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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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Words of HABIT
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@AudubonB, very surprised that you would state factually that it was an EV that caused the fire on the Fremantle Highway cargo ship. Of the 3,783 vehicles on board only 498 were EVs. I have read a dozen different articles from a dozen different sources and all claimed the cause of the fire has not been established. Article headlines clearly accuse an EV as suspect, however all speculation. Note the ship Owner is also the same Owner as the Ever Given, the huge cargo ship that ran aground blocking the Suez Canal for seven days in March 2021, backing up 364 cargo ships causing bottleneck of goods delivery across the globe. We all need to be careful not to spread false information. It is unfortunate that the damage to transition of transportation from ICE to EVs due to this incident, via MSM misinformation, has already been done.
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It never, ever was I. I do, however, plead Guilt of Omission: I did not step in - and this is now quite a few years ago - to overrule the non-Mods who were using their superstitions to browbeat others, and eventually an innocent (?) Mod seemed to have thought it was a Mod directive.
Fair point.
Fair, I write: not Good, and definitely not Excellent. To earn those accolades, I should think you would want to show:
1. Examples of car carriers catching on fire before the era of EV transport by same, and
2. A synopsis of carrier fires that have happened at and since that point, and which of them conclusively have been shown to be EV-generated.
But I have edited the original post to include your point, and given you the deserved nod.
dhrivnak
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I do think V2H (Vehicle to Home) is a big deal. With the Prius you need to get and inverter and tap into the high voltage battery which most people will not do. But put a plug in the trunk or bed of a truck and people will flock to it. Guaranteed.
navguy12
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“…With a bidirectional charger, energy can flow both ways: both into your EV or back out, opening up many possibilities such as providing backup power during blackouts, or powering lights when you’re camping, he said. In a condo building, if enough EVs were plugged in at the same time, their batteries could be used to power systems in the building when electricity prices are high…”
From a story in today’s Toronto Star, explaining how a business case is being made for EV charging capabilities in existing condos:
From a story in today’s Toronto Star, explaining how a business case is being made for EV charging capabilities in existing condos:
Yes. It's great as long as they can remember to shut off the main breaker so that the electricity doesn't go back to the grid and harm the technicians working on the problem.
Someone needs a Yoda on his shoulder: "There is no Say. There is only Do."
Ironic. They seem to be pimping the Solar Roof now, while mine has been ready for months to install with financing and permits in place. I hope they will start with current orders first.
insaneoctane
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Gell-Mann Amnesia effect personified...
Gell-Mann Amnesia
'Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case,
www.epsilontheory.com
I got that email from Tesla also. To clarify, it is for solar panels, not solar roof. You can tell by the picture...
Who knows, why waste a good question about solar roof on Say when you can ask about CT demand?
Weekend tangential topic: Just enjoyed a nice week or two in Copenhagen. A very electric city, judging from the 350kW chargers I passed every day, along with the taxis charging at them. Major city, no detectable air pollution. No detectable water pollution where I was at, a major canal with lots of traffic ... most of which consisted of electric tour boats. No rainbow sheen of oil on the water, something we see a lot of on our boating lakes here in Texas. About the only things I saw in the water there was seagrass up from the bottom (and some rather large jellyfish). What a clean place overall.
They are big into wind over there, best I can tell from anecdotal looking; less so in solar (likely since that would suck in the winter when you really need energy) but that may change as seasonal storage comes online. Or not; they have lots of wind and way more efficient buildings than we do around here.
I saw a reasonable number of Teslas; fewer than here, but the Berlin ramp is fairly recent. And I saw plenty of VW and other EV's, and of course, way more bicycles than cars.
Keep the faith folks: the future we are aiming for is brighter, cleaner, safer, more pleasant to live in, and already (in most locales) cheaper. I appreciated my glimpse of it this summer. Let's try to not let Ford et al. backslide and slow us down.
I am now back in the 3rd circle of Hell. Hoping for cooler weather by mid October. Solar + heat pump holding up fine here, doing my part to shore up our fine grid.
Growler out.
They are big into wind over there, best I can tell from anecdotal looking; less so in solar (likely since that would suck in the winter when you really need energy) but that may change as seasonal storage comes online. Or not; they have lots of wind and way more efficient buildings than we do around here.
I saw a reasonable number of Teslas; fewer than here, but the Berlin ramp is fairly recent. And I saw plenty of VW and other EV's, and of course, way more bicycles than cars.
Keep the faith folks: the future we are aiming for is brighter, cleaner, safer, more pleasant to live in, and already (in most locales) cheaper. I appreciated my glimpse of it this summer. Let's try to not let Ford et al. backslide and slow us down.
I am now back in the 3rd circle of Hell. Hoping for cooler weather by mid October. Solar + heat pump holding up fine here, doing my part to shore up our fine grid.
Growler out.
Knightshade
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I get emails from Tesla to buy solar probably once or twice a year- for years now.
Every time I click the link in the email it tells me not available in my area.
Which is extra weird since they know my zip code- and they know what areas they service- but can't seem to be bothered to filter one against the other when sending these.
Krugerrand
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I would say the answer to that question is just look at their EV financials that they so graciously separated out for us. Supporters speculated it was in preparation to split the business. It’s kind of looking like they did it to have a convenient excuse for shareholders to not do EVs and to shift to hybrids. Hybrids make money. EVs lose money. Therefore Ford will not make EVs. Yeah, team!
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It’s mostly meaningless. A lot of the peace brokering in this war is empty posturing.
Not sure if this is the one, but just reread it and it's still pretty hilarious. I wish I'd written it! #286,494
Artful Dodger
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PSA: How to Use Tesla Car Wash Mode | Chuck Cook (July 29, 2023)
REMEMBER: Getting a Car Wash is getting service; Go to the Service menu to find Car Wash Mode.
Cheers!
REMEMBER: Getting a Car Wash is getting service; Go to the Service menu to find Car Wash Mode.
Cheers!
German main news cast claimed it as factual. At least their web sites article says 'unconfirmed' about the speculation. Nasty.
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