Elon Musk... Like what he said

[Hobo Hilton]

Another one I like:

Musk wrote in the email that he planned to take the long Thanksgiving holiday off. But, after discovering the Raptor situation, Musk said he would personally work on the engine production line through Friday night and into the weekend.

“We need all hands on deck to recover from what is, quite frankly, a disaster,” Musk wrote.

Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a 'risk of bankruptcy'

Elon Musk is angry with the lack of progress SpaceX has made in developing the Raptor engines that power its Starship rocket.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Crush]

Another one I like:

Musk wrote in the email that he planned to take the long Thanksgiving holiday off. But, after discovering the Raptor situation, Musk said he would personally work on the engine production line through Friday night and into the weekend.

“We need all hands on deck to recover from what is, quite frankly, a disaster,” Musk wrote.

Elon Musk tells SpaceX employees that Starship engine crisis is creating a 'risk of bankruptcy'

Elon Musk is angry with the lack of progress SpaceX has made in developing the Raptor engines that power its Starship rocket.

www.cnbc.com

That silly bitch Musk needs to fire all those white men and diversify like Boeing did. It will not help send stuff to space but it'll make failure acceptable.

 

[Jim Out]

I liked what he said here too:

Feel the Bern?

He is a just a communist hemorrhoid after all............

........his wife is just a piece of shit stuck to the afore mentioned hemorrhoid.

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[Im2bent]

Wasn't he supposed to build his own electric trucks?

He is. Its about as fuggly as you could make it.

 

[NoDopes]

I was thinking this.

Semi | Tesla

Tesla Semi is a fully electric semi truck with active safety features, massive range and a spacious interior designed for maximum visibility.

www.tesla.com

 

[Sako man]

The retardation is staggering. It's funny how the left eat their own.

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Elon Musk Officially ‘Owns No Home’

The Tesla boss closed on his last remaining property, a lavish historic estate in California’s Silicon Valley for $30 million, this week, according to listing records

www.mansionglobal.com

 

[Painless300]

Make no mistake EV are coming on strong. I was just at a major German Auto factory in the south east yesterday bidding on a new line of EV’s for weld smoke filtration for their welding robots. The amount of space and money they are investing in EVs is unbelievable. The project manager I am working with told me Within the next decade they would producing more EVs than gas burners.

 

[Vodoun daVinci]

I'm waiting until they start covering the outside of the EV with solar panels. Literally, every outer surface of the vehicle can be producing electricity and charging while it sits in the parking lot at work all day. This shit is just getting started (EV's) and the evolution of batteries and charging will get better and better.

It's not gonna go away....it's gonna explode. I have purchased my last fossil fuel car. I started with an Ego lawn mower and slowly but surely everything in my Life is moving to Solar. Even my home will be off the grid in 5 years. Hell, I have an Ego Nexus Power Station that uses the same batteries my lawnmower, snow blower, weed eater use and it will run my home for over 12 hours. The next generation of EV's are gonna be like nothing we have seen before.

And performance? Combustion engines are falling away now.

VooDoo

 

[308pirate]

Elon Musk Officially ‘Owns No Home’

The Tesla boss closed on his last remaining property, a lavish historic estate in California’s Silicon Valley for $30 million, this week, according to listing records

www.mansionglobal.com

He doesn't own any homes.................in his name.

Plenty of ways to own property without it being directly titled to you.

 

[308pirate]

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The retardation is staggering. It's funny how the left eat their own.

They are truly mentally ill

 

[308pirate]

He is. Its about as fuggly as you could make it.

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LOL do you really think that's it?

 

[308pirate]

Even with free electricity they are not worth it. They are just another toy for people to use to show off their wealth and virtues.

I think you project

If you don't want one fine. But EABOD if you think you know why anyone buys what they buy.

 

[clcustom1911]

Hmmm. I've noticed the fuel stops with charge ports along interstates now have large convenience centers that include restaurants, shopping, rest areas and showers.

EVs are most likely the next wave. If you don't leave your AO, no problem. Eventually, we'll see charge times drop just as they did with cellphones.

Truck stops every 80-100 miles along interstate freeways have... and have had for years... all those amenities you've just noticed.... they just added charging stations at some over the last couple years.

 

[Sako man]

Even with free electricity they are not worth it. They are just another toy for people to use to show off their wealth and virtues.

Nope, they have their practical uses. By your logic, even if gas was free our current vehicles "are not worth it" there is space for both gas and electric depending on requirement. Just going to the store or across town, vs city to city or state to state. Go to California and buy some 5$ a gallon gas and don't tell me the freedom of getting around at 1/6 the price isn't better.

