Jack Bowers

BSEE degree from WSU. Publisher of investment letter Fidelity Monitor & Insight. Long-time engineering interest in electric vehicles / charging infrastructure.

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@elonmusk WSJ letters to the editor are real journalism.

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@cryptogoos How do you short SpaceX when there are no shares available to borrow?

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@SawyerMerritt @Starlink Problem is, Delta bought a refinery in 2012, so they can do whatever they want and still remain a viable player in the industry.

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The Ferrari Luce should have been a pickup truck.

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My favorite photo from the Fremont factory Delivery Event was in the ride-share area!

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@niccruzpatane Seems like the external blue lights should be on when the human is driving, not when Drive Pilot is engaged.

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@niccruzpatane Signage at some sites allows non-Teslas to park for a certain length of time.

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@niccruzpatane Wow, guerrilla solar going legal! I wonder if this would allow offsetting your electricity use at full retail rates.

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I own a Grand Touring Gravity that is rated for 450-mile range. Lucid has done a really nice job on the hardware; the range is real, the charging on Tesla’s V3 and V4 Superchargers is seamless. Between the tight turning radius, strong acceleration, fast Supercharging and steering wheel design it feels somewhat Cyberbeast inspired. Until you try to use the software - which is slow, confusing and glitchy. I bought this car thinking my wife would like it, but she has decided to just get another Toyota hybrid rather than wait around for a year’s worth of software updates.

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@ray4tesla https://t.co/fuW5gK8hR8

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I bought a 450-mile Lucid Gravity for my wife. She does not like regen and the Lucid allows it to be turned completely off (they allow have a creep feature but due to a software bug the car reverts to hold so you can’t use it very long). The range is impressive, even with the regen off. I’m finding the software is difficult to use when it comes to configuring things (such as driver profiles). Also, I could not get the car to charge from my Tesla destination charger in the garage, so I replaced the charger with a 14-50 outlet, and now I’m using Lucid’s mobile NACS charger to charge both the Gravity and Tesla vehicles, which works fine.

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@luismbat @elonmusk As if there would be any liquids you would want to sip!

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@ray4tesla Have seen it on V12 driving on Oregon 101. Not sure it’s great idea to get in the oncoming lane to avoid an inch-deep puddle.

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@SawyerMerritt The US did something similar in 1991, imposing a 10% luxury tax on cars selling for more than $30k. It didn’t last long here either.

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@WSJ Cybertruck column is deceptive. Most Cybertruck owners like myself have had no issues with our trucks.

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Walk-away door locks on the Cybertruck have a taillight enhancement. Does the new Model Y do this?

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@ray4tesla I drive mine to Vegas last weekend and had no trouble at all, even when parked in open street level lots. If anything, other drivers are more courteous than usual on the road.

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The key to getting great efficiency with the Cybertruck is setting a custom ride height at the lowest setting and keeping the bed cover closed. Wheel covers might help too but they are less important. Like the Roadster, which also has a high drag coefficient, driving 75+ mph uses a lot more energy than driving 60.

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There are a lot of orange Pintos running around with KA BOOM license plates (and variations). If Tesla refurbishes the Vegas Cybertruck, they should acquire one of those plates.