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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS returns to York Theatre Royal this summer starring Martin Barrass and Jonathan Race
Thursday 31 July to Saturday 30 August
This summer treat your little ones to the magic of theatre with York Theatre Royal's The Wind in the Willows.
Damian Cruden (Director), Catherine Chapman & Lydia Denno (Design) Richard G Jones (Lighting Design) and Christopher Madin (Composer and Musical Director) - Adapted from the much loved Kenneth Grahame novel by Mike Kenny
Starring - Martin Barrass (Toad), Jonathan Race (Ratty), Michael Lambourne (Chief Weasel), Robin Simpson (Mole), Jacky Naylor (Badger), Josh Sneesby (Rabbit), Richard Mark (Mr. Fox), and Deborah Hewitt (Mrs. Otter)
This summer the magic of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is brought to life by York Theatre Royal's Artistic Director, Damian Cruden. After its sell out success in 2010, this classic children's tale returns in a new configuration. The 2014 summer production includes a talented cast of familiar theatre faces including Martin Barrass, Jonathan Race, Michael Lambourne and Robin Simpson to name just a few.
Martin Barrass returns as Mr Toad. Martin trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Gestures. Some of Martin's theatre credits include The Railway Children, Getting On, Bouncers, She Stoops to Conquer, The Elephant Man and York Theatre Royal's annual pantomime written by the UK's longest running Dame – Berwick Kaler. Martin's television credits include Emmerdale, The Bill, Heartbeat, The Firm and Remembrance.
Jonathan Race will play the part of Ratty. Race trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His theatre credits include The Railway Children, Three Men in a Boat, Angels and Insects and Robin Hood and His Merry Mam! The Night before Christmas (Big Wooden Horse) and The Gruffalo (Tall Stories). His on screen roles have included Emmerdale and feature film Weekend. Jonathan is also the Artistic Director of The Useful Donkey Theatre Company.
Michael Lambourne, originally from Cambridge, trained at John Moores University and at The Hope Street Physical Theatre Course, Liverpool. The Wind in the Willows was the first production Michael was involved in at Primary School, where he played Weasel. Lambourne's theatre credits include The Barber in Sweeney Todd (Jacksons Lane), Lampwick in Pinnochio (The Dukes, Lancaster) Gustave in Thieves Carnival (Watermill Theatre) Mr Mugglewump in The Twits (Pilot Theatre) The Predators in The Gruffalo (Tall Stories), The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland (Library Theatre, Darwen), and Mould in Fungus the Bogeyman (Pilot Theatre). Lambourne is also graced our television screens with parts on CBBC and Chuckle vision.
Damian Cruden has enjoyed casting this play and is now looking forward to the team coming together for the start of rehearsals in early July. Damian said "It's great to be going back to the wild wood and toad hall again this summer. This is such a fantastic adaptation by Mike Kenny as it captures the true depth of Grahams' original. There's lots of fun and beauty to be found in this production and I'm looking forward to working with some old friends and some new young wild wooders who'll be giving Mr Toad A run for his money. Chris Mains music is enchanting and the designers have come up with some fantastic new ideas for the space in which our audience are welcome to come and explore."
Join the loveable characters amiable Ratty, wise Badger, Chief Weasel, mild mannered Mole, and the infamous Mr. Toad as they tell action packed stories of boating on the river, adventuring in the Wild Woods, battling weasels at Toad Hall and a few mishaps with motor cars.
The fun doesn't end there. Kids and big kids alike can take the Wild Wood Challenge and become a Wild Wooder. Learn the ways of a Wild Wooder; how to make something from nothing, how to spin a good yarn and how to repel a weasel attack! If you prove yourself worthy you'll join our merry band of Wild Wooders, unless you're a badger of course, then you'll be in the miserable band!
This summer audiences will also see the York Theatre Royal foyer transformed into a magical grassy woodland space for families to enjoy.
From the York Theatre Royal team that created Olivier Award Winning The Railway Children, and subsequent summer spectaculars Peter Pan and The Legend of King Arthur, comes this magic family story, re-told in an inventive and enchanting production. This production aims to surprise, delight and to bring families closer to the action on stage. You can see The Wind in the Willows from Thursday 31 July to Saturday 30 August.
For more information about these productions and to book tickets, please visit www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk or phone the Box Office on 01904 623568.
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TINGTING COJUANGCO ON BEAUTY SAFETY BY THE ZEN INSTITUTE
I have always admired her classic and sophisticated beauty that has probably captured the hearts of many with her undeniable charm and kind heart? Who doesn't know former Tarlac Governor Margarita "Tingting" Cojuangco? For the longest time, she was the eye candy of glossy mags, an undisputed icon of beauty here and abroad. This statuesque, elegant woman of substance was also a model, among other things, in her youth (as early as 16 years old) and was once adjudged one of the "World's Most Beautiful Women." I have always regarded Ms. Tingting Cojuangco as one of my most admirable women in the country. I have also grown to admire her daughters especially Mikee Cojuangco, an equestrianne ASEAN Gold medalist.
Apart from being a fashion and beauty icon, an entrepreneur, a respected political figure or wife to former congressman and now Philippine Sports Commission President, Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, "Tingting" is also an advocate of safety in all aspects. She's been trained in the best educational systems to be security conscious, and her public safety advocacy has well become her very own lifestyle and yardstick in making important choices and recommendations.
Even the modern-day menace of criminals "riding in tandem" has been a subject of Dr. Margarita Cojuangco's studies that seek to assess the capability of our law enforcement system in dealing with such menace, which shows how well substantiated and articulated she is. After all, she has a doctorate in Philippine History from the University of Sto. Tomas and two other doctoral degrees: Criminology from the Philippine College of Criminology and Officer Senior Executive Course from the Philippine Public Safety College. She earned her masteral degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College and Philippine History from UST. Her collegiate degree in Philippine (Oriental) History was from Assumption.
Her glowing and impeccable educational credentials are perfectly matched by grace and beauty that can only come from a buena-familia-bred colegiala whose kind of classic beauty is the kind that art immortalizes not just on canvass or camera but in real life. Thus, applying one's best to preserve beauty, youthfulness and great curves is but a natural propensity. And with advances in body sculpting, skin rejuvenation, wellness lifestyle and the like in this modern-day world, there are loads of options to choose from.
But even in her strict beauty, health and wellness regimen, she always emphasizes on absolute safety. She won't just walk into a beauty and wellness clinic and allow any doctor to touch her, nor take any pill or concoction. She lives what she preaches, and is very discriminating with life's choices, especially when it comes to her very own body and household. Only expert hands can touch her face and body and only the best and proven-and-tested aesthetic medical breakthrough can be done to her. "No experimentations on my face and body, please, she declares. "How can I go for less than the tried and tested when I have been eating and breathing safety-enhancing solutions for decades now?"
For Tingting, this mindset of safety, just like beauty, comes from within. This is why she lauds The Zen Institute and Dr. Maryjane "MJ" Torres for always observing safety for her clients' benefit, and always aspires for perfection. Topmost is Zen's being a center of only non-surgical, non-invasive aesthetic interventions, whether the holistic approach or individualized procedures that combines state-of-the-art devices and the expert hands of Dr. MJ, who makes it a point she gets the latest on aesthetic solutions in her yearly travels.
When it comes to aesthetic procedures, she considers as imperatives trust and confidence, which should be on a high level before one could entrust the fate of her face and body to someone. "You need to trust and be confident of your doctor, especially for the face and body," she expressed. With her discriminating taste and meticulous safety insurance procedures, Tingting has only good words for the Zen Institute and Dr. MJ Torres. Whatever treatments Zen advises, Tingting will surely trust and embrace them for her ageless beauty to shine a long, long time.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lasell College baseball team split a doubleheader against St. Joseph's College-Long Island Friday afternoon and evening in the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic at Terry Park, winning the first game 4-1 before falling in the nightcap, 6-5.
Junior Zach Handzel (Palmer, Mass.) pitched a complete-game victory for the Lasers in the opener. The Golden Eagles rallied from a 4-1 deficit to take the second game, 6-5. The split leaves Lasell with a 7-3 overall record, while St. Joseph's is now 2-1.
Lasell wraps up its nine-game Florida trip Saturday morning at 9 a.m. against Edgewood College (Wisconsin).
Handzel allowed just one run on five singles and a walk in seven innings, striking out four to improve his record to 2-1 on the season. He retired the side in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings en route to the victory.
Lasell scored all four of their runs in the first inning. Senior Evan Michalek (Berlin, Conn.) led off with a double and classmate David Marsell (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) followed with a single. Michalek scored on a wild pitch and Marsell came home on an infield error. Sophomores Sean Doris (Lincoln, R.I.) and senior Zach Herring (Fresno, Calif.) capped the rally with two-out RBI singles. Herring finished with two hits for the Lasers.
The Golden Eagles answered with a run in the top of the second on three straight singles, but Handzel induced an inning-ending double play and shut them down the rest of the way.
After St. Joe's scored a run in the bottom of the first, Lasell put up four runs in the third inning to take a 4-1 lead. Sophomore Wyatt Sihvonen (Lebanon, Conn.) cracked a two-run double to highlight the rally, and Michalek added an RBI single before Sihvonen came home on a Golden Eagle throwing error.
St. Joe's came back with two in the bottom of the fourth before Lasell tacked on a run in the fifth inning when Michalek walked with the bases loaded. But the Golden Eagles answered with three runs in the bottom half of the inning in what proved to be the game-winning rally.
Sihvonen and senior Andre Marchesseault (Cheshire, Conn.) had three hits apiece for Lasell, including a double. Junior Patrick Colvin (Lenoxdale, Mass.) took the loss with a relief effort, falling to 1-1.


