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Tesla's director of public policy weighs in:

There is zero impact on any future expansion plans. We fully respect the referendum, and agree with @joergstb that this is a good opportunity to redouble our work with the community and all stakeholders. The zoning plan would potentially shift more freight traffic to expanded rail infrastructure and that would be an environmental and traffic benefit for the community. Contrary to the prevailing media narrative, the zoning changes have nothing to do with water - there is no need for additional water for any potential expansion of the site.

https://twitter.com/rohanspatel/status/1760342468246262232

Controls on the wheel or yoke include: turn signals, horn, windshield wipers, high beams, cruise/autopilot/FSD, voice command, and two 5-way scroll wheel things which are somewhat programmable and enable additional options when another button is pressed. By default I think they control audio, cruise speed, and following distance.

Older models have some of the above on stalks.

Beyond the wheel you've got window controls, gear selector, map lights, buttons and levers to open the doors, a gas and brake pedal, I think that's it

That said, you mostly tell the car what to do with voice commands. "Defrost the windows" or "open the glove box" or "drive to Costco" etc.

Edit: Hazard lights too

The next generation of regulations is not

Imagine 40kWh batteries in homes for $5000 installed. It's not far off.

Fill up every night at 5c/kWh off peak. Sell for a profit when the price is right

Irresponsible headline. Nobody who has done an hour of research in the last decade expects that flavor of anonymity on the blockchain.

440 is the high-powered version with big battery option. long range goes 470 with the same pack

Shame it doesn't have a bench seat up front. That's the retro-futurist vibe I was hoping for

Still a success in the history of automobile design. Lambo-level arrogance at 10x the scale

Practically speaking, if you need to haul sod or tow your boat to the lake an hour away, it's going to be very competitive on the used market once a million units are on the road

Two discrete technologies that don't need to be married.

Fusion

And directed energy weapons aimed at orbital debris

First license of many

I'm sorry that's wack. Not nearly good or polished enough to be a serious contender.

Realistic take: your 400 mile range EV runs ~300 in the dead of winter. Your 300 mile EV runs ~230 miles.

If you drive less than 200-300 miles per day, you plug in at night and never worry.

Took me a full year to stop worrying about it. Was always doing the range math in my head.

No shit. We could send them to scrappers in Africa so they could make a buck but that's verboten now too.

Bought a whole rig with yoke and rudders to play the 2020 version. $3k well spent for probably 200 hours of flight time. Feel like I could Sullenberger a water landing if I had to. Delusional I know but it's a game.

What does the upgrade to 2024 get me?

Labor per portion gets better with more mouths to feed. I find 6-8 is the sweet point.

2022 Model Y long range and 2021 Model S Plaid. I rarely drive 300+ miles in a day, so topping off the battery overnight is more than enough for my family's needs. Occasionally I'll start the day below 75% (my set point) but it's never been an issue. If we lived 100 miles farther from civilization, I'd install a level 2 charger.

I saw some social media posts encouraging Democrat voters to register as Republican in order to caucus for Haley. No idea how big a role that played, though Haley supporters' second choice for prez is roughly evenly divided between Biden and Trump.

Fair enough. Vivek put in a phenomenal effort but it wasn't in the cards for 2024. Now it's Trump vs Biden, unless the latter croaks or the former is assassinated.

Executive branch doesn't make the law. Full stop.

Regulators stymie progress like clockwork

in my experience (we've gotten down to about -15C this week) it's a non-issue. Even on a regular 120v outlet. Car is preconditioned, warm, and has a full tank (battery) when I hop in

Either continue navel gazing or effect change by voting decels out of state and local government

Follow primary sources on X. AI/ML engineers, startup ecosystem, etc. Whatever your angle is, you'll get the info faster and without an intermediary filtering what you read.

Throes of a dying industry

It's far more beneficial to warm the coldest climates. An order of magnitude more deaths due occur due to cold.

Federal government should get a 10% haircut too

300k eliminated. A thousand dollars in every taxpayer's pocket

If Uganda or Suriname wants a GPT that reflects their culture, they should get to work making one. Sick and tired of the hand-wringing from the do-nothings who criticize everything that builders build.

I tacked a strip of metal pigeon spikes to the apex of my roof and ran some wire to a ground rod. It's more repellant than protection, which is good enough for me.

positive but statistically insignificant effect of lottery wealth on criminal behavior

Important study for public policy, as it implicitly refutes the radical left's assertion of a causal link between poverty and crime

incorrect. BYD sold 1,574,822 battery electric vehicles in 2023. Tesla sold 1,808,581

https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2024/0101/...

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/tesla-sold-1-8-million-...

Biden admin doing a victory lap after spending two years thumbing their nose at the company responsible for well over half of those EV sales