Even though a blatant PR piece, but it's amazing what's going on here. We are seeing a paradigm shift of the energy market just when we need it.
Tesla proved that grid-scale batteries are here, and it's going to be interesting to see the rapid shifts in how new energy projects are developed.
I'm not the biggest fan of Tesla, but they might be the most impressive company of this decade followed closely behind by SpaceX (in a vision for a better future way) for what they've done. If you told me in 2008 that we'd have mass market electric cars and reusable rockets in 2018, I would have asked for some of what you're smoking.
>If you told me in 2008 that we'd have mass market electric car
A tiny fraction of global auto sales for sedans worth $50k+ are a long way from "mass market", not to speak of the fact that more than 300,000 Nissan Leafs have been sold globally.
I can go out and buy an electric car if I want to, the same way I can go out and buy a VR headset. Are either extremely popular? No- but 10 years ago they were both pipe dreams and not something one could go out and buy easily.
Because I'm not- I think the Model 3 is an ugly designed car and Tesla gets far too much credit for the cars they build. If Ford or Kia made a car of Tesla Quality there would be a revolt. But you got to respect when respect is due.
The minute Ford/Chevy/Kia/Toyota drop a EV that can do 300 miles per charge, Tesla is done. They were first, but they will get lapped by the big boys (except on the batteries)
Personally I dislike the cult of personality. Plus some things like how Musk acts - sensationalist, antiunion, lies, dumb on twitter, interviews with a person like Joe Rogan. I dont like corporations build on speculation when it comes to taxpayers money.
When someone claims an article is junk, but doesn't explain specifically what the truth is, I tend to assume it is because the article is in fact accurate, but the commenter doesn't want to admit it.
Tesla proved that grid-scale batteries are here, and it's going to be interesting to see the rapid shifts in how new energy projects are developed.
I'm not the biggest fan of Tesla, but they might be the most impressive company of this decade followed closely behind by SpaceX (in a vision for a better future way) for what they've done. If you told me in 2008 that we'd have mass market electric cars and reusable rockets in 2018, I would have asked for some of what you're smoking.