You don’t get to be “disruptive” by following the standard playbook; customers are the beta testers for Tesla, just look at what they are doing with FSD.

For direct seawater exposure I mostly see 316 being used, for indirect exposure to seawater sometimes 304.

I’ve heard similar, that what they are using is closer to 301. Which may also contribute to it why they had trouble with shaping it.

Tesla following environmental regulations? You sure about that?

So…. just like all of us have been saying was going to happen? Is anyone here surprised?

It’s being “restored” and “modified” at the same time, no?

Aren’t you already doing a “restomod” with your Porsche Turbo?

It was published early this morning but quickly got displaced by the barrage of other articles that got pushed out today.

You basically listed the usual “concept car” stuff that has to be addressed before a vehicle reaches production. Concept cars usually tend to overlook the details (proper mirrors, windshield wipers, etc) and exaggerate proportions (slim greenhouse, large skinny tires, ridiculously shaped steering wheel, etc). It’s…

I don’t think the concept is that weak. It’s a bit generic, sure, and it doesn’t scream “Chrysler”; but as you noted, Chrysler as we knew it is pretty much dead now anyway. What upsets me more is that they will show us a sporty four door sedan and then build a hulking SUV instead. 

So, this is the “new direction” they want to go in?

Hollywood really has run out of ideas, haven’t they? Every new movie seems to be just a remake or rehash of an existing movie.

Akio never said that the future wasn’t going to be EVs; he was correct in pointing out that we can reduce overall global emissions in the short run by spreading the limited resources (the batteries) across as many vehicles as possible with moving to hybrids and PHEVs. Under that scenario we reduce the amount of fossil…

But is Tesla <the company> really “low emissions”? Do they produce less emissions when building their cars than other automakers? Or are you, the person buying the EV, the one lowering emissions?

While I personally tend to keep my vehicles for longer, people who sell a car after 5 years of owning it aren’t “flippers”.

It’s all fine and well until the house of cards collapses when the last buyer can’t find anyone else willing to pay the exorbitant price to take over the “investment”; but until that point, there is money to be made dammit!

Words of wisdom from my grandfather:

My wife has this feature in her SUV because she is terrified of parallel parking; but she refuses to use the self-parking function to parallel park because she does not “trust the car” to do it. She also refuses to try and parallel park it herself, and will circle the block until she can find a different spot. The…

Stow and Go is such a fantastic feature; really enhances the versatility of the vehicle. I’m somewhat surprised that none of the competitors have come out with their own version of this. 

The Tesla board is not truly independent from Elon; that’s part of the problem. For example, his own brother is on board.