Perfect for EV conversion with Model 3 drivetrain and battery pack from a wreaked car. Actually battery pack might come from a Model S 85 as modules can separate easily (16 modules) with 6 modules in engine bay and rest balance on rear seat to rear trunk space. Well 335HP at rear wheels will give a great kick!.

Yes, one way of doing things. But it seems FF agenda was awaiting a to be acquired by big player but did not happen. I guess bad management was the cause of their troubles. Evelozcity probably wanted to do it the proper way with the resource pool, hence starting up. It is a darn shame that FF took such a long time to…

She met with this person, hang out with that group etc. All of which are not illegal, since she has not done anything that is not legal. The accusations that she is a spy is very hard or impossible to prove without solid documentation/evidence. The longer the US keeps her in jail, the more time is being wasted on…

181HP ?. Heck from a 2.0 litre engine, add a turbo and kick a nice 260HP from it , then it is real fun!.

Its a freaking Ford!. Get a McLaren 720S and have sparechange left. Have you seen the build quality of that 720S ?. In the class of Hypercars.

You forgot Toyota held a sizable chunk of Tesla stock, so worse case is that Tesla got bought over and rebranded as Tesla (by Toyota). Yikes!.

While I initially think your suggestion of increasing the start prices by 20-30K seens fine. But if you put the competition in mind then you see the genius of the Tesla pricing. The new i-Pace starts at 65K but with options can go up to $85K plus. The i-pace is no match for the Model S really, while the model X is…

“not hard?”. You are talking EV not ICE car !. From scratch ICE automakes cannot do (1) software/electronics, (2) EV motor drive train, (3) Battery pack with BMS and integrated liquid cooling/heating. The 3 most important aspects consititute the heart of the EV. Elon did it because he had a passion for EV, battery…

Active aero carrying more speed into corners, some corners takingo outer line but carrying higher speed, then hybrid motors powering out of each corner at Max_torque saves precious few seconds here and there. Just add it up. I am a bit disappointted in the Vmas though.

“Robots tend to just react and not be proactive. Not saying you couldnt do it, as i think you could, I just dont think it would be anywhere near what a pro”

Wayno has no interest in consumer cars!. Big car manufacturers do not see these systems as big selling items de to the added cost involved. Tesla trying to so it “on-the-cheap” and so are many startups.

Hopefully the AI in the car would prevent those. To date, none of the OSes used are based on Windows, so at least the most prone system is not in cars. But still strong AI can do what humans do not want. Like lock doors and drive suspected criminal in car to the police station while alerting them!. Good thing.

Yes and NO. For consumer cars, the cost are likely $10K tops with a $10 or $20 monthly subscription service (emergency remote driving by a real remote driver, if needed etc). Fleet cars like Waymo and Uber have over $30K worth of hardware kit in them. Some as much as $75K!. Those are L5 systems that wants to be…

Not likely. There is no mention of exclusivity. Besides Rimac is valued around 300M Euro, so 10% stake is nothing for Porche. I would really like to see companies like HONDA throwing in 30% or 40% stake to make the electric NSX and a smaller Roadster EV using the Rimac technology.

True. Do you know the Jaguar E-type Zero was a collaboration with Rimac as well ?. I would be inclined to think some parts of i-Pace uses Rimac’s solution. Probably the DriveTrain and Power electronics control systems.

Not that far fetched. $3B for each new line of Roadster, Model Y and Semi. In fact, the model Y line planned in China needs to be rather big. I presume the New Roadster will be fully made in US to garner that claimed price.

The “evasive action” the Waymo van could have taken may NOT lessen the damage as there is no way of determining it as the impact angle from the Honda cannot be estimated/computed correctly . ie not enough data-points. One would assume the AI routine “thinks” it would be better although it might turn out worse!.

It seems the lane divider white lines were narrowing towards the divider close to the turn, so that might lead the car into the divider since the “lane space” got narrower and narrower. I have seen parts of video that indicate so. Could be a factor, I think!.

“Tesla’s doing it to develop the technology to reach a fully-autonomous state. It’s not there yet, and treating it as such is still being negligent.”

This is one company that Elon should just snap up as Tesla needed a Hypercar that cost around the million dollar mark. The Rimac is a perfect fit!. Besides, for Tesla to build just 500 units per year, it would be sold out in days. Rimac on its own can only build 10 units per year!. This is basically covering the costs…