Maybe a better way would be to say the last 2% or 3% of driving cases not already covered. Even the Leaf covers probably 70% of driving cases (random percent guess). But it's easy to think of very common use cases that it would not reasonably cover that are not in that last few percent. The current Tesla models do.

Driving cross country in a Tesla is doable *now* depending on your requirements (i.e. minimum stops and can't be stopped more than 10 minutes). I guess those use cases are things like you have to drive to a wedding 10 hours away and overslept. You can make it, but ....

Where in the world do you live that has 5 cents per kWh?

If you live in TVA territory (just one area, I know), it's currently 10 cents. Word has it that residential is getting moved to peak demand pricing soon, so a solar + battery combination could easily pay for itself in the 10 year window of the warranty on the battery and even longer warranty on solar panels.

Extreme edge cases, not common edge cases. Examples:

1. Towing excessive weight
2. Driving long distances and needing to make extremely infrequent and short refueling stops (like 10 minutes max)
3. Driving all day in an area where there are no charging options or don't have time to stop and refuel at one.

I can count on one finger the number of times in a year something like that might apply to me. For those rare occasions, renting a vehicle is practical.

The example I saw was an 11 hour journey in an optimal route as described by Google. The Tesla route was a little under 15 hours. It's probably important to keep in mind that the guy had a low battery, so I'm guessing at least 2 out of the 8 or 9 battery charging stops could have been eliminated saving 40 minutes minimum. Probably more like an hour and a half since the route had him going 20 minutes out of the way to the first charger. Make one of those stops a break for a meal (like most anyone would on an 11 hour journey) to fully charge the battery and it starts to make the journey even more like a regular gas powered trip.

If Tesla ever does figure out a model for their battery swapping tech that makes sense, then long journeys in a battery powered vehicle become no big deal at all. Even without it, it's approaching only edge cases that make battery powered travel impractical.

If you move to an on-demand model, there is no such thing as leaving on the TV and the meter keeps running.

I suppose they could try to keep the outdated "scheduled" way of showing movies or other programming and stream that, but why would you do that? And if you aren't doing that, how are you going to monitor usage?

Just charge a premium for a scheduled non-stop stream and be done with it.

Not quite so much in a Tesla. With their latest software, you put in your destination and it will plan your route based on supercharger locations. They're adding more all the time to make efficient routes. But wait ... there's more! Not only do they route you to superchargers, the route planner tells you how long you have to spend at each location charging to get to the next charger.

At the rate they're installing superchargers and combined with any future battery improvements, range anxiety won't be any worse than it is for gasoline vehicles. Possibly less so.

I seriously doubt that's where it's headed at least not in the way you describe. The trend is towards on demand streaming. Even HBO who I thought would be the last is one of the first with their no landline subscription needed access to their on demand service.

There may be usage based billing, but a set fee makes more sense so that even if people get really busy and barely watch anything for a while, companies still make their money.

Some cable companies are looking into turning essentially every channel into nearly on-demand with features such as rewinding any show back to the beginning even if you didn't record it on your DVR or have it playing with the real-time buffer to go back on.

The future is trending towards what customers want and when they want it. The holdouts run the risk of having an upstart that full-on embraces new tech replace them.

Sure, I mean it could be as simple as they're looking for a way to transport their workers and/or goods and maybe hope to make some additional money off broader sales. Could also be that they have a whiteboard in a room somewhere with tons of "what if" written down on future projects that could be tied into their own transportation infrastructure.

Driverless cars are prime real estate for ads. If it's for-hire, then you know at least one of the passengers and where they are going. Combined with whatever other data metrics they have on that person, ads practically write themselves.

Might be more rules with the police, but at least with private parties in Colorado a verbal agreement is a legally binding contract.

It's almost always a lack of will to spend the money required or accept the pain necessary and NOT technical feasibility. If you build your systems to the strictest of standards or beyond, then you are by default in compliance with the rest.

Doing things "right" almost always gets hamstrung by the dollar figures required or by "business" push-back. "Do we really need to install IDS/IPS equipment in every little branch network we have?" Yes, yes you do if you want to prevent and catch breaches early. "What do you mean I shouldn't use my iPad pool-side while on vacation to do my work? I'm the CEO." Yes, but that guy taking pictures of your screen behind you on the balcony isn't and the guy that's going to steal your iPad while it's unlocked when you get up to get your margarita certainly isn't.

Fine. But you said it was hard for you to fathom. Convenience and money are the reasons people take the other route. That's hard to understand?

Sea water. It come (these days) fully loaded with everything needed for algae.

Because many corporations will not let you access corporate data (including email) outside of maybe a web front-end without having some kind of say in how your device behaves (example: screen lock settings).

This means if you want native application access while on the go for convenience, you have two options:

1. Carry two phones (personal and corporate)
2. Let "corporate tendrils" onto your personal.

It's worth pointing out that many corporations will provide a financial stipend to use your personal because that saves them money. Depending on your carrier and the size of the stipend, it could just about pay your monthly bill.

That ship sailed the moment Javascript was born which was pretty early in the development of the WWW.