RubberElectrons

I remember reading about that too. I wonder where the truth lies in all this.

Oh, just lol. I can see the nuances of the engineering choices aren't getting through here.

That very choice is a critical part of why there aren't many cheap EVs on the market. If you'll recall, Eberhard was trying to keep costs down so that ordinary folks could afford the vehicle. Smaller motor plus gearbox costs less and reduces other costs as well. Elon changed the engineering goals, forcing the roadster to be priced yet higher.

A large, custom motor "solves" the problem inelegantly by replacing an undersized mallet with a sledge, as you'd expect from a moron. Correspondingly larger IGBTs, larger switching losses, more battery capacity lost to needing to parallel vs series for feeding the larger motor a lot of current. There were and yet remain many downstream negatives to that decision.

As for the rest of the market following, why are you surprised that the same market which kept saying "10yrs away" also couldn't be imaginative enough to innovate?

It's obvious you don't want to shift from your position either, the funny bit is that at least one of us here has evaluated merits vs problems with any technical background. Keep on drinking that corporate Kool aid.

Indeed.

Yawn. Hello ad hominem, early on. Lots of unnecessary verbiage.

The rest of your argument is both trite & false, and again reveals a lack of engineering prowess/understanding. It's not always intuitive, so I don't blame you much. Quick example: gears add contact friction, but also significantly reduce bearing loads on the motors, among other things. You trade some efficiency for better lifetimes on the parts experiencing the most pressure. Further, Teslas still have a gearbox, and even as a single stage system, they still experience failures. "No part" eh?

If there was anything to learn from reading a carefully manicured blog where honesty isn't guaranteed, it's that there wasn't enough of a commitment to getting it right, iterating takes time, which is still why I won't buy one of those styrofoam-padded shitboxes. Still buying an EV, just one that was actually well designed.

That you feel attacked by my laughing at your conclusions, well... Cry about it.

You can make em out of waxed cardboard, in fact..

E: in Minecraft

As seems your custom, lotta useless verbiage.

Exactly how I felt about it as it was happening, fucking stop talking about his bullshit and talk about the positives of any alternative players! We know he's bad news!

I'll be surprised if he makes it a year.

100%, I hated every minute of my layover wandering that shit-quality SimCity attempt, the bubble popped real fast once I talked to some locals.

I can't wait for the sand to bury that cruel slave labor shitberg.

Damn were you just waiting for the opportunity to drop this on someone? Lovin' this stuff, got a couple of shirts already.

I wonder what people think of beyond meat products.

It's obviously going through processing, but a combination of short ingredient list and that a lot of processing is the peas getting partially digested mechanically, makes me feel they're ok: https://sciencemeetsfood.org/plant-based-burgers/

This article seems to summarize a number of papers into a conclusive "they're not bad for you, but like with any food, consider how you're eating it", e.g. a Bolognese pasta won't magically become a healthy dish solely because you added soy crumbles.

What do you guys think?

Psh, those low quality NYPD shitrags never gave a fuck about integrity. The uniform is just a costume.