But are they making money off of those sales? They do have good market share in CA, where there are a lot of wealthy customers who likely don't consider anything but Tesla due to branding, but that doesn't necessarily hold throughout the US.
Meanwhile, the market for residential PV has been stagnating. Tesla isn't the only company struggling. Competitors are also losing money but they are at least showing progress getting to break even.
Doubling down on an increasingly commoditized market seems like a setup for a long slog.
In one way SolarCity acquisition was a smart move. It gives Musk another excuse for losing money for a few more years, while promising 'its coming' to those with blind trust. But many shareholders are losing trust, particularly those who were not happy with that acquisition to begin with.
They only product SolarCity has that could eventually yield high margins is the solar roof, yet that is way to expensive for the common man, is way behind schedule on market availability, and will likely always cost significantly more than traditional panels. It is likely the first sales will be at a loss as well
Grid scale storage market might grow, but it is quite small right now and also low margin. We don't even know if Tesla broke even on those sales so far, they are quite quiet about it, which tells me they are probably booked as loss leaders. I may be wrong, but if they were making money Musk would be talking it up.
I'm not hard to please. Acknowledge my presence and let me know if things are running slow, take my order before that party of 15 that came in after me, and don't leave me waiting when I'm done. Keep the water glass full for bonus points.
A bad day for a wait person might result in a poor tip. It should not result in loss of hours or job. Unless it is truly chronic. In which case, even the proverbial Chotchkie's manager ought to be able to diagnose and correct the problem...
A bad day is one thing. But consistent poor performance compared to other servers is another.
The oddity of Trump's statement was that it was followed up with a White House readout that "contained no language related to the creation of a new military branch, leaving open the question of whether Trump has actually issued formal guidance to the military," reports Defense News. It is believed that Trump still needs the support of Congress to actually establish a space force.
So much brilliance I can't even see. Maybe they'll start with the military proposing some options instead of going straight to establishing this idea. Maybe the Pentagon was directed to work on some options. Hey, just a crazy thought. I know it is far fetched and would not expect reporters to think of such wildly crazy approaches.
You might as well say my house was grown because the wood came from trees that grew in the forest... The rest of the materials and construction were manufactured and hand-assembled.
Concrete construction is indefinably not 'green'. But some folks are OK to overlook this because 3D printing of homes is cool, and somehow deemed as an improvement (for some untold reason).
You misread, what they suggested was one of the easier ways to turn 1 phase power into 3-phase power:
1-phase power -> 1 phase motor -> 3 phase generator -> 3 phase power
Sure, running a single phase motor off a three phase gen is super easy, just hook it up across one phase or line to line. It won't be a balanced load, but it will work. It is powering a three phase motor from a single phase gen that requires a bit more complexity.
Three phase requires three sources 120 degrees apart, phase-to-phase.
The Navy uses three phase electricity aboard ship. Just requires a generator designed to produce it. Does NOT require three generators....
He didn't mean three generators, probably just poorly worded. A three phase generator could technically be described as three 120 out of phase generators in one. The point was its not so simple to get to three phase power from a single phase source.
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But are they making money off of those sales? They do have good market share in CA, where there are a lot of wealthy customers who likely don't consider anything but Tesla due to branding, but that doesn't necessarily hold throughout the US.
Meanwhile, the market for residential PV has been stagnating. Tesla isn't the only company struggling. Competitors are also losing money but they are at least showing progress getting to break even.
Doubling down on an increasingly commoditized market seems like a setup for a long slog.
In one way SolarCity acquisition was a smart move. It gives Musk another excuse for losing money for a few more years, while promising 'its coming' to those with blind trust. But many shareholders are losing trust, particularly those who were not happy with that acquisition to begin with.
They only product SolarCity has that could eventually yield high margins is the solar roof, yet that is way to expensive for the common man, is way behind schedule on market availability, and will likely always cost significantly more than traditional panels. It is likely the first sales will be at a loss as well
Grid scale storage market might grow, but it is quite small right now and also low margin. We don't even know if Tesla broke even on those sales so far, they are quite quiet about it, which tells me they are probably booked as loss leaders. I may be wrong, but if they were making money Musk would be talking it up.
But this is really unfair to the motivational challenged, and those with effort and attitude disabilities.
And if you don't recognize and reward your best performers, they will be gone.
I'm not hard to please. Acknowledge my presence and let me know if things are running slow, take my order before that party of 15 that came in after me, and don't leave me waiting when I'm done. Keep the water glass full for bonus points.
A bad day for a wait person might result in a poor tip. It should not result in loss of hours or job. Unless it is truly chronic. In which case, even the proverbial Chotchkie's manager ought to be able to diagnose and correct the problem...
A bad day is one thing. But consistent poor performance compared to other servers is another.
"anybody can take a reservation"
I think this strategy is pointless.
I was thinking smart rice. Then, of course, we would want smart minute rice.
Makes sense. My previous response came out a bit 'snarkier' than intended. My apologies.
Different employee than yesterday I think.
That's what isn't clear.
Anyhow, 'gigabits of data' could just be a couple of videos of drivers abusing AP.
Seems like Musk is OK to talk about what happened. Are you suggesting he doesn't really yet know?
This sounds like spying/hacking not sabotage. Did the guy actually disrupt any manufacturing or not?
Musk better get used to this stuff, every other industry has to deal with it.
argh spinitch beat me to it.
Some of us Slashdoters are old enough to remember a time before plastic straws. Yep, such a thing existed.
Yup, rolled up dollar bills worked just fine.
Its the anti-straw lobby at it again. Funded by the gulpers no doubt. Kind of hypocritical if you think about the mass consumption habits of gulpers.
The oddity of Trump's statement was that it was followed up with a White House readout that "contained no language related to the creation of a new military branch, leaving open the question of whether Trump has actually issued formal guidance to the military," reports Defense News. It is believed that Trump still needs the support of Congress to actually establish a space force.
So much brilliance I can't even see. Maybe they'll start with the military proposing some options instead of going straight to establishing this idea. Maybe the Pentagon was directed to work on some options. Hey, just a crazy thought. I know it is far fetched and would not expect reporters to think of such wildly crazy approaches.
Or maybe people recognise this approach uses less concrete, and so is indeed an improvement.
Use less than what?
Blockchain+
Bigger, better, blockier. Just try us.
indefinably? How did I do that? .....definitely
You might as well say my house was grown because the wood came from trees that grew in the forest... The rest of the materials and construction were manufactured and hand-assembled.
Concrete construction is indefinably not 'green'. But some folks are OK to overlook this because 3D printing of homes is cool, and somehow deemed as an improvement (for some untold reason).
https://inhabitat.com/11-green...
Why didn't you just say so then rather than arguing with me.
Man you suck at communicating :-P
Sorry for not ignoring you.
You misread, what they suggested was one of the easier ways to turn 1 phase power into 3-phase power: 1-phase power -> 1 phase motor -> 3 phase generator -> 3 phase power
Yes, I did mis-read. Thanks for clarifying.
Sure, running a single phase motor off a three phase gen is super easy, just hook it up across one phase or line to line. It won't be a balanced load, but it will work. It is powering a three phase motor from a single phase gen that requires a bit more complexity.
The Navy uses three phase electricity aboard ship. Just requires a generator designed to produce it. Does NOT require three generators....
He didn't mean three generators, probably just poorly worded. A three phase generator could technically be described as three 120 out of phase generators in one. The point was its not so simple to get to three phase power from a single phase source.