The new Tesla Roadster accelerates faster than a fighter jet taking off from an aircraft carrier 引用 @XFreeze:The new Tesla Roadster produces more thrust than an F-16 fighter jet at military power Roadster Thrust augment: >80 kN (~18,000 lbf) F-16 with F100-PW-229: ~79.2 kN (~17,800 lbf) without a
"I think this is the end of diesel [cars]," said Erik Severinson, chief commercial officer of Volvo Cars. "If you ask the customer today, why would you buy diesel?" https://t.co/HMyZ0viGDw
Future fun Roadster demos will include flying over the Snake River or maybe Grand Canyon and landing on its wheels and exceeding half the speed of sound 引用 @elonmusk:Turns out the future does have flying cars https://t.co/6fexPp6SXI
Btw 引用 @elonmusk:@Scobleizer True. You will be able to ask the Roadster to perform any of the tricks shown autonomously, as it will be sentient. Also, we will have a wild looping track (crazier even than Hot Wheels) at our Texas HQ where you can test out your Roadster.
OG Roadster 引用 @TrungTPhan:Elon showing Jay Leno the first production unit Tesla Roadster in 2008. Leno amazed by battery pack with 6,831 lithium-ion cells and gives this take on his first test drive: “The good thing with electricity is that you get full torque from 0 RPM. In a gas car, you have
I have 0 clue what scenario you need this for but it doesn't make it any less cool 引用 @CARN0N:Highlights of all four stunts Tesla showed off with the new Roadster today. https://t.co/chP6QEuVMk
Current growth rates in the European market (a market of say 11m cars ex UK) would bring Chinese exports to 3m in 2027 and 5m in 2028 ... forcing a massive retrenchment that would undermine capacity to actually invest and compete in the future 4/ https://t.co/Twet3xyvTY
Agree with the FT; European car makers need to be ready to invest to compete with Chinese auto makers in their home market and globally -- But you can only compete is you have enough space to survive, and that currently requires insulation from China's massive export wave 1/ https://t.co/wl4laiWNU
Roadster 是真正的飞行员之车:主动空气动力学、多模式吸附系统和冷气推进器 外观 – 隐藏式大灯、贯穿式尾灯和平齐表面,打造极简、高度技术化的造型 – 超轻轮毂配细辐条,在着地时增强结构强度 – Ano White 涂装带来源自航空航天的表面处理,具备抗紫外线和低温防护、静电消散和耐腐蚀性能 – Gold Glazed 着色玻璃模仿航天服面罩的铜涂层,配有细腻的钛金属点缀 原文: Roadster is a true pilot's car: active aerodynamics, a multi-mode suction system & cold-gas thruster
Roadster 在赛道模式下变形 这些空气动力学部件不只是为了好看:它们提供了所有公路车中最好的被动下压力组合(接近F1水平!),尾翼动作由 @Tesla_Optimus 执行器系统驱动 https://t.co/AqrC4qUga9 原文: Roadster transforms in Track Mode These aero features aren't just for looks: they provide the best passive downforce package of any road car (approaching F1 levels!) with win
SpaceX 几十年来一直用推进器为航天器定位。 让它们在车辆中而不是真空中工作,需要全新的硬件和控制。 车内每一处可用空间都塞满了碳纤维缠绕压力容器(COPV) 车上压缩气体越多 = 飞行时间越长 原文: SpaceX has used thrusters to position spacecraft for decades. Making them work in a vehicle instead of a vacuum took all-new hardware & controls. Every usable void in the car is packed with
Smart Tho aligning with the EU on plug in hybrids and battery electric vehicles currently means doing somewhat different things 引用 @FT:France and Germany to allow UK in EU car policy if it aligns on China tariffs https://t.co/yOtqTd2Q5m
When Konstantin called me way back then, I said I had no idea what it would look like or when it would be made, but he still had the faith to put down a deposit ❤️ 引用 @konikaze:@elonmusk My original Roadster still runs 20 years later. Battery still fine! Reserved the new one first in 2013. Thirteen
新款特斯拉 Roadster 有望成为史上最伟大的产品演示 https://t.co/xC5VAH6Ag7 【被引推文 @elonmusk】时机就是一切 https://t.co/xs1DtjA9Nj 原文: The new Tesla Roadster is a candidate for greatest product demo of all time https://t.co/xC5VAH6Ag7 引用 @elonmusk:Timing is everything https://t.co/xs1DtjA9Nj
Tesla self-driving feels like magic 引用 @paulg:The Tesla Model 3 with FSD is mind-blowing. Jessica and I drove to the gym without touching the controls once. It backed out of our driveway, drove there, and backed into a parking space. It's amazing that you can buy so much future for $40k.
With domestic sales of ~ 20m (absent a new incentive program) it isn't clear if export demand alone and keep investment in the auto sector at its current, quite elevated levels -- looks like auto investment will be a drag on 27 growth, but I guess with China you never know 2/2
"global" safeguard is easy to finessa -- the safeguard can be applied on all trade in hybrids but with exclusions for all the countries that actually export cars to the EU (or generous tariff rate quotas) other than China. Conceptually allow the limits to be applied to future
I assume the tariff rate quota that limits China's exports of hybrids and plug in hybrids will be binding -- and the "understanding" is that China's won't retaliate for a quota that preserves some fraction of their current exports. 引用 @jojjeols:The problem with "understandings" are that they are no
Why are Euro auto brands losing to China? Well... let's look at costs, productivity, employee output, etc. Hard to compete with this. "Using VW’s auto plants as a proxy, labor costs, labor productivity, sick leave rates, unit costs and electricity costs in its China plants are a https://t.co/rLvIia
Context to anyone who didn't know - Robin Ren has been absolutely instrumental in Tesla, especially making Tesla entering China work! Robin is a long-time college friend of Elon (the only one that was better at physics than him) and an entrepreneur in the clean-tech sector. https://t.co/ABaNMUC7ni
The "surge" in imports hybrids and plug in hybrids is clear in the trade data -- the EU's imports of Chinese hybrids has jumped to 0.5m cars in a short period of time (in a total market of just over 10m cars right now) 2/ https://t.co/aulLgmX3A4
Current EU imports of hybrids/ plug in hybrids exceed peak EU exports to China (of all car types) and are four times current EU exports to China (of all car types) 3/ https://t.co/WpZfWDiOOu
The new @Jaguar Type 01 is here, powered by NVIDIA. Under its stunning design is NVIDIA Hyperion, the computer and sensor platform that takes in everything the car sees and senses, then helps it make smart decisions in real time. It’s paired with NVIDIA Halos, a safety system https://t.co/3Ra8YQih