Another week, another fraud:
Faraday Future chairman, executives step down following internal preorder review
Its founder and CEO will both take a 25% salary reduction, as well.
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240V makes little sense in NA, a 20A 120V would be the sweet spot as cost of BOM goes up high after that. Not everyone uses electric heaters for water nor does anyone have a plug on their hot water heater. Use case is computer, fridige, etc not super high amp draw water heater. A setup like this is a huge revenue opportunity as an option that would have very high take up rates, an easy $500-$900 more per vehicle profit.I think it does make sense to include power outlets and a small inverter for convenience. I would like to see a high amperage 12V outlet too. Vehicle to grid is a different use story and complicated by so many safety, regulatory and infrastructure issues it's not practical to implement at this time. Or, put another way, Tesla has pick and choose their battles and how they deploy their resources. And, indeed, Tesla has already promised 120V and 240V outlets on their next vehicle, the Cybertruck. In the future I bet it's a profitable option all their vehicles.
If you want hot water, the 120V outlets should be more than one 15 amp. outlet, preferably 240V. How much hot water do you think 120V @ 15 amps is going to get you in an hour? Not even enough to take a warm bath or shower unless your water supply is already tepid which is not the normal situation in areas where Tesla are sold. If all you want is tea or coffee, fine. Power outlets are super easy to implement relative to Tesla doing VTG which involves all kinds of new software and hardware on the grid side for integration.
There's nothing wrong with just wanting to make it to retirement.Admin: Elon how do you do it? How do you get around chip shortages and other auto manufacturers having a hard time.
Elon: We are not just an auto manufacturer we are a professional software engineering company that has competent staff who can rapidly develop new software. Not a bunch of old COBOL programmers who just want to make it to retirement.
Amazon re-guided earlier in the quarter, I assume expectations are based on thatHow are AMZN expectations so low? I know supply chain issues were insane in 4Q, but $3.58/share? If 1Q22 reverts back to just the earnings performance of 1Q21, that's $15.79/share. Lol! Interesting times.
Nope not at all, lets just not think that the software engineers applying to Tesla and getting positions would ever apply for positions at GM. Used to be the GM of a consulting organization and we had location near GM and Ford facilities. None of our software engineers ever wanted to go on assignment for GM or Ford.There's nothing wrong with just wanting to make it to retirement.
There is no countering FUD as there is no destroying of stupid.
Was talking to a guy about the Texas grid outages, so I thought I'd dig around a bit to see what the opportunity looks like for Tesla Energy.
What could Texas have done last year to help avert similar issues this year? Obviously their solution is megapacks, so I went onto the Tesla site to order some. $1B gets you 1,000 megapacks(770MW/3080MWh) of battery storage installed in Texas by Tesla. That seems expensive, but you have to factor in that probably saves the Texas grid ~$50-100M in frequency and ancillary services every year. Then you add in the storage benefits to a Texas grid with massive cheap wind and solar.....these battery packs would pay themselves off in 5-8 years at most.
Texas should have done that in 2021, then doubled their order every year til the grid is eventually balanced, fully decentralized, and ultra-resilient. The DoE would happily finance it and ratepayers wouldn't end up paying a dime. In a messed up grid like Texas batteries don't "cost" anything, the savings more than makes up for the pricetag. And that's likely true all the way thru to 120% wind/solar/battery.
Taken seriously and executed as if this were an actual emergency, starting such a project in 2021 probably gets the whole Texas grid transitioned in 10-12 years. Obviously the oil & gas industry would never let this happen, but Texas ratepayers need to understand it's doable and they'd likely not pay one incremental dime for the entire transition. They can order the first year's 1,000 megapacks literally right off the website today.
TSLA investors need to understand the opportunity as well. Texas alone is probably $100B worth of orders and another $100-500M in basic maintenance services each year forever. Each % of this global market is astronomically valuable.
I've fallen behind again, but the headlines have inspired the following "blurt". My apologies if it's already been covered.
