And even if an electric car is powered 100% by coal, its emissions will be about the same as a Prius today. Any improvements over time will only make that better.
Nissan is pretty much neck and neck with Tesla for units sold per year of pure electric vehicles
Yeah, I have a Leaf and it's a great car for the price I paid for it and what I want to do with it. But Tesla is keeping pace with it just with their luxury cars - if (as I expect) the Model 3 ramps up you can expect Nissan and the others to be left in the dust next year. I think Nissan is being quite clever in their slow battery upgrades, keeping their toe in the low end of the market, but that's not going to get them to have any great jumps in numbers.
I don't doubt that the others will catch up to some extent over time, but they are not really trying very hard yet.
Hmm, the fact that the matrix webpage has this prominently displayed makes me wonder about their long term viability:
Matrix Needs Your Support! UPDATE: The situation has changed and our need is more urgent even than before. Matrix needs you! We are facing a funding crisis.
Well, I have a 40 Amp charger - 10 minutes on that gives me about 5 miles. But I start every day with a full tank. For 98% of what I need a car for, it's perfect. But I do need to think about it once in a while.
I just got a Leaf, and I'm averaging about 4+ miles per kWh, without really trying to hypermile or anything. If you really both have 70+ mile commutes each way then you will probably be late adopters for pure EVs. Most people won't need anything like that, and most of the charging can be done outside of peak hours. My utility has an off-peak plan just for EV owners; from noon to 8pm M-F I pay slightly more, but other times I pay less. So I'm keeping my charging overnight; with the L2 charger I installed I can "fill up" between 1 & 5am, even if I'm almost out of charge.
I don't believe that car manufacturers love this - GM, for example, is only adding about half the manufacturing cost of the Bolt. The other half is LG, for the battery. Do you really think they want to have LG be a crucial supplier, for half the value of their cars? Or Tesla? So sure, the "car" parts are simple and cheaper, but the battery is crucial and still expensive.
I don't have the parking costs in my context, but all those other costs you mention, you are paying for them whether it is your car or a rental.
I guess it boils down to, are the marginal fuel & maintenance costs of the rental greater than your average fixed costs, like taxes, interest payments and insurance (and variable costs you'd eliminate, like parking, plus the value of any time you'd spend dealing with oil changes, filling up with fuel, etc)? For a well -used taxi, those fixed costs would be a tiny percent of my fare, but if I own a car I'm on the hook for all of them regardless of whether I use it or not. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people would be better off using a robot taxi most of the time. However, for a daily commuter, there's likely to be a peak time surcharge since basically everyone will want to be getting a taxi between 7-9am & 4-6pm; sharing the taxi could lessen that but people are often adverse to sitting with strangers.
It is possible that in some situations, having self driving cars doing stuff like this could actually improve overall flow. Often you get situations where, if everyone just slowed down a little, they would avoid adding to a jam ahead. On the NJ turnpike they try altering the speed limits to try to help with this, but people don't follow/trust the signs. Even 10% of cars actually doing this could potentially improve things in some cases.
Exactly. There are a lot of movies which i'd like to watch which are available on DVD but not on any steaming service. Many of them may be available via torrents, and I'm not above that, but paying for Netflix (streaming + DVD) is worth it for me.
The company has built a real-time command center that allows self-driving cars to "phone home" and consult human operators about the best way to deal with situations it finds confusing. The ability to remotely monitor vehicles and give timely feedback on tricky situations will be essential if Waymo hopes to eliminate the human driver from its cars.
We can fly drones in Afghanistan from Nevada, it's not too far fetched to think they can have a remote driver for tricky situations. One human could supervise multiple vehicles.
Well, the summary hints at it, but in TFA it states it outright:
The company has built a real-time command center that allows self-driving cars to "phone home" and consult human operators about the best way to deal with situations it finds confusing. The ability to remotely monitor vehicles and give timely feedback on tricky situations will be essential if Waymo hopes to eliminate the human driver from its cars.
So they are taking a hybrid approach, at least initially.
I was confused by the summary, since I have only seen AMP links in my news app. The problem is that you can send links to AMP stories, and those links have a google.com URL. This was used for spear-phishing these journalists.
On Oct. 12, 2016, Toler received an email supposedly from Google alerting him that he had recently changed his security settings to enable older email programs to access his account. “Please be aware that it is now easier for an attacker to break into your account,” the message warned. It invited him to click on a Google AMP URL redirected to a fake webpage designed to capture his email credentials and transmit them to hackers.
It's pretty sneaky, and really brings home that you should never, ever click on email links.
They have a real problem with pollution, which is why it's a ban on sale of ICE vehicles. Algae based diesel fuel, while possibly being carbon-neutral, still pumps out crap into your cities, which is what they seem to be most concerned about.
