Steve Wozniak: There's 'way too much hype' around Elon Musk's Tesla

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/25/steve-wozniak-theres-way-too-much-hype-around-elon-musks-tesla.html

by gbugniot • 9 years ago

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vectorEQ• 9 years ago

there's way to much hype around apple! >.<

chad_strategic2• 9 years ago

Agreed.

-Sent from my overpriced, NSA tracking Iphone 8

betaclass• 9 years ago

Apple has figured out a way to allow us to track the NSA now?

cthulhujr• 9 years ago

The article suggests the hype around Tesla is about the autonomous driving features; I'd argue that only a small part of the hype. The hype is around a company disrupting an antiquated industry that has big oil and lawmakers in their back pocket.

chad_strategic2• 9 years ago

I couldn't have said it better.

waynecochran• 9 years ago

Electric cars are cleaner than oil-based only if you ignore the creation and disposal of the batteries... and the fact that battery technology still sucks. Oil is an incredibly compact form of energy, can be poured and easily transported without dissipation of energy. As much as I want to get away from oil, it's hard to beat.

gbugniot• 9 years ago

Except that electric engines can be more than 90% efficient while combustion engines are 30 to 45% efficient.

otabdeveloper1• 9 years ago

if you ignore the creation and disposal of the batteries

dragontamer2• 9 years ago

The engine may be 90% efficient, but the charger is only 95% efficient, and the electric grid is only 90% efficient. And then the coal power plant that generates all that electricity is only 40% efficient.

All of a sudden, combustion engines are better in overall efficiency. Transporting liquid fuel and distributing it has major efficiency benefits.

namlem• 9 years ago

Can you cite a source on battery disposal being a problem. I've heard this claim repeated many time, but never with even a single shred of evidence.

d0lph• 9 years ago

On top of that, lithium ion is recyclable.

Steve Wozniak: There's 'way too much hype' around Elon Musk's Tesla

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