Posts Tagged ‘Tesla’
This ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Mechanic Salvages Tesla Cars Doomed To Go To The Scrapheap (Video)
August 6, 2018
Hmm. A great example of how a craft or hobby can be expressed in the form of activism. We might more readily think of print, TV, or music content creators as activists before a Tesla fix-it guy. But peep. Rich has a mission and a message; putting both out there at great risk. Watch.
Rich is a car enthusiast whose passion is to find wrecked Teslas, bring them back to life, and then share his repair adventures on his YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds.
When he found out that Tesla would not service or support his salvaged cars, he took it upon himself to scour the internet and harvest working parts from several busted Teslas. He Frankensteined them together until his creations were fully operational, at a fraction of what it would cost to buy a new or certified pre-owned Tesla.
Motherboard travels to Massachusetts to meet with the rogue mechanic leading a grassroots movement of DIY fixers who are taking back the right to repair the things they own.
– Motherboard
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Technology: Tesla’s New Semi Truck And Roadster (Video)
November 20, 2017
Aw c’mon maaaan! Real-life Tony Stark (aka Elon Musk) had his company whip up a couple of new future whips… and one is a TRUCK????! A damn SEMI??! Wow!
Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Semi truck and (in a surprise) a second-generation Roadster. The truck is supposed to get 500 miles per charge, while the Roadster is said to achieve 620 miles.
– The Verge
That’s 500 miles, at maximum weight, at highway speed… which Tesla’s truck can get to faster than today’s diesel models. Yeah. Musk’s truck can kick our trucks’ asses.
Posted in Animation, Environment, Speech, Technology, Videos | Tags: electric car, electric truck, electric vehicle, Elon Musk, Roadster, Semi, Semi truck, Tesla | No Comments »
Environmentally Conscious And Cost Effective: Solar Roof Tiles (Video)
February 7, 2017
Can we have nice things? Why do we always HAVE to be thinking about how to ‘save the planet’ man? Why does it always have to be about the environment? And you know going green costs hella money, right?
NO! It is costing less and less to go green, and we are not even talking about the cost SAVINGS you get from making the switch (e.g. lower utility bills). Case in point: Peep this vid about the possibilites for a roof of solar panels… cheaper AND nicer than what most folks live under now.
Oh… and you are not really ‘saving’ the Earth either way. Earth means ‘rocks and dirt.’ It will be here whether we try to save it or not. We are talking about our SURVIVAL as a species. No environment, no life on Earth.
(Life. It’s the nicest thing to have. Now, play the video.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Environment, Product, Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: glass panels, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic panels, PV cells, PV panels, Solar Energy, solar panels, solar roof panels, Tesla | No Comments »
Tesla Powered An Entire Island With Solar Energy (Video)
November 30, 2016
An island of residents dependent on things like generators for power are now solar-powered… the entire island. And NowThis…
– @ojones1
Posted in Environment, Series, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: American Samoa, Clean Energy, Island, Solar Energy, Solar-Powered, Ta'u Island, Tesla | No Comments »
Got An Apple Watch? Then You Can ‘Summon’ A Tesla Car Like Michael Knight Calls KITT (Video)
March 16, 2016
Once again, a nerdgasmic advance in real-world technology. Megabucks real-life Tony Starks aka Elon Musk, and his Tesla car brand, are showing us something really, really COOL! Remember how the car (KITT) on the Knight Rider TV show used to come when Michael Knight (played by David Hasselhoff) called him on his super-spy type watch? Yeah, that’s the Tesla Summon feature.
Dope, right? Oh, and the car in the clip above… it drives itself, too!
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Technology, Videos | Tags: Apple Watch, Elon Musk, KITT, KNIGHT RIDER, Smartphone, SUMMON, SUMMON FEATURE, Tesla | No Comments »
Tesla’s Coming Out With A New Model And Coming Down On Its Price (Video)
February 13, 2016
It’s no longer a game…no longer a pipe dream. The new Tesla hits production lines in 2017; so sayeth Elon Musk. And before you suck your teeth and go, “So what? Another electric car that no regular person can afford,” ask yourself if you can scrape up $1000 down for a brand new car of the future. That’s the ‘reserve’ fee. Price tag is $35,000…confirmed. And with tax breaks, get yourself one for $25,000.
Price is no longer an object. Watch.
(FYI… that is NOT the car in the video… Tesla’s not giving us that early a look.)
