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14 April 2019, 08:01 AM | #181 | |
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When the car itself can charge its own batteries with solar energy, you'll have something. But battery and electric motor efficiency aren't there yet. So what we have now is a pollution transfer system. You get cleanER air and the guy down the road gets dirtiER air. As long as people can inexpensively plug into the dirty power plant three towns over, no one will build an electric car that doesn't need to be plugged in, which is the real solution to the problem. |
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14 April 2019, 03:58 PM | #183 |
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when we burn fossil fuels, we are burning and releasing gases that were once on this earth anyway, the entire eco system of nature was designed to cope with this pollution, to deal with it, with its sheer enormity, the carbon dioxide is essential for trees and plants which is all elementary science,
however i do believe that you need to keep pollution in all its forms away from people, to reduce the pollution in the air we breathe, this is just a given really, When i look at my diesel van and go through all of the things that have been fitted to this vehicle to reduce pollution, i have a feeling that the task of getting it 'clean' has been achieved, here is what it has, catalytic convertor ERG valve Diesel particulate filter Turbocharger Adblue emissions additive When you stand behind it, you can barely smell anything, it blows no smoke whatsoever, i wouldnt mind betting that my van is cleaner than any electric car taking all things into consideration. |
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Matter can neither be created or destroyed. Pollution doesn't exist in a cosmic sense.
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Nonsense, I can destroy a double cheeseburger and a pint of beer in 5min!
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23 April 2019, 03:54 AM | #188 |
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No worries, Musk will come up with some new Dreamer Scheme to get money to 'reserve' your car. Tesla seems to be losing key personnel right and left nowadays. Have also read that making the batteries for their cars does a lot of harm to the environment.
Has anyone here received their $35,000 Tesla yet?
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Obviously not good, especially with all eyes on you but I believe all of the vehicle fires so far have been explained and not so random but we will see. Just as an FYI - https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Resear...s-and-patterns It's not so uncommon.... "In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year. These fires caused an average of 480 civilian deaths, 1,525 civilian injuries, and $1.3 billion in direct property damage annually." |
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23 April 2019, 05:24 AM | #190 | |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQgjY2SRrck I haven't watch this vid yet, but I frequent his other review vid.
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23 April 2019, 05:36 AM | #191 |
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Wow, so one in the wild. That's one. Anyone else here actually get one? Anyone?
It's great news as soon they'll be stocking the $35k unit as they are now doing others models so you can just buy it 'off the lot'. Good to know the back log is over for some models too.
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24 April 2019, 01:21 AM | #192 |
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the summon mode and new self driving video are awesome.
I wish Mercedes/rover someone damn cool bought them out and integrated tech. I don't like the look of the cars, but the tech is amazing!!! |
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Guy lives on an Island and has a 6 year old model. Tesla models and build quality have improved exponentially over the past several years. Granted, Tesla can improve on many things but they have literally changed the auto industry world wide which is no small feat. You really have to own one, or borrow one for a month, to appreciate it. I've always been a performance car nut and gave Tesla a shot two years ago when I decided to upgrade my SUV ( Chevy Tahoe) and bought a 2017 Tesla Model X. I have been so impressed with this car I ended up selling most of my others. It's hard to believe, but petrol cars just seem obsolete and archaic in comparison and this isn't just me. Have heard many others feel the same and rarely do I find anyone bashing Tesla who owns one, aside from some service complaints as I believe they are selling so many cars now their service infrastructure has to catch up. My Model X is sharp looking, seats 7, a technological marvel, drives itself, best interface I've ever had on a vehicle, just as fast as a $300k super car (faster than many), haven't visited a gas station in over two years and believe it or not have never had an issue with it. It's a personal preference and I can see some situations where they range may not be suitable for people who drive several hundred miles a day or live far away from the city and service centers ect. I get 300 miles on a charge and never have an issue and these will be over 600 miles in about a year. Took several road trips and had no problem using the supercharger network on the way. Ultimately Tesla has done something phenomenal and while they might not always be the leader in the industry, they certainly have started a global change in transportation and energy. |
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Dang, your X looks sharp! I originally wanted black but ended up with white. Who did all the extras (wrap, tint, chrome delete)? It looks great.
I'm sure you saw today but the long range version of the X now goes 325 miles and that's basically just due to a change in the front motor. |
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Would like to personally thank Elon as he has single-handedly made my friends lots of $$$. The moment 420 was announced, it was payday from then on. Many, many thanks Elon, we could not have done it without your wonderful tweets.
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Despite what anyone says tesla safety profile and miles logged under auto pilot are near 100X better than any other car company.
they are more of a tech/data company vs a car. Every other system is so far behind tesla its crazy. With these companies you don't buy for the balance sheet. You buy for the fact that they are forcing everyone else to compete against them. As long as their are buyers of the car debt/funding doesn't matter there will always be investors ready to plug in capital. Long term worth a shot in the 100s edit: add in the Semi/powerwall/solar hook up and being able to sell power back to the grid= moon |
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I'm trying to figure out if you have a bigger hardon for Tesla or the VW Group.
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27 April 2019, 05:20 AM | #198 |
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Oooooh, good question! How about, hmmmm.... hard to say. Stiff competition, with flaccid results depending on the metrics employed.
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Bottom line IMHO, is that as Steven pointed out, Tesla has made extraordinary progress in to alternative powered vehicles. Is electric the answer or is Hydrogen? If electric is the answer is Tesla the best company to buy one from and will they flourish? I don’t have the answers to any of these questions but we as a society HAVE to find an alternative to oil, for a variety of reasons. Anybody that makes strides in that direction I support.
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27 April 2019, 06:51 AM | #200 |
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Decades ago I admired Brazil using LPG in cars. Cheaper to use, burns cleaner, and you get more power output. It's actually not that hard to convert many modern vehicles to use that as well. Gas stations offered it so no worries about miles traveled limitation because it was just like any other gas station.
My next vehicle will use solar wind :-)
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LPG comes from crude oil and gas deposits, so we're not getting away from fossil fuels using it. Ethanol uses about 1.1 barrels of petroleum to produce a barrel of alcohol in its life cycle, so no help there either. Pretty sure solar wind is toxic. What kind of shielding will this ride have to keep you from getting ionized by charged particles? |
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My amg has self driving features and tbh that’s the literal only thing about Tesla’s besides the huge iPad screen that I enjoy. I prefer something less fragile than an ev and I hear if you start using features in your car that 300 miles turns to 150 real fast
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I’ve not sat in a Tesla, so I have nothing to gauge the space by. But have you really had 7 adults in there? Looking at them it doesn’t seem possible, even with two in the trunk? Definitely intriguing.
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The back 2 seats are bigger/roomier than my Q7s back 2 seats were. The X also has a ton of storage (under the trunk, the frunk, etc), which I utilize to the fullest. It's a smaller package but does a good job maximizing space....as they should, no engine, "transmission", etc.
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Thx for sharing, thats really bad service that I’ve heard of.
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Interesting heads up and pretty predictable result. |
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Rich Benoit was on Rogan yesterday. He now owns 2 Teslas and loves them lol Amazing how haters spin his story. The car he was rebuilding was a flooded salvage title and Tesla doesn't sell parts to rebuild salvage cars, especially water damage, for liability reasons, which I think is more than understandable. |
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This didn’t age well
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