But you're right about the comparatively incremental nature of things... and not just in transportation. So much of life was utterly transformed between 1880 and 1930, whereas over the past 50 years... well, let's leave it at that. There's a cultural transformation too. I think that 100-150 years ago, people were more forward-looking and more receptive to innovations. Today, they wonder about the sense of fixing something that's not palpably broken.
Hmmm Imagine if we had stuck with electric vehicles......
We're a little off the topic of EV models but the sheriff pointed it that the exterior of the truck was intact and the blast was directed upward leaving the door to the hotel with intact glass. There were mortars,gasoline, and campstove fuel in the back of the truck. The EV battery wasn't involved but it sure seems likely that the location and vehicle were chosen for a reason. Sad.It was not by accident that it was a Tesla that blew up in front of that particular hotel. There is some symbolism there.
It was not by accident that it was a Tesla that blew up in front of that particular hotel. There is some symbolism there.
Nine out of ten new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only ... placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are electric on the road by 2025.
Top-selling brands were Tesla, ... Volkswagen, and Toyota.
The average American traveled 1.98 times more miles on the road each year than the average resident of France, 2.06 times more than the average German, and 2.23 times more than the average person in Great Britain. Residents of those countries often enjoy communities where more destinations can be accessed on foot, by public transportation, or by intercity rail.
It’s hard to make tens of trillions of dollars of investments in vehicles and infrastructure obsolete. That’s in the US alone. The owners of that stuff get upset when you tell them that it will be worthless.I really have no problem with all the people who love their EVs.. I am glad for you... I just do not think it will become the majority of vehicles in my lifetime... heck, probably not a big pct. either...
Yea, I saw one of the spokespeople even say that the side of the Cyber truck looked fine... you could not tell that there was an explosion... impressive..Interesting that no one mentions that the truck that killed all the people in New Orleans was an F150 Lightening.
On X it is being reported that the cyber truck did not just happen to catch fire while carrying fireworks. It was loaded to be a truck bomb and it is being said that the structure of the cyber truck was strong ebough to contain and direct the blast up. Tesla has stated that the telemetry from the truck was normal up to the explosion.
Expect sales to continue to miss targets due to the polarizing effect of the CEO. Time will tell if there's a counteracting force going on with that as well though.Tesla posts rare annual sales drop
By Emma W. Thorne, Editor at LinkedIn News
Grim news for Tesla: The automaker's annual global deliveries fell last year for the first time in more than a decade. That's despite a flurry of end-of-year financing and leasing deals meant to juice business. Tesla sold a total 1.79 million vehicles in 2024 — below the prior year's 1.81 million. Analysts had expected that figure to stay essentially flat. The Elon Musk-led firm also missed on deliveries for the quarter ending Dec. 31, notching 495,570 instead of the 512,277 analysts had projected. Despite the global miss, on Friday Tesla said its 2024 China sales rose 8.8% to a record high.
IMO, Tesla does need to redo its older models such as the Model S and the Model 3. It’s latest new models such, the Cybertruck is too radical in design to be very popular. Just my opinion.
GM reported 2024 sales of more than 2.7 million vehicles, up 4.3% from a year earlier. The automaker sold 2.9 million units in 2019.
GM said sales were driven by increases in all four of its U.S. brands as well as a roughly 50% increase in sales of electric vehicles to more than 114,400 units.
It was a similar trend at Ford, which reported a notable increase in sales of its “electrified” vehicles, including EVs and hybrids.
Ford on Friday reported 2024 sales of 2.08 million vehicles, up from just under 2 million in 2023. In 2019, the automaker sold 2.42 million vehicles in the U.S. For the fourth quarter, Ford reported an 8.8% year-over-year increase in sales to 530,660 vehicles sold.
That automaker said full-year sales of its vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines increased 0.2% compared to 2023, while sales of electrified vehicles increased 38.3% year over year.
It’s hard to make tens of trillions of dollars of investments in vehicles and infrastructure obsolete. That’s in the US alone. The owners of that stuff get upset when you tell them that it will be worthless.
Personal automobiles in the US alone are probably worth $5 trillion (300 million vehicles X $15K).
If such a change happens too quickly, there would be huge losses in gas station and refinery infrastructure, used car values, pipelines, etc. As a behavioral phenomenon, EV conversion is the sort of thing that could become a fashion trend and flip quickly.If they stopped selling EVs tomorrow, all cars currently on the road, both gas engine and EVs, all would continue to run, for years if not decades.
How does infrastructure become obsolete? Are we going to let our roads fall apart, stop maintaining them because no new ICE vehicles are sold?
The sensationalist rhetoric doesn't help the debate.
Isn't this a problem?The exterior is not going to change much at all because they are already streamlined to minimize wind resistance. Later models are generally more computing power, higher res cameras, etc.
A lot of new features are provided via software and these are available to older models as well.
So even though I have an “older” 2022 Model X, I have a lot of the latest features. However I don’t have the latest computer hardware or cameras. So I will probably end up with a slightly less capable version of the FSD software.
In my book a 2022 is still a very contemporary automobile. Even my 2019 vehicle is still hanging on to being contemporary. Though in 2025, I may yank that term from it.So even though I have an “older” 2022 Model X, I have a lot of the latest features. However I don’t have the latest computer hardware or cameras. So I will probably end up with a slightly less capable version of the FSD software.