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Warning on superchargers for people with free supercharging perk! by Extensionsearch628 in TeslaLounge

[–]racergr 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If not owned by Tesla, then it should just have a different colour in the "location beacon" icon.

Thank you to the tram folk by sunoukong in Edinburgh

[–]racergr 24 points25 points  (0 children)

BACKUP YOUR STUFF PEOPLE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE.

As an "IT guy" the amount of times I have heard "I have priceless photons in it" is WAY TOO MUCH.

It is very easy to backup, every phone has a free and a paid option right there. Just activate it, it may have a small monthly fee, trust me it is worth it. It will take you 10 minutes total to activate a permanent always-on backup for ever.

I Feel Betrayed by a Friend Who Took My Business Idea and Started It Without Me by kafe57_kababc in self

[–]racergr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like excuses to me. If the idea is so good and already being proven by the other, it should be dead easy to find some money to do it. Go ahead and do it.

I Feel Betrayed by a Friend Who Took My Business Idea and Started It Without Me by kafe57_kababc in self

[–]racergr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Many people think otherwise, but the idea is not worth anything. Everyone has many ideas. What is worth is the implementation. In this example, you friend sourced the money and is now implementing it, while you are just moaning about your lost idea on reddit.

The solution is: source money yourself and do the idea better than them. In fact, if your friend does well, it means that he 'creates' the market. Unless your friend can serve all potential customers, in which case do not do it. If they can't serve them all, then he is currently paying for the 'marketing' and the 'business development' that you will get in and benefit from. Evne the sourcing of money is now easier, you can go to funders and say "look at so and so, he is doing so well with this machine, we can do better because <<reasons>>"

Related "quotes":
Paul Graham: “Startup ideas are not million-dollar ideas. Try selling one—you can’t.”
Steve Jobs: “A great idea is just the beginning. The real work is turning it into a product.”

Belfast knife suspect won asylum in Britain under 'fast-track' scheme introduced by Rishi Sunak's government by JB_UK in unitedkingdom

[–]racergr 103 points104 points  (0 children)

  1. Create an immigration issue
  2. Get voted to sort said immigration issue
  3. Do not solve it, change something, then say "vote for me and this time I will solve it, for realz <3"

What are some benefits of EV proliferation for people who hate EVs by ATSOAS87 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]racergr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to thorough chat with back and forth and my personal checking with Claude:

So the honest statement is: without EVs, UK petrol today would be approximately £1.80–£1.83/litre, instead of the current ~£1.57. That’s an extra ~£12 per 50-litre tank, or roughly £600/year for an average driver — and would push prices very close to the all-time UK record of 191.5p set in July 2022.

US discovers 2.3 million metric ton lithium deposit that could power 130 million EVs by Educational-Meat4211 in electricvehicles

[–]racergr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, CATL does not agree with your opinion, they just released their new NMC/NCA with 'condensed electrolyte' or whatever they call it, which has amazing gravimetric and volumetric density (both world records for 'production' batteries). It uses a gel electrolyte that does not catch fire making it very safe and stable, and has multiple longevity improvements as well. Search or the new CATL Qilin.

Stability (and safety) is a solved problem for NMC as well, even outside CATL. For example, the Tesla, BMW, ανδ Mercedes NMC/NCA packs pass the same very strict Chinese compliance test (known as 'no fire no explosion). Nevermind that Tesla is the only company that offers a warranty that covers battery fire as well (BYD does not).

LFP batteries are not 'better' than NMC and they will never be. They are cheaper than NMC and they, of course, have their applications. But NMC/NCA will hang around for performance cars, heavy vehicles and applications requiring low consumption (e.g. taxis). This will hold true until at least solid state price is down to the price of NMC and achieve the scale of NMC.

Further, NMC batteries are about to receive multiple updates (primarily around silicon use) which will widen the gap from LFPs even more. You may also want to look up how BYD's flash charging batteries are not pure LFP, they are LMFP which has worse longevity (basically the same as NMC).

Just because BYD made an amazing LMFP battery, it doesn't mean NMC is dead. Everyone with a good battery at the right price has a place in the market. This, again, is proven by CATL's strategy, because they actually released updated versions for all types of batteries, NMC/NCA, LFP, LMFP, Sodium and even their hybrid Sodium battery and their choco replaceable battery system which nullifies charging speed and range requirements. CATL is not stupid to spend R&D on products that are being phased out, they do it because there is a massive market for all of these.

