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The Nissan Leaf models before the Tesla Model 3 had a maximum range of 107 miles.
The Tesla Model 3 had a range of between 220 to 310 miles, depending on the trim.
This is what made the Tesla Model 3 revolutionary. It was the first to be mass market with long range.
The Nissan Leaf models before the Tesla Model 3 had a maximum range of 107 miles.
The Tesla Model 3 had a range of between 220 to 310 miles, depending on the trim.
This is what made the Tesla Model 3 revolutionary. It was the first to be mass market with long range.
Plus, 238 miles was its maximum trim, compared to 310 miles for the Tesla Model 3.
So let me be even more clear, since you keep missing the point: the Tesla Model 3 was the first mass-market long-range EV with a truly fast charging rate and extensive public fast charging network, making it the first truly mainstream EV.
The Gogoro battery-swapping refueling platform for urban electric two-wheel scooters, mopeds and motorcycles started up two years before the Tesla Model 3 making it the first mass market network provider of always charged and ready EV's making it the first truly mainstream EV backbone.
> FSD would never work without LiDAR
From what I gather, this is still a contested topic, with Tesla's Autopilot only achieving Level 2 automation [2].
[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/solar-road-panels-first-publ...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
But Tesla Cybercab, taking paid rides in Austin right now, is Level 4. And has no LiDAR. You can fly to Austin and take a ride on it right now if you don't believe me!
I am so fucking tired of people acting like we haven't had reusable rockets since the 1980s. Do you think I was hallucinating when my parents drove me to Florida to see Columbia?
Experts said it wouldn't work. Then they said okay maybe it works, but the economics won't. Now they say nothing.
It's 1990s technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X?useskin...
No one denies that SpaceX has done good work. But claiming that they have done anything others considered impossible is just wrong. The basic principles had been demonstrated decades before.
You are correct that people criticized the economics. Seeing as SpaceX's prospectus shows their rocketry business loses money, I am not convinced they're winning that argument.
> but if you are talking about something reusable that takes off and lands vertically
No, I am talking about something that takes off and lands vertically after boosting a first stage to orbit.
Suborbital is 100x easier.
Every problem data centers have gets harder in space other than one small spot in orbit that can get uninterrupted solar.
Heat dissipation, upgrades, repairs. All get significantly harder to perform the same work that can be done cheaper and more easily on the ground.
Like really I’ll turn it around on you, what’s the benefit to AI data centers in space?