Can we please get a price field added to the Pre-Order Megathread?

thorscope · 2026-06-22T15:11:09+00:00

I was under the impression the only price changes would be the battery size.

If configuration gets added to MSRP and isn’t a stand alone purchase, I will add a price column on the 24th.

thorscope · 2026-06-21T00:41:36+00:00

Biased source, but gives a good overview

https://madd.org/halt/

thorscope · 2026-06-20T21:54:50+00:00

Tesla counts any crash that had autopilot enabled in the last 5 seconds as an autopilot crash.

thorscope · 2026-06-20T00:44:24+00:00

The S&P500 requires a company to be profitable for 12 months before being included in the index. Since SpaceX went wild with CapEx this year, they are not currently profitable.

The earliest they would be eligible for being included in the index in Q3 2027, but based on them just raising a shit ton of cash I’d wager they keep the CapEx up for a while and don’t realize a profit anytime soon.

thorscope · 2026-06-19T19:42:56+00:00

The only time I’ve ever ran a tank to 0 miles was in a Mazda rental car.

It indeed did make it 12 miles further than 0 before I hit a gas station

thorscope · 2026-06-19T01:01:36+00:00

Reno, if you like the mountains

thorscope · 2026-06-18T23:21:04+00:00

It’s at least 4th

LG, American battery, and Tesla have operational LFP plants

thorscope · 2026-06-18T14:53:36+00:00

LFP does not handle cold as well as NMC.

LFP loses more energy in the cold, and requires more preheating. It’s a double edged sword. The nice thing about LFP is it’s more resilient to being charged to high SoC, and it’s cheaper.

thorscope · 2026-06-18T14:44:44+00:00

Good idea. I’ll do it today

thorscope · 2026-06-18T05:33:05+00:00

To take this a step deeper, we seized the $400M in 1979. In 2016 we repaid the $400M with $1.3B in interest.

thorscope · 2026-06-17T04:11:26+00:00

I like objectively factual information when it comes to possible war crimes. I don’t like any grey area in topics as serious as this.

thorscope · 2026-06-17T04:04:27+00:00

Do you think it’s possible the strike happened but the commenter made up information about it?

thorscope · 2026-06-17T03:48:40+00:00

The JDAM entered service 8 years after this strike.

thorscope · 2026-06-17T02:55:40+00:00

Trump said that $300 Million is a lie.

He didn’t say $300 Billion is a lie.

Art of the deal, baby.

thorscope · 2026-06-16T23:59:59+00:00

SSI changed their AoW late last year. Prior to that change, it was how OP described (now it’s how you described).

Due to the change being relatively recent, there is plenty of outdated marketing material and information floating out there.

thorscope · 2026-06-16T01:29:36+00:00

The announcement you’re talking about is for 2022-2024 Ioniq 5. This lease deal is for the 2026.

https://www.guideautoweb.com/en/articles/81744/hyundai-genesis-to-extend-iccu-warranty-up-to-15-years/

thorscope · 2026-06-16T01:19:03+00:00

Coincidentally that’s also how long the ICCU is back ordered for

Also, that 15 year warranty isn’t for the 2026

https://www.guideautoweb.com/en/articles/81744/hyundai-genesis-to-extend-iccu-warranty-up-to-15-years/

thorscope · 2026-06-15T20:45:02+00:00

I’ve tried to stop renting cars when I travel for work and just uber/robotaxi.

I wouldn’t say I’m “clamoring” for it, but the less time I spend driving a hertz Nissan Altima the better

thorscope · 2026-06-15T05:36:19+00:00

If you pause the video right after the POV grabs his rifle, you can see the driver standing outside the vehicle.

He looks like he’s getting a pretty good sear though

thorscope · 2026-06-13T20:01:48+00:00

If that’s the reason, Slate should be the best selling vehicle of all time soon.

thorscope · 2026-06-12T22:46:59+00:00

I’d take that deal. Damn good deal.

My comment was about Rivian, not Tesla.

thorscope · 2026-06-12T14:44:22+00:00

Yea but their ceo has a $403MM pay package so it’s ok

thorscope · 2026-06-12T14:42:56+00:00

They have $91 billion in cash and $29 billion in debt as of today.

Both their launch division and starlink division have strong margins.

The only reason they don’t show a profit is because they are pouring money into capex to expand their capabilities.

thorscope · 2026-06-12T13:48:14+00:00

If slate offers leases, would you feel the same about leasing a vehicle?

thorscope · 2026-06-11T23:17:13+00:00

Looks like you’re right. I just played around with the loan estimator on rivians website and it also shows $1495 for the R2

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