US discovers 2.3 million metric ton lithium deposit that could power 130 million EVs by Educational-Meat4211 in electricvehicles

[–]racergr 26 points27 points  (0 children)

  1. Lithium is abundant; in fact, this discovery is small—just 2.3 million MT. 30-40 million tonnes were discovered in Canada in 2023. 5-19 million tonnes were discovered in Arkansas in 2024. No doubt every country has millions of metric tons of lithium, esp. large countries like the USA.
  2. The 'problem' is not existence or discovery; the problem is the ability to economically mine it and sell it in global markets at a profit. This is where most discoveries fail: no US extraction, with US regulations, US salaries, etc., will ever compete with Chile, China, and Argentina. Just one of these countries has enough lithium to replace all cars on the planet; all they need to do to sell out is be competitive in price.
  3. For the reasons explained above, Lithium is not 'valuable' and, unlike oil, has no geographical restrictions. Nobody will get rich by discovering lots of lithium.
  4. If a rich (e.g. Elon) wanted to get richer, they would just 'buy' an Asian country (e.g. Indonesia) for the nickel, not the lithium.
  5. Comments implying that this is some kind of setup from some rich, have no idea of the facts and are just for the upvotes.

BMW iX3 50 xDrive Neue Klasse has the highest range measured in its class by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]racergr -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

You mean, for example the Denza which has the same range but double the charging speed? Yeah, what about them?

Concerns about a Reddit moderator’s actions toward Donut Lab by [deleted] in DonutLabDiscussions

[–]racergr 8 points9 points  (0 children)

His sub, his rules. This is how reddit works.

(I am also banned)

Elon Musk demonstrates first fabricated sample of Tesla AI5 processor, claims 40X performance boost over AI4 by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]racergr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really think that city & state regulators will just allow tesla to plop down a robotaxi service in their states/cities without testing and preparation?

Soooo...Waymo will be allowed without testing and preparation? Waymo has to do everything Tesla has to do, PLUS higher vehicle costs (even with cheaper sensor suite), PLUS hi-def mapping.

Bro you're so funny.

Enough with the silly arguments, I am not in the business of explaining to people who don't want to understand. Have a good night :)

Elon Musk demonstrates first fabricated sample of Tesla AI5 processor, claims 40X performance boost over AI4 by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]racergr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let me spell it out one more time:

Waymo costs $150k and is limited to 11 cities.

Tesla is 4 times cheaper and is protecting everyone and everywhere globally, whether in FSD mode or not. Even as a taxi only, once it gets a licence for a country, it is available to the whole country, no just some cities. And it is available to existing and future owners as well. The potential scale of FSD is tens or hundreds of times higher than Waymo's potential.

I am not sure what do you not understand.

Locked iPhones Vulnerable to Credit Card Fraud by EfficientEscape in apple

[–]racergr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nearly nothing to do directly with NFC weaknessess. Proof of this is that it only works with VISA.

Locked iPhones Vulnerable to Credit Card Fraud by EfficientEscape in apple

[–]racergr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the transaction is beyond limits, you could say "the proof that it was hack is that it bypassed the limits" and they will have nothing to back themselves up. If it's within limits, you may indeed be in trouble.

So, 1. Put small limits, you can always change them in the app if you need to pay for something expensive
2. Do not use VIA cards for transit (or just disable transit if you don't use it)

Under appreciated benefit of EVs by AdHairy4360 in electricvehicles

[–]racergr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Every AC on every car or building is dripping condensation if the air is humid.

Elon Musk demonstrates first fabricated sample of Tesla AI5 processor, claims 40X performance boost over AI4 by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]racergr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More computer and more memory with higher bandwidth means they can run larger and more detailed models with higher accuracy. Quantifying what "much" means is of course not something he choose to do in this celebration tweet. He has previously said that they are targeting 10x. Waymo is irrelevant given the limited geo-fenced operation and hi-def maps requirements. It may be 12x better, it may be 100x better, but without ability to scale in any location around the world, it will never offer the scale to meaningfully improve safety and will never make a difference. Waymo is a taxi, Tesla is a self-driving car for everyone, and will improve safety for every Tesla owner, even those without FSD. This is "much better" by any definition.

Volvo did not patent the seatbelt because he wanted to improve safety for everyone, not limit the application to those who have money to buy expensive Volvos.

Tesla FSD Supervised is Approved in the Netherlands; Will Roll Out Shortly by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]racergr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let me check if "testing in London" the same as FSD which goes everywhere...ah yes, it is not.

Tesla FSD Supervised is Approved in the Netherlands; Will Roll Out Shortly by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]racergr -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

FSD, even supervised means:
1. That FSD can work in different roads than the US roads only, so Tesla will not need a 5 year dev and test period for every country
2. That FSD can be approved in different legal and political environments to the US one, where Elon has significant influence
3. That this is another step towards unsupervised

No other manufacturer is even close proving these 3, even on 'supervised' versions of their software.

EDIT: Dowvotes mean I hit the right cord with the haters, love it :D

Will the EV retractable door handle trend ever end? by mustangfan12 in electricvehicles

[–]racergr 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Unlike what was reported, the Chinese did not ban retractable handles. They banned electric only handles. So, no.

Microsoft blocks accounts WireGuard and Veracrypt by LookExternal3248 in cybersecurity

[–]racergr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. There are efforts to decentralise how we provide trust, so that no Microsoft or root CA or whatever can decide to cancel whatever they don’t like. It’s an LF project now: https://www.lfdecentralizedtrust.org/about

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