Possible reason for the premarket drop.
Insider claims Berlin is producing 4k cars per week and cannot hit 5k/week due to staff shortage.
Viel weniger als behauptet: Interne Dokumente zeigen, wie viele Autos Tesla in Grünheide wirklich produziert
Tesla gab im März an, 5000 Autos pro Woche zu produzieren. Interne Dokumente zeigen, dass das interne Ziel lediglich 4350 Fahrzeugen sind.www.businessinsider.de
It's hard to know if storage will be seen as a commodity. Someday it probably will be.
I would dispute #2.
Not forbidden but surely we all have headaches by now from the wall that is human ignorance, stupidity or malicious intent, and have realized you really can’t fix FUD unless the person is ready, willing and able to learn, grow a brain or have a conscience.
I hear that a lot. I’m starting to think that results may be very regional. Everyone we talk to here have the same failure issues as us. Darting into right turn lanes, stopping on train tracks at intersections, constant incorrect signaling. Gotta say that traffic circles are much better and with a lot less drama. It also behaves better around pedestrians at intersections. Best version for us was 11.3.6. It was also the only version that didn’t leave us on railway tracks at intersections. Baby steps but generally heading in the right direction.
This is one core question. There is so much demand and so much established technology that the principal issues require detail elsewhere.
I see a couple of reasons why the Tesla brand will help it sell Magapacks:
Looking at this graph I’m reminded of a conversation some 3-4 years ago which was about why the first million was hard, and the second million was easy. I thought I had come up with a good explanation: It takes many doublings from a given modest starting amount for investing to reach 1 million, but just one other doubling to make it to two million.
Thanks for the PSA. I'll keep that in mind going forward.
I disagree that the decision as to which battery storage system is purchased by a utility is a 100% financial decision. This would be the case if an engineering consultant had done a very detailed design of what was to be built, and if the general contractors/subcontractors were prequalified ahead of the tender (bidding) process, and the equipment supplied was commodity equipment. However, these facilities are likely procured as a Design-Build process, where a team bids on the project, which includes the design *and* the equipment supply/construction of the facility. In this case, the Owner will have a way of rating design-build proposals, which would factor in the qualifications of each bidding team, including proposed team members, track record (incl. past/relevant/recent/local projects with references that can be contacted to see how these facilities are doing), proposed *schedule* (this is where Tesla may one day shine, if they use their huge cash position and ability to quickly build efficient factories), any innovation/improvements/warranties, etc. that go beyond the requested minimum (these would likely be optional/provisional items that would be added to the base bid if the team is successful), etc. Many levels of government and private industry don't always go with the low bidder when procuring engineering services, including design-build contracts, but the decision-making process needs to be clear/transparent/defensible (i.e., "...while the successful proponent's bid was 10% higher than the second-lowest bidder, the procurement team awarded additional technical points to ABC Partners due to their longer list of local projects, excellent references, and compressed schedule...").
