The same could be said of Trump who promises to sue the media for negative stories about him. There can be a fine line with hate speech, just like you can't yell fire in a crowded theater or threaten to harm someone. Hate speech has consequences. Joining a hate group (or any group that advocates violence) is a good way to get on the police or FBI's radar, for example.
I replaced my 2012 Nexus 7 tablet which was slower than molasses with a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet which to this day runs fine even running the latest Marshmallow. I believe the 2012 Nexus 7 just doesn't have enough memory.
My Android Nexus 6 is over 3 years old. While I had to replace the battery in it, it still works fine and is running Marshmallow with the latest security updates. I always try and stick with Nexus phones since they don't come with all the bloatware that others have and they can be unlocked so I can install 3rd party firmware in the future if I want. Supposedly Nougat will be released soon for my phone.
Norway and Sweden are quite successful with about the highest standards of living and the least corruption in the world. Denmark is way up there too. In terms of quality of life they beat the US handily in most metrics.
Actually the car does fairly well on a skidpad due to the CG being so low. The range of a gasoline car is also significantly lower on a track as well and a gas car doesn't have regenerative braking. As others have said, they've improved the thermal management in the newer cars.
It's not Tesla's fault if a stupid driver loses control. While I haven't driven a car with ludicrous speed, my P85 handles acceleration quite well. The traction and stability control of my model S works extremely well. Any stupid driver can cause an accident and lose control.
My experience with my model S is that it is very forgiving despite having so much power and it's very good at maintaining control. It's certainly a hell of a lot better than the Prius I drove previously.
In my Prius I had to have a ground-loop adapter added to make aux useable if my phone was charging. Before I had this adapter added the audio was quite noisy. (there was a service bulletin on this issue so it was covered under warranty). If the audio signals aren't well grounded they can also pick up all sorts of noise, including noise from a phone's antenna.
The Prius may also be feeding the AUX input into an A-D converter as well rather than keeping it analog.
While I can't haul a full sheet of plywood I have hauled plenty of stuff like lumber in my Tesla (including my dishwasher). I have also taken it on dirt roads out in the middle of nowhere. Hell, the place I stayed at out in the middle of nowhere happened to have a charger (I didn't know that when I chose the place). I can charge any place that has an RV hookup if I need to.
Most of the gas stations around me no longer let me do that. They've removed the locks in the nozzles so I have to stand at the pump to fill up. The Arco, Chevron, Valero and Costco all require me to stand with my hand on the nozzle to fill up my car.
I can attest to the previous poster's statement from my own experience. It takes me under 5 seconds to plug in my car at night and 5 seconds to unplug in the morning. I spent far more time filling up my previous car periodically at a service station. The total amount of time spent charging doesn't matter since I'm sleeping.
I can't charge at work and I don't really care. I have plenty of range so it's not a problem and my commute is only 18 miles. If my commute were 80 miles it still wouldn't be a problem.
I have almost 44K miles on my Tesla P85 and it's over 3 years old. I have not noticed any drop in range. If and when I do eventually replace the battery, the new battery will be higher capacity and probably cheaper than the one that was in it. Numerous people have reported around 5% loss of capacity after 100K miles.
The maintenance for my Tesla is quite a bit lower than it was for my Prius. The motor is lubricated for 12 years. There's no belts to wear out, spark plugs, or the myriad of other mechanical parts required to keep an ICE running. Granted, there are some things, i.e. coolant pumps. Even the brakes last a lot longer due to regenerative braking. The biggest problem I have had with my car is tires, but that is more due to the fact that I tend to accelerate hard. I don't bother charging at public spots since there's no need since I have plenty of range. It's not worth the hassle or cost when I can plug in at home. I have almost 44K miles on my car. The only time I haven't been able to drive it was when I had a flat tire.
I've been without a gas powered car for several years now after having sold my Prius. Driving over 100 miles is not a problem. Last fall I drove from my home to Seattle, a trip a little over 800 miles. I spent two days driving it. If I were driving a gas car it would still take me two days since there's no way I can safely drive 800 miles in a day. I spent $0 on gas on a round trip of 1600 miles. I spent the night at a friend's house halfway so the only thing I had to pay for was food, which was readily available from a variety of places around the charging stations. If anything, I was more relaxed when I arrived than if I had been driving my gas car.
For most of my driving I always wake up to a full tank. The only time I'll use a gas station is to use the car wash.
In fact, on that trip I had to stop more often than the car did. The newer Teslas charge even faster than my car which is limited to 90KW, and they also have longer range.
It won't be long until apartments start to realize that they can make money by installing charging infrastructure. I don't see a big future for hydrogen at this point. As for replacing batteries, there are Teslas with over 100K miles that still have 95% of their original battery capacity. Many people don't realize it, but cars like the Mirai have a limited lifespan with the fuel cell stack and it's considerably worse than the lifespan of the current batteries. Also, currently virtually all of the hydrogen is generated from fossil fuels by reformulating methane. The efficiency of HFC also has a lot of catching up since with the Mirai it's not that much better than a Prius when one compares well to wheel.
