If I understand one of the weaknesses of solar thermal is that partial cloud cover can cause a dramatic drop in power production, much more so that with solar PV. So thermal storage would allow the plant to ride out any unexpected cloud cover, even for hours at a time, if enough stored power is available.
But I agree that, for now, the solar production should be used in the daytime, when other forms of power generation are available for overnight demand.
Not exactly. It usually means that under some plausible, but very rare scenario, it can & will achieve that level of performance. If there's a plausible scenario under which you'll find a billion real (preferably US) dollars in your pocket, I think many of us would love to hear it.
Squeaks, rattles, door handles? oh, that can't possibly ever be fixed Yes, all those things are annoyances for owners but they'll be addressed. Did someone not get the 4 year bumper to bumper warranty? It's included in the sale.
Motor and brake problems are more serious but again, nothing unfixable. However, the company has to work on improving its reliability quickly, before the launch of the Model 3. That's the car that's going to determine if Tesla has a future - and is far more likely to be the ONLY car someone owns.
"Looking forward to seeing the code" - I remember when a lot of people said that about SAPdb, now called MaxDB. And then they did.......some of them got their brains fried and have never recovered.
I also admire that he's managed to rise so high despite his principled stands. I can't point to a lot of truly honest politicians in my lifetime and almost none who've risen to the Senate.
He became CEO in 2007, a couple years before the supposed start of the cheating. Before that, he was COB of Audi. Somebody had to make the decision and someone had to keep covering it up for years - apparently, if ANY of their cars in the USA failed the emissions test, a group of engineers would be flown in from Germany to "fix" it. So at least a few managers were in on it, too.
Nor does it require an expansive mea culpa by the CEO of the actual company, his resignation, the firing of several senior executives and setting aside $7B to remediate the affected vehicles.
Perhaps you should get one of those vacant VW posts; sounds like you could have saved them several diesel truckloads of money.
GM & Toyota were both busted in the 90s for cheating on emissions tests. VW did it longer & better. I'm sure others have tried, perhaps some have done it so well they have never been caught or have yet to be caught.
Can you get unlimited lifetime gas for ~$2000 at your favorite gas station? And at a couple hundred locations around the USA? Did you buy your car from your favorite gas station with a comprehensive warranty?
Doing it based on a worldview doesn't necessarily mean waiting until you foot the bill. I started cutting back on water usage e.g. turning off taps when not needed when showering or brushing teeth about 10 years before I lived in an apartment where water usage wasn't included in the rent and switched out incandescents for CFLs while I lived in a highrise where electricity was also included.
I believe Tesla will allow those Model S rebuilds to use Superchargers if they're allowed to inspect the vehicle. Guess they're unwilling to take the chance that someone may have modified the electricals and cause a battery fire.
That's crazy quick - and beyond, ahem, ludicrous for city streets. If that's true, he intends for the Roadster NG to take the 0-60 crown away from the White Zombie. And for $60 grand?? I'll believe that when I see it. My guess is / was that the target would be something in the 2.2 - 2.5s range for 0-60 and 10.0s for the 1/4 mile. Of course, Roadster NG needs to be able to do that at least a good handful of times in quick succession, which may prove challenging. And it needs better track handling, too.
These are all achievable but not, IMO, in a $60k car unless seats & brakes are optional.
Ride the subsidies?? What a crock. Fortune not at risk? He's put his fortune on the line a couple times now to keep Tesla & SpaceX afloat. And probably Solar City too. NINE billion of his wealth is in the value of his 35 million TSLA shares; another $1B is the current value of his 21 million SCTY shares.
I don't think he's a bandit; he's a freedom fighter from the future traveling the space-time Continuum to Liber8 all our secrets from the Global Corporate Congress. I'm sure this is the work of Lucas Ingram.
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If I understand one of the weaknesses of solar thermal is that partial cloud cover can cause a dramatic drop in power production, much more so that with solar PV. So thermal storage would allow the plant to ride out any unexpected cloud cover, even for hours at a time, if enough stored power is available.
But I agree that, for now, the solar production should be used in the daytime, when other forms of power generation are available for overnight demand.
That's exactly why I'd specified both real and USD in my original comment.
Spend it wisely.
Except for the food, religion & clothes, are Texas & Qatar that much different?
The Intel software has a far better chance of achieving its max performance than of that check being cashable.
