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Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by g8orbill, Jun 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM.

  1. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    Not that this is going to make me go out and buy a Tesla. but I have to admit this is pretty damned impressive

     
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    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    Impressive. Guess he took care of the issue of having too many holidays at his plant
     
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  3. G8tas

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    I wonder if Tesla will ever stop using the batteries of its main competitor
     
  4. gatorrob87

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    Or employees.
     
  5. vaxcardinal

    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    Well the video made mention of them making batteries that last longer
     
  6. G8tas

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    They make batteries for some of their cars but they haven't figured out how to surpass Chinese EV technology which is why they are stuck buying from BYD
     
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  7. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    I bought a Tesla a year ago and it is the best car I have ever owned. I love to drive it so much that I run all the errands for my wife. The self driving feature is so helpful. When I go out to eat and have a drink or two, you can just set it to drive home and it does almost perfectly. The drive way to the house is not on the maps so it will stop on the street in front of the house.
     
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  8. g8orbill

    g8orbill Old Gator Moderator VIP Member

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    does it matter?
     
  9. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    Right here
    If the Chinese tech is superior, then Tesla is making the right decision to use it.
     
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  10. vaxcardinal

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    sounds like they should advertise this more....buy a Tesla so you can ride drunk and get home safely.
     
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    Kind of. If we get into a shooting war with China over Iran or Taiwan, batteries, circuit boards, replacement robots and embedded controllers etc will all stop coming from China and Tesla will go out of business over night. So, in a broad sense, yes, finding alternative to all of the Chinese supplied content is huge for them.

    Also, their a-hole, ketamine loving CEO stop pissing off the very people he is targeting to buy his cars would also help.
     
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  12. gaterzfan

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    If Tesla had designed their Truck not to look like an aluminum dumpster I would have seriously considered one. They didn’t and I settled for another Honda quasi-truck.
     
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  13. G8tas

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    Why not a Hummer?