There are some autonomous cars with lidar out there where the lidar is so powerful it can wreck a camera close up, but is still safe for eyes.

Switch up FaceID to use a more powerful laser which will wreck the phones camera, and start making webcams for non macs that are required to have this in them for Teams to work.

A thing would need to officially be a flop to be considered squandered like the Cybertruck is looking like.

They might have a few failures ahead of them yet though, but you can’t call a mid flight project squandered.

Edit: e.g part of that loss could be attributed to them finalizing and now starting production at the megapack factory at Shanghai. Short of Elon backlash stopping sales of their commercial batteries, that won’t be squandered and will make a billion or two or three in profits this year.

The article doesn’t say they’ve never made a profit on any of their cars. If that’s what you got from that, you should try reading it again.

Also, if you make 1 billion in profit on something, and then spend 2 billion researching and developing and setting up a factory to build a new product, you end up with a loss of 1 billion. That does not mean your first thing is unprofitable. This is pretty basic stuff.

The vehicles are profitable, they just didn’t provide enough profit this quarter to cover their R&D and capital expenditures for growth.

Edit: Sorry, and in case it wasn’t clear, their R&D and capital expenditures dwarf the ZEV credits every quarter.

Lol, nah, but we will give them another 50 million to do it in a couple more years with the exact same outcome as this time.

This is a good start to learn about it

https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/reduce-your-risk/know-your-environment/radon

These are approved devices

https://c-nrpp.ca/approved-radon-measurement-devices/

There are cheaper options where you just leave a test item in a specific area for 90 days and then ship it to them to be analyzed, or there’s more expensive electronic options that give quicker readings. It’s possible a local library or other community spot might have electronic ones available to rent/borrow as well.

Generally you want to measure over an extended period of time as the amount of Radon that is present can vary over time. It is also worse in the winter as we keep our doors/windows closed more often giving it a better chance to build up, and measuring in the basement is best as thats where it would build up the most.

If your home happens to be in a spot where there’s too much radon, you’d have to install a system that exchanges the air between the inside/outside at some frequency.

You probably won’t find a house with 0 radon, it’s just a matter of how much is present and if it’s too much.

Not a single tesla vehicle has ever been profitable as an actual vehicle.

This honestly couldn’t be further from the truth.

Tesla’s vehicles once ramped have always been extremely profitable (except probably the CyberTruck as it hasn’t properly ramped due to low demand)

Any losses you see are due to their aggressive growth involving capital expenditures and research and development. It’s not that the vehicle isn’t profitable.

The ZEV credits are just bonus money that they can then leverage to expand faster.

Edit: If you want to try and see this another way that might make sense… The Model S and X were very profitable, but they didn’t make enough money to fund the expansion for the Model 3 and Y. Ditch the Model 3 and Y, and remain a boutique luxury car company, and they would posted profits instead of losses. It wasn’t the cars losing money, it was the growth. The ZEV credits accelerated that growth immensely by giving them more breathing room.

There are other electric semi trucks out there, but none (at least as of last year) compare in specs and capabilities. The big issue is their power consumption is much higher than the Tesla Semi which has been repeatedly validated by their testers as even better than what Tesla advertises. Efficiency will be king in this kind of business.

Worse efficiency = less range = more batteries = less load capacity = less money per delivery

E.g this is from DHL

https://www.dhl.com/global-en/delivered/responsibility/dhl-tests-tesla-semi-electric-truck.html

Over a two-week trial period this summer, DHL Supply Chain USA took a thorough look under the hood of the Tesla Semi, integrating the e-truck into 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of normal operations out of Livermore, California. The trial included one long haul of 390 miles (625 km) – fully loaded with a gross combined weight of 75,000 pounds (34 metric tons) – confirming the Tesla Semi’s ability to carry typical DHL payloads over a long distance on a single charge.

During the trial, the trial vehicle averaged 1.72 kWh/mile operating at speeds exceeding 50 mph (80 km/h) on average for over half its time on the road. The result exceeded our expectations and even Tesla’s own rating.

Putting the Tesla Semi to the test allowed us to validate whether it could travel 500 miles with a fully loaded trailer and see what our drivers thought of the truck’s performance. We were encouraged by how quickly they gained confidence with the vehicle and leveraged the Tesla’s smart features to help improve performance, comfort, and the overall driver experience.

Edit: Just some examples… I don’t know if these have been verified in use unlike the Tesla, so all theoretical based on the advertised miles/battery size.

• Mercedes: 1.935 kWh/mile (310 miles)
• Kenworth: 2.5 kWh/mile (200 miles)
• Volvo: 2.05 kWh/mile (275miles)

And those are all shorter range at that.

Edit: I should also add… we don’t know the price of the Tesla Semi. Its possible that its ridiculously priced and the increased efficiency is negated even over the life of the vehicle compared to the other trucks. That’s a big unknown given these are pilot vehicles.

That’s… not quite the same.

It’s everywhere, and a homeowner can always install ventilation for it.

Most people don’t have their homes built a waste rock fill site, but damn that’s appalling.

Please get your home checked for Radon if you haven’t before! It’s not talked about a lot, but it’s a legit issue.

Given the mandate for a reverse camera/screen, it’d be such a waste to not do at least something else with it, so ya, they aren’t going anywhere.

Oh wait, I understand what you’re saying now. That makes sense.

By not extending far into the building and going along the outside wall the end of the unit is actually into the next similar unit or the next corner unit.

The building would have less depth than a building that orients units with the end of the units on the outside wall instead, but could be longer.

That’s not really solving the problem, it’s still windows only at the end of the unit. It’s working with what they have. Bigger unit, more windows, but they’re always at the end.

Any room at the end of the unit can have windows.

But it is competitive now, we’ve reached that point. It’s not “rarefied” cases anymore.

Tesla just installed 37GWh of capacity in the past year and recently bumped their capacity to 80GWh, and they’re just one company.

We’re going to start seeing GWh scale batteries now from the likes of Tesla, CATL, BYD and others.

Edit: This is a 15.3 GWh contract - https://www.intersectpower.com/tesla-provides-intersect-power-with-15-3-gwh-of-megapacks-for-solar-storage-projects/

Except it is happening now. It wasn’t happening before.

Assuming all power was handled by a single entity and not various businesses, there’s no point in building new solar (or any new capacity) when you can just build batteries for the existing nuclear plant that you have to shut down in the evening.

You should only build new power generation once you are able to drain the nuclear plants battery each day (or have the logistical planning to know when that will be the case anyway)

edit: made up numbers example: If a 300mw plant can power 300,000 homes but has to shut down in the overnight, that same plant with batteries can maybe power 400,000 homes.

a new government agency that actually produces homes

PP or the next conservative to become PM in the future: That looks like a cash cow, lets sell it to our private buddies for pennies on the dollar!

You can’t have anything but windows at the end when you have a unit between two corners. With the way building codes require 2 staircases for escapes, it led to buildings being designed like that, since a corner unit only building with 2 staircases was a lot more expensive to build than a rectangle with these units in the middle with only windows at the end.

With the new regulations in BC for example allowing a single staircase, we should start to see less of these narrow units, at least for shorter buildings where it’s allowed.

They plan to build 4 of them at this site… at the very least I hope each one is progressively cheaper to build as they learn.

If each one is more expensive that’ll be bad news bears heh.

It might happens eventually for new builds at least… It just did in the UK!

The CANDU still take a much larger space I guess due to the overall design. You can fit one of these SMRs in 10-15 acres.