Tesla Roadster
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I mean google tells me a drag racer can do 0-60 in under a second so it is possible
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tesla Roadster:
I mean google tells me a drag racer can do 0-60 in under a second so it is possible
Anything is possible if you sacrifice everything. What you have to sacrifice for a Top Fuel dragster to do it makes it impossible on a road car. And this is without mentioning that they accelerate using a rubber on rubber power transfer.
I honestly think this is a space craft of some sort.
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@MajorRage said in Tesla Roadster:
I would guess it's something to be driven in a reduced friction environment - perhaps they are aiming to drive it on the moon or something?
Physics dictates that it can't really be a car, at least a wheel driven one.
Cybertruck is supposedly the mars vehicle prototype.
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@MajorRage said in Tesla Roadster:
@Kirwan I hadn't thought of that but you are spot on. Levitating thrusters makes perfect sense.
Hard to tell how much is a wind up, but he makes cool shit.
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@Machpants said in Tesla Roadster:
Hopefully, the demo goes better than the bullet proof glass or the AI robot
Yeah that's an on-brand take. Well done.
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@dogmeat said in Tesla Roadster:
From what I have read, Tesla are doing poor sales wise and also allegedly outbuilt by BYD so I guess Musk has to hype them up somehow.
Yeah, they are doing terribly;
Tesla Model Y is world's best-selling car of 2023: report
Automotive intelligence firm JATO Dynamics says the Tesla Model Y has emerged as the best-selling car in 2023, marking a historic moment for the auto industry.
Not just the best selling EV, but the best selling car worldwide last year.
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its mad that a +$70k car is now outselling cars like the corolla
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tesla Roadster:
its mad that a +$70k car is now outselling cars like the corolla
higher CAPEX, lower OPEX
obviously up to a point...
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@Kiwiwomble said in Tesla Roadster:
its mad that a +$70k car is now outselling cars like the corolla
With government subsidies in the US it's less than $40 US, add in high gas prices.
BYD will end up the number 1, but they are also selling gas cars. No one is even close to Tesla in EVs, I think they sell more than all other EV makers combined.
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@Kirwan thats still an expensive car for a lot/most people and the figures aren't skewed by it being something like a work vehicle (vans/utes) which are often more expensive than a hatchback that a lot of people would go for
its impressive
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@Kirwan said in Tesla Roadster:
@Kiwiwomble said in Tesla Roadster:
its mad that a +$70k car is now outselling cars like the corolla
With government subsidies in the US it's less than $40 US, add in high gas prices.
BYD will end up the number 1, but they are also selling gas cars. No one is even close to Tesla in EVs, I think they sell more than all other EV makers combined.
Just in the US that stat.
When the new model comes out at the $25,000 price point it's going to be hard to beat Tesla. Especially if they add in the 48 volt architecture, steer by wire, four wheel steer from the CyberTruck.
They have started the factory for that in Mexico, starting to refine their own lithium and have the new battery tech coming. Not even mentioning the software advantage they have.
They are going to be giants.
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@Kirwan Heavily discounted in a failed attempt to shore up a (still) plummeting share price.
The market cap had already fallen by over 70% by Jan 2023 and has further declined steadily in the last 13 months.
It might have sold more cars but they realised less revenue illustrating that they were practically giving them away. Add production issues, regulatory investigations and increased competition, she's a pretty sick puppy.
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i dont particularly like Elon...but would we say the share price is plummeting? it might be down on its all time high but still what 10x what is was as recently as 2020?
