Posted on 06/03/2021 8:28:22 AM PDT by mylife
In January 2018, Elon Musk kickstarted several years' worth of speculation that he was going to enter the restaurant business, and of course he did it in less than 140 characters. "Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA," he tweeted at the time.
In subsequent tweets, he hinted that his Teslafied drive-in would also show clips from the "100 best" movies, and that Tesla drivers may be able to see the restaurant's menu on their cars' touchscreens as soon as they pulled into the joint. Later that year, Tesla applied for a building permit in Santa Monica for a combination restaurant and Supercharger station, but that application—and Musk's brief social media spitballing session—was as far as the restaurant idea went.
That all changed earlier this week, when Tesla filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services [and] take-out restaurant services." According to Electrek, the company applied for a trio of trademarks that include the word "Tesla," its 'T' logo, and a stylized version of the company's name. The application is currently "awaiting examination," and will be reviewed by an attorney sometime within the next three months.
If this actually happens, it will be interesting to see what a potential restaurant will look like, how it's staffed, or even if it's staffed at all. Tesla already operates charging stations that have self-serve lounges that sell coffee and sandwiches.
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Got mine from a Golden Corral, probly 30 years ago. Never touched another clam since. Never will.
Germany is already doing that.
https://www.mobility.siemens.com/global/en/portfolio/road/ehighway.html
Remember this same tech is used on TGV trains that run at 300 mph and draw 15,000 horsepower via 25,000 volt AC there is effectively no limit to the HP of the truck EV.
The Swedes have a cheaper alternative that also would work for light duty vehicles. The ground based track is only energized directly under the vehicle so you cannot be shocked by walking up and touching the slots. Sweden gets tons of snow and rain so they have mastered that challenge already a self clearing slot wiper would be a pretty easy mechanical engineering fix which is likely how they did it. Slots have a long history the first were for trolly cars in the 1890s Washington DC had them as overhead wires for the trollyrail was illegal. Remember the electric motor predated the otto engine by 4 decades and diesels by even more. All mobility at one time was by horse, ox, steam or DC electric motors the petrol engine wouldn’t come along for a generation after that era.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/electrified-road-sweden-ev-charging/
An EV will never shake the ground like a coal burning Mopar big block but the Mini Cooper with 4 motors will leave one setting on the line wondering WTF was that!
There's a Mini Cooper with four motors? I've heard of Minis with two, but not four. It does sound like the sort of thing they would do.
It was a test concept before the electric mini’s. Each wheel had its own motor with crazy horsepower. Only remotely related to the Production models.
Thanks. Sounds dangerous, but possibly fun.
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