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Heupel accepts scholarship offer from Judson
East Union High senior Devan Heupel signed her letter of intent to play for Judson University Friday in front of parents Janet and Jim Heupel, from left, athletic director Eric Simoni and golf coaches Brian Goulart and Ron Gutierrez. - photo by JONAMAR JACINTO
East Union High's girls golf team had a fifth former player in the last two years sign a letter of intent to continue her athletic career at the next level Wednesday.
It's not Jackie Ketner, the Valley Oak League's reigning Most Valuable Player and the 2009 Bulletin All-Area Girls Golfer of the Year. Her time, coach Brian Goulart suspects, will come.
Ketner did, however, play a role in sparking an interest in the sport for senior classmate and friend Devan Heupel, who signed a letter of intent to play for Judson University in Elgin, Ill.
Heupel joins graduated standouts Krystal Clark (Fresno State), Lindsay Shoot (Cal State Monterey Bay) and Brionna Goulart (Simpson University) and fellow senior Tori Souza (Simpson Universiy) on the list of recent girls golf collegiate signees out of East Union.
One of her elder sisters, Casey, a 2005 alumna of Sierra High, is her school's first student-athlete to sign a scholarship to play collegiate golf. Casey played at McKendree College in Lebanon, Ill.
A longtime swimmer, Heupel figured that her competitive athletic career would end this spring.
"They don't have a swim program (at Judson) — it's kind of cold there anyway," he said. "I thought (sports) was just going to be more of an on-the-side thing in college."
Having been on the volleyball, basketball and swim teams as a junior, Heupel was already on pace to earn the Golden Order of the Lance Award, one of the school's highest honors that recognizes student-athletes who participate in varsity sports in five of the six seasons over their final two years of eligibility.
But she decided to drop volleyball and wanted to try another sport over the fall season, and it turned out to be her ticket to a partial athletic scholarship for a National Association of Interscholastic Athletics school.
"I wanted to play another varsity sport, and I am not good at tennis at all," Heupel said. "So my friend Jackie Ketner was kidding around one day, saying, 'Hey, you should go play golf with me.'
"I went out there over the summer and just started messing around a little bit, and she was like, 'You're not that bad. You really should go out for the golf team.'"
East Union claimed the VOL championship and its fourth straight Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title this past fall, but rarely were Heupel's contributions factored into the team scoring.
The team's depth often made her the odd girl out when it came to the starting six in dual and tournament competition, so her signing to play golf in college with less than a year's worth of experience may come as a surprise.
But not to coach Goulart, who says that Heupel would crack the starting lineup on most other teams.
"There were many nights when she was the last person to leave the range, and that shows her character," Goulart said. "How many kids are going to be the last to leave when they know the next day there are going to be six people playing ahead of them? And because of her hard work we decided to reward her by letting her play in a few regular-season matches in league.
"She deserved that, and she deserves everything that is coming her way. I am just so excited for her."
Heupel applied to attend Judson for its architecture program, and she found out that the school started its women's golf program this past fall when head coach Chris Watson contacted her.
Heupel is as serious in improving her golf skills as she is pursuing her chosen career path. She is a two-time gold medaist in the Skills USA Regional competition and won the Architectural Civil Drafting Contest on Engineering Day at Delta College Wednesday.
"It's going to be a hard four years because it's very demanding," she said. "There's a lot of studio time and a lot of extra classes that we have to take. At the same time I have to improve a lot on my golf game."


