You are missing out the origin of this OPEC vs Russia fight. Russia is lowering prices as retaliation to US blocking their energy exports via sanctions and attempt to block pipeline to germany.

You can’t do that because death rate varies by area. Wuhan has higher death rate than other places for example, but it influences the % as a whole. Not to mention first few people are always gonna get the short end of the stick.

I’m sure if you have the money, you can get tested same day. Being rich isn’t only about having the cash but the connections. 

GMC is a luxury brand... or at least that’s what GM tries to assure themselves every day.

BMW’s main weapon against Tesla seems to be releasing crappy concept cars that make Tesla look even better.

The Bolt would do better if they simply put in better seats and let it charge above 55kw.

But as I pointed out, hybrids and BEVs don’t really share resources. Most hybrids use NiMH and those that don’t usually use LFP chemistry.

Maybe LFP or LTO lithium ion batteries, but the most common lithium ion used for BEVs is NMC and NCA lithium ion. Aka, they are using different production lines with different materials other than lithium. But lithium has always made up a tiny portion of a lithium ion battery despite the name.

Follow up, new numbers are in for January 2020, 6.6% of cars sold in Europe were BEVs/PHEVs:

If you want to be practical, then note that hybrids use NiMH batteries, not lithium ion batteries. LiON batteries aren’t well suited for small battery uses like hybrids.

The dealership model has nothing going for it at all. At the very least not a government mandated franchised one.

The thing about that is, if the dealerships do servicing, that means there is an overhead for the servicing. Which can make manufacturers hesitant to do recalls due to that overhead cost. Just like the GM ignition switch issue. The switch itself cost pennies, but the overhead of dealer service brought that cost…

middle man in itself is not the problem, as he mentioned “predatory middle men”. You know, ones who are granted a monopoly preventing direct sales while passing industry controlling laws like no sales on sundays and etc.

I think Tesla was allowed 1 store and that was it in CO. This will definitely help expand EV sales.

I am not convinced the established automakers actually want self driving cars. Cause once that becomes mainstream, how many people will actually own their own car?

When Tesla was selling 100k cars, you think 7.5k tax credits was what made the difference?

You don’t need to be completely sealed, all you need is that there is no gap the size of a door being open and positive pressure. That is all. The positive pressure would prevent new air from entering the gaps as old air is pushed out as it tries to escape from the higher pressure. That is why the fans have to work so…

Agriculture = Define large-scale? There are hydroponic facilities that output a few tons of food every day. As someone who had his own farm land(for personal, not sale), did some hydro and aquaponics as well, there is nothing more labor intensive about it. Well, maybe aquoponics, but you have fish as well. Most of the…

The difference between the two is pretty clear. The media just for some reason doesn’t cover it. Musk does clarify between the two, and when you order, the two are pretty clearly explained.

Yes, his “Fully Self-Driving” cars are capable of hands-off navigation. But what does that have to do with Autopilot?