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by starbase 3y ago
Tesla's director of public policy weighs in: > There is zero impact on any future expansion plans. We fully respect the referendum, and agree with @joergstb that this is a good opportunity to redouble our work with the community and
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by starbase 3y ago
Controls on the wheel or yoke include: turn signals, horn, windshield wipers, high beams, cruise/autopilot/FSD, voice command, and two 5-way scroll wheel things which are somewhat programmable and enable additional options when an
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by starbase 3y ago
The next generation of regulations is not
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by starbase 3y ago
Imagine 40kWh batteries in homes for $5000 installed. It's not far off. Fill up every night at 5c/kWh off peak. Sell for a profit when the price is right
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by starbase 3y ago
Irresponsible headline. Nobody who has done an hour of research in the last decade expects that flavor of anonymity on the blockchain.
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by starbase 3y ago
440 is the high-powered version with big battery option. long range goes 470 with the same pack
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by starbase 3y ago
Shame it doesn't have a bench seat up front. That's the retro-futurist vibe I was hoping for Still a success in the history of automobile design. Lambo-level arrogance at 10x the scale Practically speaking, if you need to haul sod
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by starbase 3y ago
Two discrete technologies that don't need to be married. Fusion And directed energy weapons aimed at orbital debris
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by starbase 3y ago
First license of many
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by starbase 3y ago
I'm sorry that's wack. Not nearly good or polished enough to be a serious contender.
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by starbase 3y ago
Realistic take: your 400 mile range EV runs ~300 in the dead of winter. Your 300 mile EV runs ~230 miles. If you drive less than 200-300 miles per day, you plug in at night and never worry. Took me a full year to stop worrying about it. Was
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by starbase 3y ago
No shit. We could send them to scrappers in Africa so they could make a buck but that's verboten now too.
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by starbase 3y ago
Bought a whole rig with yoke and rudders to play the 2020 version. $3k well spent for probably 200 hours of flight time. Feel like I could Sullenberger a water landing if I had to. Delusional I know but it's a game. What does the upgra
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by starbase 3y ago
Labor per portion gets better with more mouths to feed. I find 6-8 is the sweet point.
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by starbase 3y ago
2022 Model Y long range and 2021 Model S Plaid. I rarely drive 300+ miles in a day, so topping off the battery overnight is more than enough for my family's needs. Occasionally I'll start the day below 75% (my set point) but it&#x
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by starbase 3y ago
I saw some social media posts encouraging Democrat voters to register as Republican in order to caucus for Haley. No idea how big a role that played, though Haley supporters' second choice for prez is roughly evenly divided between Bid
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by starbase 3y ago
Fair enough. Vivek put in a phenomenal effort but it wasn't in the cards for 2024. Now it's Trump vs Biden, unless the latter croaks or the former is assassinated.
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by starbase 3y ago
Executive branch doesn't make the law. Full stop.
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by starbase 3y ago
Regulators stymie progress like clockwork
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by starbase 3y ago
in my experience (we've gotten down to about -15C this week) it's a non-issue. Even on a regular 120v outlet. Car is preconditioned, warm, and has a full tank (battery) when I hop in
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by starbase 3y ago
Either continue navel gazing or effect change by voting decels out of state and local government
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by starbase 3y ago
Follow primary sources on X. AI/ML engineers, startup ecosystem, etc. Whatever your angle is, you'll get the info faster and without an intermediary filtering what you read.
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by starbase 3y ago
Throes of a dying industry
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by starbase 3y ago
It's far more beneficial to warm the coldest climates. An order of magnitude more deaths due occur due to cold.
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by starbase 3y ago
Federal government should get a 10% haircut too 300k eliminated. A thousand dollars in every taxpayer's pocket
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by starbase 3y ago
If Uganda or Suriname wants a GPT that reflects their culture, they should get to work making one. Sick and tired of the hand-wringing from the do-nothings who criticize everything that builders build.
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by starbase 3y ago
I tacked a strip of metal pigeon spikes to the apex of my roof and ran some wire to a ground rod. It's more repellant than protection, which is good enough for me.
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by starbase 3y ago
> positive but statistically insignificant effect of lottery wealth on criminal behavior Important study for public policy, as it implicitly refutes the radical left's assertion of a causal link between poverty and crime
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by starbase 3y ago
incorrect. BYD sold 1,574,822 battery electric vehicles in 2023. Tesla sold 1,808,581 https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2024/0101/... https://arstechnica.com/cars&#x2
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by starbase 3y ago
Biden admin doing a victory lap after spending two years thumbing their nose at the company responsible for well over half of those EV sales

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