TW_Yellow78
TW_Yellow78 t1_j09yk4x wrote
Reply to comment by burstdiggler in Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69
Did you happen to see the guy that managed to go from San Francisco to New York without touching his steering wheel in 2017. Of course not in a Tesla, he walked.
TW_Yellow78 t1_j09y9cw wrote
Reply to comment by atchijov in Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69
That assumes unloaded Tesla semi trucks weigh the same as ICW trucks. A big false assumption if you look at the weight of normal EVs compared to gasoline cars.
TW_Yellow78 t1_j09r0fg wrote
Reply to Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69
I'm pretty sure it weighs 81,000 lbs. The empty looking truck bed is easily explained by the weight of the batteries you need for a 500 mile range 81k lb vehicle. That's part of what people told him would be the issue with EV semi trucks, not that its impossible to do now but that its stupid to make one now because semi-trucks are meant to haul lots of cargo long distances. Of course his now became 6 instead of 1 year later but still some of the same issues apply.
If your semitruck is allowed 81,000 lbs but unloaded it weighs 70,000 lbs, it sucks for hauling cargo. Notice he never mentions anything about how much CARGO WEIGHT it can haul. Based on how heavy Tesla's current batteries are for cars (and yes, their cars typically run 25% heavier than gas cars of the same class), a semi truck with their specs would be ~15,000 lbs heavier than a full 2000 mile tank diesel trucks carry. Electric motors would also be heavier than a semi truck's diesel engine.
The 80k weight limit isn't a cap on the limits of a diesel engine, its the cap on how much they calculate roads/bridges/highways can withstand. The weight limit isn't a strongman contest, its because heavier vehicles damage roads. Diesel trucks can in fact haul well over 80,000 lbs. They don't because the law stops them. He's selling to an audience that's never seen a truck weighing station before or something.
TW_Yellow78 t1_iy5jj67 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Starmaker in Elon Musk says extending Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1,000 characters is on his to-do list by morenewsat11
He never did. He was always saying Twitter should be like china's weibo which is hub for almost all online activity in china (twitter, instagram, facebook, amazon, etc.) I mean imagine the profits if you can control all social media and online shopping. It'd be like Windows or Google.
He thinks people are too stupid to realize weibo is so big as social media BECAUSE the government controls it to censor at will and eliminated competitors (for example the recent protests where the protesters were airdropping info got shut down by apple through pressure from chinese government).
Of course maybe he thought his government friends would help him out there too with subsidies and government contracts like with his other companies. (Like the people calling for twitter to be a "public utility.")
TW_Yellow78 t1_ixw7nm1 wrote
Reply to Tesla recalls more than 15,000 Australian electric vehicles over faulty tail lights by ninjascotsman
Getting more patches than Cyberpunk 2077. Can they just stop pretending a software bandaid fixes it and just replace the tailights?
TW_Yellow78 t1_ixkhhxw wrote
Reply to comment by Zech_Judy in Hundreds riot at Foxconn iPhone plant over terrible conditions by Doener23
They have an union, the union that the communist party controls. Any other union isn't allowed just like any other political party.
TW_Yellow78 t1_j09yw8r wrote
Reply to comment by Standgeblasen in Tesla Semi 500-Mile Trip Video Shows Truck May Have Had a Lower GVW Than 81,000 Lb by Ssider69
He'll look into it.