Also, they may well be trying to get their EV industry jumpstarted while the big Western automakers are still dithering.
True, but the AT&T network is pretty good. For 99% of the time it's fine for me, and when I'm really in the sticks I'm quite happy to also be off the grid.
Speedwise, they are all fast enough for me - in fact I'm happy with my throttled Cricket service (8Mbps). I'm more interested in coverage, and I found AT&T's to be better for me when I switched from T-Mobile. Both were better coverage than Sprint for me too, but I think Verizon is better yet. I'm just unwilling to pay the Verizon premium.
It's my understanding that buyers know going in that they are getting a restricted pack, and can pay the difference whenever they want. I can understand that it's as cheap to produce an extra 75kwh pack which you're already geared up for, than to switch to making 60kwh packs one in a while if they are lower demand. I don't see a problem if it's all upfront.
I think a better strategy is to fly into the elevator bay to access the hanger, and then detonate next to a fuel line or, even better, a munitions trolly.
Or the thermal exhaust port, but the approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the battleship.
Actually the average mileage in the UK is 12,000 *k* per annum, closer to 8000 miles. You are more of an outlier. The average in the US, which has more cars per capita (800 vs 520 per 1000 people), is 13,500 miles. So you've got 50% more cars per capita, and each of those cars is driving 70% more miles on average. I used to live in the UK, and it's hard for most people there to really get their heads around the amount Americans drive.
You seem to be happy with maps, but if you want, you can install Here We Go maps on your phone for free, and download the areas you want for offline use. I've used it in Europe and it was very useful. Google Maps will also cache for offline use, but when I first tried it it was buggy and Here worked so that's what I stick with.
Waze, for the traffic around me, would be worth upgrading my data plan for;)
I've used KeePass for years now, and while I don't have all the fancy password sharing features I do have my passwords, in a format I trust, available on my PCs and phone. I haven't yet seen a reason to switch.
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And even if an electric car is powered 100% by coal, its emissions will be about the same as a Prius today. Any improvements over time will only make that better.
Nissan is pretty much neck and neck with Tesla for units sold per year of pure electric vehicles
Yeah, I have a Leaf and it's a great car for the price I paid for it and what I want to do with it. But Tesla is keeping pace with it just with their luxury cars - if (as I expect) the Model 3 ramps up you can expect Nissan and the others to be left in the dust next year. I think Nissan is being quite clever in their slow battery upgrades, keeping their toe in the low end of the market, but that's not going to get them to have any great jumps in numbers.
I don't doubt that the others will catch up to some extent over time, but they are not really trying very hard yet.
We still have the indents on the credit cards.
Actually, only about half my cards now have the indents.
My electric car averages about 4 miles per kWh in mixed driving, so 2-4kW would really put a ding in my range. I doubt it will come to that, though.
- they will offer a secure collection of apps, as part of the Matrix ecosystem
Hmm, the fact that the matrix webpage has this prominently displayed makes me wonder about their long term viability:
Matrix Needs Your Support!
UPDATE: The situation has changed and our need is more urgent even than before.
Matrix needs you! We are facing a funding crisis.
Well, I have a 40 Amp charger - 10 minutes on that gives me about 5 miles. But I start every day with a full tank.
For 98% of what I need a car for, it's perfect. But I do need to think about it once in a while.
I just got a Leaf, and I'm averaging about 4+ miles per kWh, without really trying to hypermile or anything. If you really both have 70+ mile commutes each way then you will probably be late adopters for pure EVs. Most people won't need anything like that, and most of the charging can be done outside of peak hours. My utility has an off-peak plan just for EV owners; from noon to 8pm M-F I pay slightly more, but other times I pay less. So I'm keeping my charging overnight; with the L2 charger I installed I can "fill up" between 1 & 5am, even if I'm almost out of charge.
I don't believe that car manufacturers love this - GM, for example, is only adding about half the manufacturing cost of the Bolt. The other half is LG, for the battery. Do you really think they want to have LG be a crucial supplier, for half the value of their cars? Or Tesla? So sure, the "car" parts are simple and cheaper, but the battery is crucial and still expensive.
I don't have the parking costs in my context, but all those other costs you mention, you are paying for them whether it is your car or a rental.
I guess it boils down to, are the marginal fuel & maintenance costs of the rental greater than your average fixed costs, like taxes, interest payments and insurance (and variable costs you'd eliminate, like parking, plus the value of any time you'd spend dealing with oil changes, filling up with fuel, etc)? For a well -used taxi, those fixed costs would be a tiny percent of my fare, but if I own a car I'm on the hook for all of them regardless of whether I use it or not. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people would be better off using a robot taxi most of the time. However, for a daily commuter, there's likely to be a peak time surcharge since basically everyone will want to be getting a taxi between 7-9am & 4-6pm; sharing the taxi could lessen that but people are often adverse to sitting with strangers.
