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by jsight 5y ago
I think that MCS will help greatly to accelerate things. Fear of building infrastructure for a new tech has to be a huge part of it. A lot of folks have toes in the water with Tesla semi orders, though. I expect that to grow pretty quickly
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by jsight 5y ago
You'd likely get by with dropping the match into gasoline most of the time too. Its not definite that there will be vapor from it in the right mix for it to catch fire before hitting the surface. Gasoline also isn't quite as combu
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by jsight 5y ago
I feel like Republicans push back against the idea of one being compulsory. Its a strange state of affairs for sure.
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by jsight 5y ago
Fair, but there is no certification process either and this is making these machines into paperweights far before their time. Worse, nothing stops them from using an adapter for other charge networks creating the same safety concern.
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by jsight 5y ago
> Commercial and industrial software are very different things. Exactly my point. Trust no humans is not a philosophy that applies in aviation software. It shouldn't apply quite as much in some other software either.
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by jsight 5y ago
The worst thing is that Tesla also restricts access to superchargers for salvage or rebuilt vehicles. I think some of the other charge networks would like to do the same, but do not have a path to enforcement of rules like that.
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by jsight 5y ago
+1, I actually think the push for "standardization" is premature. The most expensive parts are the transformers for meeting the cars voltage and amperage specs. Having multiple cables is far from impossible and not a major cost di
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by jsight 5y ago
https://epc.tesla.com/en/catalogs/2/categories/37/subcategor... The Tesla screen is available from Tesla's parts departments. You don't even need to own a car to buy it.
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by jsight 5y ago
Why not? These are maintenance heavy machines. Another line item in the maintenance procedure isn't necessarily a show-stopper. We have a tendancy in software to think that the software should do literally everything even with a user a
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by jsight 5y ago
Ha, that's a common pattern with Musk companies. EVs are impractical. Charging fast can't be done and the network won't exist until the cars get built anyway. But noone would buy them without the network so its impossible. Oh
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by jsight 5y ago
That's an interesting point. Though anecdotally I find the folks who really hate them sometimes have some really odd misconceptions.
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by jsight 5y ago
I see no confirmation of a 30 mph speed and it seems unlikely.
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by jsight 5y ago
It was reported that the versions are the same.
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by jsight 5y ago
That is a really good question, tbh. I've seen comparisons that show the Tesla's burning less often, but those weren't specifically post crash. A lot of ICE cars come from fuel leaks, often after major repairs and without a c
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by jsight 5y ago
Yeah, but despite his certainty the usual disclaimers about initial investigations apply. I think the officers weren't thinking about how many people would pick up on their words.
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by jsight 5y ago
Exactly, and the real risk is if you fail. Brakes can overpower motors on these cars. Even if you can exploit the system well enough to trigger full power (you can't) you'd then have a high risk that the person would notice, hit t
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by jsight 5y ago
I think this is a more realistic example. Note the proximity of houses: https://goo.gl/maps/GJQYr8yg6EYxSmZeA
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by jsight 5y ago
Exactly... if you are so valuable that they'd risk burning an exploit for an imperfect chance, there are more effective ways.
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by jsight 5y ago
> Most of us tech people are good at imagining ways technology might be abused, but we’re not as good at thinking like actual criminals. I wouldn't limit it to tech people. I hear the same ideas from non-technical folks who are ofte
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by jsight 5y ago
I think that would only be the case if the plants in your garden eventually turn into biofuel.
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by jsight 5y ago
How would that work? Infringement and even ownership are sometimes subjective or disputed. Automating it doesn't make those issues any easier.
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by jsight 5y ago
Oh, certainly if YHOO or MSFT had retained the Alibaba stake it would have been worth it. It looks like YHOO shares never went back above $45B, though: https://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-market-cap-over-time-2...
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by jsight 5y ago
That seems so similar to the Moller that it almost has to have been inspired by it. Looking at their website, it seems like the Moller folks have finally given up. Strange that they were able to string things along for so long, though.
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by jsight 5y ago
I could be wrong, but I don't think that was enough to push it back above the 44.6B valuation.
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by jsight 5y ago
> Timing is crucial for good returns - depending on when you put in and take out your money the returns can be negative (even in cases where you hold up to 15 years) and in other cases quite good (best cases inflation adjusted annualized
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by jsight 5y ago
Yeah, I've gone out of my way to go to the ones at Wawa sometimes. The worst are the hotel ones, IMO.
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by jsight 5y ago
That is correct. It would be almost 1:1 between CCS and CHAdeMO, but Electrify America only includes a single CHAdeMO cable per station. Most other networks are 1:1. Tesla supercharger coverage is pretty good with just over 1000 sites. EA c
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by jsight 5y ago
Hmm, seems like the closest high speed charging is Fillmore, UT, about 60-70 miles away? Obviously, I don't know of any current EVs that would be suitable for those kinds of 4x4 roads, but it seems like it isn't impossible from an
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by jsight 5y ago
No, the US has a large number of CCS combo 1 chargers. Its just that most are only 60kw or less, and will only do about 45kw on most cars due to amperage limitations. The big exception is Electrify America, which has about 600 sites now. It
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by jsight 5y ago
You seem to be implying that Florida had no restrictions, but this just isn't the case. Even when I went a couple of months ago, masking indoors was the norm and most places still had capacity restrictions. Queues at popular sites were

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