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https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux
So, in short, Master Plan, Part Deux is:
Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it
Previously: Elon Musk's "Top Secret Tesla Masterplan, Part 2"
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Elon Musk Releases Master Plan, Part Deux
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(Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Friday July 22 2016, @06:14PM
Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Uhm - is that intended to mean the photovoltaic cells on the roof will have batteries in them? Why would batteries be placed on the roof? They will be more difficult to service and be exposed to the elements. When exposed to the elements they'll degrade faster and performance will be temperature dependent. He knows this quite well because his vehicles have to perform thermal management for both heat removal and heat addition depending on the ambient temperature. I wonder if my interpretation is wrong, he expects to do thermal management of the batteries on the roof (what a waste), or if it is just a very short way of saying the panels will work better with storage than it does today.
In any case ever since the second time his vehicles tried to drive themselves through a semi-truck I've got the distinct impression he is desperately trying to do damage control and really showing some ugly sides while working on it. This release has caused his stock to drop and he is taking a pounding with financial analysts some of which also feel like this is a damage control attempt.
(Score: 2) by mrchew1982 on Friday July 22 2016, @06:45PM
Stock isn't doing too bad, currently trading at ~$222 which isn't that far down from the all time high of 280. I wish that I had picked some stock up when it was down at the 150 point in February, 48% return would have been nice, and I'm pretty sure that it's going to keep going up.