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Tesla boss Elon Musk test-drives Volkswagen ID.3 electric with rival CEO Diess
Hindustan Times ^ | September 5, 2020 | Bloomberg

Posted on 09/09/2020 7:17:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Elon Musk Testing The Model 3's Main Competitor: His First Impressions

Elon Musk Testing The Model 3's Main Competitor: His First Impressions

1 posted on 09/09/2020 7:17:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Tesla Giga Berlin Abandoning Hundreds of Robots for Casting Machines

Tesla Giga Berlin Abandoning Hundreds of Robots for Casting Machines

2 posted on 09/09/2020 7:19:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
In one factory in Germany, VW produced over 25 million VW (original) Beetles over a period of about 40 years. In that same factory, VW has produced the Golf for a slightly longer period of time (started in March 1974), and has built at least 35 million of them. VW's the largest European automaker by units (second place is Fiat, if memory serves) and
Sez here, Volkswagen's Electrify America is buying and installing Tesla Powerpacks at " more than 100" of its charging stations...
VW and Tesla are likely to be friendly rivals, perhaps allies, as the EU rids Europe of gasoline powered vehicles over a rather short window of time. Used German luxury cars will probably be all over the markets of the world over the coming years.

3 posted on 09/09/2020 7:19:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Tesla WON | Tesla just made their Checkmate move | No one can stop them now

Tesla WON | Tesla just made their Checkmate move | No one can stop them now

4 posted on 09/09/2020 7:19:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

E-car = goofy wheels.


5 posted on 09/09/2020 7:19:45 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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Volkswagen ID.3: First-Drive Review By Jonny Smith
Inside EVs | August 23, 2020 | Steven Loveday
Posted on 08/28/2020 8:59:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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6 posted on 09/09/2020 7:22:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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VW’s had weird wheel designs on their gas and diesel cars for a number of years now.


7 posted on 09/09/2020 7:24:29 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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All e-cars have goofy looking wheels to look different so virtual signalers can show off.


8 posted on 09/09/2020 7:29:24 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Musk has gambled heavily on China. He has situated Tesla plants in China and hopes to show a profit and reward his investors by selling huge numbers of EVs in China. sorry but ultimately he will go bankrupt. any manufacturing, software or battery developments or patents held by Tesla will be pirated and put in the hands of Chinese EV manufacturers. They will underprice him. Also any profit he manages to make from Chinese sales will never reach his mostly American shareholders. The fact is unless forced by Democrat laws and regulations, most buyers shun EVs and prefer cars with internal combustion engine. The truth be told there can never be enough “green electricity” to power a car fleet the size of America’s. The whole concept is flawed and bogus.However be ready to give up your personal vehicle if the Democrats take power. They hate the personal freedom you have to travelwith your car.

BTW Musk himself is a very flawed drug using character. IMHO he has a death wish and will crash his companies.


9 posted on 09/09/2020 7:30:45 AM PDT by allendale
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Tesla 3 wheel covers protrude enough to scrape against curbs. Seems like a design flaw.


10 posted on 09/09/2020 7:33:06 AM PDT by Dagnabitt
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Tesla wheels are pretty conventional for modern cars.

https://www.tesla.com/ns_videos/commerce/content/dam/tesla/CAR_ACCESSORIES/MODEL_3/WHEELS_TIRES/1458216-00-A_0.jpg


11 posted on 09/09/2020 7:35:19 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Dagnabitt

That’s a problem for a lot of modern cars due to low profile tires. It’s the price paid for handling and a ride that isn’t land-yacht levels of seasickness inducing.


12 posted on 09/09/2020 7:36:44 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Dagnabitt

Seems like a design flaw.”

And a bad one. Wheels are expensive.


13 posted on 09/09/2020 7:36:55 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Spktyr
Ewwww!


14 posted on 09/09/2020 7:37:57 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Frankly, I think that once the big auto producers start making electrics, tesla will be history.

I saw a show that compared electric cars by cutting them up and looking at the parts. They said tesla bodies were extremely inefficient in construction methodology and cost of construction. However, they did LOVE their motor tech. If the other manufacturers can match Tesla’s motor tech, I think Tesla is done.

Of course, big companies have other “big overhead”.

I see Tesla as a slightly more successful 21st century version of Tucker.


15 posted on 09/09/2020 7:39:36 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: SunkenCiv

Nice propaganda video for Tesla. :)


16 posted on 09/09/2020 7:41:13 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: allendale

Drug using? Puffed on a marijuana/tobacco mix once. He doesnt smoke pot. What other drugs?


17 posted on 09/09/2020 7:42:22 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (If you watch porn you support human trafficking.)
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To: central_va
That particular wheel has been gone for quite a while.

Let me guess, you think this was better????

Ewwwwwwww.......

The current Toyota Prius, the original king of visual virtue signaling, comes with these wheels as one of the standard offerings.

Perfectly normal modern wheels, not weird ones.

18 posted on 09/09/2020 7:43:43 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Used German luxury cars will probably be all over the markets of the world over the coming years.

I guarantee you that a large proportion of those will wind up in China. German cars are already a status symbol there, their economy continues to grow and develop the middle class, and with the price dropping from that huge pool suddenly available in that short time span... easy prediction.

19 posted on 09/09/2020 7:44:39 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: central_va
Here's that Tesla Model 3 standard wheel:

Again, pretty standard for modern wheels.

20 posted on 09/09/2020 7:45:07 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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