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Португальское вторжение в Гвинею в 1970 году — военная операция португальских войск. От 350 до 420 португальских солдат и оппозиционных правительству гвинейских боевиков атаковали столицу Гвинеи Конакри с моря. Целью операции было свержение режима президента Гвинеи Ахмеда Секу Туре, поимка лидера партии ПАИГК Амилкара Кабрала, уничтожение морских и авиабаз, принадлежащих ПАИГК, освобождение содержащихся в Конакри португальских военнопленных.

Нападавшим удалось освободить военнопленных и частично разрушить инфраструктуру ПАИГК, но не удалось ни арестовать Кабрала, ни свергнуть режим Секу Туре.

Обстоятельства

В 1952 году Ахмед Секу Туре возглавил Демократическую партию Гвинеи, а в 1958 году, когда президент Франции Шарль де Голль предложил африканским колониям на выбор полную независимость либо самоуправление в составе Франции, по результатам референдума Гвинея стала единственной страной, высказавшейся за независимость, вопреки явному предпочтению де Голля. Президентом стал Секу Туре. Де Голль постарался выставить Гвинею в качестве отрицательного примера другим колониям, полностью прекратив всё финансирование, выведя из неё всё движимое французское имущество и уничтожив всё недвижимое, вплоть до электрических проводов в административных зданиях. Так как отношения с Францией были безнадёжно испорчены, Секу Туре ничего не оставалось, кроме как улучшить отношения с СССР и объявить о социалистической ориентации страны. Заодно он, как и большинство глав независимых государств Африки, установил в стране однопартийную систему, подкреплённую мощным репрессивным аппаратом.

Гвинея-Бисау, граничащая с независимой Гвинеей, и Острова Зелёного Мыса являлись колонией Португалии, которая в 1960-е годы находилась под управлением диктаторского режима Салазара. Партия ПАИГК провозгласила своей целью достижение независимости этих колоний, и в 1961 году начала войну за независимость. Секу Туре поддерживал ПАИГК и её лидера Амилкара Кабрала, в том числе оказывая и военную помощь.

Военный конфликт

В ночь с 21 на 22 ноября 1970 года около 200 вооружённых гвинейцев, одетых в униформу, похожую на униформу армии Гвинеи, и находящихся под командованием португальских офицеров, а также 220 военнослужащих португальской армии под командованием Гильерме Алпоина Калвана и Марселину да Маты высадились на берег около Конакри с четырёх кораблей без опознавательных знаков (из них один большой десантный корабль и одно грузовое судно). Они уничтожили четыре или пять кораблей снабжения ПАИГК, а также сожгли летнюю резиденцию Секу Туре.
Сам Секу Туре в это время находился в президентском дворце. Нападавшие также захватили два военных поста, взяли под контроль главную электростанцию Конакри, захватили штаб-квартиру ПАИГК (но не смогли взять в плен Кабрала) и освободили 26 португальских военнопленных, удерживавшихся ПАИГК. Силы гвинейской милиции без особенного успеха пытались отразить нападение. Так как ни Кабрала, ни Секу Туре не удалось быстро найти, нападавшие отступили сами, понеся небольшие потери.

