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They're not "inefficient", they're less power-dense in terms of mass. There's many types of efficiencies and where a car is involved, EVs are largely more efficient in those measures than ICE cars.
well the weight of petrol disapears, batteries' stay the same. So petrol is more efficient in that way.
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You seem to be getting downvoted, but I agree with you to a large extent. He does say a ton of stuff I disagree with, sometimes strongly, but I also know if most other CEOs were as public and unfiltered they'd probably fair even worse in aligning with my positions on many issues. When I'm thinking where to spend my money, I do appreciate that Tesla (and SpaceX) push the boundaries in high-tech industries, and that mu…
He used to be politically neutral but seems to have adopted a right-wing viewpoint that is getting increasingly right-wing over time. Not an extremist by any means but a definite shift. It started around the time he got into a scuffle with the Democratic administration over union issues so maybe it isn't a real shift just being opportunistic. Maybe it is just perception and I'm off-base. As an investor in Tesla's IPO…
The main thing I really dislike is the lack of buttons and dials. It looks to be just a single touchscreen in the center for everything .
Voice activation worked amazingly well. Most functions were only 1 or 2 clicks deep in the menu. It was surprisingly easy to find what I needed.
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> as someone deeply concerned about climate change > I have one, but am looking for a second I think you are only superficially concerned about climate change if you are planning to buy not one, but two, fully steel enclosed monster trucks weighing 6.500 pounds each.
gatekeepers of ev purchases...
Congratulating people that buy a Tesla for helping to save the world from climate change makes absolutely no sense.
Congratulate people that decide to buy small minimalist cars or give up cars and take public transportation
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Can you name the specifics of Elon's dumb antics? I can think of a couple of dumb Tweets, but on the whole, I think he is more right than wrong on his takes, he just has less of a filter than most people.
Calling a rescue worker a pedophile Turning his sexual harassment allegations into a cultural red vs blue issue by front-running a story about said sexual harassment allegations Totally unnecessarily inhumane behavior toward employees during the Twitter acquisition He just seems increasingly like a truly awful person by almost any definition of “awful person” except the one “has a lot of money.” Character really, rea…
This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.
Everyone gets bigger cars because bigger cars have more room inside so they're really comfortable and practical. Teslas are heavier because they have to use batteries and batteries are incredibly inefficient compared to petrol. This is the consequence of you asking them to get rid of combustion.
Tesla model s has same weight as Porsche Panamera S.
I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.
Tesla literally didn't realize the steel comes in coils and it naturally wants to warp back into that state. Massive panel gap problems. As usual. The only thing other car makers are learning is what a joke their design operation is.
The Bronco and Wrangler being utter pieces of shit doesn’t make them unpopular.
I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.
> ...because every car people are buying looks identical... Why wouldn't you expect this sort of convergence? A bunch of companies trying to solve the same problems with the same constraints are likely to find very similar solutions. We saw it with aviation - over time, jet aircraft look more and more like each other, because certain solutions, once they become available (twinjets demonstrating enough reliability for…
E.g., as gas mileage requirements increase, you'd expect things to become more aerodynamic. Separate from that, the Ford Escape was reworked to look like a knock off Subaru and the Ford Explorer was reworked to look like a knock off Range Rover. If it were just a matter of convergent evolution to fit the constraints of US gas mileage regulations, why did the Ford Explorer also copy the Range Rover's hood lettering?
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gatekeepers of ev purchases...
Well, we should maybe reflect on the intense EV greenwashing pushed by Tesla and society in general. Congratulating people that buy a Tesla for helping to save the world from climate change makes absolutely no sense. Congratulate people that decide to buy small minimalist cars or give up cars and take public transportation
TLDR Pats on the back aren't going to drive down petroleum consumption in any material fashion.
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