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Is anything critical whether bead rolled edge on doors, etc… This is where the plebes knowledge base stands - Known knowns: Structure Front casting integrates top shock tower perch Battery pack is structural bonded to Front casting and cowl Rear casting integrates drive unit mounts and...

Maybe Cybertruck is not all made out of 30X crackers. A-pillars, O.H. glass roof framework beg extruded form factors. Tesla IIRC admitted B-pillars are not S.S. but stamped. The bottom rail is up for grabs, either folded or extruded. Sure, 30X crackers are great. But WTF are we busting...

Conceptually, DFW scheme’s a useful academic thought experiment. SteveJobs liked to say that people don’t know what they want until you show them. 650k+ RN holders to the Cybertruck provides a lower limit to the size of that pool of buyers who liked what was shown. It quantified how many people...

Elon and Tesla initial release might differ on the lower threshold but appear to recognize there is “money-on-the-table” implied in that breakdown. Quad is transparently obvious a scheme to vacuum those loose Big Spenders at the outset. BUT atypical it would be of EM and Tesla to subsequently...

That’s accurate for those who upsell.

Humans are unpredictable. They come up with all kinds of hacks. Those may just be edge cases. I agree with your overall story arc. It might be ahead of the market by a decade. After neighbors, family and businesses pool resources sharing transportation, a bifucation of the market happens along...

Tesla SC network is because no one wanted to build a network. So Tesla had to do it. At this point its not about making incremental ROI on charging. Tesla’s huge advantage today is because of the Tesla network, SC‘s and the network multiplier effect. Just taking the SC’s, the site and trying...

Nobody wants to buy retreads even at a hell of a discount. Americas are waiting to see the “affordable EV“ version of the next great iconic North American car in a long history of great cars. Failing that people will jump on affordable foreign. Just as people jumped on MG, Austin Healey, VW...

Never seen steel rolls loaded onto flatbed chained at midsection rather than over the axels.

MOSS is a multi-vendor battery installation with many players. So politics first, while they point fingers.

un-SWAG CT1 5680 lbs. CT2 6019 lbs. CT3 6097 lbs. CT4 5730 lbs. Chev Suburban ~7500 lbs. Cybertruck will own stability with a lower CG. And weight is a CT strength. It will feel more lively in the handling department. Where Chevy Suburban never lets you forget — you are driving a heavy truck.

Sunk cost is everything invested into and up to the point that Li is loaded aboard ships. Thereafter, its a function of time, disruption and acts of God. AUS can load raw materials, refined lithium hydroxide, mfg cell components, cells, or battery packs – freight’s the same. Boat turns left or...

AUS is in the same predicament as Latin Amer., just a little longer boat ride for its goods to travel. Can RE solar in the Outback cut the cost of refining to compete? Is there mfg infrastructure to build battery, batterypacks, Powerwalls and Megapack containers? That’s one value proposition.

High level flyover looks down on antiquated, maxxed-out grid. Closest technology has yet come to solving grid is Solar+Batt systems. Goodnews is Solar+Batt systems takeoff grid electricity demand days at a time. Its a rare endpoint win for Joe the consumer. Disintermediation favors Joe...

Ginormous X-style doors and two puny hinges that they’re sprung on guarantee a flimsy fit. It doesn’t look producible. There are ways to force fit at the closure threshold but man, what is shown is throwing red flags.

Those wheel well fender flares look pedestrian like a car designer couldn’t stop himself. We’ll see if they carry thru to production. A third-party aftermarket solution will probably be necessary for meats >37”. Trailer sway on the rear axel and corner loading will be close tolerances. Its on...

Germany loss of NORD I & II NG pipelines according to 2000 published figures amounts to roughly 10% that it must reduce or find elsewhere. That explains why GDR is not crippled going into winter then?

Reminder, reading a patent application the -only- thing that matters legally are its “claims”. They are the only thing an examiner looks at. Nothing else matters legally or affects the patent application. Its there to help a reader unfamiliar with the patent, concepts and any drawings to...

Elon’s Diner eats up too much parking. Tesla need to redesign its Hollywood Diner/ charging station. Like this! Elevate the diner over charging stations and use a NASA elevator to ascend up to check out the scene!