 

[Threadcutter308]

Oh my, didn't know Tesla used DeWalt drill batteries in their cars!

It's worse than that.........Ryobi.

 

[308pirate]

Nope, they have their practical uses. By your logic, even if gas was free our current vehicles "are not worth it" there is space for both gas and electric depending on requirement. Just going to the store or across town, vs city to city or state to state. Go to California and buy some 5$ a gallon gas and don't tell me the freedom of getting around at 1/6 the price isn't better.

Not to mention the fact that gas stations in many places are a magnet for criminals

How many videos are there on youtube of people getting robbed, jacked, and even murdered right by the pumps?

You win every fight you avoid.

 

[EddieNFL]

Truck stops every 80-100 miles along interstate freeways have... and have had for years... all those amenities you've just noticed.... they just added charging stations at some over the last couple years.

Yes, but 10 years ago I wouldn't think of stopping at a traditional truck stop if my wife was with me.

 

[vinniedelpino]

He doesn't own any homes.................in his name.

Plenty of ways to own property without it being directly titled to you.

He sold it though. It’s not like he transferred ownership into an irrevocable trust for estate planning purposes.

I’m wondering if he’s liquidating domestic real estate to play the “digital nomad” game or something like that.

He might be buying real estate in a country like Georgia, where they’ll offer him permanent residency in exchange for investment. Then he renounces his US citizenship and bounce all over the world with a Georgian passport without staying anywhere long enough to fall subject to their tax jurisdiction.

He seemed pretty pissed about the proposed tax on unrealized cap gains.

I smell fish.

 

[Im2bent]

LOL do you really think that's it?

Well since its on teslas website....yeah I do.

Cybertruck

Cybertruck is designed to have the utility of a truck with sports car performance. Built to be durable, versatile, capable and high-performance both on-road and off-road.

www.tesla.com

 

[hlee]

He seemed pretty pissed about the proposed tax on unrealized cap gains.

Will make Black Tuesday look like a blip...

 

[vinniedelpino]

Will make Black Tuesday look like a blip...

He wouldn't have to sell his Tesla stock. Foreigners can own stock in US C corps.

 

[hlee]

He wouldn't have to sell his Tesla stock. Foreigners can own stock in US C corps.

Thinking more about the market as a whole, and not Musk and Tesla specifically...

 

[vinniedelpino]

Thinking more about the market as a whole, and not Musk and Tesla specifically...

Oh. No argument there.

If Uncle Sam starts taxing unrealized cap gains I expect most of the 1% to follow suit. The idea is asinine on every level.

 

[Bacarrat]

He wouldn't have to sell his Tesla stock. Foreigners can own stock in US C corps.

He is about half way selling his shares to pay for his tax bill...I know as I have seen my account drop over 10%. But in the long run its going to blow past that again in several months time. Kinda a hard pill to swallow on somethings Elon tweets sometimes.

 

[Bacarrat]

He sold it though. It’s not like he transferred ownership into an irrevocable trust for estate planning purposes.

I’m wondering if he’s liquidating domestic real estate to play the “digital nomad” game or something like that.

He might be buying real estate in a country like Georgia, where they’ll offer him permanent residency in exchange for investment. Then he renounces his US citizenship and bounce all over the world with a Georgian passport without staying anywhere long enough to fall subject to their tax jurisdiction.

He seemed pretty pissed about the proposed tax on unrealized cap gains.

I smell fish.

He basically owns a whole town in S Texas where he is building his new rocketship.

 

[TurboTrout]

World needs more musks

 

[Nik H]

Ever seen a stator smoke itself on a hi-pot or corona test?

Or while the motor is in a locked rotor test?

Fun!

I love UL abnormal testing where they do locked rotor testing. Have seen some interesting things there.

Much like nail testing a Li-Ion pack. Try shooting a nail into a 3kW hour pack....nice event

 

[308pirate]

He sold it though. It’s not like he transferred ownership into an irrevocable trust for estate planning purposes.

I’m wondering if he’s liquidating domestic real estate to play the “digital nomad” game or something like that.

He might be buying real estate in a country like Georgia, where they’ll offer him permanent residency in exchange for investment. Then he renounces his US citizenship and bounce all over the world with a Georgian passport without staying anywhere long enough to fall subject to their tax jurisdiction.

He seemed pretty pissed about the proposed tax on unrealized cap gains.

I smell fish.

How many does he have in total?

Who thinks the press knows every real asset he owns?

I bet you're right that he's about 3 - 4 moves ahead in the game.

 

[vinniedelpino]

He basically owns a whole town in S Texas where he is building his new rocketship.

