October 16, 2019
Those trucks can have a more limited range
But most of that growth is expected to be for smaller, medium-duty haulers like
garbage trucks or delivery vans. This could present another distraction from
really just making sure that the Model 3 is moved along effectively,†said Bruce
Clark, a senior vice president and automotive analyst at Moody’s.
He leads
rocket maker SpaceX and is dabbling in other projects, including high-speed
transit, artificial intelligence research and a new company that’s digging
tunnels beneath Los Angeles to alleviate traffic congestion."He’s got so much on
his plate right now. Tesla says the new Roadster will have 620 miles of range
and a top speed of 250 mph (402 kph). It also has a system that automatically
keeps the vehicle in its lane.
CEO Elon Musk said the semi is capable of
travelling 500 miles on an electric charge - even with a full 80,000-pound load.
They can also be fully charged overnight. Meanwhile, the company posted a record
quarterly loss of $619 million in its most recent quarter. CEO Elon Musk said
the semi is capable of travelling 500 miles (804km) on an electric charge — even
with a full 80,000-pound (36,287kg) load — and will cost less than a diesel semi
considering fuel savings, lower maintenance and other factors. Wal-Mart Stores
Inc. Midwest retailer Meijer said it has reserved four trucks.Even so, the
company already is starting to get orders.
Tesla’s semi is venturing into an
uncertain market.Long-haul semi trucks, on the other hand, would be expected to
go greater distances, and that would be challenging. Falling battery costs also
will help make electric trucks more appealing compared to diesel. The truck will
have Tesla’s Autopilot system, which can maintain a set speed and slow down
automatically in traffic.B.But even lower costs won’t make trucking a sure bet
for Tesla. Trucks account for nearly a quarter of transportation-related
greenhouse gas emissions in the US, according to government statistics.On
Thursday night, Tesla surprised fans with another product: An updated version of
its first sports car, the Roadster. Without Tesla’s promised fast-charging, even
a mid-sized truck would likely require a two-hour stop, cutting into companies’
efficiency and profits, says Brian Irwin, managing director of the North
American industrial group for the consulting firm Accenture.
The truck will have
Tesla’s Autopilot system, which can maintain a set speed and slow down
automatically in traffic."These are business people, not fans, and they will
need to be convinced that this truck is better for their balance sheet than
existing technology.The move fits with Musk’s stated goal for the company of
accelerating the shift to sustainable transportation. Musk said several Tesla
semis will be able to travel in a convoy, autonomously following each other. The
car, coming in 2020, will have a base price of $200,000. Hunt said it has
reserved "multiple†tractors that it will deploy on the West Coast but didn’t
specify how many. Musk said customers can put down a $5,000 deposit for the semi
now and production will begin in 2019.
Those trucks can have a more limited
range of 100 miles (160km) or less, which requires fewer expensive batteries.
last year.Musk said Tesla plans a worldwide network of solar-powered
"megachargers†that could get the trucks back up to 400 miles of range after
charging for only 30 minutes. Electric truck sales totalled 4,100 in 2016, but
are expected to grow to more than 70,000 in 2026, says Navigant Research. It
probably is, based on the specs provided, but this isn’t necessarily a slam
dunk,†said Rebecca Lindland, an executive analyst at Kelley Blue Book. Right
now, there’s little charging infrastructure on global highways. Tesla is working
on a pickup truck and a lower-cost SUV and negotiating a new factory in China.
It faces stiff competition from long-trusted brands like Daimler AG, which
unveiled its own semi-prototype last month.But the semi also piles on more chaos
at the Palo Alto, California-based company.Musk, too, is being pulled in many
directions.
It’s also ramping up production of solar panels after buying Solar
City Corp.Irwin says truck companies will have to watch the market carefully
because tougher regulations on diesel or an improvement in charging
infrastructure could make electric trucks more viable very quickly.Musk said
Tesla will guarantee the semi’s powertrain for one million miles to help
alleviate customers’ concerns.The company unveiled its new electric
semitractor-trailer Thursday night near its design centre in Hawthorne,
California. Tesla is way behind in production of the Model 3, a new lower-cost
sedan, with some customers facing waits of 18 months or more.Tesla unveiled its
new electric semitractor-trailer Thursday night near its design centre in
Hawthorne, California.
