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by oxplot 4y ago
Some people are intimidated by success of others, especially if they don't have much going on in their own lives. And some people get excited and motivated by it and want to do more. Those would be the caliber of people who end up work
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by oxplot 4y ago
> I have a nice/fun/convenient commuter car that hasn't needed any maintenance and the trade in is higher than I paid for it. Is it for everyone? Is it for everyone? No. But that doesn't mean there is a void in value.
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by oxplot 4y ago
> you can never make personal transport as cheap as public transport, because personal transport will always carry fewer passengers per ride. Oh man, another "never" statement. An autonomous car that doesn't have a driver,
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by oxplot 4y ago
You are aware that manufactures face penalties for lying and deception, right? I can't recall Tesla ever being fined for misleading marketing, ever. > Tesla semi was production ready in 2020 I guess you've never missed a deadli
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by oxplot 4y ago
> Calling it's driver assist Autopilot, calling its software FSD, repeatedly saying "FSD is coming next year" is overpromising, misleading marketing and lying OK, finally an actual example and the one I expected. TL;DR is
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by oxplot 4y ago
OMG! So sorry to hear that. That's awful! :( but thanks for sticking with it.
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by oxplot 4y ago
> the infrastructure likely makes heavy use of batteries to avoid stressing out local substations and avoid abusing grid peaking From Tesla's presentation, it looks like that.
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by oxplot 4y ago
> Who has the financial incentive to build charging stations? Both out and back and point to point operators will build charging infrastructure at their own hubs/terminals and use them for themselves. Don't forget that Tesla wi
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by oxplot 4y ago
> Everyone has caught up They are caught up when they start outselling Tesla (or heck become available so one can actually buy one). Great cars (which I don't think Hyundai/Kia are by any stretch of imagination, from piss-poor
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by oxplot 4y ago
It's called aiming high!
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by oxplot 4y ago
Did a quick search. Diesel Semis' curb weight ranges b/w 10000lbs-25000lbs. The 10000lbs one may not be comparable in performance/range to Tesla Semi so keep that in mind. Tesla Semi based on the estimate in the article, is a
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by oxplot 4y ago
> since as a general rule rail is cheaper than trucks That's not the way to approach claims that a new tech/product is disruptive. General rules may not (and usually do not) apply.
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by oxplot 4y ago
> I hope they don't lobby against mass transit (of goods and people). But they probably will, making things worse for all us. People in general are not fond of the experience of mass transit. They only do it because it's either
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by oxplot 4y ago
I agree - trains make more sense than running overhead wires over highways.
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by oxplot 4y ago
Sorry I should have been more specific. I'm referring to economics from the viewpoint of the business operating a fleet. Given almost all business do not hold back from whatever incentive and subsidies are available to them, it's
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by oxplot 4y ago
> Why not ? As in, we run out of fossil fuels (or it gets prohibitively expensive) and your truck becomes brick because its internal battery and electric drivetrain is pretty much useless without the ICE part. Solar, wind and thermal are
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by oxplot 4y ago
No obstacles to do the math yourself!
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by oxplot 4y ago
What a disingenuous analogy to make, between Tesla that has delivered time and time again and surpassed expectations, led the market for the past 10 years and continues to outsell all of its century old competitors, with Theranos which burn
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by oxplot 4y ago
I don't know what your situation is, but here's mine: Got a Model 3 back in 2020. The service I've had to get done to date has been what's in the user manual: tire rotation, cabin air filter replacement and brake fluid c
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by oxplot 4y ago
> Yes, but: Tesla omitted crucial information, including the truck's empty weight — an important consideration for measuring its efficiency. A Tesla Semi "fully loaded" with Doritos can go farther than a truck packed with
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Average cost of ChatGPT probably less than 10c per chat(twitter.com)
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by oxplot 4y ago
Not sure what you're implying with this. Specs have remained exactly the same and now, they've actually delivered on the spec they advertised in 2017.
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by oxplot 4y ago
It's all about economics. Whatever's cheaper wins. To that end, Tesla has mentioned in their presentations that a Tesla Semi convoy of only 3 trucks can be cheaper than a train for the same load.
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by oxplot 4y ago
> I always assumed the future of electric trucking would involve little battery trailers that could be quickly swapped out on a rolling basis by fleets of trucks. Maybe the future, but right now, I suspect the battery energy density is n
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by oxplot 4y ago
Sounds like a case of needing to read up on history of innovation and how you don't get overnight mass adoption. I suggest picking up a book on advent of internal combustion engine and the five decades that followed.
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by oxplot 4y ago
The problem with hybrid vehicles in general is that they still rely on fossil fuels to some extent, so they're not a truly sustainable solution. And they have all the maintenance and reliability baggage of their fully ICE counterparts,
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by oxplot 4y ago
Intrigued so did a bunch of searches for commercial machines and can't find any mention of "fix it or take it back and pay me for my time" terms anywhere. Care to share one?
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by oxplot 4y ago
TL;DR they sell solar+battery backed Megachargers to go with the trucks.
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by oxplot 4y ago
Actually, Tesla talked a bit about how a Semi convoy can even beat trains in cost.
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by oxplot 4y ago
Hard to tell, but given Tesla's historic record, demand for their products has only ever increased (discounting the current China situation which most likely has nothing to do with disparity between PR and actual product perf).

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