Hey NHTSA, thank you!!!
Thank you for all of the SPECIAL attention you are paying to Tesla, helping them improve their software, showing the world how Tesla cars improve through over-the-air updates, teaching everyone that recalls don't HAVE to involve massive time sucks, travel and dealer upsell attempts.
Your focus on Tesla is all but guaranteeing that the world will know that Tesla is earning its position as the best auto manufacturer in the world, and your continued aid in discovering/solving potential software issues will help them keep it.
Sure, trumpeting headlines about Tesla recalls creates volatility in the share price, but since Tesla is capable of self-funding for the foreseeable future, the short term volatility doesn't actually hurt the company, so GO FOR IT, if you somehow benefit from shining such a bright spotlight on Tesla. You are providing smart investors with opportunities to buy TSLA at a hefty discount.
Of course, you DO realize that you could be accused of favoritism, if you're not dedicating an equivalent amount of time and effort to improving ALL of the OEMs....... You could probably even be SUED for trying to manipulate the auto industry by choosing who succeeds in this period of transition......
Just trying to return the favor.... I truly hope you are able to give the other OEMs the attention they deserve. They could really use the help.
I BELIEVE TESLA SHOULD CREATE A REALITY-BASED NARRATIVE TO COUNTER FUD.
Hey NHTSA, thank you!!!
Thank you for all of the SPECIAL attention you are paying to Tesla, helping them improve their software, showing the world how Tesla cars improve through over-the-air updates, teaching everyone that recalls don't HAVE to involve massive time sucks, travel and dealer upsell attempts.
Chronology :
- On January 6, 2022, the South Korea Automobile Testing & Research Institute (KATRI) brought the condition and limited circumstances to Tesla’s attention.
- From January 10, 2022 to January 22, 2022, the Tesla vehicle software and homologation teams investigated the condition and scope of vehicles that were potentially impacted by it.
- On January 25, 2022, Tesla reviewed the investigative findings and determined that the condition is a noncompliance. A recall determination was voluntarily made the same day.
- As of January 31, 2022, Tesla is not aware of any warranty claims, field reports, crashes, injuries or fatalities related to the condition.
Was talking to a guy about the Texas grid outages, so I thought I'd dig around a bit to see what the opportunity looks like for Tesla Energy.
What could Texas have done last year to help avert similar issues this year? Obviously their solution is megapacks, so I went onto the Tesla site to order some. $1B gets you 1,000 megapacks(770MW/3080MWh) of battery storage installed in Texas by Tesla. That seems expensive, but you have to factor in that probably saves the Texas grid ~$50-100M in frequency and ancillary services every year. Then you add in the storage benefits to a Texas grid with massive cheap wind and solar.....these battery packs would pay themselves off in 5-8 years at most.
Texas should have done that in 2021, then doubled their order every year til the grid is eventually balanced, fully decentralized, and ultra-resilient. The DoE would happily finance it and ratepayers wouldn't end up paying a dime. In a messed up grid like Texas batteries don't "cost" anything, the savings more than makes up for the pricetag. And that's likely true all the way thru to 120% wind/solar/battery.
Taken seriously and executed as if this were an actual emergency, starting such a project in 2021 probably gets the whole Texas grid transitioned in 10-12 years. Obviously the oil & gas industry would never let this happen, but Texas ratepayers need to understand it's doable and they'd likely not pay one incremental dime for the entire transition. They can order the first year's 1,000 megapacks literally right off the website today.
TSLA investors need to understand the opportunity as well. Texas alone is probably $100B worth of orders and another $100-500M in basic maintenance services each year forever. Each % of this global market is astronomically valuable.
Yes, Tesla had already deployed the fix before this news broke. Yes, it is a rareish edge case with two other levels of driver alert. But this was a defect and this is the way the defect reporting and resolving process works.I think all of these nonsense recalls are making people numb to the headlines. NHTSA is turning into the boy who cried "recall".