Musk is a more vocal, libertarian version of Steve Jobs. He pushes forward when others say no. Like him or not, you cannot deny his achievements.
Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
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Re: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Other companies have made over-optimistic predictions but not on the same scale and with the same frequency. Tesla is ahead of them on the "bringing to market" part but not on the autonomy part, where they're not really working on the same level of difficulty problems as the ones trying for L4.
Tesla are aiming for full self driving, aren't they? If they have managed to find a simpler problem set that will still allow them to reach that outcome and release incrementally, isn't that a smarter approach?
I think that releasing a product is still completely orthogonal to building an autonomous vehicle at this point, so it's maybe a smarter approach for their bottom line but doesn't get them to autonomy any faster.
I think to accept that delivering incrementally is helpful for making an L4 car you have to believe that having more data is the bottleneck, which probably isn't the case after a few million miles.
Re: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
#143Texas is probably the best place to build trucks for PR value. "Texas edition" is something they even put on trucks made in Mexico. Texas is seen as strong and independent, values respected by much of the customer base. To be less politically correct, "Made in California" will definitely hurt sales for some of the redneck demographic.
Its great economy doesn't hurt either. Unlike cars, there's not a strong value in having these trucks on the coast near export terminals. Non-commercial trucks are very much a US thing. And even more a Deep South thing.
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#144I don't think Texas allows mathematical baby names either.
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#145Isn't this just Elon Musk getting into one of his superfluous fights, only this time California being the somewhat-random opponent? Musk has been completely unhinged the last few weeks, and it doesn't seem to be wise making such large decisions in anger, especially considering the reason for his anger is, even if justified, unlikely to reoccur. I'm quite the Musk fanboy, but he's always had this very strange anger is…
This might come as a shock to you but most people do not care what the political opinions or behavior of a car manufacturer's CEO are. Likewise the internet does not at all reflect the views of your average person, and I would wager that despite Tesla fanatics being very aware of Musk and his eccentric behavior, most Tesla owners moving forward won't even know or care who the CEO is as they rollout to mass market. Th…
This may come to a shock to you but you're wrong
Re: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely. There aren't a lot of details in the article, so I'm wondering where exactly near Austin they're thinking of building the factory. San Antonio's only an hour to an hour and a half south of Austin and is where this Toyota plant is located. There's a lot of really inexpensive land within a quick drive of the city and an airport with enough direct flights to get around.
So East of town (Austinite here) there's a lot of wide-open space. My money is on something East of 130 toll road near the Circuit of the Americas. I could see a lot of incentives being thrown that way from the Red McCombs family (major funder of COTA, highly influential in TX politics) to build alongside or nearby.
Random people on the internet are saying "RCR Taylor Logistics Park outside of Hutto, TX"
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#147I really hope that he builds his factory and moves out of CA.
People can still buy his cars but at least we in the BA won't have to listen to his temper tantrums.
He's taken the red pill anyway...
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#148Hours after Electrek's story ran, three news organizations—TechCrunch, CNBC, and the Associated Press—all published stories stating that Tesla was still considering Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa is a better choice for one reason: Being able to say "Tesla Tulsa." Or "The Tulsa Teslas." Or "I wanna test a Tulsa Tesla." Maybe instead of a tax break, the city could offer to change its name to Tesla. Cities have changed names fo…
Or maybe being able to actually buy a Tesla, as opposed to Texas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_US_dealership_disputes#T...
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#149Texas is trendier, but all of Oklahoma would instantly be rabid Tesla fans if Musk chooses Tulsa.
I hope he does.
Re: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
#150Texas is probably the best place to build trucks for PR value. "Texas edition" is something they even put on trucks made in Mexico. Texas is seen as strong and independent, values respected by much of the customer base. To be less politically correct, "Made in California" will definitely hurt sales for some of the redneck demographic. Its great economy doesn't hurt either. Unlike cars, there's not a strong value in h…
I think Texas aligns well with the size and outrageousness of the cybertruck.