Reply to Dessie Doolan in comments of Jeff Roberts flyover Day 551, this date. At 3:57 the two groups of conduits are covered with concrete, one looks narrower than the other. I think this narrower one is for datacomm and telecom. If so, I don’t think they would need to run that much datacom to
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This is good. I think everyone should read it. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/22/snarky-answers-to-uninformed-misinformed-ev-questions/
Guoxuan ‘Gotion’ has agreed to supply a major American EV maker [Tesla] with 200 GWh from 2023 to 2028. He said Gotion has demonstrated an LFP cell that has 210 W per kg. That’s amazing. Currently, BYD LFP cells are at 155 W/kg and CATL is at 140 W/kg. He said that Elon Musk has
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https://cleantechnica.com/2022/01/21/unpacking-the-electric-cars-arent-as-green-as-you-think-claims/ Quote: << Final Thoughts All this talk about carbon emissions overlooks one important point. In addition to the carbon dioxide that pours out of the tailpipes of conventional cars, they also spew a cloud of fine particulate matter into the atmosphere. Whether its coal, oil, gasoline, or diesel, fossil fuels create FPM pollution when
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Tesla new model line coming in China: expansion and hiring underway. This could be the $25,000 model. Contract with shipping company to ship globally. This could mean Tesla may sell this made in China model in the US. https://insideevs.com/news/559754/tesla-hiring-new-model-line/
This article says Tesla is building their own chips to solve the chip shortage. As far as I know, Tesla has never built the microcontrollers that are causing the chip shortage. Tesla designs its own very high performance graphics processors that take the place of Nvidia chips. These have nothing to do with the microcontrollers
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Reply to questions about a more affordable EV from Tesla on FB group: Wait for the so-called ‘model 2’ that is supposed to cost $25k before rebates. Or else buy a Hyundai or KIA or BYD or Xpeng or any other $25k or less EV. Realistically, Tesla may never choose to become a commodity EV
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The electric vehicle supply chain carbon emissions are lower than ICE vehicles, study shows. https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/12/electric-car-supply-chain-carbon-emissions-lower-than-ice-vehicles-study-finds/
There are several ‘drawbacks’ that are false or only partly true. I especially disagree with #16. https://motor-junkie.com/20-drawback-of-electric-vehicles-drivers-commonly-overlook/31416/13/
Meme showed an ICE (internal combustion engine) and an EV motor. I said it’s not a fair comparison. My reply: Dima Bloom I think the meme should say that there are more parts on the Tesla that should be shown besides the motor. Another point is the most expensive thing on an ICEV is probably
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