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Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 3:36 pm
TD;DR version:
Quote:Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it
I believe this is incredibly exciting and might solve a lot of problems in the long run. What do you think?
https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2016 at 4:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Until we make cleaner pv cells and get a cleaner source of power -at the point of origin- it's polishing brass on the titanic. Right now, electric cars...like most "green tech" are consumer products, not solutions. In the long run, if being a consumer product is enough to draw down cred (see: hype)...they'll just continue to be consumer products rather than solutions.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 4:13 pm
I wish he'd work more on mass transit.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 4:20 pm
(July 22, 2016 at 4:13 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I wish he'd work more on mass transit.
He's planning to do just that, as stated both in the article and in the short version posted above.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 4:21 pm
The future is in earthquake machines.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 22, 2016 at 4:23 pm
(July 22, 2016 at 3:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Until we make cleaner pv cells and get a cleaner source of power -at the point of origin- it's polishing brass on the titanic. Right now, electric cars...like most "green tech" are consumer products, not solutions. In the long run, if being a consumer product is enough to draw down cred (see: hype)...they'll just continue to be consumer products rather than solutions.
I believe what Musk is doing is much more powerful than that.
Recommended reading: WaitButWhy's series of blog posts about it.
http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/06/how-tesla-...-life.html
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 26, 2016 at 1:45 am
(This post was last modified: July 26, 2016 at 1:51 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Good article, lengthy..lots of research. Doesn't alleviate my concerns. It explicitly references them. I think it will make a good stop gap. It could buy us time. But that's best (and entirely unrealistic) case scenario. Hence my polishing brass on the titanic comment. I think this..because assuming total conversion to electric cars can eliminate transportation emissions entirely (which it can't)...we'd only hit 30% of the required 60-80% reductions necessary by 2050. Which isn't even enough time to pull off a plan like that if it were possible, which it isn't.
It's not that I think they're a bad idea...I think they've been massively oversold. When Musk oversells his product, I understand. When people drink the koolaid...I cringe a little, lol.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 26, 2016 at 3:10 am
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Electric cars I fell can never be the answer unless we can all start generating clean electricity wholesale.
I think fuel cell is the way all cars will be in 30-50 years.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 26, 2016 at 6:42 am
(July 26, 2016 at 3:10 am)ignoramus Wrote: Electric cars I fell can never be the answer unless we can all start generating clean electricity wholesale.
I think fuel cell is the way all cars will be in 30-50 years.
So what about the solar energy fulfilling your car's energy requirements? I believe that's right there in the plan.
Musk isn't in the solar energy business for shits and giggles, you know.
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RE: Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux
July 26, 2016 at 6:50 am
(July 26, 2016 at 1:45 am)Rhythm Wrote: Good article, lengthy..lots of research. Doesn't alleviate my concerns. It explicitly references them. I think it will make a good stop gap. It could buy us time. But that's best (and entirely unrealistic) case scenario. Hence my polishing brass on the titanic comment. I think this..because assuming total conversion to electric cars can eliminate transportation emissions entirely (which it can't)...we'd only hit 30% of the required 60-80% reductions necessary by 2050. Which isn't even enough time to pull off a plan like that if it were possible, which it isn't.
It's not that I think they're a bad idea...I think they've been massively oversold. When Musk oversells his product, I understand. When people drink the koolaid...I cringe a little, lol.
I think they're doing something about it, which is why better than sitting around waiting for the end of the world, if you ask me.
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