Well, your Jetta was outputting 15–35 times greater the NOx than dictated by the US standard. Bringing up other sources is just whataboutism (similar arguments have been used to argue to deregulate car emissions in general).

Actually while the compression strength is much worse than tension, it’s not zero. I highly doubt their engineers didn’t calculate it, otherwise it wouldn’t be able to make multiple trips down. Most likely they chose this material given its weight to compression strength is still higher than the metals other subs…

The problem is most of the public believe the same thing, that this was its maiden voyage, when that is far from the case. The Titan did prove that you can make a composite submarine work, just that it eventually failed. A lot of people handwave away the idea from believing it failed on its first try, but the actual…

Yep, Tesla price war is in full swing. Previously these other EVS were marked up like mad due to limited supply and Tesla not qualifying for tax credit. But now that supply has stabilized and Tesla have dropped prices dramatically, it's going to be really hard for them to compete.

They likely did set the margin high enough to cover moderate variations, but didn’t account for 2-3x increase in price based on roof shape and condition. Not sure if this is all based on general roofing factors or if a significant part is specific to the technology they use (how the connections are done between tiles).

I think in this case the issue is they signed an actual contract with the price, it wasn’t just a general estimator with price subject to change later based on an in person estimate.

I would have to see a video of actual use, but from what I see that is just suggesting based on starting SOC but the base data relies on the accuracy/capabilities of Apple maps. There doesn’t appear to be any integrated station status/pricing, no prediction of soc at every stop, no prediction of charge time at every…

Because the world’s internet is crap compared to a system that can track your historic consumption, predicted energy use, give you real time stall open status as well as pricing, as well as route you through the optimal route and charging times for your trip.

Because the author is overly focused on “Elon Musk”, is making a bad analogy/premise that what happens in Twitter applies here also, and doesn’t actually understand how the standard works.

Well the pandemic happened in between and when this deal was announced, cheap Chinese panels were pretty much flooding the market, making American manufactured solar uncompetitive. A lot of similar government deals for various industries had companies go bankrupt not even building anything beyond a few prototypes.…

If the government mandated J1772, there would have still been a need to switch to a different connector/inlet, namely the CCS1. J1772 is a classic design by committee that didn’t account for how EVs would be used further into the future, which is why they ending up having to add two DC pins to create CCS1. Government…

NACS Tesla patents only have two: one that covers the connector design and one that covers the inlet. Tesla makes both available for free subject to their patent pledge. Of course, that pledge had been criticized as unfavorable to larger companies (given it says anyone that uses Tesla’s EV patents must also allow…

Your whole article is premised that the automakers are the same as Twitter users. The fact of the matter is most Twitter users are using the service for free, as such Twitter is free to unilaterally change the terms. You think the automakers with their legions of lawyers are going to sign up to the network without…

But if the company was purposefully deceptive in its presentation for IPO, then the company should still be liable for it. The price is based on the facts presented at the time. Otherwise companies will just lie to pump up the IPO price and there would be no consequences.

Yep, I’ve used even higher end infotainment from BMW and Mercedes of the same era as when Tesla’s came out and those were complete garbage. They have gotten a lot better now with Android Auto and CarPlay, but for a native system, Tesla’s still one of the best.

“San Francisco residents will have a chance to vote July 13 on whether or not to allow self-driving taxis to operate 24 hours a day.”

Actually the Roadster started well before the loans. Tesla would have been dead already in the Roadster era if it weren’t for Musk’s funding. Yes, the loans later did help them reach the larger market with the Model S, but that doesn’t discount without Musk Tesla likely wouldn’t be here today. Plus Tesla quickly paid…

He was the one who risked his money on EVs when everyone said they were a fad that would never work out. That’s not something workers below could have done (as evidenced by a ton of failed EV and auto companies).

The 350kW chargers use 800-1000V. Tesla’s 250kW is at 400V. Tesla’s specs have a 1000V version of the NACS plug (probably will launch with V4 superchargers), that would allow the same CCS vehicles to charge at 350 kW.

They already have to put two types of charge ports. The USA uses CCS1 which has the top AC part use J1772. Europe uses CCS2 which has the top AC part uses Type 2. The two is are not cross compatible in the first place. This is because J1772 doesn’t have enough pins to support 3 phase (given 3 phase service is rare in…