Musk Droppings

[Huntn]

SpaceX’s Starship explodes in second failure for Musk’s Mars program

Back-to-back mishaps indicate big setbacks for program to launch satellites and send humans to the moon and Mars

www.theguardian.com

The failure comes just more than a month after the company’s seventh Starship flight also ended in an explosive failure. The back-to-back mishaps occurred in early mission phases that SpaceX has easily surpassed previously, indicating serious setbacks for a program Musk has sought to speed up this year.

 

[RobF]

These are simple Google search’s. And they aren’t Tesla sources.

Solar powered, renewable clean energy. The fine folks at Tesla are doing fine work. And the fine folks in Australia are smart enough to understand the value. Visionary folks.

That isn't even subtle trolling at this point.

There is nothing particularly special or unique about 'megapacks', apart perhaps from the remarkably basic name.

There are multiple other providers, such as CATL - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CATL - who are stronger here, which is probably why Tesla are supplied by them.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

You know who really understood how vacuums worked? No, not Dyson and those kind of vacuums. I'm talking about Nikola Tesla.

When you look at accomplishments in a vacuum, they can look more impressive than they actually are. The entire post below only looks at things in a vacuum, because Musk's accomplishments aren't that impressive when you compare them to the accomplishments of other people and companies.

“Tesla storage deployments more than double to 31.4 GWh in 2024
Tesla expects its battery storage installations will jump at least 50% this year.”

“Tesla Megapack and Powerwall battery storage deployments jumped to 31.4 GWh last year, up from 14.7 GWh in 2023, the company said in an earnings presentation Wednesday. The company expects storage deployments will grow at least 50% this year.

“We’re trying to ramp output of the stationary battery storage as quickly as possible,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during an analyst conference call.

Gross profit at Tesla’s energy generation and storage segment increased to $2.6 billion in 2024 from $1.1 billion the year before as revenue climbed 67% to $10.1 billion from $6 billion in the same period, according to Tesla.”

Tesla storage deployments more than double to 31.4 GWh in 2024

Tesla expects its battery storage installations will jump at least 50% this year.

www.utilitydive.com

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

Apparently, Sendai woke up one day recently and thought, "I need to do more SaintForLife style pointless and nonsensical spamming, because I can't speak for myself, just like SaintForLife couldn't."

“As detailed in a report from Nikkei this week, Tesla plans to supply 142 Megapack units to support a 548 MWh storage project in Japan, set to become one of the country’s largest energy storage facilities. The project is being overseen by financial firm Orix, and it will be located at a facility Maibara in central Japan’s Shiga prefecture, and it aims to come online in early 2027.

The deal is just the latest of several Megapack deployments over the past few years, as the company continues to ramp production of the units. Tesla currently produces the Megapack at a facility in Lathrop, California, though the company also recently completed construction on its second so-called “Megafactory” in Shanghai China and is expected to begin production in the coming weeks.

READ MORE ON TESLA MEGAPACKS: Tesla Megapacks help power battery supplier Panasonic’s Kyoto test site

Tesla’s production of the Megapack has been ramping up at the Lathrop facility since initially opening in 2022, and both this site and the Shanghai Megafactory are aiming to eventually reach a volume production of 10,000 Megapack units per year. The company surpassed its 10,000th Megapack unit produced at Lathrop in November.

During Tesla’s Q4 earnings call last week, CEO Elon Musk also said that the company is looking to construct a third Megafactory, though he did not disclose where.

Last year, Tesla Energy also had record deployments of its Megapack and Powerwall home batteries with a total of 31.4 GWh of energy products deployed for a 114-percent increase from 2023.

Other recently deployed or announced Megapack projects include a massive 600 MW/1,600 MWh facility in Melbourne, a 75 MW/300 MWh energy storage site in Belgium, and a 228 MW/912 MWh storage project in Chile, along with many others still.“

Tesla Megapacks chosen for 548 MWh energy storage project in Japan

Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale batteries have been selected to back an energy storage project in Japan, coming as the latest of the company’s continued deployment of the hardware. As detailed in a report from Nikkei this week, Tesla plans to supply 142 Megapack units to support a 548 MWh storage...

www.teslarati.com

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

“Musk doesn’t follow through on most things” might be one of the most ignorant statements I’ve seen in a long while

You clearly don't read you own posts, including this one.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

Confirmation @Sendai does not read most of the posts...

I said the same thing before reading your response. The rest of your response is brilliantly witty.

...and links from here which document an unending torrent of actual ignorance from people like Trump and Musk, or his own posts and links for that matter.

But hey, maybe @Sendai posted that from a full self driving robotaxi zooming along at 200km/h through an underground tunnel on the way to take the hyper loop home where he'll check how his robot assistant is doing.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

These are simple Google search’s. And they aren’t Tesla sources.

Solar powered, renewable clean energy. The fine folks at Tesla are doing fine work. And the fine folks in Australia are smart enough to understand the value. Visionary folks.

You are correct in that there are fine folks at Tesla doing fine work. You are completely wrong that Musk is one of those fine folks actually doing that fine work.

Tesla was doing well before Musk came along. Musk arrived at the same time tax rebates for electric cars happened, which was a boost to Tesla that had nothing to do with any vision or brilliance on Musk's part.

Tesla is no longer the top dog in electric car innovation and it's been losing market share, mostly because of Musk's actions.

 

[RobF]

I said the same thing before reading your response. The rest of your response is brilliantly witty.

That was the edited version, the first thing I typed was pretty much exactly the same thing you said.

