he and his wife would check out crypto updates in bed
Experience has taught him to check out crypto updates on the toilet.
Instead of just installing a breaker and an outlet
This does more than a new breaker, it monitors the total load and controls the EV circuit output so you don't go over your line capacity.
My meter is on the opposite side of my house from my garage, so that's going to be run a long way.
Isn't your panel adjacent to your meter? If it is, the length of the run is going to be about the same.
I don't understand all the hate in this thread. This seems like a real solution to real problems and depending on the finalized price, it could be a smart outside-the-box solution.
we don't have expertise in transitioning our assets
I'm not sure why you think it would be easy-peasy to transfer a bunch of people from the ICE division to the EV division. Their EV division is already staffed. Do you want to make up a ton of positions for the ICE people? Do ICE people have enough generic knowledge to be useful in an EV division?
The article doesn't say where their $50bn investment is going. Maybe it's going towards equipment. Maybe they have enough people they just need to execute the ideas and plans those people have.
They may be using EVs as an excuse to fire a bunch of people, but it seems like a good one.
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