In the UK, fire engines carry both hoses and ladders.

Hydrogen is a form of energy storage. It is less energy dense than batteries.

This is the standard size of fire engine for a dense urban area in Europe.

I got this via google search: “cayman definition”

Lotuses are not harsh-riding. It’s one of their key advantages.

Also spelled “Cayman : any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators.” —Miriam Webster

“Cayman definition is - any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators.” - Miriam Webster.
Similarly, for the Cambridge English Dictionary.

The model names never went way in the RotW, including LR’s largest markets.

The ideal use-case for roll-up 11kW and 22kW solar arrays

If you’re going to talk about profit rather than revenue, then it’s a wonder Tesla bothers to make any cars at all.

Plus you need to factor in the battery degradation by the time you are changing cars.

5,000 @ $50k ea. is a quarter of a billion $ in sales.

It’s a pedal cycle, possibly with electric assist.

You can get this as a perdal only, on in two different levels of electric power.

This is where I think we are going, long term. Weather protected, no-sweat bicycling with comfortable seating.

“All manufacturers will transition to EVs IF that is what the consumer desires.”
Or if that is the choice constrained by legislation and regulation.

Elon Musk’s involvement with Paypal was to have another company acquire his own company called “Zip2".

He did not create Paypal. His earlier company was the junior partner in a merger/acquisition, and the combined operation was renamed Paypal.

Ford and Rivian do have full EV pickups. GM reckons their’s will be out shortly.

All 3 of them are scheduled to be on sale before the Tesla is scheduled to be on sale. And we all know how good Tesla are at hitting their schedules.

Autonomous vehicles and ride-sharing means all the traffic you used to have, plus the traffic from the AVs travelling from job to job.

The number of vehicles owned goes down. The number of vehicle miles, and the number of vehicles in transit at any given moment in time, go up.

The USA is notable in that it is the only developed nation that still has population growth (other than from immigration)