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In 1800 there were just over 800 000 inhabitants in Norway. From 1825 to 1920, 800 000 emigrated to America. So, many Norwegians know family there today. Anyway, I guess it’s not entirely unlikely “stoga” could have come from one of those guys, but indeed more likely it’s from one of the other...

I’m a layman in terms of this, but isn’t it so that the combustion vehicles have this to avoid accidentally igniting fuel outside the engine, while EVs wouldn’t want to ground any wild (and much higher) currents?

«Convoy mode» would make sense, no? It references a cult movie to boot? Volvo has been very vocal about this idea for many years. Pre FSD. Less air resistance too. “Hooking” on to others for segments of your journey, automatically planning and finding next one to “hook” up to, and automatically...

This is what happened on the opening of a 22 stall just down the coast from me. Press was there and the first Teslas could manage to charge by putting the handbrake on after pressing into the wheel stop and using their body weight on the cable to get the handle in the right angle. Somehow the...

Speaking of «collective»; That was an interesting and wholesome *collective* short explanation for someone not versed in aero at all. I’m in trains and there’s barely a throttle. ? Cheers, Cybercollective ?

I can imagine the Volkswagen Group spending millions in Brussels EU HQ these days on “truck safety” to make sure the Cybertruck narrowly does not pass EU regulations while perhaps their own future electric Amarok will. I can see why Tesla wouldn’t bother with that when the main truck market is...

I hope that was about the «euro Cybertruck» as in Wolverine, and that this doesn’t exclude the Cybertruck proper. Maybe I’m dreaming too, in which case I’ll look into gray importing the latter.

I’m just trickle charging our Model 3 (LR Dual) on the standard 3-phase 230V, set to only 10 amps in the car. Our daily commute and use doesn’t move the needle much so this keeps it between 40-60%. When we’re planning to go to the cabin, father-in-law or Oslo I set the wanted charging level up...

I don’t know about that. I *know* that is sadly common with today’s electronic products compared to when companies took pride in making things that lasted the longest. But I bought an Apple iPhone 5c for my mother in 2013 and she only replaced it with an iPhone 12 this year as the latest iOS...

Haha! Good one, but a Fjord, with a capital F, is a motor boat brand to me. 150 feet seemed a bit over the top ? Speaking of Scandinavian sounding cars: If Tesla doesnt export the CT to this early Tesla-loving country, I’ll personally throw down the gauntlet om them and revive the Staværn EV...

End of 2022! You heartless bastard! (Scandi-noir low color saturation scene: me sitting beside my bike by a mountainous fjord, crying and muttering (politely) in Norwegian) If I’m perfectly serious and honest with myself though your estimate for overseas shipments may sadly be too optimistic...

It would be odd if Tesla designed the sail storage with a mechanism that left hinges visible on the outside like a Land Rover, wouldn’t it? It would also be strange if they left out the sail storage in the production version as it gives the silhouette of the car a functional reason apart from...

I’m not an engineer, but wouldnt that most likely be the other way around? Dual-motor vehicles, like my Model 3, can send power to the induction motor when immediate, rapid acceleration is called for, then shift power to the PMSRM as the vehicle gets up to speed. So I assumed the motor “for...

Indeed. I misread and thought all sales in Q1 as also mentioned. That would of course have been an uproar though.

From experience this «mistake» could have been handy to show cashflow per a certain date if they were under a due-diligence from a potential buyer for example. I’m not saying it’s not a tragic mistake though.