Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf]
by dpkonofa on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:23PM
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I would love to see them do that. I traded up from an electric Focus that uses the standard chargers and they suck balls. The Tesla is amazing in comparison. Ionity can plan to have all these by 2020 but that doesn't mean they will. Meanwhile, Tesla is already planning upgrades to the Supercharger network and is also constantly adding new locations. I think Tesla will be the one that other EVs turn to and they'll probably have to license the standard.
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Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf]
by labster on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:08PM
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Licensing the standard has likely been the long-term plan. Since Tesla bought SolarCity and built the gigafactory, Tesla must think of itself as an energy company.
Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf]
by toomuchtodo on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:34AM
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Tesla has always thought of itself as an energy company. Electric cars were to bootstrap battery manufacturing capacity (typically low margin, made high margin by Tesla through selling luxury vehicles). Who would've given Tesla funds (through bonds) to build Gigafactory 1 with no proven demand for those cells produced?
It is why teslamotors.com is now tesla.com
Re:Tesla Third Quarter 2018 Update [pdf]
by dpkonofa on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:19PM
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I hope so. Someone needs to invent some goddamn self-contained solar covered parking spaces. I live in the Southwest and I can't believe that we're in 2018 and no one is tapping into solar power for everything during the day.