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In my mind, this discussion is more about full autopilot or fully autonomous driving, and whether it should be constrained. I want a car that I can take a nap in or read the paper while it drives me to my destination. That's where we are heading, and that is a long way off. A car that keeps...

Making it very hard for autopilot (or whatever you want to call it) to be deployed is a very good thing. When it finally gets the green light, it will be as good as it can be. Autopilot is inevitable, but it should be very hard to pass muster. So kudos to Dr Cummings! She sounds eminently...

There are few EV manufacturers where Tesla is right now... but there will be soon. As I have said before, Tesla will likely remain king of the high-end EV market, while others swoop in and capture the mid to low-end range, and may even chip away at the high-end. It will most likely be Chinese...

"No factory" would be more of an "ecological paradise". Electric vehicles and the factories that make them, are more the "lesser of two evils". PS Bees are cool, and she can save my bees any day! ;)

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2021/lunar-terrain-vehicle.html

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/2021/lunar-terrain-vehicle.html

That sure was a repetitive video. Over the air updates are fine and dandy, but lack of that feature will not keep people from buying other EVs by the hundreds of thousands. Tesla will be unable to satisfy the worldwide demand for EVs on its own, no matter how big they get or how great their...

It will be harder to intentionally break wheel contact with the road or dirt using a yoke, and you cant let a yoke slide past your hand. I suppose we’ll figure it out one way or another.

Maybe. From this potential customer's perspective, I won't get worked up about it until they are actually making the darn thing. ;) As I said above, from a broader perspective, if they don't have reasonable pricing for an entry level version, they are doing themselves and the EV market a...

Tesla's risk was minimal and the upside large. TESLA draws interest on all the deposits and gets to use it as working capital. This is essentially a loan to them with *extremely* favorable terms, zero percent interest with no real expiration date. Meanwhile, the value of your initial $100...

They never gave a price commitment from a legal sense, so they can do whatever they please, whenever they please, up until the point you sign the contract for delivery.

The real competition he needs to focus on is the Ford F-150 Lightning. The F-150 is the most popular vehicle in the US, so the Lightning already has a potential huge market. If Tesla doesn't capture that segment, the CT will be more of a boutique vehicle. Continually revising the CT to have...

That's the sweet spot! Dual motor with 500+ mile range.

Yes, their wild guess turned out to come true after Elon realized the Rivian had better specs than the CT. LOL!

That also conflicts with making this truck a mass produced success to compete with ICE F150s and the like. Hopefully, they'll keep a low end model at a reasonable price.

The competition is closer than a lot of people think. Other automakers already have everything they need that Tesla had to build from scratch, supply constraints on silicon and batteries aside. So it won’t take long to catch up, and given all the many car makers in the world, at least a few of...

An EV delivery van?? You mean like this one… https://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/e-transit/2022/ I want to do a camper van conversion on one of these. ?

The first company to mass produce anything or produce any new or revolutionary tech takes all the heat, everyone else enters the market at their own pace. Especially so if that company doesn’t attempt to control the narrative.

As production hasn’t started for either of them, we can laugh at both Tesla and Ford. Or maybe cry a little… ?

You’re an experienced investor, but are you a successful one? These two are often not well correlated. ? As I said in a previous comment in this thread, the world where Tesla is the *only* EV maker does not and will not exist. Therefore, other manufacturers (legacy companies, new ones, and...