The Electricians’ Union, meanwhile, has issued several notices that largely mean they won’t touch damaged Tesla chargers or deal with electrical issues at Tesla facilities. If the union issue isn’t resolved by December 1, electricians said they’ll also cease working on transformer stations and feeder lines connecting to Tesla charging stations.
Most critically, however, was an announcement last week from Norwegian firm Hydro Extrusions. The company, which manufactures components for Tesla vehicles at a factory in Vetlanda, Sweden, said it would cease production of Tesla components on Friday.
“[Hydro Extrusions] delivers components to Tesla’s factory in Berlin, and if this causes disruption to them we hope to force them back to the negotiation table,” IF Metall negotiation secretary Veli-Pekka Saikkala told Automotive News Europe Friday. Per Saikkala, Hydro Extrusions is the only European manufacturer of the Tesla components it produces, meaning the Swedish strike’s reach could soon affect operations at the company’s German gigafactory, taking the strike international.
Moving swiftly and learning through failure, SpaceX says it’s already looking ahead to version 2 of the Starship upper stage.
You know what works faster than moving swiftly and learning through failure? Listening to experts and learning from people who already made the failures.
I forget what video I was watching – probably one from this very thread – that points out that their unmanned full-parameter test mission requires something like 20 launches just to get refueling pods into orbit? And the deadline for full mission readiness is… 2025?
while he plans to launch the last 4 of the V1 for what purpose exactly? achja, “to learn”. and to get rid of the old junk, just throw that old shit into the gulf, perfect!
if it doesnt work, just make it bigger, thats definitly the solution…more engines (oh-hooo a version three, no less…), more fuel. fuck the extraweight /s