Not exactly. It usually means that under some plausible, but very rare scenario, it can & will achieve that level of performance.
If there's a plausible scenario under which you'll find a billion real (preferably US) dollars in your pocket, I think many of us would love to hear it.
Squeaks, rattles, door handles? oh, that can't possibly ever be fixed
Yes, all those things are annoyances for owners but they'll be addressed. Did someone not get the 4 year bumper to bumper warranty? It's included in the sale.
Motor and brake problems are more serious but again, nothing unfixable.
However, the company has to work on improving its reliability quickly, before the launch of the Model 3.
That's the car that's going to determine if Tesla has a future - and is far more likely to be the ONLY car someone owns.
"Looking forward to seeing the code" - I remember when a lot of people said that about SAPdb, now called MaxDB.
And then they did.......some of them got their brains fried and have never recovered.
I've never seen better than about 8.5 MB/s sustained at any place I've worked.
I also admire that he's managed to rise so high despite his principled stands.
I can't point to a lot of truly honest politicians in my lifetime and almost none who've risen to the Senate.
I'm wondering who are the "US companies who actually abide by the emissions law" given that Honda, GM, Toyota and SEVEN makers of diesel engines have been busted for cheating on MILLIONS of vechicles.
So who has NEVER cheated? Or is it that many have simply never been caught?
I'm not sure if Animal House was much of a hit in Wolfsburg
He became CEO in 2007, a couple years before the supposed start of the cheating.
Before that, he was COB of Audi.
Somebody had to make the decision and someone had to keep covering it up for years - apparently, if ANY of their cars in the USA failed the emissions test, a group of engineers would be flown in from Germany to "fix" it.
So at least a few managers were in on it, too.
Nor does it require an expansive mea culpa by the CEO of the actual company, his resignation, the firing of several senior executives and setting aside $7B to remediate the affected vehicles.
Perhaps you should get one of those vacant VW posts; sounds like you could have saved them several diesel truckloads of money.
that'll kill jobs and stifle "innovation".
After all, VW's solution was highly innovative, right?
GM & Toyota were both busted in the 90s for cheating on emissions tests. VW did it longer & better.
I'm sure others have tried, perhaps some have done it so well they have never been caught or have yet to be caught.
Can you get unlimited lifetime gas for ~$2000 at your favorite gas station? And at a couple hundred locations around the USA?
Did you buy your car from your favorite gas station with a comprehensive warranty?
The English version is just as informative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"Next time I'll say "most""
And you'll still be very, very wrong. The first car to have OTA firmware updating is the 3-year old Tesla Model S
http://www.wired.com/2012/09/t...
Doing it based on a worldview doesn't necessarily mean waiting until you foot the bill.
I started cutting back on water usage e.g. turning off taps when not needed when showering or brushing teeth about 10 years before I lived in an apartment where water usage wasn't included in the rent and switched out incandescents for CFLs while I lived in a highrise where electricity was also included.
I believe Tesla will allow those Model S rebuilds to use Superchargers if they're allowed to inspect the vehicle.
Guess they're unwilling to take the chance that someone may have modified the electricals and cause a battery fire.
That's crazy quick - and beyond, ahem, ludicrous for city streets. If that's true, he intends for the Roadster NG to take the 0-60 crown away from the White Zombie.
And for $60 grand?? I'll believe that when I see it.
My guess is / was that the target would be something in the 2.2 - 2.5s range for 0-60 and 10.0s for the 1/4 mile. Of course, Roadster NG needs to be able to do that at least a good handful of times in quick succession, which may prove challenging.
And it needs better track handling, too.
These are all achievable but not, IMO, in a $60k car unless seats & brakes are optional.
The Zombie 222 might suit you.
Ride the subsidies?? What a crock.
Fortune not at risk? He's put his fortune on the line a couple times now to keep Tesla & SpaceX afloat. And probably Solar City too.
NINE billion of his wealth is in the value of his 35 million TSLA shares; another $1B is the current value of his 21 million SCTY shares.
That was my 1st thought also.
Texas - the land that Mexico wants back but without all those damn Texans.
I don't think he's a bandit; he's a freedom fighter from the future traveling the space-time Continuum to Liber8 all our secrets from the Global Corporate Congress.
I'm sure this is the work of Lucas Ingram.