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So your belief is the owner will pay (currently) $8K for the software, PLUS some form of up charge on a monthly or per-use basis to offset Tesla’s liability costs? Of course, some paid $12K or even $15K for their software, so they’re going to be sensitive to the addition of fees when they...

No. A Tesla using L4 self-driving is a liability on Tesla. The software is driving, so Tesla is legally liable in the event of an accident involving a Tesla using L4 driving. Your insurance covers you for during driving in the supermarket parking lot, or in the pickup queue at school, etc...

But there is the rub: If the bar is set at “better than humans”, then shareholders have to know that is the level of risk the company is assuming in liability when the Cybercabs are deployed (L5) or consumer vehicles are using the software (L4). It’s one thing to face a random rash of lawsuits...

Last time I was there, Fashion Island had Tesla, Lucid and Lincoln showrooms, and the Apple Store had been moved to a better location, down on the Nordstrom wing. The mall had a lot of weekday business due to being ringed by all the office high-rises (all owned by Irvine Co except Pacific Life...

Magic 8 Ball says “the outlook is not favorable.”

I used to live near the Spectrum so this is just a hunch: Because of its location at the confluence of I5 and I405 the Spectrum draws from a much wider range in OC than other malls, as the outside walking makes it a place to spend an afternoon or evening. A Rivian location there would see...

Correct. Mercedes Benz Drive Pilot system is approved only in Southern California and in Nevada, and only for use below 40 mph, no rain, a car in front to follow, and daylight. The restrictive nature is because at L3 the manufacturer (in this case, M-B) is legally liable in a crash, since the...

It’s like I have a twin. I’ve stated this elsewhere: We gather here as people with a common interest and the echo chamber may inflate the concept of how much interest there is in L3 and more advanced ADAS. I think the average person is somewhere between disinterested and scared shitless by the...

I have the BestEVMod bed mat. I bought it to protect the bed floor because the truck is a lease, and I think it also provides a small amount of sound deadening. But it is 100% friction and it’s hard to slide heavier objects in and out. During a move I found an extra plastic chair pad used under...

The key difference in the Ford analogy is any flavor of the F-150 is ridiculously profitable for Ford—it has been that company’s workhorse to gain overall corporate profitability. If it then decides to build a high-zoot derivative for a niche audience, that’s OK—the company may make money on the...

I’m glad you didn’t wait. Given the ease of both Rivian’s integration with the Supercharger network and the adapters, I look at my R1 as if it’s bilingual—it can attach to any CCS, but will adjust to Tesla net very easily. Once the cars are NACS native, it might not be as easy to connect to the...

This is seriously missing the point. Rivian isn’t making a profit on the vehicles currently built, and a limited run iteration does not make something more profitable, unless it is sold at a higher price, and…the market for $90K+ EVs is saturated and slowing. Cybertruck is the most famous in...

Isn’t Rivian Blue for Florida?

White would be Minnesota.

I went to check on the local prices on Lightning trucks. All the local dealers had Lariat models, with discounts of $3K to $7K off MSRP, taking the price solidly below $80K. Then a couple of dealers had Flash models, all discounted and well under $70K. But one dealer had several of the Pro...

I see this and I get jealous, because I would like a center down in South Riverside County which could serve North SD County as well. The Eastvale center is over an hour away with no traffic, much more at rush times. Then I check myself and realize others have to drive half a day to get to...

Term limits have long existed. It’s called vote the bastard out. A politician who knows he/she can’t run for reelection has no guardrails because there are no consequences at the ballot box. Sometimes that leads to unexpected courage, but mostly it creates a distracted politician eyeing their...

No, he’s not wrong. There is a firm cap on the market for $70K to $100K pickups. This is true of R1T, LightNing, Cybertruck. The size of the battery needed to provide the range a buyer expects/requires of a truck is the largest line item in the build. The sensible area of growth will be in...

I don’t use SC that often, except for a 3-month period last Summer when I was living in an ancient rental while my house was being built and there was zero opportunity to charge at that house. At that time, I had the Typhoon, which I ordered when they went on sale, and got it 6 months before I...

There is a clear difference in CPU capabilities between Gens 1&2. I wouldn’t expect much in the way of breakthroughs with Gen 1.