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Which rare earth minerals go into solar cells?

Tesla sold 1.8 million cars last year and Toyota sold 11.23 million cars last year. so a 6.2x multiple, not a ~20x multiple

Back of the napkin math, 63,000 gallons of gasoline per day. 33kWh of energy in each gallon of gasoline. Internal combustion approximately 33% efficient at turning that energy into…

Elon Musk said he couldn't have been on FSD as the software had never been downloaded to his car: https://www.drive.com.au/news/elon-musk-denies-fsd-caused-fa...

Nope, the Model Y was the best selling vehicle in 2023, regardless of powertrain. https://insideevs.com/news/706169/tesla-model-y-best-selling...

I can add about 50 miles of range overnight on a standard 120V outlet which is more than enough most of the time. For longer trips back-to-back, a 220V circuit would be really nice…

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212737005/cars-trucks-pedest... Bumper height plays a far bigger role in pedestrian fatality than hardness of the vehicle shell. Cybertruck's bumper…

If you have a house, or apartment with access to a L1 or L2 charger, charging at home should cover 100% of your local trips and any longer trips, you'll inevitably pass by a Tesla …

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/26/23738581/tesla-model-y-ev... True, last year it wasn’t but this year it was the best selling vehicle of any type, EV or not, including trucks.

I don't know about availability in India but lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries have come down in price a lot lately and they last about 7000 cycles (15 Years at 80% DoD): http…

I get about 4mi/kWh and electricity is $0.10/kWh so approximately 2.5 cents per mile

It’s not an old number, it’s a new number reported every quarter. But you’re right that comparing largely highway miles vs all miles isn’t completely fair. FSD on the other hand ca…

I 100% agree with you that we should have regulators auditing and verifying safety information for autonomous systems. But I'd like to point out that the link you included is out-o…

How about 30kWh for $9000? https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-batteries-...

The batteries alone have actually gotten quite affordable. https://signaturesolar.com/eg4-lifepower4-lithium-batteries-... Here is 30kWh of LFP batteries for $9,000. Now that doesn…

Not really. Last quarter for example, they had $14.6 billion in automotive revenues of which $344 million was regulatory credits or a little more than 2%. They had $4.1 billion in …

An entire Tesla Model YT weighs 4,416 lbs, the battery alone is closer to 1000 lbs