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      08-03-2023, 01:15 PM   #3389
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I totally understand. I've never opened the Steam app either.
I’ve only used the entertainment stuff like 1 or 2 times in mine lol. I just drive it to the grocery store and daycare pickup/drop off. Idk who is using this stuff really
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      08-03-2023, 01:19 PM   #3390
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I’ve only used the entertainment stuff like 1 or 2 times in mine lol. I just drive it to the grocery store and daycare pickup/drop off. Idk who is using this stuff really
I could see using it on a trip while charging...maybe.
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      08-03-2023, 01:56 PM   #3391
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Tesla’s China-Made EV Sales in July Surge 128% Year-Over-Year
Tesla’s sales of China-made electric vehicles (EVs) experienced a significant 128% year-over-year increase in July, even as the company faced a month-on-month drop of 31%, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
https://teslanorth.com/2023/08/03/te...sales-july-up/

I can't think of a more deserving country to go electric. Chairman Xi Jinping better get busy building those coal power plants to power all those Tesla's.
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      08-03-2023, 02:45 PM   #3392
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Tesla’s China-Made EV Sales in July Surge 128% Year-Over-Year
Tesla’s sales of China-made electric vehicles (EVs) experienced a significant 128% year-over-year increase in July, even as the company faced a month-on-month drop of 31%, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
https://teslanorth.com/2023/08/03/te...sales-july-up/

I can't think of a more deserving country to go electric. Chairman Xi Jinping better get busy building those coal power plants to power all those Tesla's.
The coal part is definitely ironic. I think they are just subsidizing their own market for EVs so that their industry will improve. They have a good chance of competing for sales all over the world in the EV space.
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      08-03-2023, 02:49 PM   #3393
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I could see using it on a trip while charging...maybe.
Pop on Only Fans when in traffic?
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      08-03-2023, 03:42 PM   #3394
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I’ve only used the entertainment stuff like 1 or 2 times in mine lol. I just drive it to the grocery store and daycare pickup/drop off. Idk who is using this stuff really
But admit it, you've used the fart app. Don't say you haven't.
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      08-03-2023, 04:06 PM   #3395
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But admit it, you've used the fart app. Don't say you haven't.
I use it every 15 seconds. That way my wife doesn’t know if it’s me or the car
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Is a Tesla fake fart damaging to the environment?
Just asking for a friend.
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      08-04-2023, 02:25 AM   #3397
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Is a Tesla fake fart damaging to the environment?
Just asking for a friend.
Depends on how much coal, nat. gas, nuke, or hydro is mixed to charge the battery.
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Doesn’t take much to sue these days but the range claim surprised me.

“Three Tesla owners have proposed a class action lawsuit in the US alleging that their cars failed to achieve their advertised ranges and that the company had failed to address complaints.

James Porter, one of the plaintiffs who owns a Model Y, said that on one trip he “lost approximately 182 miles of range – despite only driving 92 miles”.

The lawsuit alleges that Tesla breached vehicle warranties and engaged in fraud and unfair competition.

It states: “Had Tesla honestly advertised its electric vehicle ranges, consumers either would not have purchased Tesla model vehicles, or else would have paid substantially less for them.”

The complaints highlight the growing phenomenon of range anxiety, where electric vehicle owners fear their battery will not have enough charge to make it to their destination, leaving them stranded.

The fear is particularly acute in places where electric car charging points are few and far between, and is considered a barrier to faster uptake of the new technology.“
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      08-04-2023, 10:30 AM   #3399
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I heard that Musk has to take that lighted up 'X' from his SF hq's after a lot of complaints from flat dwellers opposite the building.
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A point of interest is that the i8 has been discontinued by BMW. A 3 cylinder turbo with electric motor, so a part EV that never really caught on, the main bugbear being the crippling depreciation from new.
Here's the gen on it.
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A point of interest is that the i8 has been discontinued by BMW. A 3 cylinder turbo with electric motor, so a part EV that never really caught on, the main bugbear being the crippling depreciation from new.
Here's the gen on it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUb-dF3AJes
Thank god. Things are horrendous!!!!
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I would not be to quick to stick a fork in small displacement turbo's remember just about every form of auto sport we watch uses that technology. I agree BMW did a horrific job with the i8. I give then a B for effort and a D- for execution.
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All I saw over here was older chaps driving them then I haven't seen them anymore, the leases ran out and a lot of them have just disappeared or are on dealer forecourts.
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The taxpayer is directly paying the 9k into the manufacturers coffers?
The greens have been thrown out of Brighton
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/233598...eting-drivers/
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A point of interest is that the i8 has been discontinued by BMW. A 3 cylinder turbo with electric motor, so a part EV that never really caught on, the main bugbear being the crippling depreciation from new.
Here's the gen on it.
2 people are required to open the hood...

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The greens have been thrown out of Brighton
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/233598...eting-drivers/
Fabulous..my day is made
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Another Tes EV shocker, new battery needed after just 48 hours after purchase, so car is a write off.

Ratarossa is not impressed.
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      08-05-2023, 08:35 AM   #3409
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Another Tes EV shocker, new battery needed after just 48 hours after purchase, so car is a write off.

Ratarossa is not impressed.
The car has 252k miles, pretty good tbh. Sounds like he got exactly what someone should expect when you buy “the cheapest X in the country” and it has over 200k miles.

One man’s trash is another man’s trash.
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The car has 252k miles, pretty good tbh. Sounds like he got exactly what someone should expect when you buy “the cheapest X in the country” and it has over 200k miles.
Pains me greatly to agree with you. Some how this looks like reality TV to me. This guy knew this was a issue when he bought the Tesla. Considering there is the promise of a future video, I'd say he had a plan from the beginning.
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