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You guys think Tesla can hit their production targets?
Sure !. They just change the "Target" to suit whatever the production actually is !lester12483 said:You guys think Tesla can hit their production targets?
Ianhill said:For me I think the future maybe an electric conversion of a current ice car with a crashed electric donar and use custom controller.
If I was going to build a custom Ev I would try to pick a complete drive unit for example a tesla rear motor and use that in the front of a small hatchback type car it's not going to break any records but make a nice run around, To interface the drive would be custom engine mounts and drive shafts rather than the old school method of using the existing box and an adapter plate.billvon said:Well, you can get a used Leaf for almost nothing. Get the Leaf, put a 50kWhr battery in it and you'll have a very low cost EV. And you won't need a custom controller or motor plate or anything, just some electronics to spoof the battery's CAN bus interface.
Ianhill said:If I was going to build a custom Ev I would try to pick a complete drive unit for example a tesla rear motor and use that in the front of a small hatchback type car it's not going to break any records but make a nice run around, To interface the drive would be custom engine mounts and drive shafts rather than the old school method of using the existing box and an adapter plate.
Diy builds are getting better by the day thanks to production Ev that are wrecked same as the ice tuners pull engines from gtrs etc, I've played that game of get the biggest engine and turbo and watch the car rocket or the engine grenade I think retro electric mods will be a big thing I think well it already is and can only grow now.
TheBeastie said:Anyone see the twitter storm from Musk when he cut off investors about M3 production? Apparently, those analysts were in fact quite bullish and supportive of Tesla. And Musk just hated being asked questions about M3 production.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-04/bizarre-tweet-elon-musk-threatens-shorts-unreal-carnage
Arlo1 said:A rear Tesla Drive unit can do well over 500hp!
I think even a front Tesla unit or a leaf motor would be fine. IN fact I think the leaf motor can make more power than the front Tesla unit.
Arlo1 said:If anyone wants to donate a rotor or whole motor from a leaf I will spin one to destruction so we can determine the true safe max RPM
Arlo1 said:I'm running the leaf motor to 15,000 rpm.
If anyone wants to donate a rotor or whole motor from a leaf I will spin one to destruction so we can determine the true safe max RPM
Ianhill said:Arlo1 said:I'm running the leaf motor to 15,000 rpm.
If anyone wants to donate a rotor or whole motor from a leaf I will spin one to destruction so we can determine the true safe max RPM
Be nice for a big website fundraiser and get a video up thats mandatory to like because its engineering porn, two of them would be nice rev one up and keep loading it till it frys get temp and torque data and then spin one up with no load on in a open area and let it rip much better than the guy that frys vacuum motors pfft lol.
Arlo1 said:Ianhill said:Arlo1 said:I'm running the leaf motor to 15,000 rpm.
If anyone wants to donate a rotor or whole motor from a leaf I will spin one to destruction so we can determine the true safe max RPM
Be nice for a big website fundraiser and get a video up thats mandatory to like because its engineering porn, two of them would be nice rev one up and keep loading it till it frys get temp and torque data and then spin one up with no load on in a open area and let it rip much better than the guy that frys vacuum motors pfft lol.
The thing with "frying" a motor is there is a current that will fry it in 60min and a current that will fry it in 1 minute and a current that will fry it in 10 sec. And they all vary from one another and depend greatly on cooling as well as other variables.
TheBeastie said:ere is that they are mostly all from hardcore fans of EVs. It wouldn't matter if the car had no wheels, they would claim its the best car ever.
For example, this guy https://youtu.be/49WftO5L71I?t=1m47s gets out of his Model 3 in full snow gear clothing because he doesn't want to use the heater because it will ruin his range and admits that the range of his Model 3 has dropped to less than half of its claimed range because of the cold is affecting the batteries.
TheBeastie said:Everyone loves to compare Amazon business model and its famous continuous financial losses to other companies like Tesla, but I think its got some serious differences. Amazon quite literally has its fingers in everything, from Cloud/AI to food-supermarkets and pizza delivery via Amazon Prime. Tesla is pretty much just cars and Solar panels.st35326 said:lester12483 said:Awesome cars, poorly run company. Where else can a company get away with never making a profit, and losing -$4000 per car?
https://www.tflcar.com/2018/04/tesla-first-quarter-2018-results/
Amazon went without making profit for many YEARS, seems to have worked out pretty well for them. People never truly accept when the world changes and they are forced to alter thier beliefs (must be like watching Ford in the beginning). Fasten your safety belt, you are about to see Tesla become one of the fastest growing, most valuable corporations in the US, all without paying anybody much of a dividend.
Name one person who's bet against Elon Musk and won?
There are some equally famous people who are directly betting against Elon/Tesla like Jim Chanos.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/famed-short-seller-jim-chanos-says-tesla-headed-for-brick-wall
Yep. A lot of people are. Even more are betting on him.Dauntless said:Sounds like CNN is betting against Elon. They've slanted away from him.