Tesla Battery Day — A Travel Diary, Day #1: Travelling In The Time Of Corona
My week involves business travel from Germany to Tesla’s headquarters in Fremont, California, during the worst pandemic the world has seen for century.
German autobahn
Illusions
Illusions are realities for those who have them. When you try to convince those having them that they are illusions, they try to convince you that they are the realists.
Jaguar I-PACE, Audi e-tron, Mercedes EQC — Electric Autobahn Range Disasters
The entrance of the Model S in Germany was considered a failure about 5 years ago. Autos of this class were expected to be “Autobahn capable,” which in Germany translates to driving for 3 hours at 130 mph. Of course, nobody ever does it, beside car magazine journalists testing their (and the cars’) endurance while driving in the middle of the night. In day time there is far too much traffic to do stupid things like that.
