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Nearly nine years later, Tesla has announced it will begin production in 2028. Tesla doesn't pay interest on these deposits, so it has essentially had interest-free loans all these years.
If someone had used the deposit to buy Tesla stock instead, they'd be a millionaire, as the stock has gone up 20X since then.
On the other hand, rumors say the new Roadster can hover and go from zero to sixty in under a second. It claims that if you are driving along and the car in front of you jams on its brakes, the Roadster can leap over it and keep driving.
did you miss the live demonstration of the 'leap over' ? Amazing. Must be on youtubeQuote: billryanIn 2017, Tesla began accepting deposits on its second-generation Roadsters. You could put down a $50,000 deposit or pay $250,000 upfront to receive one of the first ones.
Nearly nine years later, Tesla has announced it will begin production in 2028. Tesla doesn't pay interest on these deposits, so it has essentially had interest-free loans all these years.
If someone had used the deposit to buy Tesla stock instead, they'd be a millionaire, as the stock has gone up 20X since then.
On the other hand, rumors say the new Roadster can hover and go from zero to sixty in under a second. It claims that if you are driving along and the car in front of you jams on its brakes, the Roadster can leap over it and keep driving.
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Quote: odiousgambitdid you miss the live demonstration of the 'leap over' ? Amazing. Must be on youtubeQuote: billryanIn 2017, Tesla began accepting deposits on its second-generation Roadsters. You could put down a $50,000 deposit or pay $250,000 upfront to receive one of the first ones.
Nearly nine years later, Tesla has announced it will begin production in 2028. Tesla doesn't pay interest on these deposits, so it has essentially had interest-free loans all these years.
If someone had used the deposit to buy Tesla stock instead, they'd be a millionaire, as the stock has gone up 20X since then.
On the other hand, rumors say the new Roadster can hover and go from zero to sixty in under a second. It claims that if you are driving along and the car in front of you jams on its brakes, the Roadster can leap over it and keep driving.
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I saw a clip but have no idea if it was real or more Musk nonsense.
Quote: billryanQuote: odiousgambitdid you miss the live demonstration of the 'leap over' ? Amazing. Must be on youtubeQuote: billryanIn 2017, Tesla began accepting deposits on its second-generation Roadsters. You could put down a $50,000 deposit or pay $250,000 upfront to receive one of the first ones.
Nearly nine years later, Tesla has announced it will begin production in 2028. Tesla doesn't pay interest on these deposits, so it has essentially had interest-free loans all these years.
If someone had used the deposit to buy Tesla stock instead, they'd be a millionaire, as the stock has gone up 20X since then.
On the other hand, rumors say the new Roadster can hover and go from zero to sixty in under a second. It claims that if you are driving along and the car in front of you jams on its brakes, the Roadster can leap over it and keep driving.
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I saw a clip but have no idea if it was real or more Musk nonsense.
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It's real, but it's not going to be available for the public to drive. The acceleration is over 7 g's which will cause many people to black out and probably everyone to be unsafe to drive. Also probably an FAA problem if it leaves the ground. Good for James Bond movies, I guess the studios will be buying some.
Is this really what the world's smartest man should be working on? He took people's money almost ten years ago and has delivered nothing. They didn't buy a flying car; they thought they were buying a Roadster with a 500-mile range that they'd have had five years ago.
Quote: billryanI'll bet $1,000 that this car won't be available in 2028.
Is this really what the world's smartest man should be working on? He took people's money almost ten years ago and has delivered nothing. They didn't buy a flying car; they thought they were buying a Roadster with a 500-mile range that they'd have had five years ago.
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I'm smarter than Elon so I have it all figured out- how about we try this: Put a smaller, much smaller battery in it, then you can add- get this, a generator to keep the batteries charged. The generator can be gasoline, diesel, natural gas, whatever the engineering and price points call for and it's dedicated to charging the battery. So it's always running at a constant speed, very efficient as it doesn't need to deliver a wide range of torques at a wide range of speeds. We could probably get 1000 miles of range that way and- check this out- no charging or charger infrastructure needed! You can just pull up to a gas station, put the hose in, go in and drain your lizard, and in 5 minutes you're back on the road!
Has anything like this ever been tried before? I think I'll bring this up at the next engineering meeting.
I think it would take almost unimaginably advanced AI to be able to safely, correctly decide that the only way to keep from, say, hitting a stopped vehicle at high death-certain speed is to fly up in the air ... it would then need to take over completely for blacked out drivers, not allowing them to take over while half conscious
I'd say we might see that in yr 2525
Man asleep in Tesla crashes into California cop car, injures 2
Dude needed the latest Roadster!!
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: SOOPOOQuote: billryanA study of the market dating back to the 1970s shows it usually declines by 5% or more between August 18th and October 11th in election years. More in non-Presidential election years.
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Do you believe it is ‘predictive’? Meaning you will liquidate today and rebuy on October 11?
My fear is the day after the election, if as predicted the Democrats win the House and possibly also the Senate, how the markets will respond to the expected chaos that will ensue.
Did you mean November 11?
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If one is in for the long haul, maintain the status quo. The US economy does better under the scenario you described.
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Hi.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: GenoDRPhQuote: SOOPOOQuote: billryanA study of the market dating back to the 1970s shows it usually declines by 5% or more between August 18th and October 11th in election years. More in non-Presidential election years.
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Do you believe it is ‘predictive’? Meaning you will liquidate today and rebuy on October 11?
My fear is the day after the election, if as predicted the Democrats win the House and possibly also the Senate, how the markets will respond to the expected chaos that will ensue.
Did you mean November 11?
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If one is in for the long haul, maintain the status quo. The US economy does better under the scenario you described.
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Hi.
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The Dow dropped about 3.5% between August 18th and October 11th, but the S&P 500 rose just under 2%.
Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: GenoDRPhQuote: SOOPOOQuote: billryanA study of the market dating back to the 1970s shows it usually declines by 5% or more between August 18th and October 11th in election years. More in non-Presidential election years.
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Do you believe it is ‘predictive’? Meaning you will liquidate today and rebuy on October 11?
My fear is the day after the election, if as predicted the Democrats win the House and possibly also the Senate, how the markets will respond to the expected chaos that will ensue.
Did you mean November 11?
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If one is in for the long haul, maintain the status quo. The US economy does better under the scenario you described.
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Hi.
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I’m trying to be apolitical here. But I’m happy there is no general Democrat downturn. They are anti now useless war. Anti misused tariffs. It’s not hard to be an economic improvement from Trump rule.
Even though I never really believe I understand how the markets work, I’m happy to take some of these gains and safely plow them into my 4% MMA.
UP again a tad this morning, but WoV portfolio not at ATH yet.
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I’m trying to be apolitical here. But I’m happy there is no general Democrat downturn. They are anti now useless war. Anti misused tariffs. It’s not hard to be an economic improvement from Trump rule.
Even though I never really believe I understand how the markets work, I’m happy to take some of these gains and safely plow them into my 4% MMA.
UP again a tad this morning, but WoV portfolio not at ATH yet.
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Oh yeah I'm trying to be apolitical too. But when the people who have been bleating about gas being too expensive are also the same people who have been pushing for a multi$/gallon gas tax for the past 20 years for global warming, I'm pretty sure someone is being hoodwinked.
The incumbent Congressman spent almost eight million dollars and lost badly. The winner spent just over four million. A fourth candidate, representing the Green Party, spent $11,000 and got nearly 2,000 votes.
It seems like the real winners were the folks selling airtime.
The blank checks for defense are almost certainly over.
