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xedeon
6y ago
> Tesla has exhausted the supply of uncritical fanboys, and is past being the only good electric car manufacturer. Now they have to compete with BMW and Mercedes, who also sell good electric cars. What an odd thing to say. The objective
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xedeon
6y ago
Bad spin. He claims the price is lower because of the “subsidies”. Which is opposite of what you’re implying. Not only that your logic is flawed, the math also doesn’t check out. Why? Not everyone who were the first 200k early adopters got
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xedeon
6y ago
You're arguments, are erroneous and are so out of topic. Let's do a bit of fact checking on this false narrative. Having worked in government. Most if not all financial transactions records are public record and can easily be trac
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xedeon
6y ago
> "exceptional ride due to lower center of gravity and essentially middle engine design" That is a factual statement! Let me ask you this. Have you driven a decent mid-engine sports car like a Porsche 718 Boxster and a Tesla M
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xedeon
6y ago
When it comes to track times and races. A win is a win. That is an absolute fact. https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/bgxie8/electri... It's also funny how you claim it's PR. When it&
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xedeon
6y ago
Not quite. Low center of gravity is key. "In addition to its near 50/50 weight distribution, Model 3 was also designed with an extremely low polar moment of inertia, which means that its heaviest components are located closer to t
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xedeon
6y ago
Yes. Super Cruise is pretty good. The only caveat is that it only works on limited-access freeways. https://www.gm.com/our-stories/technology/cadillac-to-increa...
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xedeon
6y ago
I thought the topic of this thread was driver monitoring and driver drowsiness detection? What you're describing is the entire semi-automated driving system + driver monitoring feature. Another Apple to Oranges comparison... It's
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xedeon
6y ago
I have actually tried BMW Smart Eye and GM super cruise. Comma.ai’s Open Pilot driver monitoring is far superior to both of those. What OP was implying, is that the Tesla system mentioned on the article is on par with offerings from other O
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xedeon
6y ago
They were definitely annoying alright. Even the collision detection on our previous MBenz SUV would go off at certain roads that were perfectly clear of obstacles. Since OTA is not a thing on most cars. This becomes a permanent problem that
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xedeon
6y ago
I agree. The great thing about software is you can always iteratively improve it over time. As long as you're not reaching the hardware limits.
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xedeon
6y ago
> You are asserting with no idea whatsoever, or relevance really given you're apparently ignoring that I was answering a very specific comment. I am directly addressing your comment about "DMS/DAM". How is that not re
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xedeon
6y ago
Not even close in terms of complexity. I used many of the "Driver Drowsiness" detection from Toyota, BMW and MBenz on my previous cars. They always had false positives, inconsistent and pretty rudimentary. What you're implyin
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xedeon
6y ago
Tesla != Starlink/SpaceX
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xedeon
6y ago
400k miles is nothing to batteries (with good BMS and temp control like Tesla) and electric motors. Compilation of 300-450k mile Teslas. https://www.tesloop.com/blog/2019/2/6/tesloops-high-mileage-... 90
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xedeon
6y ago
> Tesla strongly markets the idea that "all you need is the phone". I've been a Tesla owner for quite a while now. I don't recall seeing that in any marketing material. More-so being "strongly". It's pr
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xedeon
6y ago
A link to your claims would be great. Otherwise, it's hard to take it seriously.
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xedeon
6y ago
I believe what's on the official court documents that were made public. Anything else is speculation, which is what is exactly what you're doing.
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xedeon
6y ago
You created your account 34 minutes ago and have provided zero supporting links on your claims.
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xedeon
6y ago
> unfounded allegations about Tripp claiming about getting paid This has already been substantiated on the court documents. https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1220154057895088133?... >(Musk in his depos
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xedeon
6y ago
It's summarized here: https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1220153971668549637 I don't like to speculate. I would rather others form their own opinion.
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xedeon
6y ago
https://www.scribd.com/document/471770054/TES-TRIPP-0028348-...
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xedeon
6y ago
Everything you need to know about Martin Tripp: https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1291854536924168195
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xedeon
6y ago
That might be quite a while. People have been waiting since the original Model S came out in 2012.
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xedeon
6y ago
>Do you really think that stuff happens with Dodges and Kias? Yes, ofcourse. Why wouldn't it? No such thing as a perfect production line. It's bound to happen. A 2 min cursory search already yielded these results for Dodge &
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xedeon
6y ago
People who say such things typically just regurgitate old narratives. In addition, renewables surpassed coal in US energy generation recently: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=39992
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xedeon
6y ago
https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/2019-tesla-impact-report.pdf Look at the Battery Recycling section.
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It's also still trending up. It was 192 a few hours ago, now it's up to 204. Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zk9oFDJ3Ocbz80Z1ISSW... https://twitter.com/uspresstracker
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6y ago
Even after identifying themselves with their press credentials? Come on.
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6y ago
Plenty of videos on Twitter. These are just a few couple out of many: https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1267449066947932163?s... https://twitter.com/JordonLee/status/1267600319522971
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