It is possible that in some situations, having self driving cars doing stuff like this could actually improve overall flow. Often you get situations where, if everyone just slowed down a little, they would avoid adding to a jam ahead. On the NJ turnpike they try altering the speed limits to try to help with this, but people don't follow/trust the signs. Even 10% of cars actually doing this could potentially improve things in some cases.
Exactly. There are a lot of movies which i'd like to watch which are available on DVD but not on any steaming service. Many of them may be available via torrents, and I'm not above that, but paying for Netflix (streaming + DVD) is worth it for me.
According to TFA:
The company has built a real-time command center that allows self-driving cars to "phone home" and consult human operators about the best way to deal with situations it finds confusing. The ability to remotely monitor vehicles and give timely feedback on tricky situations will be essential if Waymo hopes to eliminate the human driver from its cars.
We can fly drones in Afghanistan from Nevada, it's not too far fetched to think they can have a remote driver for tricky situations. One human could supervise multiple vehicles.
Well, the summary hints at it, but in TFA it states it outright:
The company has built a real-time command center that allows self-driving cars to "phone home" and consult human operators about the best way to deal with situations it finds confusing. The ability to remotely monitor vehicles and give timely feedback on tricky situations will be essential if Waymo hopes to eliminate the human driver from its cars.
So they are taking a hybrid approach, at least initially.
Thanks!
I like this idea, if I wanted one to play with is a VXO V10LE a good model to get? Do you only run Ubuntu on yours?
I was confused by the summary, since I have only seen AMP links in my news app. The problem is that you can send links to AMP stories, and those links have a google.com URL. This was used for spear-phishing these journalists.
On Oct. 12, 2016, Toler received an email supposedly from Google alerting him that he had recently changed his security settings to enable older email programs to access his account. “Please be aware that it is now easier for an attacker to break into your account,” the message warned. It invited him to click on a Google AMP URL redirected to a fake webpage designed to capture his email credentials and transmit them to hackers.
It's pretty sneaky, and really brings home that you should never, ever click on email links.
They have a real problem with pollution, which is why it's a ban on sale of ICE vehicles. Algae based diesel fuel, while possibly being carbon-neutral, still pumps out crap into your cities, which is what they seem to be most concerned about.
Also, they may well be trying to get their EV industry jumpstarted while the big Western automakers are still dithering.
True, but the AT&T network is pretty good. For 99% of the time it's fine for me, and when I'm really in the sticks I'm quite happy to also be off the grid.
Speedwise, they are all fast enough for me - in fact I'm happy with my throttled Cricket service (8Mbps). I'm more interested in coverage, and I found AT&T's to be better for me when I switched from T-Mobile. Both were better coverage than Sprint for me too, but I think Verizon is better yet. I'm just unwilling to pay the Verizon premium.
It's my understanding that buyers know going in that they are getting a restricted pack, and can pay the difference whenever they want. I can understand that it's as cheap to produce an extra 75kwh pack which you're already geared up for, than to switch to making 60kwh packs one in a while if they are lower demand. I don't see a problem if it's all upfront.
I think a better strategy is to fly into the elevator bay to access the hanger, and then detonate next to a fuel line or, even better, a munitions trolly.
Or the thermal exhaust port, but the approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the battleship.
Actually the average mileage in the UK is 12,000 *k* per annum, closer to 8000 miles. You are more of an outlier. The average in the US, which has more cars per capita (800 vs 520 per 1000 people), is 13,500 miles. So you've got 50% more cars per capita, and each of those cars is driving 70% more miles on average.
I used to live in the UK, and it's hard for most people there to really get their heads around the amount Americans drive.
I think the effectiveness of fake speed bumps depends greatly on what kind of suspension your car has and how little you give a fuck.
The cops don't slow down for the speed bumps around here, they drive 'em like they stole 'em. Crown Vics can soak up the bumps I guess.
You seem to be happy with maps, but if you want, you can install Here We Go maps on your phone for free, and download the areas you want for offline use. I've used it in Europe and it was very useful. Google Maps will also cache for offline use, but when I first tried it it was buggy and Here worked so that's what I stick with.
Waze, for the traffic around me, would be worth upgrading my data plan for ;)
I've used KeePass for years now, and while I don't have all the fancy password sharing features I do have my passwords, in a format I trust, available on my PCs and phone. I haven't yet seen a reason to switch.