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Ford introduces 2023 F-150 Lightning Pro SSV: An electric pickup purpose-built for the police. This is smart FORD practice, taking care of business, covering its bases. One story. A FORD territory sales manager and I raced together. He famously landed the UTAH Highway Patrol fleet dressed in...

Perfect! IBM 1403 printer, a nightly bottleneck, paid my way thru college. A printchain typeface driven at high-speed, could consume a box of ~16” wide continuous tractor paper in < 15min. A “feed-the-monster” that, if you didn’t keep up, would adversely affect computational workflow on the...

WoW! Thx I’m too young to have aquitted myself with military jargon back that far. I’ve only abused Maggie of her drawers colloquially to wit: “From the Start Maggie’s Fate Has Been to Look Ridiculous in the Height of Fashion”. It’s a term of art which follows from the quote as to “appearances”...

Fundamentally, Ethically and Morally I agree with that. Technologically, I’ve developed software, cryptographic schema and hardware interfaces with very bright geniuses, scary hackers and seen how many degrees of separation exist between a few knowledge workers and the dark-side waiting for...

We’ve jumped the generation gap technologically. Two cohort populations exist at the dawn of EV, digital,cyber,space and LGBTQXZY. On one side exist a knowledgable group mechanically/electrically experienced in the western engineering practice of “independence” desgn schema. On t’other a whole...

Funny. I’ve read that tests with open bed pickup trucks effected no-adverse aerodynamics. None at all. Zero loss. Results here

Tesla can just uncoil that patented disappearing cover and reverse it. Mirror image reversed at rear execute the 90° bend foward toward the passenger compartment between the tailgate—casting distance. Once engineers overcome that bend in a 5” round mechanism, the cover can be stowed horizontal...

Whaaaaah…

Racking begins with a philosophy first and aspirational element to drive the design objective. My philosophy is minimalism “less is more”: Less rack - more range, Less weight, Less noise, Less windage Less climbing - easier to use, more often, less risk of damage Less visible - more efficient...

These are Giga factories Tesla wears around its neck - bling. As Elon said they burn massive volumes of cash. Irrespective, differences in siting, design, engineering and geo-political environ, they all share “SPACE”. Lots of it, mostly under one roof and linear room to “drag race“ production...

WRT: Tiered (i.e.3rdParty,LicensedTech,Owner,DIY-RtR) 3rd Party == certified by Tesla EdTech manuals are IP Tesla controls it, period. Precedent will effect much of “how” Tesla responds to RtR. “What” Tesla does is Twitter media-driven which Elon respects power when people speak. First...

Exactly, one great big Texas Shop full of softgoods on-theme and on-the-edge of “can’t touch this” - unless you own a Tesla, Tesla stock or horse named Elon!

Cybertruck Gen1 is an F-150+ killer — not a Trophy Truck. I know dynamic suspension jolts the brain with “winning” vibes. But the reality is that Baja don’t care. Its Baja, its Mexico and gringos can have all the fancy big words, latest technology, go-fast juice and still drag themselves and...

It is publicly known that FORD’s are built to last. Its officially called “engineered obsolescence”. FORD pickup run forever then they fall apart. You bought one that passed it “built to last” point and FORD engineered obsolescence – no amount of money could’ve caught up to planned failure.

Right? The damn thing is like a snapshot in time. A picture of the process, materials and assembly in which the whole 4000+ cells were married to the structure in sticky foam. In my experience, automobiles suffer their makers and it lasts the eternity of its existence. Pack blows up replace...

“Low pressure” at the rear? IDU Any fluid guys that can explain whether that’s detrimental or clean separation is a drag?

That strawman spare parts/lost profit center argument has nothing to do with manufacture cost of production. Simple comparison with EV cost and disposable income shows Tesla motivation to sell a product people can afford. The fallacy being perpetrated on an unsuspecting public is that EV’s...

Cooling will be more robust vis-á-vis Tesla MY car batterypack design. First principles: Cybertruck at launch was shown attached to a two axel trailer. Assuming car spec battery pack translates 100% strikes me an error of the first order. CT 82” O–O width affords engineers an opportunity to pad...

‘Cuz Twitter and probable $44B buy, wondering if Elon’s going to equip Gen1 CT with a commemorative (like aka Hoonhandle) goldplated Tweetbrake – a handle to pull when magical thinking overrides smarts. Make it cyber so we can assign it to various shit we dream up but can’t afford. At least...

WOW Spot on! Wiki has his age at 74yo. Too old to Tesla. Tesla is a young man’s sport. He looks young well preserved in photos.