Последствия

Внутриполитические
Через неделю после вторжения Секу Туре создал комитет из десяти человек, которую назвал Верховное Командование (). Верховное Командование было объявлено высшим исполнительным органом Гвинейской Республики, состояло из лояльных Секу Туре членов политбюро Демократической Партии Гвинеи и управляло страной, издавая указы. В функцию Командования входил также надзор над арестами, внесудебными задержаниями и казнями. В стране фактически начался террор, и большое число правительственных и армейских чиновников были посажены в тюрьму или казнены без суда. В числе последних были президент Центрального Банка Гвинеи, а также министр финансов Осман Балде, обвинённый в шпионаже в пользу Португалии и повешенный без суда. 23 января 1971 года, по окончании пятидневного суда, Верховный Революционный Трибунал приговорил 29 человек к смертной казни (приговоры были приведены в исполнение через три дня), 33 к смертной казни заочно, 68 к пожизненному заключению, и 17 (граждан Франции и Ливана) к конфискации имущества. Среди приговорённых к казни были глава полиции Конакри, секретарь президента и заместитель министра финансов. Среди приговорённых к пожизненному заключению были бывшие министры, главы государственных предприятий и бывший губернатор провинции. В июле 1971 года Секу Туре провёл чистку армии, уволив многих офицеров.

Внешнеполитические
8 декабря 1970 года Совет Безопасности ООН принял резолюцию 290, осуждавшую Португалию за вторжение в Гвинею и призывавшую Португалию уважать принципы суверенитета и самоопределения народов, проживающих на её территории, а прочие государства оказать моральную поддержку Гвинее. Резолюция была принята 11 голосами за при четырёх воздержавшихся (Великобритания, Испания, США, Франция). 11 декабря Организация африканского единства приняла резолюцию, единогласно осуждавшую вторжение.

Примечания

Литература
 António Luís Marinho. Operação Mar Verde — um documento para a história. Lisbon: Temas e Debates, 2006. 8°. ISBN 972-759-817-X
 'Mar Verde': revelados documentos sobre operação militar ainda secreta. Manuel Carlos Freire. Diário de Notícias. 17 April 2006.
 «Guinea Reports Invasion From Sea by Portuguese; Lisbon Denies Charge U.N. Council Calls for End to Attack Guinea Reports an Invasion From Sea by Portuguese» by the Associated Press, The New York Times, November 23, 1970, Monday Page 1, 644 words.
 Cord Eberspächer/Gerhard Wiechmann : Systemkonflikt in Afrika. Deutsch-deutsche Auseinandersetzungen im Kalten Krieg am Beispiel Guineas 1969—1972 (System conflict in Africa. German-German clashes in the Cold War by the example of Guinea 1969—1972) in : Zeitschrift des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat, Nr. 23, Berlin 2008, ISSN 0948-9878, p. 30-41.
 Adalbert Rittmueller: «Portugal schoss, die DDR gewann, die Bundesrepublik verlor». Die Rolle der DDR beim Abbruch der diplomatischen Beziehungen durch Guineas 1970/1971 («Portugal shot, GDR won, FRG lost» — GDR's role in cutting diplomatic relations by Guinea 1970/1971), in: Zeitschrift des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat, Nr. 27, Berlin 2010, ISSN 0948-9878, p. 230—147.

События 22 ноября
Ноябрь 1970 года
1970 год в Гвинее
1970 год в Португалии
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Q: difference between '%pip' and '!pip' in python jupyter notebook and colab what is the difference between '!pip' and '%pip'? We can use both of them in jupyter notebook and google colab. But we can not use the simple 'pip' there, can we?

A: %pip is a magic function and works mostly the same like pip. You can use other magic functions in jupyter which you can list with %lsmagic
(https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html#magic-lsmagic)
Using ! allows to run commands like ls or pip or what you have available on your OS.
Colab is just like jupyter so you can run native pip like pip install tensorflow.
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Q: How many numerical multiplications for the product of three matrices? For example you have the matrices $A, (5 \times 8), B, (8 \times 4), C (4 \times 10). $
The question wants you to find the number of multiplications if you were to multiply these matrices like $(A\times B)\times C$.
The answer is $5 \times 4 \times 8 + 5 \times 10 \times 4 = 160 + 200 = 360$ multiplications.

A: If you have an $5$ by $8$ matrix $A$ and you multiply it by an $8$ by $4$ matrix $B$ you will arrive at a $5$ by $4$ matrix and each entry in this matrix $AB$ will require you to multiply 8 times. Hence computing $AB$ requires $5\times 4\times 8$ multiplications.
Can you handle the rest?
Let's look at a smaller case. Say we are multiplying a $2\times3$ by $ 3\times 2 $. This should result in a $2 \times 2$ matrix. But how many times will I have multiplied?
$$\Big(\matrix{1 & 2 & 3 \\ 10& 20 & 30} \Big)\Bigg( \matrix{2 & 3 \\ 5 & 7 \\ 11 & 13} \Bigg) $$
$$= \Big( \matrix{1\times 2+2\times 5+3\times 11 & 1\times 3 +2\times 7+3\times 13 \\ 10\times 2+20\times 5+30\times 11 & 10\times 3 +20\times 7+30\times 13 \\} \Big) $$
$$= \Big( \matrix{45 & 56 \\ 450 & 560 \\} \Big) $$
So each entry (and there are $4$ because it's a $2 \times 2$ matrix) took $3$ multiplications (Where did the $3$ come from in the problem?). That means we had $12$ multiplications altogether. If you really think through why this number has to be 12 you can put together what has to happen in the larger case.

