With Giga Berlin beginning production, Shanghai export to Europe will cease and the vast majority of Shanghai Teslas will be sold in China. China is the largest EV market in the world. It makes perfect sense to set up shop there.
My non-tech company has a large finance service center operation in Costa Rica, as do many others. There is a lot of business opportunity in LA...there is already quite a bit of manufacturing there as well. it's not like they don't know how to do these things. they just don't do enough of it to sustain their population.
No one who has purchased a Tesla over the past two years has received a federal credit, including me.
Most folks moved into my neighborhood in 2018/2019 and already had their teslas...so I presume they were able to take advantage.
Yea - keep reading wikipedia for your history - great source. But getting back to the big picture the climate has had huge swings in the last 50000 years. If you deny that you are the real climate denier.
Key line in the whole article. "Lightning orders update—
Ford Closes F-150 Lightning Reservations, Order Bank Opens Soon
It's official, the reservations for the Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup are closed in the U.S. and the option was removed from the Ford's website.insideevs.com
Keep reading your climate for kooks picture books, since science doesn't seem to be your thing.
Exporting cars vs exporting something like phones is a huge difference. Shipping cars around the world is a PIA. Exactly the reason Tesla was in such a rush to get a factory going in Europe and China. I didn't say your idea was bad. Presently, it's a bad idea for a car company.
I guess you never heard of the Medieval Warm Period or the Little Ice Age. Of course not - they don't fit your narrative.
So distance doesn't matter? Land vs water? Existence of highway systems?
Because there have been warming and cooling periods in the past does not mean the current warming period is not caused by CO2 emissions.
Does TSLA ship cars to Newark from China?
It certainly matters in the "logisitics is logistics" portion of the discussion.
I hear that the current increase in temp is just about increase solar activity.Yes, I've heard of them. They are comparative anomalies and utterly outside the discussion on climate change because the global deviation from norm in both cases was less than .5 degrees C.
But you're clearly an expert. Tell us more about the Pinelands at the Bottom of the Sea.
Which doesn't apply to Tesla. The reason Shanghai became the primary export hub over the last 2 quarters is because the Berlin factory has been tied up in miles of German red tape. Using Shanghai for mostly export wasn't the original plan. Berlin was ready to go in July.
Both have been debunked in many ways by actual climatologists with real credentials. I won't bother to post a link to one so that this can become a pissing match about the authenticity of my source. Some really basic Google searches would let you find them in real climate science journals if you genuinely wanted to hear them challenged.
GM is very much moving in the same direction. VW too. The japanese companies seem a little behind, but not that far.
I am sure they took really good temperature reading in the last 2000 years. that chart must be reliable. Face it - no one knows the exact range and this "scientific" chart just proves my point.Yes, I've heard of them. They are comparative anomalies and utterly outside the discussion on climate change because the global deviation from norm in both cases was less than .5 degrees C.
But you're clearly an expert. Tell us more about the Pinelands at the Bottom of the Sea.
You are right and that is my point - no one knows for sure. No one. And if you read the paris report the elimination of all ICE vehicles "could" lower world temps by a max of "less" than 1 degree. It is in the report - I am all for electric vehicles just not for the same reason as others - and i never panic.
After the whole Chevy Bolt fiasco, are you concerned that GM is continuing forward and expanding production with large, pouch style battery cells?
I work for GM. While GM does make their political activity public, maybe more so than other manufacturers, what do you know that backs up your statement?
GM is transitioning to a new battery called Ultium. Furthermore, GM is taking more control over its electric car and battery supply chain. In short, lessons are being learned and better processes implemented. This current company is not the GM of old that would create failures and then not be accountable for them. Does this mean that there will be no issues? Of course not, but car manufacturers don't make money these days if the cars they make fail.
Ultium is a pouch style cell. The same form factor responsible for the Bolt fires and recalls. Of all the different battery form factors, large, pouch style cells are the most prone to thermal runaway. Why are they sticking with this?
Weight, maleability, scalabity and eventually cost as compared to cylindrical and other cell types. It would be unreal to believe that the industry isn't doing all it can to fix the heat problem.
