botty_throwaway

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   by botty_throwaway 10y ago

   Sure, oil is subsidized. But it's disingenuous to claim Tesla doesn't play the regulation arbitrage game either. Not only is demand for Tesla's cars _partially_ sustained through consumer tax rebates, but Tesla's _prof
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   by botty_throwaway 10y ago

   Regarding professional installation, those costs are not factored into the base price. It's an additional cost to both parent's DIY method and the Powerwall. As for reputable warranties against breakdowns, please check out the fin
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   by botty_throwaway 10y ago

   Risk versus technological change is a dynamical system, yet many of the sky-is-falling estimates for the insurance industry myopically forecast assuming an invariant risk set-point. For an alternate perspective of a potential (lucrative) fu
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   by botty_throwaway 10y ago

   The common wisdom of autonomous transportation being lucrative for auto insurance companies may be correct, albeit for some not-so-common reasons. As an analog to Wirth's law I'd suggest that in the transportation industry, techno