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Old Apr 5, 2023 | 11:58 AM
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Tesla snaps up big block of industrial space in Hayward

Tesla Inc. has snagged nearly 150,000 square feet of industrial space in the East Bay

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...ard-lease.html
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According to Kelly Blue Book 2023 image awards Tesla wins:

Best Overall Luxury Brand
Best Value Luxury Brand
Most Refined Luxury Brand
Best Performance Luxury Brand
Best EV brand

Lexus wins most trusted luxury brand.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
According to Kelly Blue Book 2023 image awards Tesla wins:

Best Overall Luxury Brand
Best Value Luxury Brand
Most Refined Luxury Brand
Best Performance Luxury Brand
Best EV brand

Lexus wins most trusted luxury brand.
what a total puff piece. no explanation of the 'awards' and the links on the page just go to pages selling the cars.

toyota wins the best truck brand? dodge wins for most refined brand? please.

the only company that seems totally left out is general motors. guess they didn't pay the advertising fee.

can you say 'click bait'?
Old Apr 5, 2023 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
According to Kelly Blue Book 2023 image awards Tesla wins:

Best Overall Luxury Brand
Best Value Luxury Brand
Most Refined Luxury Brand
Best Performance Luxury Brand
Best EV brand


Lexus wins most trusted luxury brand.
I personally give two of those categories to Tesla.
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Originally Posted by patgilm
I personally give two of those categories to Tesla.
I would remove the word 'Luxury,' and apply all 5 categories
Old Apr 5, 2023 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
the only company that seems totally left out is general motors. guess they didn't pay the advertising fee.
Tesla paid up big out of their $0 advertising budget.
Old Apr 5, 2023 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Tesla paid up big out of their $0 advertising budget.
Tesla's marketing department is basically Tweets from Tesla fans...
Old Apr 5, 2023 | 08:03 PM
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Tesla has published master plan part 3
https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-3
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Tesla has published master plan part 3
https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-3
obviously i couldn't verify a lot of that or study in detail, but i found it to be a hugely impressive and significant piece of work. no government could ever produce something as concise.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
obviously i couldn't verify a lot of that or study in detail, but i found it to be a hugely impressive and significant piece of work. no government could ever produce something as concise.
Haven't had a chance to look at it yet, I'll take a peek at it later on today

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
obviously i couldn't verify a lot of that or study in detail, but i found it to be a hugely impressive and significant piece of work. no government could ever produce something as concise.
I love how hydrogen is mentioned in that master plan. $19/kg

I don’t agree the following will happen:

”Both continental and intercontinental ocean shipping can be electrified by optimizing design speed and routes to enable smaller batteries with more frequent charge stops on long routes.”

“Short distance flights can also be electrified through optimized aircraft design and flight trajectory at today’s battery energy densities26”




^^ seems a little far out

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I'm only a quarter way through the document, but man Tesla did their research. They are IMO the most forward thinking company which is why they are way ahead of all the competition. But for me, this is one of the many reasons I went EV:

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nice to see Tesla putting charging stations in national parks (Banff, AB) and not just for Teslas


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nice to see Tesla putting charging stations in national parks (Banff, AB) and not just for Teslas

yeah it would be great staying an hour at that frozen spot.

actually, i LOVE alberta.
Old Apr 6, 2023 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
yeah it would be great staying an hour at that frozen spot.

actually, i LOVE alberta.
Well the good thing about a Tesla (or any EV for that matter) is you can sit in the car with the heater running. Last week when I was on my way to SoCal, I was sitting in 36F weather with the heater running and the consumption was 8 kWh/per 100 miles



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