A: Let's start this step-by-step. How many multiplications do you need if you were to multiply $M (1\times 8)$ by $N (8 \times 2)$?
$M$ has one row of $8$ numbers. When we multiply that by the first column, that's $8$ multiplications, which are then added up. (It's very similar to a dot product). Then, when we multiply the second column, that's another $8$ multiplications. That's a total of $16$ numerical multiplications.
What about if we use your $A, (5 \times 8), B, (8 \times 4)$ and multiply $A\times B$? For the first row, we do $4 \times 8 = 32$ multiplications. And we do that for all $5$ rows, so the total number of multiplications is $5\times 4 \times 8 = 160$.
How about $D (5 \times 4), C (4 \times 10)$ and multiply $D \times C$? The same reasoning leads us to $5\times 4 \times 10 = 200$ multiplications.
In fact, if we let $D = A\times B$, and we added the number of multiplications, we would get $(A \times B) \times C$ takes $360$ numerical multiplications to compute.

A: For a matrix mutiplication of order $(m\times n)$ and $(n\times p)$.
No of mutiplications involved are $= m\cdot n\cdot p$.
No Of additions involved are $= m\cdot n\cdot (p-1)$
so here for
first mutiplication: $5\cdot 8\cdot 4= 160$
Second mutiplication: $5\cdot 4\cdot 10 = 200$
Total $= 360$
Similarly Total addition would be $=300.$