We’re confident that this is a product that’s better in
every way from a feature standpoint,†Musk told a crowd of Tesla fans gathered
for the unveiling. Musk didn’t reveal the semi’s price. wants to electrify a new
type of vehicle: big trucks.The semi is capable of travelling 500 miles on an
electric charge - even with a full 80,000-pound load. Demand for electric trucks
is expected to grow China underfloor
heating Manufacturers over the next decade as the US, Europe and China all
tighten their emissions regulations., the world’s largest retailer, said in a
statement Friday that it has pre-ordered five Tesla units in its Walmart US
division and 10 units at Walmart Canada. After more than a decade of making cars
and SUVs — and, more recently, solar panels — Tesla Inc. And Arkansas trucking
company J.
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October 09, 2019
A number of progressive steps may soon be taken
His actions have made changes necessary. Right now, the board has members from
all kinds of backgrounds and fields. He made it clear that he wants people who
understood films and the industry to be on the board.Ashoke Pandit, CBFC
MemberThe censor board actually never had many problems.Akhilesh Jaiswal,
DirectorI think this is a very good move as the CBFC will now start thinking of
the audience rather than unnecessarily chopping off the film. They will have to
listen to him or it will only be seen as a farce.
Nandini Sardesai, CBFC
memberWhen the government brought Shyam Benegal on board the panel, they must
have obviously known that he has always been anti-censorship. We now know how to
slot our films and the kind of audience we cater too.
Another important change
that is needed is to reform in how the board's members are chosen. Within the
board, I along with Chandraprakash (Dwivedi) and a few other members have been
extremely vocal about censorship and we were insulation
boards Suppliers the first to raise a voice when Nihalani introduced that
list of cuss words to be ‘banned’. The censor board has had a busy year churning
out one controversy after the other, be it for the infamous ‘ban-list’ of cuss
words (a brainchild of its controversial head Pahlaj Nihlani) or for its
generous use of the ‘scissors’ — so much so that it didn’t even spare
Bollywood’s ‘Sanskari ambassador’ Sooraj Barjatya. It was only after Pahlaj
Nihalani took over that all these problems have come up. He (Benegal) is a good
friend of mine and told me that the very first step will be to do away with the
idea of censorship.
He also wants culturally diverse panels for certifying films
from different regions because what might be acceptable in say a Kerala, might
not be acceptable elsewhere and the same with other regions. Whether the CBFC
agrees to implement the suggestions is completely in their hands and I hope they
do because these recommendations work well for us. Headed by veteran filmmaker
Shyam Benegal, the panel set up in January left the industry brimming with
positivity about the changes to come. That is why we were sidelined within the
board and weren’t even shown any movies to review. The film certification needed
a revision and this will definitely be better for the filmmakers. And from what
we hear, this is not the only change Benegal’s panel has proposed to the union
minister. And Shyam ji (Benegal), Rakeysh ji (Omprakash Mehra) are all
successful filmmakers who understand the field, so you can’t disregard their
recommendations.
A number of progressive steps may soon be taken, including a
re-look at how members are selected and also having culturally diverse panels.
On whether his panel's recommendations will fructify, it was the government that
appointed him and the other members of the panel. I am sure that in another two
or three months, we will be seeing big changes being implemented. However, I am
very positive about this new change and there’s enough reason to be hopeful. But
after a spate of controversies, there finally seems to be some good news on the
cards for the CBFC, as the government appointed panel set up to advice changes
to the board has submitted its report — and it’s everything the film industry
wished for.
But that is only the first step. Both the ministers at the I &
B Ministry, Arun Jaitley and Rajyavardhan Rathore have been pretty vocal from
the start about wanting reform in censorship. In the report he and his team —
which includes other prominent members such as Nina Lath Gupta and Bhawana
Somaaya — have recently submitted to Union Minister Arun Jaitley, Benegal has
unequivocally recommended that the ‘censor’ board’s power to advise cuts be
completely done away with and make it a certifying body and not a ‘censoring’
one — a stance he has maintained from even before he came on board the panel.
And just like it is with his films, Benegal surely doesn’t disappoint.
The censor
board has had a busy year churning out one controversy after the other, be it
for the infamous ‘ban-list’ of cuss words (a brainchild of its controversial
head Pahlaj Nihlani) or for its ge Vikram Bhatt’s latest film Love Games faced
issues with the CBFC. During Mastram, we had to remove certain scenes in spite
of the fact that we exactly knew who our target audience was, these categories
will help and liberate filmmakers. We get industry insiders to weigh in on how
likely the panel’s recommendations are to see the light of day and what this
means for the future of censorship in the country. Bejoy Nambiar, DirectorThis
is certainly a welcome change
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