I buy a car every 10 years right before the reliability starts to drop and as it's starting to look beat up. The dual motor is a little more than I usually spend but should easily last 20 years before those issues start to come up. So much cheaper in the long run. Not to mention all the added...
Companies set the standards for how their products are made in China. If they are trying to make things as cheap as possible, quality will suffer. If they set high standards quality will be high (such as Apple). If you are buying products from places like Costco, Walmart, etc., you are buying...
Just an update for this thread...the goal is now not 2022 but 2024 for the first cargo Starship to Mars.
https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-first-mars-trip-2024
Part of the presentation was about the importance of recycling the batteries at the end of their useable life for a closed loop system where mining materials becomes much less important. This to me indicates the packs will be replaceable somehow even if structural. This is pure speculation on...
Unless Australia is really strict with vehicle pedestrian safety laws like Europe, i would think the full size CT would be a great fit for Australia. Especially since you don't have narrow roads like Europe either.
That is the mindblowing news Elon has been promising...the new batteries will be powered by Redbull! The only downside is Teslas handling will now feel a little jittery.
Yeah, best of luck, but that rendering says all you need to know about how serious they are. It looks like a mashup of existing trucks and you can even see scenery through the windows. Also there is a mysterious black fog enveloping the tires. ?
Good point about the curve adding strength but if it is ALON glass which most industry people assume it is, then it is four times harder than your standard fused silica glass which sounds to me like more added strength than the slight curve in most windshields IMHO. This will likely also be the...
Jalopnik is known for writing anti EV & Tesla articles. I suspect they have ties to the legacy automakers with the way the usually trash Tesla. I disregard their entire site due to their blatant bias.
The rear camera on CT prototype isn't on the tailgate. There is one on either side of license plate so they should still be of some use even with tailgate down.
Nice to see someone finally giving Tesla some real competition! Of course the speed is crazy, but for that price you are paying for bragging rights so it better be damn fast, otherwise just buy a Tesla. Hopefully they are successful and produce more affordable cars in the not too distant future.
My experience every time at car dealerships is that they don't even know much about what they are trying to sell, much less anything about the future of the car industry. They mostly will just say anything to sell you what they have already sitting on their lot, truth be damned. Even though...