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I think it is a combination of both. I've seen a study which tracked cost of cars in average hours of earnings. That has been climbing. I can't find that study now (it was for the USA, not EU) but a quick Googling yielded the price of the original car for the masses, the Model T, which was $260...

Definitely, however there are some common trends here, primarily the ever increasing complexity, the expense, and difficulty with maintenance. For example, I see more and more people on the roads driving with burned out headlights, or tail lights. A repair used to be a relatively inexpensive...

Only short term. Once the weapon stockpiles overflow, you need a war to purge them.

This is military weapons. No warranty covers acts of war. When it dies, if there is anything left of it. you just hit the self-destruct button and order a new one.

NF rated tracks only, $250K per side, or warranty void?

Then they will need a war to ramp up profits.

Hmm... a battery recall might be spun as a feature. "Please park your tanks near you enemy while charging". :p

Are they buying the TSLA stock dip? :CWL:

Good first order calculation, however I would look at it from a different point of view. I think we can assume that total amount of energy (kWh) to be delivered to the EVs would be the same, i.e. all EVs that wanted a charge, got what they wanted. So now the issue simplifies to flattening the...

So he believes using compression brakes in large trucks is costing the truckers more?

In the old cars the level of regen is fully controlled by how much you lift off the accelerator, with peak (~60kW) when you lift off completely. I haven't driven the new Y with brake by wire, but I sincerely doubt they will apply full regen as soon as you tap the brake pedal instead. It would be...

Before regeneration was not shut off when you hit the brake pedal, but since mechanical brakes were taking most of the energy, regen didn't recoup as much. This new mode disables regen on accelerator lift-off, only applies regen when brake pedal is pressed, i.e. blended braking. It will also...

No, they cannot do it via a software update. It required brake-by-wire, which requires different hardware than the older Telsas which have the brake pedal controlling the braked directly. There is an actuator for the AutoPilot to press the brake pedal when it wants to break, but there is no way...

Y is just the latest Tesla released. I suspect all new models will have it. It was obvious from the get-go that blended braking is more efficient, but a number of folks here tended to argue that Tesla one-pedal driving is the most efficient. ?‍♂️

Tesla just recognized that blended braking benefits are worth the engineering and manufacturing costs, in order to make it available to their customers. https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2516/teslas-new-deceleration-option-regen-now-applies-when-brake-pedal-is-pressed

Honestly, I don't think it will make much of a difference. Porsche has been losing EV sales in the US way before Trump. Market softened, all other EV makers lower prices, Porsche ups its prices. New EV's have way more features than Porsche, some even more performance features, at a fraction of...

Ok, if it's the move to EV platform that allegedly costed them the loss, how do they explain 50% loss of profit on the 911? Wait! I know! They didn't just botch the estimates of customer desire to move to EV's, but also the customer desire to stay with ICE and PHEV. Hmmm... I guess the only...

In other words Chinese cars have caught up (or perhaps overtook) Porsche offerings, and customers are not willing to spend a large premium just for a badge. Porsche's costs are likely higher, plus they insist of preserving their profit margins, so it will be hard for them to compete. Porsche...

That's is changing quick, especially with new factories. They are pushing heavy on robotics and AI. Even Chinese workers are worried. It's not just the noodle bot they are competing against. Today's robots cab be humanoid and work along sides of humans. The robots may be slower, and require...