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I know Elon Musk gets a lot of flak for throwing out unreasonable predictions, but I watched this interview a couple of days ago and didn't think much about the
by sixQuarks 11y ago
I know Elon Musk gets a lot of flak for throwing out unreasonable predictions, but I watched this interview a couple of days ago and didn't think much about the claim because it was an off-the-cuff guess instigated by the interviewer.
It wasn't like Elon made a special announcement to tell the world about this. The press picks up anything he says and makes it into a big "announcement". I saw several headlines that made it seem like an official announcement. I guess he should be more careful when he's thinking out loud.
- mikeyouse 11y agoYeah, the context was linked above, it was really just off-the-cuff; He was asked about 1,000km range: 1,000 kilometers... hmm... Well, it depends under what circumstances for a thousand kilometers. As it is, the record right now for Model S is 800 kilometers (496 miles). That's the furthest that anyone has driven a Model S. Now, in order to do that, they did drive at a relatively slow speed, so, you know, we're talking, I think they drive at 40 or 50 kilometers an hour (25-30mph) or something like that. But I think, my guess, we could probably break a thousand kilometers within a year or two.. 5% - 10% per year.
- masklinn 11y agoIIRC they drove not only at a low speed but on ~0 grade road and with all conveniences disabled (no AC, just fans).