modern.  Even entertainment console is moving to smaller processes, more like 28nm than 65nm.  Even those take a while to build - the timeline of 18-24 months is probably optimistic for the larger processes they’re looking at.  Building up from zero to…

The scam you can get the money back any time you want?

I always carry a few random pieces for my E39 in the trunk, so it must also be a reliable and built to last car.

What would really keep us from talking about this is if there were a rule requiring a driver to restart from the pits if they want to do repairs during a red flag.

Yes, the cybertruck is ridiculous. Yes, it won’t do what a “normal” truck will do. Yes, it will be bad at being a work truck.

It’s not my cup of tea, but my son-in-law has a deposit on one. I’m a died in the wool car person and he is not. He’s more a tech geek and this is where I think the Cybertruck will shine. I have my doubts about it being a real hit, but there is definitely a market there that is waiting to buy some weird shit like…

What hurts us is driving a lot of CO2-farting ICE-powered trucks and SUVs. Tesla is totally succeeding at achieving their stated mission of motivating big auto to make EV cars and trucks.

Besides all the big three trucks are ugly as sin, they all have gotten taller + taller. I’d like to see a stat of how high the hood releases are thru the years. My daughter can’t unlatch the hood on her 2020 Ram. “It doesn’t matter-I can’t reach the dipstick!”

I personally feel it’s a deeply stupid design, ill-suited for actual, real-world truck use

Needs a cannon.

Elon being an idiot on twitter aside, I’ve never had an issue with service/support from Tesla. I could be lucky - of course - but I wouldn’t let twitter antics stop you from comparing their vehicles.

Tesla ends up doing the most deliveries in every market in the last month of a quarter. Every quarter has been the same for years.