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Gigafactory
| August 8th, 2017 at 3:50:51 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | OPINION: Can we wean Elon Musk off government support already? Everybody forgets what a crony capitalist the guy is. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| August 8th, 2017 at 7:07:46 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
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 Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22942 | 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 "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| August 8th, 2017 at 11:39:24 AM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | 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 Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | /. 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 Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | See where your EV batteries come from, rich liberals! War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| August 8th, 2017 at 2:24:25 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
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 Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22942 |
Fractured imperfect policies better than no good policy at all. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| August 8th, 2017 at 3:12:03 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
Well, how do you feel about young children mining the materials for those EV batteries? That is the point of the post. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| August 8th, 2017 at 7:24:45 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 76 Posts: 12501 |
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" |