You are truly unique. I couldn’t make a drop of gasoline if my life depended upon it.
One of my poorer decisions was to not focus on SW. “You only write code once” was the worst advice I ever received and listened to. I am a HW electrical engineer, and have spent most of my life in R&D. Super Computing, to Servers to PC motherboards, now space. I admire Musk, and see inherent benefits to the EV from the reliability side. But control is a legitimate fear
Enjoyed IT- spend time within that space, never coded, that was a different analytical skillset that I didn't have the draw towards. My electrical skills are more problematic that skills ;-) enough to get me in trouble. Love to get more into the LiFePO4 Batteries, but enjoy the fact that you can still harvest a shitload of 18650's for free-cheap. As you mention, my only fear is control - range. The range aspect is solved with a hybrid. We'll see where society takes us and that control issue is solvable, you just need to disconnect from the mothership. Dont know if that has been a focus yet, but have heard several people who have rebuilt their Teslas from an insurance auction, only to have super charging abilities removed from the car. As more bullshit stuff happens, ingenuity and market demand will provide a solution (I hope).
Musk has been thought leader and a evangelist on EVs. There is no doubt on his drive or skills. I am watching his manufacturing innovation and it's like he's like Henry Ford and the model T- car for the masses (or Ferdinand Piech and the "People's car). (I cannot make gasoline- just a VWO Diesel - used fryer oil ran in older diesels) p.s. stuff is really hard in the engines, but a lot of the older diesel engines are tanks.
You are truly unique. I couldn’t make a drop of gasoline if my life depended upon it.
One of my poorer decisions was to not focus on SW. “You only write code once” was the worst advice I ever received and listened to. I am a HW electrical engineer, and have spent most of my life in R&D. Super Computing, to Servers to PC motherboards, now space. I admire Musk, and see inherent benefits to the EV from the reliability side. But control is a legitimate fear
Enjoyed IT- spend time within that space, never coded, that was a different analytical skillset that I didn't have the draw towards. My electrical skills are more problematic that skills ;-) enough to get me in trouble. Love to get more into the LiFePO4 Batteries, but enjoy the fact that you can still harvest a shitload of 18650's for free-cheap. As you mention, my only fear is control - range. The range aspect is solved with a hybrid. We'll see where society takes us and that control issue is solvable, you just need to disconnect from the mothership. Dont know if that has been a focus yet, but have heard several people who have rebuilt their Teslas from an insurance auction, only to have super charging abilities removed from the car. As more bullshit stuff happens, ingenuity and market demand will provide a solution (I hope).
Musk has been thought leader and a evangelist on EVs. There is no doubt on his drive or skills. I am watching his manufacturing innovation and it's like he's like Henry Ford and the model T- car for the masses (or Ferdinand Piech and the "People's car). (I cannot make gasoline- just a VWO Diesel - used fryer oil ran in older diesels) p.s. stuff is really hard in the engines, but a lot of the older diesel engines are tanks.