Re: [EVDL] (+more): ... COVID-19 lockdowns affecting EVs ...

[Bill Woodcock via EV]

I’m really of mixed minds about this notion that Tesla should be shut down or 
converted to building ventilators.

On the one hand, ventilators are very much needed, and it’s true that Tesla and 
SpaceX both have some experience producing related equipment, and have 
production facilities.

On the other hand:

 - Those Tesla and SpaceX production facilities are tooled up to build 
something entirely different.  That doesn’t change overnight.  Nor do the 
components necessary to build a different product magically appear at the 
production facility.  The production facility is an aggregation point at which 
hundreds, if not thousands, of different supply-chains converge.  Most of those 
supply chains start in China, and most of them have a year or more of lead-time 
before they start producing parts.

 -  Other companies actually produce ventilators, and have available production 
capacity at the head of preexisting supply chains which aren’t entirely dry.  
They do, however, need to be paid for their work, which means they need orders, 
which means that governments need to place those orders.  In most countries, 
that seems to be patently obvious to people, and is happening.  In the US, not 
so much, for some reason.

 - The corona virus isn’t the only challenge we’re facing.  The environmental 
catastrophe is, with the exception of all the ICEs not on the road right now, 
just as bad today as it was three months ago, and Tesla’s work in remediating 
it is just as urgent now as it was then.

So I think everybody needs to be pitching in to solve the problem they’re best 
prepared to solve, not shuttering important efforts in order to do something 
they’re not prepared to do as efficiently as others who aren’t already entirely 
at capacity.

-Bill

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Re: [EVDL] (+more): ... COVID-19 lockdowns affecting EVs ...

[Willie via EV]

On 3/18/20 2:47 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:

On 18 Mar 2020 at 13:28, evln via EV wrote:


  Tesla's California factory operating despite virus lockdown order


I guess the rules are strictly for us peasants, especially if they might
lighten Musk's pocketbook.

Under him, Tesla has given EVs a huge boost. I really wish he'd get his act
together.  So much genius with so little discipline.  It's heartbreaking.


I'm grateful to EVDL for keeping me informed of the basic evilness of 
both Tesla and Elon Musk!


It appears the Fremont factory is likely legitimately exempt from the 
shutdowns due to the need to supply parts for the fleet of Teslas on the 
road:

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/18/confusion-whether-teslas-fremont-factory-can-stay-open-during-covid-19-crisis-heres-the-full-story/

As contrasted to traditional automakers, Tesla produces many/most of the 
needed components at the main factory.

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Re: [EVDL] (+more): ... COVID-19 lockdowns affecting EVs ...

[Lee Hart via EV]

EVDL Administrator via EV wrote:

  Tesla's California factory operating despite virus lockdown order



I guess the rules are strictly for us peasants, especially if they might
lighten Musk's pocketbook.

Under him, Tesla has given EVs a huge boost. I really wish he'd get his act
together.  So much genius with so little discipline.  It's heartbreaking.


Maybe a lack of respect for rules is an inevitable consequence of genius.

"Rules? There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to
 accomplish something! "   -- Thomas A. Edison
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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Re: [EVDL] (+more): ... COVID-19 lockdowns affecting EVs ...

[EVDL Administrator via EV]

On 18 Mar 2020 at 13:28, evln via EV wrote:

>  Tesla's California factory operating despite virus lockdown order 

I guess the rules are strictly for us peasants, especially if they might 
lighten Musk's pocketbook.  

Under him, Tesla has given EVs a huge boost. I really wish he'd get his act 
together.  So much genius with so little discipline.  It's heartbreaking.

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator

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