Having driven my Tesla Model S for over three years I can easily say that it is not inconvenient, especially now that there are a lot more charging stations. More and more charging stations are going in while more and more service stations are disappearing because it's not very economical to sell gas.
As for cost, the main cost of an EV is the battery, but the cost of batteries is rapidly dropping. Add to that that I won't have to go in for an oil change for another 8 1/2 years (the motor is lubricated for 12 years according to the tech I spoke to at Tesla). I also have no belts or spark plugs to change or the myriad of other items on an ICE car that tend to break. Even my brakes will last much longer with regenerative braking. There's only a dozen moving parts in the drivetrain of my car.
That seems surprising to me, since I have taken my Tesla P85 up numerous long steep grades in the Sierra Nevada mountains, usually driving well over the speed limit. The only thing I notice about going up grades like that is the battery drains rather faster than normal. 120HP (90KW) for steady driving is a lot. For freeway cruising in my model S I average around 35KW.
My model S actually handles quite well in turns. It also is not surprisingly heavy for a car in its class, largely in part due to the all-aluminum body. Now the newer versions of my car have even better handling. My car weigh around 4700lbs (P85, 2013). A Lexus LS weighs between 4233 and 5115lbs according to Google.
Despite the weight, the car handling is supurb since all the weight is so low.
I've had three SSD drives fail (all OCZ). Two of them suddenly bricked to the point that they could not be seen as SATA devices. The other one, an "enterprise class" OCZ drive started corrupting itself after two weeks of use. I'd call bricking taking everything with it. I was able to recover data from the self-corrupting drive. I still have two OCZ drives. One is used only for swap and the other gets fully backed up weekly with nightly incremental backups.
Exactly. Tesla could be profitable any time they wanted to, but it would be a death sentence in the long term. They're spending a lot of money tooling up for new products which require large capital expenditures. It cost a lot of money to build a new production line and even more to build the massive battery factory. Long term, though, these expenditures will increase profits by allowing them to mass-produce vehicles. A lot has also spent on R&D.
The model S, for example, is very profitable with a profit margin of around 28% which is much higher than the industry average.
Tesla has never used LiFe batteries. Their chemistry has much higher energy density and also seems to have very good longevity. I have over 43K miles on my 3+ year old P85 and haven't noticed any significant drop in range. In terms of cost per kwh, Tesla is at the bottom, having the lowest price per kwh. Their gigafactory should significantly reduce that further.
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The same could be said of Trump who promises to sue the media for negative stories about him. There can be a fine line with hate speech, just like you can't yell fire in a crowded theater or threaten to harm someone. Hate speech has consequences. Joining a hate group (or any group that advocates violence) is a good way to get on the police or FBI's radar, for example.
I replaced my 2012 Nexus 7 tablet which was slower than molasses with a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet which to this day runs fine even running the latest Marshmallow. I believe the 2012 Nexus 7 just doesn't have enough memory.
My Android Nexus 6 is over 3 years old. While I had to replace the battery in it, it still works fine and is running Marshmallow with the latest security updates. I always try and stick with Nexus phones since they don't come with all the bloatware that others have and they can be unlocked so I can install 3rd party firmware in the future if I want. Supposedly Nougat will be released soon for my phone.
Norway and Sweden are quite successful with about the highest standards of living and the least corruption in the world. Denmark is way up there too. In terms of quality of life they beat the US handily in most metrics.
Who knows, since 22M emails went missing, and with Rs in charge of congress there was no big investigation.
Actually the car does fairly well on a skidpad due to the CG being so low. The range of a gasoline car is also significantly lower on a track as well and a gas car doesn't have regenerative braking. As others have said, they've improved the thermal management in the newer cars.
It's not Tesla's fault if a stupid driver loses control. While I haven't driven a car with ludicrous speed, my P85 handles acceleration quite well. The traction and stability control of my model S works extremely well. Any stupid driver can cause an accident and lose control.
My experience with my model S is that it is very forgiving despite having so much power and it's very good at maintaining control. It's certainly a hell of a lot better than the Prius I drove previously.
In my Prius I had to have a ground-loop adapter added to make aux useable if my phone was charging. Before I had this adapter added the audio was quite noisy. (there was a service bulletin on this issue so it was covered under warranty). If the audio signals aren't well grounded they can also pick up all sorts of noise, including noise from a phone's antenna.
The Prius may also be feeding the AUX input into an A-D converter as well rather than keeping it analog.
While I can't haul a full sheet of plywood I have hauled plenty of stuff like lumber in my Tesla (including my dishwasher). I have also taken it on dirt roads out in the middle of nowhere. Hell, the place I stayed at out in the middle of nowhere happened to have a charger (I didn't know that when I chose the place). I can charge any place that has an RV hookup if I need to.
It takes me less than 9 seconds a day with my model S, and I don't have to go out of my way to a gas station.
All of the places near me at least have disabled the auto fill.
Most of the gas stations around me no longer let me do that. They've removed the locks in the nozzles so I have to stand at the pump to fill up. The Arco, Chevron, Valero and Costco all require me to stand with my hand on the nozzle to fill up my car.
