Agreed, breaking encryption systems is one of the two primary reasons the NSA was formed in the first place ... this is the NSA doing what they are supposed to do!

Stick them together this way (along their sides):

[N==S]
[S==N]

2014 Chevy Silverado "High Country", MSRP $44,000 (from Chevy's web site).
That might even be reasonable to get a comparable price point from a Tesla truck ...

Freight hauling would be a great use-case for these ... no mandatory rest periods which means much more effective use of time getting from location to location. If larger roads had dedicated freight lanes where the effective speed limit could be lower, then the extra "drive time" could be used to conserve fuel and road damage by operating freight vehicles at something a bit lower than typical highway speed.

Fortunately, this isn't a problem for current Tesla owners. Tesla will bring you a loaner, leave it with you while they take your car to one of their (many) service centers. If anything, having a Tesla serviced is less of a hassle than most other cars.

I doubt they'll be able to continue this service model once their volume of sales is substantially higher, sadly.

No matter what the roads are like? It would be 3 seconds for both of these:

a 30mph (~50kph) road with 7 lanes (3 each direction of travel plus 1 for cross-road turning), intersecting a very similar road.
(and)
a 60mph (~100mph) road with 2 lanes (1 each direction of travel), intersecting a very similar road.

You would have to have nearly perfect reaction time to even stop a vehicle from 60mph in three seconds ... and, yes, both of these intersections are real examples from around my home town ...

In other words, if the law enforcement had a reasonable suspicion you have incriminating data of a particular kind (perhaps a list of the prostitutes you pimp for, whatever) and a reasonable person would assume that data is on the encrypted media, they could go through channels (subpoena, search warrant, some form of judicial writ) that would require you to decrypt the media for a search for that specific data.

If law enforcement merely thinks you are a criminal (because you are living "above your means") and wants to go searching through all of your data just looking for "something illegal" ... that would fall afoul of the fifth amendment.

At least, that is my interpretation.

Simpler answer: Economics.

I think you are discriminated against in this case (and in politics as well) because you are honest.

Thermal Design Point - When the device is in it's worst possible power use case (maxed out CPU, GPU, drive usage, etc) ... the device should be able to dissipate all of the heat it is generating without going above the safe operating temperature of any of its components. That is notoriously difficult in small form factor devices unless you use components that are all designed for minimal power use ... which this is not using.

So either this has some incredibly amazing method of heat dissipation*, or it will overheat when in use, leading to reliability issues and shortened component life.

Elon Musk is a visionary. He isn't looking to just do what others do, or limiting himself to what can be done next year, he's looking several years ahead. One of his goals is manned travel to Mars and return. That means being able to land a rocket in a non-destructive fashion and more efficiently than was done for Apollo. He's taking logical steps toward that goal.

I'm guessing you work on one of the coasts, probably the east coast of the US. Those are the only places in the US where a working day is commonly 9-5. In the central and much of the mountain time zone, the working day is 8am-5pm (break time isn't counted as part of "work time" so that amounts to an 8-hour work day).

Once you leave the US, I'd hazard a guess that 9-5 is even less common ...

... but we have to protect their business model! How will we know that this year's model of the Gluttonous Seats 9 Suburban Assault Vehicle has automatic rain-sensing windshield wipers if we don't watch Some Stupid People on TV and view the advertisements?

Obviously the answer is to tape everyone's eyeballs open and put a TV-glasses on them so that people will be properly indoctrinated^W educated on these issues.

So, it seems that live sex shows advertised locally would be just fine.