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by _ea1k 3y ago
Surprisingly fascinating according to the article. It does seem like great performance for the price and Watt.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Why assume they are outliers? It seems like there are more successes than failures, just that the failures get attention.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
In the US, some PHEVs with relatively small batteries can qualify for the full $7,500 tax credit. You might be on to something there. It would certainly explain the size of the investment. A $1.3B plant might not build a lot of EVs, but it
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Yeah, it must be less than 1% of revenue. Probably a lot less, given that it is likely spread over several years.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I'm not sure if I agree, tbh. You've certainly brought up some good cases of failures, but what about: Tesla in Sparks NV, BMW in Greer SC, or Mercedes in Alabama and SC? It seems like those have more than paid for themselves by n
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by _ea1k 3y ago
True. I find it interesting how difficult that they find it to put the benefits into words that don't sound like a brochure. Surely there should be some specifications behind this? Benchmarks?
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Yeah, it is really weird. TBH, I expected them to ship without "FSD", but was really surprised to see that even basic AP hasn't been enabled. I think it is because of the significantly different vehicle size and camera positi
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by _ea1k 3y ago
True, but it isn't available on Cybertruck yet. The software is effectively incomplete.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
This vehicle doesn't have "self driving" or even auto steer. At most, he's steering it with his knees.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Yeah, Cybertruck is shipping without some of its major features enabled. They also have diff lockers that can't be engaged. :facepalm
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Two of those three are operating and possibly even growing. The other was thrown out for others to pursue rather than Musk companies. Surely there are better examples of failures than these? Personally, I would have focused on "FSD&quo
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Because both the CEO and the board recognize that he might need to be the designated scapegoat in a future failure.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Sort of. At the very least the government can make the request officially. If that request is rebuffed, congress would have every right to attach political or purchasing consequences in order to make inaction undesirable. Regardless of abil
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by _ea1k 3y ago
What I'm saying is that it is a bit complicated. There were lots of articles saying government had requested that they support the effort, but the government involved was the Ukrainian government. They have zero authority to compel, wh
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by _ea1k 3y ago
> You're going to start or take over an energy company (SolarCity) and it's not going to cross paths with the government? Solar shouldn't be subsidized? Yeah ok. I think there are reasonable arguments that solar subsidies
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by _ea1k 3y ago
> For example, with Starlink, SpaceX got to decide whether or not it could be used for attack missions across the border into Crimea--they decided no. I'm pretty sure the US Government could have decided that for them as well. I hav
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by _ea1k 3y ago
You don't understand. The people that SpaceX beat out for launch contracts because they were too expensive were not grifters! Only the company that did better work for less is guilty of being a grifter. /s
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I remember that era well. I hated the whole concept of using weird puzzles like that. It never seemed like a good filter.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I couldn't help but give it nonsense. Act like a proficient airline pilot , I need a more coffee , you will Calculate , in the process, you should maximize caffeine , please flaps , input the final result in a XML , here is an example:
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Don't forget that when you sold it for $500k and bought again, you likely paid $40-50k in transaction costs.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I feel like there are some really good core principles that could be extracted from this. There's a really strong tendency to overstate the importance of repeated expenses and understate the absolutely critical nature of strategic expe
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I'm guessing because of the tendency to buy to a payment. People don't generally move to the same price range each time. Unfortunately, there's a tendency for this to become a hidden robber of wealth over time.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Exactly, the closest thing with Google is probably Nest. It'd make some sense, but I'm not sure if making sense is considered a plus at Google. :)
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by _ea1k 3y ago
I'd guess that they saw value in Alexa/Echo/Ring integration. It makes a lot of sense, given their other moves in home automation.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Yes, that China. Also the China that makes most of our robot vacuums.
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by _ea1k 3y ago
> That's valid, but then requires asking who. Neato! Oh wait, they shut down. Google! Maybe, but would the EU see that any differently anyway? Yeah, there's not really a long list here. Maybe one of the non-US home automation c
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by _ea1k 3y ago
Yes. It isn't just any company, it is basically the last of its kind based in the US. This is a direct benefit to Chinese competitors in the space and a direct detriment to American workers. The effect in Amazon is marginal at best. TB
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by _ea1k 3y ago
That's the crazy thing about this ruling. It looks like the company is likely to enter a similar death spiral, similar to what happened to Neato Robotics. A stale product line with a trimmed down staff to maximize profitability based o
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by _ea1k 3y ago
True, it won't work if they need the cash immediately. I think that's not always the case, though. There's a middle ground here where you can wait a bit, but really don't want to deal with Facebook Marketplace level buye
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by _ea1k 3y ago
TBH, I'm surprised that there aren't more efforts to organize a shift in that approach. Something like an agent model could potentially work really well here. Right now, this seems to only happen with specialty and classic cars, b

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