Posted on 03/28/2023 5:40:57 AM PDT by Red Badger
Yup. I can't recall who said it, and I'm paraphrasing, but it was a newspaper magnate decades ago who said the first print is expensive, the rest are just cost of materials.
I have found it interesting that all the old leftist hippies and beatniks would drive VWs from the NAZIs. When I had the realization decades ago that they were of the same stripe as the NAZIs, it made more sense.
The driver came out and explained to admiring car fans how it was all electric
Tail gate open and close
Bed cover open and lift up.
Front storage open
Front storage refrigerated box
Side panel storage open and shut
Passenger and driver side door handles
With all the electrics I guess the range in winter sucks.
I saw one in Destin, FL a couple of months ago.........................
This article is totally full of BS. Tesla is making 20% profit every car. That’s how they have invested 20 billion dollars in new factories, have virtually NO corporate debt and 20 billion dollars cash. Other car makers are failing because they are bloated, not innovative, have hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate debt and are burdened with $5,000 per car in union costs.
I drove by their Austin facility, biggest building I’ve ever seen.
By 2030, portable EMP guns will be available. Concerned anarcho eco-fascists will drive thru government parking lots and fry every electric vehicle owned by the government. The government will be unable to go anywhere or do anything. That’s just a start.
No electric vehicles will exist by 2031. They will all be fried.
Tesla, besides being run far better than any legacy American auto maker in terms of costs, also has a reputation for producing an EV. The big 3 have a reputation for screwing up innovation.
Quirky, boutique products (EVs) are a completely different market than what the big 3 are good at.
Exactly.
What the article doesn’t discuss are the effects on manufacturers because of CAFE standards
Ford has the largest fleet of trucks and was forced, years ago, to manufacture hybrids, their one electric vehicle and eliminate cars and sedans from manufacturing
Trucks and hybrids are the most profitable vehicles for Ford.
The fines for exceeding CAFE standards would be worse than losing a couple billion on electric vehicles.
The Tesla factories in Texas and Berlin are only ramped up to about 20% of designed capacity so far. The new factory to be built in Mexico will be larger than either of them and use even more updated production methods.
Dang.
I live in winter climate and have a 15 year old energy sucking plasma TV. My take is it revenue neutral. I only watch it for a few hours a day. It cranks out some heat which comes in handy in the winter, but does increase AC usage in the summer. The picture is still great, so no reason to buy a new one. Most of the light bulbs in my house are LEDs
I’ve been checking out a horse.
Microchip, a US firm, is making a lot of uPs right here in the US. They supply most of those that are used in cars.
Actually, they put out less than 24 watts. A much bigger percentage of their output goes to visible light than for incandescent bulbs.
They don't last longer. I put them in my office, and replace them more often than I replaced incandescent bulbs. I had florescent eight foot tubes in my basement that lasted twenty years, now the LED-based versions are blinking out after just two years.
Yeah, some sets just have an unbeatable picture. My Samsung 46” LCD I bought for 4700 from Best Buy in 2007 has an awesome picture. The Ex is still using it. Power hungry tho and cranks out heat. I bought an LG 3D to replace it but picture is not as good. Much less power and heat from it tho.
I would walk thru a big box store and check which LED models have the best picture. Then look online for a good price and have it shipped. Almost all are under a grand. That plasma could seriously hurt someone if it fell on them. : ) I’d use a wood stove to replace the heat.
People so very badly overestimate EMP. There will be no portable EMP guns by 2030. Besides, EMP isn’t a magic destruction raygun. It can be managed rather easily.
It is indeed a heavy TV. I can't lift off the table it is on by myself. It has a solid base, so tipping over is unlikely unless in an earthquake..
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