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Jobs that are mundane will be replaced
Let's keep this guy working, it is good for him, while flushing millions in hours of commuters' collective time.
(Actually I have nothing against this fellow, probably a good man.)
At least with Level 4 Autonomous
kt1652 saysLet's keep this guy working, it is good for him, while flushing millions in hours of commuters' collective time.
(Actually I have nothing against this fellow, probably a good man.)
At least with Level 4 Autonomous
What does tollboth attendant's job have to do with any level "autonomous"? His job is under threat from simple RFID tech (a.k.a FasTrak).
Toll takers are perfect example of jobs that should have been eliminated.
The technology was available 15 years ago.
When I visited Singapore in 25 years ago, all tolls were billed electronically, no one even slow down at bridges.
The only reason we still have toll attendants is unions and maybe resistance to implement tech solutions.
Sorry interstate truck drivers, fast food workers, your days are numbered.
It's been the same old shit since I was 10. They said Computers and Robots were going to take our jobs.
That's not what happened. But it did allow the American worker to become complacent as the people that sold us that lie found Cheap labor on the other side of the world to replace us, then when that became problematic. They found cheap labor below the border to bus in to replace the Amercan worker outright in his own home.
Jose is living in houses Frank Smith was foreclosed on in 2007.
Foreclosed with Robot Signatures if you all remember correctly.
Quit being stupid and ridiculous, anyone believing all of this tech hype believes somewhere in the wilderness Sasquach rides a Unicorn.
To compare any Tesla to a Corolla is silly in just about any metric.
Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro EVs are extremely attractive offering with 250ish mile range at affordable price.
Industrial age, digital, computers, soon evolving stages of AI will again enable a step function in productivity. If you deny our society has gotten magnitude more productive, you have blinders on
Well then the companies that refuse to keepup or unable to keep up will have lunches eaten by new startups look at Sears everytime I'm in the store there's more salesman than customers
For the last year I never need it more than 150 Mi range except for 4 weekend trips
The key is the ability to charge at home.
In our PG&E billing area (SJ) they charge $0.27 per kwhr for Tier 2.
Rin said compare Maxima to M3. In reality, no one who buys a TM3 will look at a Maxima.
Maxima is dated tech - old man's idea of family sedan.
Just for kicks, I used a Model S because it is more like a family vehicle.
I used my typical driving parameters, costs of fuel/e, distances...
I left out service cost, too hard to predict.
EV will have much lower maintenance cost - so being conservative.
Where things get interesting is my second graph, when the asset utilization go up by 10X, it is no contest, S wins.
This is the business model for transportation as a service, not ownership, driving up asset utilization by 10x multiples.
Uber, Lyft and others plan for future transportation cost disruption.
a ICE engine would need rebuilding 2 times to reach .5 million miles.
Not in a Uber, Lyft, Cruise...service model. They are driven like mules, not by gentle owners.
I worked with a German born engineer, he drove his MB diesel to 500K miles.
Rebuilt engine, transmission, exhaust system a coupla times, seats reupholstered, even radio bracket broke.
Prius MPG is outstanding - if one can get 65 mpg reliably, it is the hyper-miler sphere.
When I had a 2012 Prius PI, I bested just north of 50.
So if your partner is so good driving in hybrid mode, carrying a big battery around is not going to help much!
The problem is your cost/kwh.I also have PGE, which may be dead man walking - rates are not good but worse, must go up. I have EV1 plan, nite rate 9cent/kwh when I charge. If you have solar pv, it can be free. Yes, pv cost, all that. PV have a service life of at least 20 yrs. I am amortizing breakeven 6-8 yrs is fine.As is my EV electrons does not affect this at all.
You shouldn't compare PI-P with Hybrid Prius. Hybrid is already a partial EV. Compare it to an similar ICE.
Beside that, investing in a solar is a no brainer.
How many kwh do you use per year, and how much did you budget for the installation?
PV solar: ymmv. Taking ’09-’12 stock return as benchmark is silly. If that isn’t chery picking data big time. Feb 2009 is the market bottom of the great recession, The rest is history. If I only look at sp500 return from 2009 to 2018 (SP500 when from 750 to 2900, eyeballing ok?) Genius. Let look at house price appreciation too from 2009. Lol
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