On 12/4/2017 10:34 AM, John Larkin wrote:> On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 10:06:16 -0800 (PST), Bret Cahill > <bretcahill@aol.com> wrote: > >> Daimler and others already pointed out that the battery upon which Tesla's e-Semi is based does not exist. Tesla isn't just hoping a better battery will appear, however. They have good information on it and it isn't all that insider: >> >> http://www.businessinsider.com/new-discovery-could-be-death-blow-to-traditional-lithium-ion-batteries-2017-12 >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/01/electric-cars-already-cheaper-to-own-and-run-than-petrol-or-diesel-study >> >> >> Bret Cahill >> >> > > Smart people will invest in the tow truck business. > >I think we will need additional power generating plants. Some reduced need because of night time charging. but at some point there will be increased demand. Mikek
EVs Will Soon Be Vastly Cheaper To Own Than Carbon Fuel Vehicles
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Reply by ●January 19, 20182018-01-19
Reply by ●January 19, 20182018-01-19
Bret Cahill wrote on 1/19/2018 12:30 PM:>>> I once asked a relative of the manager of the largest engine plant in the world if the politics at GM was really that bad, already the stuff of course work, books and PhD papers. >>> >>> He cringed with this grim don't even think about fixing it look. No matter what any CEO tried, he'd get out flanked by underlings. >>> >>> Years later he said he'd be better off as a failed entrepreneur than work at GM. >> >> Read the book, "The Reckoning" by David Halberstam. If you think GM is bad, >> I bet Ford is worse. > > Ford might not be quite as "hidebound" now as in the past. > > https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autoshow-detroit-ford-motor/ford-plans-11-billion-investment-40-electrified-vehicles-by-2022-idUSKBN1F30YZ > > I wish I had a < 5 week response time planning letters to politicians. > > We're living in a philosopher-engineer's paradise. Just daydream out loud and it becomes reality in real time.I'm sure you know what you are referring to, but I don't. I can't see inside your head. Care to explain what you mean? -- Rick C Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms, on the centerline of totality since 1998
Reply by ●March 24, 20182018-03-24
> <robertscribbler.com> > > 21 Mar 2018 > > Big Auto Freaks Out as Tesla Model 3 Deliveries for Q1 Track Toward > 8,000 to 10,000 > > The major automakers are increasingly in a bind. They're faced with a > choice - keep investing in dirty energy vehicles that pollute the air, > the water and wreck the climate, jump feet first into the EV > revolution, or play both sides. And it's this dichotomy that's > producing some rather freaky behavior.
Reply by ●January 4, 20192019-01-04
> Daimler and others already pointed out that the battery upon which Tesla's e-Semi is based does not exist. Tesla isn't just hoping a better battery will appear, however. They have good information on it and it isn't all that insider: > > http://www.businessinsider.com/new-discovery-could-be-death-blow-to-traditional-lithium-ion-batteries-2017-12 > > https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/01/electric-cars-already-cheaper-to-own-and-run-than-petrol-or-diesel-studyOne concern. It may be some situation where they just cannot adapt. There is some "invisible psychological hand" as with the Vega: https://qz.com/1510405/gms-layoffs-can-be-traced-to-its-quest-to-turn-people-into-machines/
Reply by ●January 4, 20192019-01-04
On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 21:00:47 -0800 (PST), Bret Cahill <bretcahill@aol.com> wrote:>> Daimler and others already pointed out that the battery upon which Tesla's e-Semi is based does not exist. Tesla isn't just hoping a better battery will appear, however. They have good information on it and it isn't all that insider: >> >> http://www.businessinsider.com/new-discovery-could-be-death-blow-to-traditional-lithium-ion-batteries-2017-12Astonishing nonsense.> >> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/01/electric-cars-already-cheaper-to-own-and-run-than-petrol-or-diesel-study >Subsidies make things cheaper? Gosh.>One concern. > >It may be some situation where they just cannot adapt. > >There is some "invisible psychological hand" as with the Vega: > >https://qz.com/1510405/gms-layoffs-can-be-traced-to-its-quest-to-turn-people-into-machines/ > > >-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
Reply by ●January 7, 20212021-01-07
"Elon Musk is now the richest person in the world, passing Jeff Bezos" https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/01/07/elon-musk-is-now-the-richest-person-in-the-world-passing-jeff-bezos-.html