Not personally, he doesn't. I bet those holdings are spread out among at least a half dozen entities that lease the properties back to himself through his other entities, like spaceX.

Better yet, I bet those holdings are held under subsidiary companies that lease those holdings to his other entities. Those subsidiaries are probably wholly owned by one or more real estate holding companies. Those real estate holding companies might even be held in an irrevocable trust with his kids and wife being the beneficiaries. There might be a dozen or more layers between Musk and that property you're referencing.

I doubt Musk owns much of anything directly.

 

[vinniedelpino]

How many does he have in total?

Who thinks the press knows every real asset he owns?

I bet you're right that he's about 3 - 4 moves ahead in the game.

I think he's wiped out any real estate he owns personally. Last I heard he was renting a $50k shack in Texas.

 

[308pirate]

I think he's wiped out any real estate he owns personally. Last I heard he was renting a $50k shack in Texas.

People with his intellect and means don't reveal everything they do, let alone everything they own.

But yeah I agree

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Elon Musk offered a teenager $5,000 to delete a Twitter account tracking his jet. It wasn't enough

Jack Sweeney, a 19-year from Florida, rejected a $5,000 offer from Elon Musk to delete his Twitter account that tracks the billionaire's private jet.

www.cnn.com

 

[ken226]

 

[clcustom1911]

I think he's wiped out any real estate he owns personally. Last I heard he was renting a $50k shack in Texas.

You mean transferred it to a trust so it's property of the trust and he doesn't technically "own" it?

Like my suppressors? I contributed money for the purchase, but the trust owns them.

 

[myronman3]

EVs are the future....And the future is now!

what an amazing, in-arguable, well thought out point! go punch yourself in the fucking face.

EVs have a place, not in my life, but it might work for others. and it is a step in development. i am curious what is going to happen when these vehicles wear out. what about when the salt (in northern climates) eat them up and how is it going to resist corrosion? how about the environmental impact of these vehicles when they do where out? what are you going to do (i’m looking at you, california and other areas effected by same issues) when there are power shortages? and i am also curious as to how the “environmental conscious” crowd thinks all this “magically free” electricity comes from? coal plants and nuclear. as of now, windmills and solar are in the infantile stages and come no where close to generating enough to even cover their construction and maintenance costs.

like i said, it is a step. but it’s a long way to being what people think it is now. i’m open to it, but there are a lot of things that get overlooked by the people who think it is the be all/end all.

 

[308pirate]

Elon Musk offered a teenager $5,000 to delete a Twitter account tracking his jet. It wasn't enough

Jack Sweeney, a 19-year from Florida, rejected a $5,000 offer from Elon Musk to delete his Twitter account that tracks the billionaire's private jet.

www.cnn.com

We need that Sweeny guy on our team

That's the intel we need

 

[vinniedelpino]

You mean transferred it to a trust so it's property of the trust and he doesn't technically "own" it?

Like my suppressors? I contributed money for the purchase, but the trust owns them.

I have one of those too. My kids will be trust fund babies… if only to inherit some fun toys.

Totally different kind of trust though. His is likely irrevocable, pays its own taxes and files it’s own income tax return. Maybe something like a SLAT trust or Dynasty trust? They can be written up a million different ways.

That’s outside of my pay grade. Maybe an estate planning attorney will chime in…

 

[Milf Dots]

"The car will literally tell you it needs to be charged, where to go to get charged, how many people are at the current charger station and how fast its going to take to charge the veh"


^^^^ Sounds like an exercise in mental abuse for most, and a circle jerk for the pole smokers.

 

[FN15]

I am a fan, He is a no BS kinda guy.

 

[Hobo Hilton]

The common denominator, the battery.
__________

"The stumbling block is the battery technology just like with cars, but more so in airplanes. This is because with airplanes, the concern is the weight," said Ross Aimer, CEO of Aero Consulting Experts. "As soon as we have better battery technology, which I suspect will be in two or three years, that's when all these electric airplanes will eventually come."

Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly | CNN Business

What hopes to be the world's first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight.

www.cnn.com

 

[308pirate]

The common denominator, the battery.

The problem is being worked and will be fixed.

Aviation will most likely never completely rely on batteries as the power source.

Aircraft above a certain weight will likely end up being powered by electric motor driven ducted fans powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

 

[TurboTrout]

The common denominator, the battery.
__________

"The stumbling block is the battery technology just like with cars, but more so in airplanes. This is because with airplanes, the concern is the weight," said Ross Aimer, CEO of Aero Consulting Experts. "As soon as we have better battery technology, which I suspect will be in two or three years, that's when all these electric airplanes will eventually come."

Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly | CNN Business

What hopes to be the world's first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight.

www.cnn.com

Oh CNN, only thing they fuck up more than gun info is airplane stuffs

“Alice will be able to fly for one hour, and about 440 nautical miles. The plane has a max cruise speed of 250 kts,”


Batt tech need a quantum leap to be a actually viable option in vehicles, also we need solar to make a huge leap or some other crazy way to make tons more power output for the charging of these things to be considered “green”.

 

[308pirate]

Oh CNN, only thing they fuck up more than gun info is airplane stuffs

“Alice will be able to fly for one hour, and about 440 nautical miles. The plane has a max cruise speed of 250 kts,”

They can't even do simple arithmetic

or some other crazy way to make tons more power output for the charging of these things to be considered “green”.

X-energy — Advanced Nuclear Reactor & Fuel Design Engineering

X-energy is an advanced nuclear reactor & fuel company. We develop Generation IV high-temperature gas cooled nuclear reactors (SMR) & TRISO fuel to power them.

x-energy.com

 

[gigamortis]

Before electric cars and planes can even be a real contender, this new internal combustion engine seems to show some promise. Not quite a rotary, and not anywhere near the parastatic losses of a piston engine. No apex seals or piston rings. Amazing power to weight ratio.

This Pistonless, 25,000rpm-Capable Engine Shows Combustion Could Have A Future

The Omega 1 is a rotary engine with no seals, barely any moving parts, and almost no losses in the combustion cycle

www.carthrottle.com

 

[TurboTrout]

Before electric cars and planes can even be a real contender, this new internal combustion engine seems to show some promise. Not quite a rotary, and not anywhere near the parastatic losses of a piston engine. No apex seals or piston rings. Amazing power to weight ratio.

This Pistonless, 25,000rpm-Capable Engine Shows Combustion Could Have A Future

The Omega 1 is a rotary engine with no seals, barely any moving parts, and almost no losses in the combustion cycle

www.carthrottle.com

That won’t fair well at altitude, turbines are going to be hard to beat.

 

[gigamortis]

That won’t fair well at altitude, turbines are going to be hard to beat.

If you dig a little deeper into the intake cycle of the engine, the air crossing over to the combustion side is compressed about 25-30psi.

 

[TurboTrout]

If you dig a little deeper into the intake cycle of the engine, the air crossing over to the combustion side is compressed about 25-30 psi.

So that makes the ceiling like 20k? Also I wonder how it’ll work with running boots or pressuring the cabin, probably not as well as taking P3 air off a turbine.

Plus the simplicity of a chain reaction engine like a turbine, hard to beat

 

[gigamortis]

So that makes the ceiling like 20k? Also I wonder how it’ll work with running boots or pressuring the cabin, probably not as well as taking P3 air off a turbine.

Plus the simplicity of a chain reaction engine like a turbine, hard to beat

Agreed on the turbine for simplicity.

Upon my re-reading the article on the Omega 1 pistonless engine, it states that the intake pressure is 200-300 psi crossing over to the combustion side. The company's website is a little more detailed. https://astronaerospace.com/

I see more of a market for the pistonless engine for ground based work. Since it doesn't need fuel injected for every revolution of the engine at light load, it can be fuel throttled like a diesel. No throttle blade would be needed which further reduces pumping losses as compared to today's gasoline engines. Today's gasoline engines are only about 28-30% efficient, so a combustion engine that could be 60% or more efficient has the ability to drastically reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

 

[Hobo Hilton]

At 70 years old, I have a good memory of the Big 3 auto manufacturer's starting to shut down their plants around 1971 - 73... Imports were on the rise.
Example:
U.S. distributors gave Toyota a toehold in a mysterious new market in 1969

Former race car driver Carroll Shelby reckons he could be a billionaire today if he had taken Toyota up on its offer to distribute cars for the upstart company back in the 1960s. Instead Shelby, now 84, turned his good racer buddy, Tom Friedkin, on to the deal. And it was Friedkin who in 1969 acquired Gulf States Toyota Inc., an independent distributor that has annual revenue of more than $4 billion and is getting stronger each year.

Says Shelby: "I turned it down because I went to Lee Iacocca, and he told me not to take it because the domestic makers were going to push the Japanese back into the ocean. But I'm happy for my friend. At least a friend made the money."
__________________________________________________

I vividly remember one of the most powerful businessmen in America saying something like this:

Building automobiles is for developing third world countries. America has all of the engineering / design people here. America will become the leader in technology.

Who said that ? Funny thing is here we are 52 years later and we are competing with third world countries to build an electric vehicle.