Ridiculous. Can you be real for a second? If you truly celebrate burning through 8 engines to reach this mileage and think offering such warranty is a sign of good craftsmanship then you are completely retarded.
Tesla is done, for good. Wait for the mass produced Toyota EVs and what Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Mercedes will through onto the market shortly. Tesla will look like a bastard child in comparison.
I find the tach very useful, when on mountainous roads uphill with severely reduced power, I want to know where on the power curve I'm currently at. Suppose for 200kW engines and up it doesn't matter but for smaller engines, it absolutely does.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/peninsula/tesla-plunges-over-cliff-at-devils-slide/3118470/ Tesla Plunges Over Cliff The car did better than the stock. Miraculously, there were no life-threatening injuries.
Which turned into -9% since RTH open. Cathie Woods no doubt will pick up some more shares as ARKK craters some more as well.
Ok, but what are you doing with the information? You either apply more pedal for a downshift and more torque or to maintain speed by avoiding an upshift. Both of these goals are achievable w/the speedometer. In essence you're "manualizing" the auto if the car's not keeping you in the powerband it should be. German cars are notorious for holding the shift and have a tip-in for kickdown to give drivers that "manual" feel because many euros grew up driving stick. In a way, you're using the tach to alleviate the drawbacks of an auto, that you can't control the shift point but are anticipating/avoiding it which is what you do in a manual. But hey, people seem to want a tach on their autos for various reasons so I'm not going to argue w/what consumers want. Interesting perspective though.
https://electrek.co/2023/01/03/neoen-announces-tesla-megapack-project/ TESLA TESLA MEGAPACK Neoen announces massive new 400 MWh Tesla Megapack project Fred Lambert | Jan 3 2023 - 8:48 am PT Neoen, a French energy company, announced a massive new 400 MWh Tesla Megapack project in Australia. It’s one of the biggest energy storage projects in the world. Tesla Megapack has quickly become the prominent battery pack for large-scale energy storage projects. Neoen actually played a part in that. Before the Megapack, Tesla had the Powerpack, and it was selected by Neoen for one of the first-ever large-scale energy storage projects using lithium-ion battery cells. The Tesla Powerpack project in South Australia became known as the “Big Tesla Battery” and popularized Tesla’s utility-scale energy storage system. Neoen owned the project and it proved to be highly successful and profitable. Lately, Neoen has announced new projects, and this time, it is using Tesla Megapacks. Now the company is announcing another massive Tesla Megapack in South West Queensland, Australia: Neoen, one of the world’s leading producers of exclusively renewable energy, has provided notices to proceed to battery storage experts Tesla and to balance of plant contractor UGL, signalling the start of construction for its 200 MW / 400 MWh Western Downs Battery in South West Queensland, Australia. In line with the company’s develop-to-own business model, Neoen will be the long-term owner and operator of the asset, which is its fourth big battery in Australia. At 400 MWh of energy capacity, it will be one of the most significant Tesla Megapack projects in the world. The system will be used to provide grid services and help stabilize the Australian grid, which has been increasingly adding renewable energy capacity. Neoen wrote about the project: The battery, consisting of Tesla Megapack systems, will leverage the existing infrastructure of Neoen’s Western Downs Green Power Hub which includes a 460 MWp solar farm, currently nearing completion. It will be located next to the Western Downs substation with Powerlink delivering the connection works, including a dedicated high-voltage line which will connect the battery to the transmission network. Early construction works are underway, with the asset expected to start operating in the Australian summer of 2024/25. The project will bring Neoen’s energy storage in operation or under construction to 776 MW / 1279 MWh – with most of it being from Tesla Megapacks. Tesla recently updated the Megapack with more capacity.