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The Truth About Cars | Alternative Energy | Electric vehicles | News Blog | Safety
Tesla S Sets NHTSA Crash Testing Score Record, Goes to Eleven (Well, 5.4 Stars to be Exact), Breaks Roof Testing Machine
By TTAC Staff on August 21, 2013
Chart courtesy of Tesla Motors
While General Motors is thumping its chest because the new fullsize pickups from Chevrolet and GMC are the first to earn an overall 5 star crash test rating since the standards were upgraded two years ago, Tesla is trumpeting the NHTSA crash testing results for their Model S, saying that the luxury EV achieved the best safety rating ever of any car tested by the highway safety agency. Not only did the Model S earn an overall five-star rating, but the Model S earned 5 stars in every testing category. While 5 is the maximum rating that NHTSA publishes, manufacturers are provided with the overall Vehicle Safety Score, whose scale goes higher, and Teslas says that the Model S' VSS was 5.4 stars, the highest ever achieved.
The EV company says that score is the best of any recorded by every car sold in the United States, a new record for the lowest likelihood of injury to occupants. It also is better than all SUV and minivans as well. The company attributes the high scores in part to a more effective front crush zone made possible by the fact that there is no engine up front in the Tesla, which is driven by a fairly compact electric motor mounted near the rear axle. Another feature that the company claims makes the Tesla safer is a double bumper installed on cars ordered with an optional third row seat for children. Side impact performance, significantly better than the five star rated Volvo S60, is attributed to multiple aluminum extrusions nested in the Model S' side rails.
The Model S performed particularly well in the rollover test because the location of the vehicle's traction battery under the passenger compartment results in a very low center of gravity. During normal testing the Model S could not be made to roll over so the test had to be modified. The results indicate that the Model S will protect its passengers from rollover risk about 50% better than other top rated vehicles.
Should the Model S be made to roll over, the roof should protect the occupants well. During roof crush testing, the Model S broke the testing machine after withstanding more than 4 times the force of gravity. Tesla attributes that high performance to B pillar reinforcements attached with aerospace graded fasteners.
In announcing the results, Tesla said that while their initial testing showed that the Model S would achieve the 5 star rating when tested in standard locations, they verified that even if the car was tested at its weakest points, it would still earn the maximum rating. No doubt because fire safety has been an issue that was raised with the Chevy Volt and the Fisker Karma, Tesla's press release on the Model S crash results also stressed that the car's lithium-ion battery experienced no fires before, during or after NHTSA testing. The "after" was a reference to a fire that broke out in a Chevy Volt three weeks after it was crash tested by NHTSA in a fully charged condition.
Tesla also said that they are unaware of any fatalities that have happened in real world collisions involving either the Model S or the Tesla Roadster.
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109 Comments on "Tesla S Sets NHTSA Crash Testing Score Record, Goes to Eleven (Well, 5.4 Stars to be Exact), Breaks Roof Testing Machine..."
Da Coyote
I patiently await a machine getting an "11".
After all, it's one better than "10" which we all know is twice as good as a "5".
JimC2
If we need that extra push over the cliff.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
Well, why don't you just make 10 a bit more, so you wouldn't need 11?
zenofchaos
Ok, I'm gonna be the one to say it…
"But this one goes to 11."
...m...
…well, a five-point-four on a five-star scale is equivalent to a ten-point-eight score on a ten-star scale, close-enough to eleven as makes little difference…
That's… actually pretty awesome. Breaking the testing machine is always a great time for the T&E guys. Time to buy a better machine!
Robstar
For all those soccer moms that tell me I'm unsafe riding in a compact car, I'll now be able to tell them they should get a Tesla instead of $LARGE_SUV.
Crash test results only matter if crashing into a fixed object or another vehicle withh 250 lbs, iirc. Head on collisions with more massive vehicles of lesser star ratings will result in the larger vehicles' occupants walking away.
wumpus
Except a Tesla S weighs 4,647.3 lbs. Being hit by a Tesla S at 60mph is the same as getting hit by an Escalade at 54mph, not such a big difference. This isn't quite the same as the lotus the roadster was based on.
blackbolt
Liking this Model S much. Seems this company is gonna change the automotive landscape with positives. Can't wait for the Tesla Model that I can afford.
gslippy
That Elon Musk – what a huckster, building vaporware!
Seriously, maybe their upcoming Model E (recent trademark submission by Tesla) is my next car after the Leaf.
jberger
It's not enough for the newer models to be affordable, they need to have enough supercharger stations around to let you drive out of state.
I was taking a look at the supercharger locations yesterday and they are few and far between down in the Southeast. Even if you can afford the car, you aren't going to get very far without a place to recharge.
California looks to have enough station density to let you actually leave town and return, but the rest of the US, not so much.
I've really enjoyed watching Tesla evolve, so none of this is a knock on the company. But if you think a 40K Tesla will be for you, then you've got to have a place to fill it up away from home.
Scott_314
What about the inconvenience of not being able to fill up your regular car at home? Getting gas all the time is a pain!
Beyond 400 miles a lot of people choose to fly, and most major city pairs at that distance will have a supercharger between them within the next year, so what you're asking for is already coming. Check out http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger
Also the second car argument.
As well as the option to rent a car for longer trips.
aristurtle
Ah, the Tesla Supercharger.
I like a lot of what Tesla is doing and if I was in the price bracket for their cars I'd probably own one.
But it really takes a guy who made his fortune in the computer business to look at the two competing fast-charging standards and decide that the correct answer was a whole new proprietary setup that's not compatible with any other brand of car, nor will Teslas charge at any of the "legacy" fast-charge stations equipped for CHAdeMO or SAE plugs.
galaxygreymx5
Tesla's inlet is compatible with J1772 and looks like it'll be compatible with the SAE combo plug via a simple adapter (just like how a Model S uses J1772). All the pins and signaling are the same.
CHAdeMO is basically Nissan vs. the world at this point. Mitsubishi shipped some cars with it but it's basically Nissan. The Model S is effectively compatible with SAE and J1772. Supercharging is the most elegant setup of any of them and it's pretty obvious why Tesla went their own way compared to the messes that the CHAdeMO group and the SAE barfed up.
It's funny – Tesla is setting these stations up and offering free use but the human condition immediately tales that as a given and asks for more. where's Louis C K when you need him?
Also if you take the California coast and the eastern seaboard you have accounted for maybe 70% of the US population.
jpolicke
According to 2010 census: US population: 308.7 million
West coast: 47.7
East coast: 99
That's 47.5%; there's a lot more people in 'flyover country' than you give them credit for.
DC Bruce
To be sure, not having to observe the packaging constraints associated with a fuel-burning engine gives Tesla certain advantages, but I can't see why being an EV makes it any easier for Tesla to build a crush-resistant roof or be highly resistant to side impacts.
One might hope the Model S has a strong roof structure considering what it weighs and that much of it is in position to try and crush the passenger compartment when the car is inverted.
You mean for when the car doesn't flip because the battery's weight and CoG keep it firmly planted to the ground right-side up?
