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I was asking from one of two different viewpoints. One viewpoint is when a specific performance verse cost threshold is achieved. (Sort of like...
What do you consider a "breakthrough"?
Battery breakthroughs are going to be just like transistor breakthroughs. They happen, but never in a fashion that excites anyone publicly. Nor...
Tesla will eventually go the way of IBM, Microsoft, GM and every other big company. Musk will eventually be followed by some corporate drone...
Completely agree with all the factors. But even the Prius has a high voltage system so multiple voltages are already in play with newer...
I see the tail wagging the dog here. If 48 volts or any other voltage is used extensively in a vehicle, it is because that is seen as the lowest...
It all depends on where the cost accumulates. The only thing magic about 12V was the simplicity of directly connecting to the battery. The pain...
Don't forget that legacy automakers have to also perform to "stay in the game". So let's ask the following questions about legacy autos: 1) Who...
Where? It is what China and India does that matters most. How much does "acrimony" mean to them?
The overpricing problem starts with showing up in person. Work the options without showing up first via e-mail. Don't hesitate to check with...
One possibility could be a mutation, or lucky set of mutations for a much taller tree in a short time span. Basically, there might be a valley of...
OK-no major disagreements there but not complete agreement either. GM public claims and marketing approaches were clumsy. But in all fairness,...
VW investigating itself will provide an accurate account of what happened? Only an idiot would take that report seriously. (No shortage of those...
So it's GM spin being the GM fault, not anything to do with the Volt itself?
Yes, good example. GM sucked then. Are they doing the same now?
I assume this is a reference to GM. What is the lesson they did not learn? I have no clue as to what that lesson actually is while you assume it...
I got a remark when parking the 2001 Prius at a high school football game. An older guy who said: "That's one of them new hybrid cars. I here...
I remember a lawyer joke (maybe from Hill?) that goes something like this: When defending a case, argue the facts. When the facts don't help,...
That's pretty simple. If a car maker does not make a car folks demand, some other maker will.
Every single one of those points are explicit Toyota decisions. Every one was planned and intentional. This is the result of those decisions....
