Elon Musk

aren't vehicles designed to crumple for crash safety? will this crumple? I don't get designing a truck around being damage-resistant.

― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:59 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is classified as a light truck so doesn’t have the same crash safety requirements as a car.

As for electric cars is general - I had a Hyundai ioniq for work last week and this is potentially the Tesla killer. Nothing remarkable about it really it’s a family hatch back but it’s Au$15k less than the cheapest Tesla, much better put together from what I’ve seen, is quick like any electric and will pretty much drive itself when you turn on cruise control, following the lane and the car in front.

Whatever else you think about Hyundai they really know how to build a good quality car to a price. Part of this is having electric, hybrid and petrol versions of the same car to drive scale economies on everything that isn’t the electric drive train.

of course that Audi A3 hatchback hybrid isn't in the US

stop denying the USA the hatchbacks, car companies! we don't all want crossovers wtf

and yes I am a nerd with a hybrid hatchback even if it is a jumped-up lexus-branded prius

Some ways, we're lucky that Zuckerberg isn't charismatic and that the president is a dumb ass and Elon Musk has all the subtlety of his silly cybertruck when it comes to swatting somebody.

But that's three guys. It's the dudes you don't hear about that scare me.

Larry Ellison, now that guy is a complete shithead and probably richer

The other thing about this Hyundai is that it happily trundled around, in 35 degree heat and the AC on high)all day at between 11 and 12kWh/100km. Tesla’s are very heavy cars and can’t get close . Model 3 is around 16kWh/100km and the X and the S are in the 20s.

That big battery with all that range you need once in a blue moon costs energy and money to haul around. The Hyundai gets way more range out of a smaller battery and costs a lot less to run. Hyundai are, very quietly, getting really good at this electric car game.

of course that Audi A3 hatchback hybrid isn't in the US

stop denying the USA the hatchbacks, car companies! we don't all want crossovers wtf

I drove an A3 hatchback in Italy this summer. I loved it and would consider buying one if they still made them here.

Let’s do this

Just got to the courthouse for the first day of the Elon Musk defamation trial. He’s expected to take the stand today for the first time ever to defend himself against a British man he called a “pedo guy” on Twitter. Here are the cameras waiting for him.

This is my day 1 thread. pic.twitter.com/07y4Hlg6Ba

— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18) December 3, 2019

whyyy didnt he settle this guy is so dumb and crazed

he doesnt get enough attention??

for people who need attention there's never enough attention

there's not a maximum amount of attention you can have, at any time there's a risk someone isn't aware of you

people who are willing to settle for extremely negative attention kinda blow my mind

Oh to be the person who could go up to Elon Musk and genuinely say "So, what do you do for a living?"

I hope he defends himself and his first question to the guy on the stand is "So how long have you not been a pedo?"

Looks like he won his court case.

The guy he libelled was a moron to sue in the US, even if the potential damages were higher.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50695593

Billionaire Mr Musk told the court this week the phrase "pedo guy" was common in South Africa, where he grew up.

lol christ. juries amirite pic.twitter.com/pSjL5ak7wh

— flglmn (@flglmn) December 6, 2019

Amazing.

Elon Musk Hits Traffic Pylon With New Cybertruck After Dinner in Malibu.

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-hits-traffic-pylon-with-new-cybertruck-after-1840307783

The Cybertruck doesn’t appear to have basic safety features yet like side mirrors and window wipers

the “pylon” is a no right turn sign that he runs over while making a left turn

“left on red” is a legal turn in California if your net worth is over $1b

Jobs never registered his cars

meanwhile

https://i.imgur.com/hnseSSD.png?1

The stock market is more fake than ever

big grain of salt because ars technica seems to worship tesla

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/12/tesla-stock-just-hit-a-new-record-of-400-heres-one-reason-why/

Tesla has also refined its motors over time to squeeze out a bit more power and range from a given amount of battery power. Those innovations may not be easy for rivals to replicate.

This is utter horseshit. I’ve driven a lot of electric cars in the last 6 month and the Teslas are the absolute worst from an efficiency perspective. Too bloody heavy. Hyundai is really good at this.

Driving an ioniq around in high heat and the aircon on high I can easily get 12kWh/100km it’s hard to get the Model 3 under 18kWh/100km. The teslas are too heavy and arguably the batteries are too big for what is really needed.

Tesla will do well though, especially next year, especially in the us, all the other manufacturers will be diverting their electric cars to Europe so they can meet emissions standards. A lot of that free cash will come from tesla selling emissions credits to other manufacturers.

Good article in the FT on that.

https://www.ft.com/content/ebb85b9e-1b7d-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4

As expected, 69% want car tunnels! Stop whining, subway Stalinists, the people have spoken … pic.twitter.com/g8GBvjDdvK

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 28, 2019

dis guy sux

I’m a subway Stalinist

amazing that this complete dimwit managed to convince so many people that he’s smart

*tips hat*

He is a dangerously stupid man

Induced demand is one of the most irrational theories I’ve ever heard. Correlation is not causation. If the transport system exceeds public travel needs, there will be very little traffic. I support anything that improves traffic, as this negatively affects almost everyone.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 29, 2019

manufacture an electric bus, Elon!

Electric buses present a range of engineering challenges, some unsolved (such as ascending steep hills) so it’s not really in Musk’s wheelhouse.

I don't even want to know what kind of little ambient tones he'd add on to them anyway.

*Synthesizer fart noises from ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''*

"Oh good. My airport shuttle is here."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ap8k_Xjks

^^ Where I was going with that.

well, yeah

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENArF6QWwAApzel?format=jpg&name=small

the organisms wouldn't spread to the entire planet would they? can't imagine they would be able to go that far on Mars.

If an organism can survive on an unpopulated (ie no predators) planet at all then they would likely spread vey quickly.

can they thrive at temperatures averaging -60°C tho

i don't know much about microbiology i'm just curious

well I imagine if they could survive a trip through space then Mars would be a doddle...

curt, my point is they either spread very quickly (in geological terms) in a predator-free environment, or they immediately cease to exist because the environment is otherwise inhospitable. there's not a middle ground where only a bit of mars is only a bit contaminated. which is why being very, very careful is appropriate.

btw there's some theories about how life or its ingredients might get between planets that are on the more speculative end of microbiology, but they're not completely out of the question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia

sorry mars is already infected with earth micro organisms from when i took a shit in space

btw theres a good hippie drug theory that psychedelic shroom spores were sent through space as a message from aliens

well, yeah

terence mckenna otm about both that and also the apocalypse on december 21 2012