If you are a media source, how are you funded? Advertisers. If Tesla doesn’t feel obliged to provide those media companies money, then why should they show loyalty to Tesla? Other car companies give advertising money. These companies can leverage the threat of removing these ad dollars. And if the ad dollars go away, with […]
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Starlink could bridge Tesla Camera + AR/VR to Make Driving 30 cars from home a Reality
Tesla has made and kept many promises. Some they have not kept may be because puzzle pieces were missing. With the addition of Starlink satellites, high bandwidth becomes very achievable especially when they have no load on the system. You have a brand new high capacity network with no user traffic. If Starlink is going […]
TSLA Bull Case
Tesla and China Tesla is the only US company allowed to operate in China as a US Car Company Gigafactory is being built in record time (if it is really a few months ahead/behind, does it really matter?) Tesla has cash Had 2B on hand Just raised 2.7B Expected to get 2B from Fiat Chrysler […]
EV Deliveries Visualisation
These are the best charts I’ve ever seen.
What does Tesla do Best?
Deliver electric cars (Most electric cars sold in U.S) Make electric motors (fast and awesome) Make software upgradable cars (minimal static inputs and most feature rich with OTA updates) Produce factories (Shanghai has been on world record pace thus far) Autonomy. They have all the correct seeds planted to have these vehicles learn how to […]
Internet Everywhere
In Canada, it is hard to cover all the ground. Many of my favourite spots have poor connections. Places I could never live because I couldn’t work. Places I can’t stay long because I need to get back to an internet connection. And for my spotty internet connections I pay for cell phone and home […]
Can Tesla make the best insurance program?
I expect I paid at least $100/month to be insured since I was 16 and that ends up totalling $27,600. I gave $27,600 in exchange for some pink slips mailed to me each year. I expect that cost ended up being about $30. No other company has charged me so much and given me so […]
May 22nd, 2019
What makes a better battery?
More juice Faster charging and discharging Longer lasting/more cycles Cheaper to produce/minimal human labour Faster to achieve high volume production Produceable in surplus Resources involved more abundant/cheaper/ more environmentally friendly/sustainable Less friction to achieve high volume production More stable/less likely to explode or catch fire More cold weather endurable/minimal cold soak Self healing if possible […]
Premium Internet Revenue Opportunities
According to Number of Tesla vehicles delivered worldwide from 3rd quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2019 (in units) from Statistica, Tesla has had the following deliveries in the last 3 quarters: 63,000 Q1 19| 90,700 Q4 18 | 83,500 Q3 18 = 237,200 Tesla will begin charging ~$100/year for Premium Internet as of June 2018 […]