I'm thinking if you don't let Toonces drive, you probably won't have to worry much about rollover.
healthy skeptic
@CDinSD
Good point, but it looks like they did precisely that.
ash78
For most enthusiasts, I belive this level of safety is many times greater than the minimum acceptable. Good for them.
However, a very specialized, expensive vehicle with ultra-modern construction and a unique drivetrain SHOULD break the system. Just as it throws a wrench into mpg equivalency calculations and generally confuses everyone about range, utility, green cred, and everything else.
In short, it's almost like saying the iPad has a bigger screen than a Nexus, or that the V22 Osprey does a better job hovering than a C-130 Hercules. The traditional metrics will continue to be broken due to a widening gap between all cars — but in this case it's not as if Tesla specifically strove to break all the safety records as a primary goal. But they did it, nonetheless!
"but in this case it's not as if Tesla specifically strove to break all the safety records as a primary goal. But they did it, nonetheless!"
It seems that every goal they have is a primary goal, since the Model S has proven pretty exceptional if not the best ever depending on the criteria you use. It's safer than a Volvo at any price, quicker, roomier and prettier than many luxury sedans at the same price. Aside from the battery range issue (Mrs. Lincoln), in what general way is Tesla not kicking the ass of legacy automakers foreign and domestic? Their first fully-in-house designed car is better than many large automakers' best.
E46M3_333
Model S's top speed is comparable to that of a Honda Accord.
Having said that, I would certainly drive a Model S if you gave me one, however at this price, there are LOTS of nice options in the automotive world.
hf_auto
If you ask NADA, Tesla has done a pretty poor job of setting up a traditional dealer network. Good for Tesla… and customers.
Oh noooooosssss! Customers will miss out on the "four square" finance worksheet treatment, the salesman's cartoonishly proportioned giant desk calculator, the "let me talk to the finance manager" song and dance, the "I can't let the car go for that price" treatment, the upsell for window tint/wax job/floor mats/scotch guard seats…
Before any car salesman jumps into the fray to play devil's advocate or champion the poor car salesman's lot in life, I notice that other expensive purchases of mass-produced goods don't have these kind of shenanigans. I didn't have to deal with it when I bought a new house (while it was still under construction). I don't remember any of that noise when my buddy bought his new boat from the boat showroom, of a big chain store, either.
But yep, regular car dealers will go on being themselves.
"Customers will miss out on the "four square" finance worksheet treatment, the salesman's cartoonishly proportioned giant desk calculator, the "let me talk to the finance manager" song and dance, the "I can't let the car go for that price" treatment, the upsell for window tint/wax job/floor mats/scotch guard seats…"
What makes you think any of that would be missing from a Tesla dealership experience?
John Rosevear
August 22nd, 2013 at 6:17 am
danio: It is missing from the Tesla dealer experience because it has deliberately been left out. That's not how Tesla sells cars. The price is the price. It's on the window and it's on the website — and in fact, you can skip the whole dealer thing entirely and just order your car online. The whole process is a lot more like buying a Mac than it is like buying a Toyota — by design. I have my qualms about Tesla's long-term ability to justify anything like its current stock price, but the retail experience is a model for how it should be done.
I've never been in a Tesla dealer, so I really don't know what it's like, but I would be very surprised if "the price" is actually less than or equal to "the price" out the door after the offerings of added extras like the leather case and service contract.
Personally, I don't want the Apple retail experience when buying a car. That way everyone pays the same bloated price and supply is easily controlled to fetch it.
I would much prefer two independent businesses across town compete with each other and possibly even sell me a car at break even prices just to get my business.
Are people really that incapable or intolerant of deal-making that they are willing to cheer-on centralized control of sales, ensuring that no one gets a really good deal?
As far as Tesla's dealer model goes, I really don't care, they can sell their cars any way they want as far as I'm concerned. But advocating this dealer model be the norm, or worse, legislate it makes little sense for the consumer.
Nicholas Weaver
Danio: Tesla doesn't have dealers, period.
You place your order (and can go to a showroom if you want to test drive), and your car shows up for the website-listed agreed-on price with the exact selection you made in a month or three when its done.
If anything, the "buying experience" is most like a Rolls Royce but with a website to configure the car rather than a book of things.
F-the dealers. 80%+ of the bad in buying a car is the fault of the dealers, not manufacturers.
mnm4ever
When we were shopping for a new house, we did experience the same shenanigans. Builders have model homes loaded to the gills with overpriced upgrades and it isn't even remotely difficult to add 10-20% to the base price for "luxuries" that cost the builder pennies on the dollar to install. Just like a car, you can live without many of these options, or add them later, but it will cost more money and be more difficult than just getting them done the first time. My latest pet peeve is cable jacks… maybe $20/jack that they charge $150 for but are much more difficult to add later. But higher ceilings are nearly impossible to add, so if you want them prepare to shell out $10-15k up front. Tile floors seem like a no-brainer to add on your own, until you realize that flooring choice changes the baseboard installation and has the doors cut differently, so not getting it installed that way costs a lot more later. Granite counters can cost you $1k or $10k, just depends on how important that one exact shade or grain is to you… stainless steel appliances that some buyers just HAVE to have… I could go on and on.
And pricing on major purchases like houses, boats, even high end electronics and appliances is most definitely negotiable, even computers. The reason Apple products are not is because of Apple's tight control over the pricing at it's retailers. And even then, the pricing was set with careful consideration of the competition and what the market will bear. As much as I hate the dealer experience with cars, having no dealers and letting the manufacturers control the pricing is going to be difficult on consumers until there is enough competition using that model to keep everything in check.
"in what general way is Tesla not kicking the ass of legacy automakers foreign and domestic?"
Primarily the lack of vehicles in the range of categories that customers want/need, i.e. compact and mid-size sedans and minivan/CUV people movers. Yes, I know that they're coming, but it's taken them a long time just to expand from the roadster to the Model S. Bertel made some trenchant points regarding the difficulty of scaling up in the auto business. While the Model S may be superior to cars in that price range, the ability to fully serve the market both in categories and volume is no mean feat. If I have the cash/credit I can have have an Audi or BMW comparable to a Model S tomorrow, or Cruze or Escape anytime. Tesla needs to be able to meet those levels in order to match the legacy companies.
Come back to me with a battery replacement cost, and we'll calculate the economics over the life of the original battery.
They're making quite a statement. But they have to prove that they can scale this way of doing business up before somebody whose scale dwarfs Tesla's takes the clue and eats their lunch. Scale matters so much in this business, and let's not forget that Tesla's sales volumes are still tiny. They're aiming to sell 21,000 vehicles this year — or about the number of F-150s Ford sells every two weeks. If somebody like VW — or even GM — got serious about out-Tesla-ing Tesla, things could get tough for them pretty quickly.
