Gigafactory
September 23rd, 2019 at 9:35:48 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Lets look at the hidden question. Is AMZN going to start to abandon the gig-hire delivery force it now has for more regular hires, or will it start forcing these trucks on them the same way FedEx does its drivers? The President is a fink. |
September 23rd, 2019 at 4:31:37 PM permalink | |
reno Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 58 Posts: 1384 |
Can you elaborate on "forcing these trucks on them"? Are you predicting these trucks will be crappy? |
September 23rd, 2019 at 5:07:27 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Sure. Most FedEx drivers are on an owned route. FedEx has a ton of requirements for them, so many that they have been taken to court for having too many standards for an independent contractor. Anyhow, one thing is the trucks. Notice that they are all the same? So, will AMZN make renting the truck a requirement to have an AMZN route? Or will they make direct hires? IMHO AMZN is on borrowed time with their labor practices. They are on a crash course to take a union. Lots of people like being an indie driver, but if you have to lease the vehicle the rate must go up. No idea if they will be crappy or not, but I do not have high hopes for a sartup using so much new tech. The President is a fink. |
September 26th, 2019 at 2:34:05 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 | California police officer must call off chase after Tesla patrol car's battery runs low. Can you imagine Roscoe explaining he let them get away due to a dead battery? The President is a fink. |
September 26th, 2019 at 5:11:43 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | What do they do when gas tanks get low. |
September 26th, 2019 at 5:13:55 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
Fill it mid shift when getting donuts. Takes just a few minutes instead of hours to charge. The President is a fink. |
September 26th, 2019 at 10:18:49 AM permalink | |
DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4944 |
Tesla has chargers that give a 75 mile range in 5 minutes. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
September 26th, 2019 at 11:08:32 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | those new million mile batteries will be great, the cars will be junked before the batteries are. |
September 26th, 2019 at 11:59:55 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
That will last the cops about 90 minutes. In pursuit it will get sucked dry fast. The President is a fink. |
September 26th, 2019 at 12:10:29 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | That's what radios and planes are for. |