Although I think I missed a few things. Could also have said, "while paying for it all through X, the everything app."

To be fair, I couldn't say "carrying your Boring flamethrower to liven up parties and defend against zombies," because he did actually do that one. But then, "creating things that catch fire," does seem to be one thing they are good at; cars (https://www.tesla-fire.com/), spaceships (https://www.theguardian.com/science...explodes-texas-elon-musk-mars-project-setback), 'megapacks' (https://www.theguardian.com/austral...combe-energy-storage-site-project-rockhampton) ...

 

[Dragon]

Musk is a businessman - he is no inventor

He sees and buy into technology invented by others and then cut corners on quality controll in order to stay in front of competitors which has led to people dying!

His customer service is abysmal and there are several cases where people has had to take him to court to get things fixed and the danish transport authorities have multiple cases pending. And his cars and battery systems are losing market shares daily due to these problems. We have had at least 5 fires causes by his home battery system in Denmark and lots of problems with newer teslas, BYD is grapping the market as is

 

[MT15]

Musk over promising - lying - has gotten people killed. Tesla has to pay. And yet Musk is repeating the lie again today, irresponsibly.

 

[The moose]

Musk is a businessman - he is no inventor

He sees and buy into technology invented by others and then cut corners on quality controll in order to stay in front of competitors which has led to people dying!

His customer service is abysmal and there are several cases where people has had to take him to court to get things fixed and the danish transport authorities have multiple cases pending. And his cars and battery systems are losing market shares daily due to these problems. We have had at least 5 fires causes by his home battery system in Denmark and lots of problems with newer teslas, BYD is grapping the market as is

Yep BYD is gonna kill him. I just wish we would allow them here.

The people running BYD are smart as can be. They started with phone batteries. Started making all kinds of batteries. Then bought car manufacturing companies. Then hired real design firms. Unlike tesla they brought in pros in auto building. Tesla built garbage for years BYD did not.

BYD sells the batteries to tesla for the model three.

When the supplier of the largest most expensive component is your direct competition lord help ya.

 

[MT15]

More info on the way Tesla obstructed the investigation into the crash for which it was eventually found at least partly liable. Such a *great* company, one that lies and lies until people force it to tell the truth. The “good people” of Tesla - at least the ones responsible for this death and the attempted cover up - should be charged with criminal behavior.

 

[MT15]

More on what Tesla did.

 

[UriUT]

More on what Tesla did.

Lol. Didn't we have someone touting the reputable safety of tesla?

Kinda odd....next thing we know, said person will tell us we need to colonize mars now bc of climate change....which isn't man made. Because, shutting down critical thoughts and taking musk's words is gospel.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

Lol. Didn't we have someone touting the reputable safety of tesla?

Kinda odd....next thing we know, said person will tell us we need to colonize mars now bc of climate change which isn't man made. Because, shutting down critical thoughts and taking musk's words is gospel.

This shows just how stupid and/or dishonest Musk is. Going to Mars to escape harsh climate change on Earth is as stupid as jumping into molten lava to escape the heat of Death Valley. One can be survived with a little effort, the other cannot be survived without a tremendous and constant amount of resources and effort.

No climate change here will make Mars more inhabitable than Earth. A true visionary would know that it's much smarter, safer, higher chance of survival, and more bang for you buck using the same resources on Earth than it would take to colonize Mars.

Musk will never put a single live human being on Mars. He won't even ever send them. The solar radiation on the surface of Mars is lethal to human beings. That will never change.

To live on Mars means to constantly be in protective solar suits are constantly inside of protective structures. Hardening electronic equipment against the solar storms that Mars gets is nearly impossible. There is no surviving on Mars without electronic equipment. Then there's the issue of insufficient oxygen and an average temperature of -80°F. Musk is a conman and/or an arrogant fool.

 

[MT15]

And this is what the Tesla board has done. Rewarded Musk. Nobody who cares about their money should be invested in Tesla. Their board is incompetent or complicit - take your pick.

 

[coldseat]

And this is what the Tesla board has done. Rewarded Musk. Nobody who cares about their money should be invested in Tesla. Their board is incompetent or complicit - take your pick.

Sure, reward the CEO who killed your company and brand. That's as corporate America as corporate America gets.

We really need and radical makeover of the business culture and the purpose of business in this country's. The singular focus or making as much money as possible at all cost mixed with the protectionism of the business executive class needs a radical makeover. These people need to be investigated and prosecuted for crimes they commit. This system isn't serving Americans and country well, it's hurting us.

 

[Sendai]

And this is what the Tesla board has done. Rewarded Musk. Nobody who cares about their money should be invested in Tesla. Their board is incompetent or complicit - take your pick.

It’s actually a $21 billion dollar reduction. The 2018 package of $50 billion dollars is currently under appeal.

“The company described the "interim award" of 96 million new shares as a "good faith" payment to honor the more than $50 billion pay package from 2018 that was struck down by a Delaware court last year.

Under the terms of the award, Musk can claim the shares if he remains a top executive at Tesla for another two years and a court doesn't reinstate the 2018 package that is currently under appeal.

Musk also has to hold the shares for five years and can buy them for $23.34 per share, the same as the exercise price of his 2018 award.”

Tesla grants Musk massive pay deal to keep CEO on board amid legal battle

Tesla granted CEO Elon Musk a new $29 billion pay deal with 96 million shares to retain him as the company pivots from making electric vehicles to robotaxis and humanoid robots.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[MT15]

Any board that isn’t absolutely insane would have offloaded his arse when he threatened to leave if they didn’t pony up.