I can attest to the previous poster's statement from my own experience. It takes me under 5 seconds to plug in my car at night and 5 seconds to unplug in the morning. I spent far more time filling up my previous car periodically at a service station. The total amount of time spent charging doesn't matter since I'm sleeping.
It takes me under 5 seconds to plug in my model S at night and 5 to unplug it in the morning so the charging time isn't really an issue.
I can't charge at work and I don't really care. I have plenty of range so it's not a problem and my commute is only 18 miles. If my commute were 80 miles it still wouldn't be a problem.
I have almost 44K miles on my Tesla P85 and it's over 3 years old. I have not noticed any drop in range. If and when I do eventually replace the battery, the new battery will be higher capacity and probably cheaper than the one that was in it. Numerous people have reported around 5% loss of capacity after 100K miles.
The maintenance for my Tesla is quite a bit lower than it was for my Prius. The motor is lubricated for 12 years. There's no belts to wear out, spark plugs, or the myriad of other mechanical parts required to keep an ICE running. Granted, there are some things, i.e. coolant pumps. Even the brakes last a lot longer due to regenerative braking. The biggest problem I have had with my car is tires, but that is more due to the fact that I tend to accelerate hard. I don't bother charging at public spots since there's no need since I have plenty of range. It's not worth the hassle or cost when I can plug in at home. I have almost 44K miles on my car. The only time I haven't been able to drive it was when I had a flat tire.
I've been without a gas powered car for several years now after having sold my Prius. Driving over 100 miles is not a problem. Last fall I drove from my home to Seattle, a trip a little over 800 miles. I spent two days driving it. If I were driving a gas car it would still take me two days since there's no way I can safely drive 800 miles in a day. I spent $0 on gas on a round trip of 1600 miles. I spent the night at a friend's house halfway so the only thing I had to pay for was food, which was readily available from a variety of places around the charging stations. If anything, I was more relaxed when I arrived than if I had been driving my gas car.
For most of my driving I always wake up to a full tank. The only time I'll use a gas station is to use the car wash.
In fact, on that trip I had to stop more often than the car did. The newer Teslas charge even faster than my car which is limited to 90KW, and they also have longer range.
It won't be long until apartments start to realize that they can make money by installing charging infrastructure. I don't see a big future for hydrogen at this point. As for replacing batteries, there are Teslas with over 100K miles that still have 95% of their original battery capacity. Many people don't realize it, but cars like the Mirai have a limited lifespan with the fuel cell stack and it's considerably worse than the lifespan of the current batteries. Also, currently virtually all of the hydrogen is generated from fossil fuels by reformulating methane. The efficiency of HFC also has a lot of catching up since with the Mirai it's not that much better than a Prius when one compares well to wheel.
Having driven my Tesla Model S for over three years I can easily say that it is not inconvenient, especially now that there are a lot more charging stations. More and more charging stations are going in while more and more service stations are disappearing because it's not very economical to sell gas.
As for cost, the main cost of an EV is the battery, but the cost of batteries is rapidly dropping. Add to that that I won't have to go in for an oil change for another 8 1/2 years (the motor is lubricated for 12 years according to the tech I spoke to at Tesla). I also have no belts or spark plugs to change or the myriad of other items on an ICE car that tend to break. Even my brakes will last much longer with regenerative braking. There's only a dozen moving parts in the drivetrain of my car.
That seems surprising to me, since I have taken my Tesla P85 up numerous long steep grades in the Sierra Nevada mountains, usually driving well over the speed limit. The only thing I notice about going up grades like that is the battery drains rather faster than normal. 120HP (90KW) for steady driving is a lot. For freeway cruising in my model S I average around 35KW.
My model S actually handles quite well in turns. It also is not surprisingly heavy for a car in its class, largely in part due to the all-aluminum body. Now the newer versions of my car have even better handling. My car weigh around 4700lbs (P85, 2013). A Lexus LS weighs between 4233 and 5115lbs according to Google.
Despite the weight, the car handling is supurb since all the weight is so low.
I've had three SSD drives fail (all OCZ). Two of them suddenly bricked to the point that they could not be seen as SATA devices. The other one, an "enterprise class" OCZ drive started corrupting itself after two weeks of use. I'd call bricking taking everything with it. I was able to recover data from the self-corrupting drive. I still have two OCZ drives. One is used only for swap and the other gets fully backed up weekly with nightly incremental backups.
Exactly. Tesla could be profitable any time they wanted to, but it would be a death sentence in the long term. They're spending a lot of money tooling up for new products which require large capital expenditures. It cost a lot of money to build a new production line and even more to build the massive battery factory. Long term, though, these expenditures will increase profits by allowing them to mass-produce vehicles. A lot has also spent on R&D.
The model S, for example, is very profitable with a profit margin of around 28% which is much higher than the industry average.
Tesla has never used LiFe batteries. Their chemistry has much higher energy density and also seems to have very good longevity. I have over 43K miles on my 3+ year old P85 and haven't noticed any significant drop in range. In terms of cost per kwh, Tesla is at the bottom, having the lowest price per kwh. Their gigafactory should significantly reduce that further.
He's probably just upset now about all the nude photos of his wife now that it's an inconvenience.
I wonder if this has anything to do with the nude photos of Trump's wife.