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More discussions now about Sweden in Europe: Todays press notice in the NZZ highlights a problem for them with the current efforts to open borders for the summer season (in German). Neighbouring and other countries are reluctant to accept Swedish guests as it is a country with a particularly...

- You are correct in the sense that Covid-19 is unlikely to wipe humanity off the planet. - True is also that the evolution is not expected to be comparable to waves of pestilence in medieval times. - Conversely I have not found recent support for your conclusion that covid-19 deaths are...

I presume that not the age distribution of the population was taken, but the age distribution of the cases. Those would be weighed more towards the older fractions, plausibly yielding then higher "overall" fatality percentages.

Sweden did not have "no lockdown". Their reduction of economic activity is comparable to what resulted in Switzerland with a "soft lockdown" (I listed a reference with more detail here earlier). The problem is that Sweden has a very high death toll (nearly double the Swiss outcome). That now...

Indeed and this is the topic of a large study initiated in Germany. If you look at the incidence maps there you can see immediately that former East Germany is much less affected than the West. The suspicion is that areas where TBC inoculation was compulsory produce this effect. That particular...

That could explain some and supports suspicions voiced by Drosten in Germany I mentioned earlier.

You can get a good idea from this English language report here. It compares Switzerland and Sweden in some detail. Similar sized populations and similar "lockdown" measures with overall quite different results. The economic consequences are also different. In both countries you have to consider...

The following two updates on the evolution in Sweden are revealing. Death rates are very high, particularly in residences for the elderly and in the poorer outskirts of Stockholm. The question why such homes and disadvantaged districts could not be better protected is being raised. Also The...

Well - Switzerland has just reached the point where switching to tracing has again become possible. Some cantons had started the procedures already earlier. The lockdown was relatively soft. Personal mobility remained nationally mostly unrestricted (stay at home "recommended") and many...

There are lots of data available about actual excess mortalities. Detailed information for Europe e.g. can be found here: https://euromomo.eu/ Differences among countries are large. Countries e.g. with a lower incidence of infections also report less excess mortality. Countries where the limits...

Not apparent from the data we have. There are no convincing correlations of this type to be seen. The site here shows graphs analising possible dependencies from population densities or age distribution (graph below).On the maps with incidences per inhabitants on the same site you can also see...

[ Indeed. It really is what is says: A collection of propaganda, principally aimed against restrictive protective measures. Like all good propaganda it contains sufficiently verifiable data to let you swallow the rest.

The article here comments the current situation in Sweden. It is not entirely pretty as their death toll reaches 1000.

At the press conference the figure mentioned (with caveats) was indeed 15% , using one (unspecified) method. During the following discussions Streek also mentioned 20% - if analised via some other method. He also said that the the laboratory processes used to look for antibodies were rather...

Today Streek (Prof. Dr.), the initiator of the study in Heinsberg, presented indeed first results. The press conference giving some results (in German) can be viewed here. In an earlier interview (in German) about the study he explained in more detail what they were doing. In short: A cross...

The official number Source (in German) At todays press conference the question was raised whether that showed the peak has passed. The answer by the experts was: "Let's still be a bit cautious before drawing any conclusions". The difference between the official and other numbers was noted by...

It is not that bad. China is supplying masks and helps with medical teams in Italy and Spain, since beginning March. Source.

Yes - there are many health services related measures, a few national regulations, many advisory and many more at cantonal or local levels. The official English language text here has further detail. So far there are no travel restrictions and most industries, but for tourism and travel of...

312 confirmed cases is the official figure as of 9.3. 1200 hours. Confirmed means that a first positive test has been confirmed with a second analysis in the Geneva reference lab. Some Cantons (states) report separately also the positives pending confirmation. Testing capacity in Switzerland was...

For those speaking German here is todays account from Italy. Similar articles can be found in the Italian Press e.g. in the various regional editions of the Corriere della sera. You can read in those links what happens in reality in an overloaded health care system.

Some hospitals in Switzerland showed on TV their newly installed receiving units and explained the "triage" utilised. I do not know whether all larger medical facilities are already equipped accordingly, but efforts are clearly being made.

According to our official website as at 5 March, Italy stands at 3089 cases with 107 deaths. "Stand: 5. März 2020, 6.30 Uhr: In Italien gibt es 3089 bestätigte Coronavirus-Fälle, davon sind 107 Menschen verstorben." Source link not linked to reduce overload there.

In Switzerland the test was quoted to cost SFR 180.- (187 USD). Samples are analysed regionally and then a second time in a "reference lab" in Geneva. Cases are considered confirmed if both turned out positive. The quote in the press did not specify whether the price was for both tests. The...

Good - let us know how you fared. Moving the car would make sense. At 11kW (AC) a Model 3 would be fully charged overnight.

In any case book ahead. Enquire about reserving a charging space at one of the parkings here, just ring your chosen parking. On their standard booking page I could not see directly how to get a charging spot. Charging seems to be free. I would also recommend getting the train ticket at the same...

