Something I’ve mentioned: the ‘fuel’ costs for electric vehicles are much lower than gasoline.
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2021-03-24 Tesla Disruptive Tech And Competition
From TSLA shareholders FB group Allen Madison One thing that I haven’t seen any information on is whether or not other carmakers will be replacing or expanding. If other carmakers replace existing ICE production with EVs, then there is no change in the number of cars that others produce. There are only so many customers
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2021-03-14 Wright’s Law: High Volume Manufacturing Praised By Elon
The Tesla factories are “The machines that make the machines” and Elon Musk, from his own experience, understands how complex and difficult it is to get a factory running smoothly at full speed. Wright’s Law Explained by Ark Investments https://ark-invest.com/wrights-law/ There are good snips of the factory (in Shanghai?) in this YouTube video, especially around
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2021-03-12 EV or Gas – What Pollutes More?
Which pollutes more? This video shows how much the oil and gasoline industry pollutes. https://youtu.be/1oVrIHcdxjA
2021-03-05 Tesla Daily: Tesla Value 1.3 T Or More By 2030
Today I watched Rob Maurer’s Tesla Daily and he went through a spreadsheet of extremely conservative figures. He assumed a 25% growth rate up to 2030, which is half of the 50% that Tesla plans. And the car business, using conservative figures, came to a figure of approximately $670 Billion valuation. The FSD software, assuming
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2021-02-26 Trains – Electric Or Synfuel
First a bit of train history. Trains carry a lot of heavy and bulky goods for long distances. Now almost all trains use diesel engines for propulsion. But in the past most trains were electric and driven by overhead wires, the train used no fuel. The electricity could be from any source including hydropower. I
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2021-02-25 Haru Oni Synfuel Project In Southern Chile
This project will use electricity from wind to generate hydrogen which will be combined with CO2 to make synthetic fuels for German company Porsche. https://www.energypartnership.cl/home/milestones/haruoniptx-fundingbmwi/
2021-02-18 EV Batteries Charge In 5 Minutes
They say the problem is ‘range anxiety.’ The batteries can charge 100 miles in 5 minutes. This is one of Hashem’s videos. The references are in the pinned comment. https://www.facebook.com/693504594115135/posts/2330587737073471/?app=fbl
2021-02-11 Diatoms Are Declining
This quote is from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatom << Dwindling diatoms and the mixed layer Earth’s oceans teem with microscopic plants called phytoplankton. But according to a 2015 NASA study, populations of diatoms, the largest type of phytoplankton algae, have declined more than 1 percent per year from 1998 to 2012. Phytoplankton are an essential base of the
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2021-02-09 Cathie Wood: EVs Half Of All Cars Sold In 5 Years And Other Predictions
Cathie Wood talks about EVs at about the 20 minute mark in this YouTube video. The first part is economics. She talks about digital wallets. She thinks 200 million digital wallets in the US, and it will put financial institutions in harm’s way. As part of automation, she talks about autonomous ride hailing. She says
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