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I’m eagerly awaiting my Cybertruck, but am glad there are 460,000 ahead of me so I can see quality issues before ordering. This investigative report concerns me because it shows systematic avoidance of fixing defects over years. I’m sure many of us will have thoughts...

New (1/30/2023) research at Stanford explains why lithium metal batteries with solid electrolytes short. TLDR: “Just modest indentation, bending or twisting of the batteries can cause nanoscopic fissures in the materials to open and lithium to intrude into the solid electrolyte causing it to...

Any estimates for height from bed to underside of tonneau cover. I’m wondering if it will be possible to pull front wheels from a couple mountain bikes, drop saddles, and wheel them in backwards against the midgate. The front forks would go on a mount on a 2x4. Would the tonneau cover clear the...

This concerns me more than high prices for chips and raw materials like lithium and nickel: potential brain drain from Tesla. https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/elon-musk-opens-door-tesla-talent-exodus-2022-06-03/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Elon Musk needs to cut one in ten jobs at Tesla...

Vice published an article making the environmental case for focusing manufacture on smaller batteries in more efficient vehicles: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abmwy/there-arent-enough-batteries-in-the-world-to-power-our-huge-cars They make several assumptions: “…Rivian R1T and Cybertruck...

NBC News found it newsworthy to announce that Ford promises to, yet again, double their production of electric pick up trucks. Also newsworthy is that GM has promised to make an electric pick up truck. Where all of the batteries to fulfill these promises will come from, they do not mention...