Worth a test. Also then leave some time after the charge is expected to stop, without unplugging, before judging the outcome. To minimise the effect of temperature variations, do not expose the car during or after the charge to large temperature swings to avoid the effects described by...

Tesla does not disclose details of their battery management procedures. Their large experience in that department is an important strength. Tesla batteries are subdivided into groups of cells. The charge will stop when the first group has reached its target voltage. The main charging stops and a...

Yes: LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE PLUGGED IN when you are not using it.

I noted in one of your messages that you often time charging to finish relatively shortly before leaving again. That might leave too little time for the battery to balance fully. One frequent cause of range reduction is an unbalanced battery. In "Roadster-Days" the recommendation often given in...

Considering just running the car, a modern and efficient EV, such as Teslas Model 3, will beat in terms of CO2 production even smaller gasoline burning cars in many places, depending of course on the source of your electricity. Including then also other pollutants will favour EVs even more. If...

So if there's any European / APAC Roadster-owners around here willing to share the following information about their Roadster(s): 1. complete VIN : SFZ RE2 B16 A300 0169 2. 2.0 3. 1st. country of delivery: Switzerland 4. colour (inside/outside) - beige/silver, hardtop 5. country: Switzerland...

- Lifting the car to e.g. change wheels has to be done correctly. Check the manual and make very sure service personnel in a tire service place e.g. will be informed how to do that. Wrong procedures could cause an accident and might damage the car seriously. - Do not forget that the Roadster...

On my M3 it is 2019.24.4 73fb1ab and was installed on 26.7.2019

From hypermiling with the old Roadster it is well known that cruise speed control has a large influence. In the case of the Roadster using cruise control as much as possible was more efficient than even an experienced driver could manage. I immediately noted that Model 3 TACC was (in March 2019...

I use the juice-booster often when underway. It can serve also as the home wall-box. You can connect try-phasic to the red 3x32 as well as the red 3-16 sockets. The car will then always charge at 11kW as that is what the cars rectifier supports. Also the connector to the blue 16A or the...

The first flight just took place:

Can be reserved now (July 2019) in Switzerland. A first lot of 300 cars to be delivered here from later this year. Of those slots 185 were left open at the time of writing.

You do not need necessarily a "home charger". With your short trip distances any ordinary household socket capable of 8A/220V would do. If you can park near such a socket at home or work you would have all you need. To replenish 8m of suburban driving will require less than 3 kWh off the plug...

There are some interesting statistics for Tesla Model 3 sales in Switzerland for March to June 2019 in a German language forum here. Switzerland is a particularly interesting market as there is mostly no special support for EV's and there is no local car industry to be protected. In some Cantons...

On the Mac using Disk Utility (Mojave): !!! Always make sure you are working on the correct Volume, the stick e.g. !!! Format stick first as Mac OS Disk with Disk Utility, use GUID Partition Map: Now, still in Disk Utility, click Partition in the top line of the Utility, click "+" to create...

Nice one I heard in Switzerland: "Sensiibeli" (pron. senseebeli). In Swiss German dialect for: A sensitive, if a bit easily irritable person. "Sensibel" in German translates to sensitive in English.

Indeed - also France has some special sockets - also for their household variety plugs (called Schuko in Germany). It looks nearly the same, but has sometimes a pin in the socket. There you can only use a plug with a hole to accept that, such as this one here: This forces phase and neutral...

Well - mature automakers have currently no large sales or delivery increases to deal with. Their sales are steady or declining. Their problems with starting electric vehicles production are as yet elsewhere. See e.g. what Audi is currently struggling with. (No engines, no batteries).

I found this here. According to that in Switzerland only incomes (salaries e.g.) are tax free. VAT is not mentioned. Maybe in Vienna they have some additional privileges, but that may be limited to selected shops as mentioned here. According to that last note they are entitled (in Austria) to...

Fewer deliveries were to be expected due to the fundamental change in logistics with the startup of sales to Europe. Sales in Europe physically could only pick up from March and represent therefore about one month of sales. Tesla registers a sale when the car is with the customer and all papers...

Continued from above: Interesting in a more general way was to have the opportunity to talk to many newcomers to electric cars. Surprising for me, as well as others in the same "duties" was the relatively high age of new electric car buyers (beyond 60) having ordered so early a locally as yet...

I am Swiss and took delivery of my Model 3 on 1 March (AWD, standard Aero). The car is of course as good to drive as most say. In general I cannot second most seemingly frequent complaints: Wipers worked perfectly in heavy and not so heavy rain. Panel gaps are normal and no different than on...

I would not hire those. They are used to steady state operations and their performance is far from faultless even for their much simpler tasks. In patchwork Europe nothing is simple. Customs will not hire an additional clerk just for you e.g. There are lots of elements at work here of the type...

I was then lucky: We have two cars on order. The first to be delivered required some communication by phone and mail, as the website was locked for registrations other than personal. The delivery date appeared on the website after those details were settled and that had to be shifted by a day by...