Elon Musk
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NEWS: @Tesla Semi exceeds DHL's expectations.
Over a two-week trial period this summer, DHL Supply Chain USA took a thorough look under the hood of the Tesla Semi, integrating the e-truck into 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of normal operations out of Livermore, California.
The trial included one long haul of 390 miles (625 km) – fully loaded with a gross combined weight of 75,000 pounds (34 metric tons) – confirming the Tesla Semi’s ability to carry typical DHL payloads over a long distance on a single charge.
The trial Semi averaged 1.72 kWh/mile operating at speeds exceeding 50 mph (80 km/h) on average for over half its time on the road.
“The results exceeded our expectations and even Tesla’s own rating – The Tesla Semi is ready for prime time!”
Interesting, considering the only way SpaceX has been able to stay afloat the last ~decade is thanks to a windfall of government subsidies (SOCIALISM).
That being said, the launch from this weekend is awesome and kudos to all the engineers at SpaceX for continuing to drive progress despite having an idiot as CEO.
Those are government contracts, not subsidies.
Remember SpaceX got a contract for less than half of what Boeing got. SpaceX has been to the space station and back several times now (actually fulfilled the contract). Boeing has only been TO the station once with SpaceX having to rescue them for the ride home.
Additionally, SpaceX is cash flow positive, i believe, after Starlink. And Starlink works incredible as it is. I read yesterday, that when Starship can deliver larger satellites to space, Starlink expects to be able to provide gigabyte download speeds. Wow!
Elon single handedly beat all the other rocket companies and there was some good competition in Bezos and others.
He has USA as the leader of the world right now in several industries. Imagine hating him and slowing him down like the democrats.
Trump just said that if he wins, we will go to Mars by the end of his term. We will Make America so ****ing Great the Libs won't know what hit em.
Sorry, being kept afloat by big daddy gov't is a socialism that I just can't support. It's a combination of subsidies and gov't contracts - something like $5-$6b worth, iirc. All that being said, good for him and good for SpaceX. I support what SpaceX is doing and I'm glad that he's been able to prop his company up for 20 years on gov't funding in order to get where he is today.
