Gigafactory

August 8th, 2017 at 3:50:51 AM permalink
AZDuffman
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OPINION: Can we wean Elon Musk off government support already?

Everybody forgets what a crony capitalist the guy is.
The President is a fink.
August 8th, 2017 at 7:07:46 AM permalink
Nareed
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Quote: reno
Tesla will be employing several gimmicky strategies to guarantee that no one will buy the cheapest version.


Would you call that kind of strategy "bait and switch" or "unbundling"?


BTW, Tesla is installing solar roof tiles for its first customer, one Elon Musk.

It's nice he's using the product he's pushing (does he get around in a Tesla exclusively?), but for optics I'd have made much of starting at a middle-class home in a humdrum suburb.
Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER
August 8th, 2017 at 10:32:17 AM permalink
rxwine
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Mazda announces a breakthrough on combustion engines.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/mazda-announces-breakthrough-in-long-coveted-engine-technology/ar-AApIOMK?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
August 8th, 2017 at 11:39:24 AM permalink
Dalex64
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The technology is dieseling with cleaner-burning (than diesel fuel) gasoline, with spark plug assistance when required.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan
August 8th, 2017 at 1:39:26 PM permalink
Fleastiff
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/. reported major advance in manufacture of alkaline batteries and their ability to be recharged quickly.

Main thing is that they will be cheaper and safer than litium ion batteries.

See NY Times (paywall).
August 8th, 2017 at 1:46:04 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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August 8th, 2017 at 2:24:25 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: AZDuffman
See where your EV batteries come from, rich liberals


I consider myself a lib
but I am certainly not rich
I am well off and comfortable
because
I worked hard my whole life
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"
August 8th, 2017 at 2:43:30 PM permalink
rxwine
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Quote: AZDuffman


Fractured imperfect policies better than no good policy at all.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
August 8th, 2017 at 3:12:03 PM permalink
AZDuffman
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Quote: terapined
I consider myself a lib
but I am certainly not rich
I am well off and comfortable
because
I worked hard my whole life


Well, how do you feel about young children mining the materials for those EV batteries? That is the point of the post.
The President is a fink.
August 8th, 2017 at 7:24:45 PM permalink
terapined
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Quote: AZDuffman
Well, how do you feel about young children mining the materials for those EV batteries? That is the point of the post.

I don't think I have an EV battery
of course out of all the products I consume, child labor overseas may be involved
How do I feel?
I don't really feel anything.
How do you feel?
Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World"