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That's the problem, Tesla can't make a quality anything. Let's see what 10 year old Tesla's look like.
Oh wow, an ev can run a 64 second autocross. That really tells me anything about if they can survive even 1 lap of tail of the dragon, never mind all day at it. It says something when Tesla has to create an entirely new model to do what all manufacturers do for a large number of their vehicles. Nissan Leafs are around $8-$10k right now with 40,000 miles. So I am exactly right on point with used car values. No one cares about used Tesla values, they are all too expensive and normal people absolutely cannot trust them. I have no idea where you get this garbage from. A tesla model 3 starts at $40k, but just like Porsche they skyrocket in cost with options. And there is zero negotiation. And you are lying again. Every summer all we hear about is rolling brownouts all throughout California because of a crappy electric grid. More importantly, No electric grid on the planet can support more than 20%, but probably less, of the people plugging in cars. Normal people don't care what they drive every day. They care about not ever having issues with their vehicles, and being able to take road trips without having to plan for 3 hour stops every several hundred miles. You simply prove why everyone hates ev lovers. How many more people does Tesla have to murder? |
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^ Alex jones can probably answer that one
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https://insideevs.com/news/339110/hi...-420000-miles/ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-mode...-going-strong/ You asked if it could be competitive in races. I don't know why endurance racing seems to matter most or be the sole metric you seem to need, and all I was saying is that the car is already competitive in many types of racing. As I demonstrated before, the Tesla Model 3 is crushing it on sales, so I don't know why you are saying "normal people absolutely cannot trust them". You're being intellectually dishonest or willfully ignorant in spite of the evidence. Here is a comparison between a BMW 3 series and a Model 3. As you can see, options on the BMW are much more extreme, and the editors note that the Model 3 comes standard with more equipment. Now, if we do my cost comparison of fuel and drivetrain maintenance over ten years, and consider the savings could be as high as $16k-20k, and we pull that savings off the original sticker price then the Model 3 (base) is about the same price as a 86 or cheaper after ten years. https://www.motor1.com/reviews/37830...-3-comparison/ I have zero clue where you are getting your information. Do you have a link? I live in Santa Rosa, the city that lots thousand of homes to the fires in 2017. Over fifty people lost homes from the hospital I worked at. This year we saw our volume in the ER go from a daily average of 120 to 260 because Sutter, Kaiser and Healdsburg Hospitals shut down. I have lived both of these events, so I understand them intimately. The problem is that we have seen drought years with 90+ degree days extending into October, which is causing extreme dryness. When high winds hit in the fall in excess of 80 miles per hour, there is a recipe for downed power lines leading to fires, so they are preemptively doing blackouts to reduce the risk. Our only solution is this or run power lines underground to the tune of $15,000 per customer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_C...power_shutoffs Quote:
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Tesla Solar updates, costs drop 40%, installation times drop to a day, solar rental option, etc...
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXZuWoikpk[/ame] This is a pretty technical for most viewers, but the point is to show that battery technology is rapidly improving, and I can see a point in the near future where someone could add hundreds of miles to a car in five minutes. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57pBJG2C7E[/ame]
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So now we're calling Teslas luxury cars again? Interesting, the build quality and interior design/quality would bet to differ. CA has blackouts because of decades of horrible environmentalist driven forest management policies. CA has been a mostly dry region for tens of thousands of years. And has had the winds as long as those mountain ranges have been there. None of that's new. More and more people living in remote areas, requiring more power lines? That's new(er). CA isn't on pace to be completely renewable any time soon, not when they import more electricity than any other state. Also how are the highest energy rates in the country working out? A step in the right direction would be opening nuclear plants instead of closing them. These are mere facts, not hateful attacks.
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45% of the land in California belongs to the US Government, and almost all of that is the wilderness. Actually, the climate is getting hotter here; the hot and dry season is getting longer. It is hard to quantify precipitation because a day of light rain and a day of heavy rain is the same if we look at days per year of rain, and if we look at total inches of precipitation per year that is misleading because it can rain a lot in a few days a year, and that would equate in inches to many days of light rain, but the benefits or effects are vastly different. With that said, the percipitation is down. Working with fire, I can tell you that the fire season is getting longer and is worse because of the environment--not where people live. I'm confused by your statement. I highlighted a link that showed the grid supported 80.7% of the energy being delivered by renewables and hydro, and even if it wasn't sustained, the goal is to hit 50% by 2030; we are estimated to be at 34% right now. The goal is 45% by 2024 and 100% by 2045. Costs to develop these systems will pay off in the long run in reduced rates and jobs for Californians. I opt-in to a green program ($10-15) paying extra each month for my utilities. Just saying. In a post-911 world, I think many have fears that nuclear reactors would be used as a terrorist target, which could kill millions and/or cost the state millions to billions of dollars. Also, in a state that is at a high risk of earthquakes, more reactors is not ideal, nor are they necessary. https://www.businessinsider.com/fede...militia-2016-1 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/im...es-on-the-rise https://www.outsideonline.com/192096...fornia-drought https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2019/02/...opping-though/
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I think electric car technology will be revolutionized in the following few years. Charging will be much faster and battery weight and capacity will be improved significantly. I am waiting for that while enjoying my FRS. And looking at their latest acquisitions, all this will be coming from Tesla again.
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I will call it revolutionary if <5 min charging, >500 mile range with new battery chemistry and hybrid use of super capacitors. VW and others are still in the adoption stage of current tech, Tesla is working on the next tech. There is only Tesla who is betting everything on electric cars. My impression from their attitude is that VW, Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, etc would just be relieved if electric cars go away and they could keep selling gasoline cars.
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In the longer run, aluminum or magnesium ion will replace lithium ion battery chemistry since they have inherently higher energy density. When the first experimental next-gen batteries become viable, the playing field will be completely level between Tesla and everyone else. That's when the big car makers are going to invest in big battery plants, and Tesla's drivetrain advantage will evaporate. Their best asset right now is Autopilot. I don't expect that advantage to hold much longer either. |
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