Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
by cperciva on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @11:46PM
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The bar for success is different too. A rocket which safely delivers its cargo 99.99% of the time would be a huge step forward. A car which safely delivers its cargo 99.99% of the time would be taken off the roads.
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Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
by stellar678 on Thursday April 25, 2019 @12:50AM
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It’s funny you mention 99.99% - because 40,000 people are killed by car crashes in a year in the United States, which is actually .012% of the population. So cars actually do a bit worse than your stat...
Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
by iamaelephant on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:09AM
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Yes this makes perfect sense if every person in USA took one car journey in a year.
Re:Tesla Posts Big Quarterly Loss as Its Electric-Car Sales Lag
by maxxxxx on Thursday April 25, 2019 @12:52AM
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If a majority of the population used a rocket daily then the numbers would be different. The number of people killed per space flight is probably a little higher than the number if people killed per drive in a car.