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He owns large portions of solar stuff. I would guess that's just the area where he sees the most room for innovation to breed profit. Most people into electrical stuff see a combination of solar, wind and nuclear (with hydro where possible) being the answer.
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bob lutz interview about tesla:
http://www.businessinsider.com/bob-l...rprise-2017-11 of course wasn't bob lutz at the helm of gm when it needed a bailout form the federal government?
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[QUOTE=SoCalSteve;2264693]Very Bernie Madoff.
i do kind of agree with this. i think not an easy task to get a large volume auto production line up and running.
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A buddy of mine at work told me a while ago that it takes more energy to make any given photo voltaic cell than you'll ever get from it in it's entire lifetime.
I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, then PV cells are merely a means of shifting the environmental damage / cost of the energy produced from the end-user (say, US or Europe) to the location where they're made (say, China). That's somewhat true regardless of the ratio of input to output, but for the earth's environment as a whole that would truly be galling. Does anyone know if the "you'll never get out more than you put in" statement is true? |
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I would have thought Elon's mom would live somewhere like this..
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I applaud the technology and the inner geek in me finds it interesting, BUUUUUUT
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In much of the US, it's under two years for the embodied energy of a PV system - it depends on available sunlight and the efficiency of the system.
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call me cynical.....but the truck and roadster announcement all curiously coincide with being reportedly close to running outta cash.
gotta keep the equity markets enthused. or the gov't subsidies rolling in. somewhat quietly, they've done some interesting structured financing on the solar side of the fence. all that aside, the tech is amazing. Last edited by 54ny77; 11-18-2017 at 07:31 AM. |
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Nice fantasy, but 500 miles of battery life with a full load at GVW of 80K lbs? And not much room for much of a load on that truck, with the 22 ton battery needed. Over promising is Musk's modus operandi. If the debacle of 260 of the promised 1500 Model 3's is any indication, the electric semi is quite far off. http://driving.ca/tesla/auto-news/ne...t-teslas-truck
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As someone who works in the transit industry, that tractor is a nonfactor as currently outlined in the US market. Progress? Sure. But that battery range is woefully short to take this announcement seriously. Not to mention charge time and the logistics of availability of stations to recharge.
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