Recent content by Riptide

  1. NBC announces Ford and GM promises but overlooks Cybertruck

    To be honest, Tesla fired its press and PR people and closed the department. What do you expect?
  2. Jay Leno: Elon Musk is the reason Tesla is the most valuable car company in the world

    Yeah, no doubt. Whether you realize it or not, these opinions people form about any celebrity are purely based on mostly mis-perception. Having known several actual well-known celebrities I can tell you that 99% of the time whatever people generally think is wrong.
  3. POLL: Regular Steering Wheel or Yoke?

    The State of California now recommends 3 & 9. The change from 10/2 is due to power steering now being standard.
  4. CT Companion vehicle - model 2, Aptera or other

    If I am getting my energy from sunlight, which I already am, it literally does not matter how much of it I use, as the marginal dollar cost of producing that energy is ridiculously close to zero and marginal environmental cost of producing that energy is also ridiculously close to zero. Does...
  5. Replacement tire price will be a shock

    It's not exactly about the size of the tires. There are in my experience two big contributors to noise. The type of tire you select - if you choose a really open tread it's going to be louder than a closed tread designed for a sedan in dry conditions. Next, if you do get open tread tires...
  6. Knock off the blockchain Elon

    So the Fred's Bank analogy does not apply, unless someone at Ford did some insider trading. What I am suggesting is that there is an argument that Musk could be close to being an inside trader with respect to Bitcoin. Yes, because of how his tweets can move the market. First of all, I don't...
  7. Knock off the blockchain Elon

    Um, no. That's not what happened. In the "funding secured" debacle, here's what happened - Tesla's and Musk's lawyers ended up in a negotiation to keep them out of court, and to keep Musk out of actual jail for fraud, which resulted in: Musk agreeing to have his tweets reviewed by Tesla's...
  8. Knock off the blockchain Elon

    Sure, at the moment, that's true. However, past results are no guarantee of future performance - up or down. And as far as Musk moving the market: Musk announced on 3/24 that Tesla would accept Bitcoin, that day it was at $52,774. A week later it was at $58,918. Did Musk cause that? Who knows...
  9. Knock off the blockchain Elon

    IANAL, but I am a business person. And I think promoting an investment asset is tricky. Tesla purchased $1.5B of Bitcoin, and just announced they are no longer taking it as form of payment, so now it's just an investment asset for Tesla, one that has recently had a material effect on its...
  10. Knock off the blockchain Elon

    Let's not forget that Tesla had a $100M+ gain from Bitcoin in the last quarter. This alone is enough reason for Elon to not discuss crypto-currencies - he could end up in trouble with the SEC again for stock manipulation. Seriously.
  11. QUESTION FOR THE BRAINIACS...

    (Maybe) fun trivia: Boondock is one word. It comes from the Tagalog word, bundok, meaning mountains. In WWII, the American soldiers in the Phillipines picked up on this word and started calling their boots "bookdockers" - which is where the word comes from. Have a great week!
  12. Operating a Cyber Truck Fleet

    A business plan is going to be essential for you. It will force you to sharpen your thinking and address issues you haven't fully thought out. I've written many of them, some for myself and for others as well. Personally, I have my doubts that the robotaxi business model will be fully...
  13. First look at Tesla’s new structural battery pack that will power future vehicles

    We are already at the "disposable" car. Insurance companies are very quick to declare a car a total loss even after a seemingly minor accident, then the cars are parted out for the pieces that can be resold and the rest is recycled. Any accident which causes structural damage to a Tesla battery...


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