Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The enlarged, cylindrical 4680 cell , which Tesla first teased at its Battery Day last September , brings its own sky-high hopes and challenges: If Tesla can pull off in-house, vertically integrated battery manufacturing, and the cell performs as advertised, the 4680 could fuel Musk's dreams to build millions of EVs a year around the world.

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Batteries Battery Production Tesla 141

Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Mr. Jobs wanted to commit enough money to build an automated factory that would produce about 300 000 computers a year. So one key challenge for the design group was to use inexpensive parts and to keep the parts count low.

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Design Engine Parts Personal 116

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

This is especially true for home robots, which need to be low cost(ish) as well as robust enough to be effective in whatever home they find themselves in. If you don’t want to clean by room or build a map, you can still have the robot operate and switch between modes and benefit from the avoidance technologies and do the right things.

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Clean Cleaning Water IDEA 88

Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

For example, he noted, “the standard way of building oscillators is to build one and then multiplex it until you have as many as you need. When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost. We did it in a very modular fashion,” said Yannes. It’s a personal challenge.

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Engine Design Personal Production 115

Plug In India

APRIL 28, 2021

PURE definitely seems to be on a roll. PURE believes in building long term relationships with its vendors, so that all can benefit from learning curves. This will improve productivity - at relatively low cost. PURE is looking at buying a vehicle dynamometer to make their task easier. So sales per day is around Rs.

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Electric Motorcycles Motorcycles Dealers Electrical 52

Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2024

Excluding the impact of Cybertruck, the impact of pricing actions was largely offset by reductions in per-unit costs and the recognition of revenue from Autopark feature for certain vehicles in the U.S. In fact, if we exclude Cybertruck and Fremont Model 3 ramp costs, the revenue from Autopark auto margins improved slightly.

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Tesla Re-Charge Future Price 76

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. People wont buy a full car.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion 45