Now, Musk might still consider that to be "mission accomplished", because he would have disrupted the auto business in what he sees as the right ways. And Tesla might continue to do okay as a small niche player. But this whole thing, financially speaking, is a bet that they can scale up to 500k vehicles a year before the competition gets serious enough to push them back. Can they do it? We shall see.
"in what general way is Tesla not kicking the ass of legacy automakers foreign and domestic? "
In the business sense mostly.
cirats
Am I the only one that thinks the coolest part of this story is the revelation that the Model S has a rear-facing third-row seat or did everybody know that already??? Way cool – just like my first car, an early '80s Town & Country station wagon!
I knew it had a 3rd row option :)
Everyone knew that, though many may not know that ticking the 3rd-row option also means adding additional rear structural and collision supports for more protection of 3rd row occupants. Currently the Model S' 3rd row occupants are probably safer than occupants in any row of any other car, and given that Musk puts his kids in those seats it's not a surprise.
rolosrevenge
That's been pretty much known from the beginning.
Yep, a big roomy luxury car that's safe, high-tech, made in America, and arguably the best car in the world right now.
But we enthusiasts effin' hate it because it can't drive New York to L.A. and back three times a week, and also it's the government and greenies telling us what to like.
Yep, you got it.
No, we enthusiasts effin hate it because:
We don't like the idea of having to plan our daily travel and spur of the moment errands around our daily mobility ration;
We can't afford an expensive green luxury car AND an equally nice practical, anytime/any mission gas burner;
We can't see the sense of laying out serious money for a luxury car and then renting some Enterprise-grade stripper when we want to take a vacation.
Yeah man! I wouldn't want a Lotus because I can't go to Home Depot in it! Sure wouldn't want one of those McLaren Mercedes coupes because I can't put a carseat in the back! And screw a Range Rover because there's no way it's track ready!
I'm relatively certain that if you can afford to plunk down $90k on your next car (Model S, A7, M5, whatever) that you probably have a small fleet of vehicles at your disposal.
And I'm equally certain that if you have a couple hundred grand worth of automobiles you probably wouldn't be caught dead cruising across Wisconsin in any of them; your ass is in first class being coddled with a car waiting at the airport.
Vanishingly few people drive more than 300 miles in a day.
August 21st, 2013 at 11:15 pm
You're making the assumption that someone has "a couple hundred grand worth of automobiles". I'm saying that while quite a few people may be able to afford one $90k car, not as many are able to afford two.
David Dennis
Judging by the Tesla Motors forums, there is a surprisingly large demographic of upper middle or lower upper class people who can afford a Tesla and buy it as their sole vehicle.
Again, judging by forum posts, there are a lot of people who are driving their Teslas long distance. In fact, I would not be surprised if there is more interest among Tesla owners in long distance driving than non-Tesla owners! After all, they all love driving Model S, and that makes them more enthusiastic about longer trips via car. Thanks to the SuperChargers and their free fill ups, it's much cheaper to drive a Model S long distance than any other car.
The other curiously common thing is Tesla owners buying a second Model S for their wives. Apparently a single Model S is a gateway drug that frequently attracts more of its kind to the household.
They have one thing in common: They all love Model S. No dissenting voices there. They do gripe when Tesla service lets them down, and it doesn't seem like there is much censorship on the forums. So I am inclined to believe Tesla overall customer satisfaction is extremely high.
If it weren't for tiresome financial constraints, my next car would certainly be a Model S.
Scoutdude
@ David, the Super Chargers aren't really free as you have to pay an extra $2000 to unlock that option, or $2500 if you want to enable that option after it has left the factory. So you are really going to have to use the Super Charger network a lot if you are going to come out ahead. Based on my local rates and assuming that you roll up to the Super Charger with only a few electrons left in your battery you'll need to use it about 250 times.
@jpolicke – If you can't afford 2 $90k cars, then you can't afford one either.
golden2husky
Funny how people will say hybrids make no financial sense for most, yet somehow it makes economic sense to drive a notably larger vehicle to commute in because the size is needed for a once a year trip….
While a Tesla is hardly the car for everyone, as an enthusiast I love it.
I'm not sure how this would cause of having to plan our daily travel and spur of the moment errands around our daily mobility ration. When was the last time you had to run an errand that was a 200 mile round trip after having done your 100 mile round trip commute. Even the 60kwh model is good for around 200 miles which is much much further than the average person drives on a regular basis.
One would certainly work well for our family and the 80kwh model would work for our family as our primary car w/o charging away for all but about 3 or 4 trips per year, despite the fact that we typically put 30K per year on our primary car.
The FIRST thing I did when I played with a Model S was jump in the rear seats. I fully intended to be chaufered, sitting in the back. Unfortunately, they're not optimal for a 6′ adult. Dreams of re-living my youth were crushed.
It is a $2500 option, though apparently that extra crash protection accounts for part of the cost. However that 3rd row is basically a pair of built in child seats for those weighing between 37 and 77 lbs and includes a full 5 point harness like a child safety seat.
News to me, as well. I've seen a couple in person, but always just assumed they were 4-seaters.
Here are some photos of a real world accident with a Tesla. It looks like it sheared the power pole off near it's base.
http://goo.gl/Qdjfwc
That picture is shocking, but it seems that after the initial jolt of the vehicle contacting the pole, it insulated the occupants from watt could have been much more amplified.
Not trying to be positive or negative, just sparking further discussion on the current topic.
"it insulated the occupants from watt could have been much more amplified."
I see watt you did there ;)
Heh… driver was DUI and "messing with the radio".
Select clientele.
Have you seen the radio in one of these things? It's basically a 17″ Android tablet embedded in the center console. I own desktop computers less powerful than that thing.
In keeping with its overall practicality.
But in fairness I don't take anything over 30K seriously.
She (the driver) was drunk.
See 7 up
"The results indicate that the Model S will protect its passengers from rollover risk about 50% better than other top rated vehicles."
How does one protect themselves from rollover risk? Is rollover risk deadly?
I think this sentence needs to read "…the Model S will minimize risk of rollover about 50% better…"
Considering the only other 5 star vehicles (so far) are trucks, it had better be significantly better at rollover risk (at least preventing it).
My only gripe concerning Tesla is I did not buy stock when it was affordable, reluctant owing to Fisker's troubles. This car has only two negatives, availabe charging and vampire drain when stored. Considering its execution and performance that's a pretty short list.
The vampire thing has largely been solved, it seems, with the rollout of version 5.0 of the Model S's vehicle software (over the air, natch).
Based on extensive threads on the Tesla Motors Club forums some users are now reporting near zero vampire draw with 5.0.
I'm very glad to hear this. That problem should have never left the factory.
stuntmonkey
In retrospect, the benefits of not having an engine should have been immediately obvious for crash testing, but good on Tesla for playing their cards rights and waiting for the NHTSA results to come through first. Well played market message timing. Now let's see how it does on the IIHS small-offset can-opener test.
Pig_Iron
August 23rd, 2013 at 8:25 am
Let's see the 25% offset test rests.
What the hell have Detroit, Tokyo, and Stuttgart been doing for the last 20 years if some upstart in Silicon Valley scraping by for years on Elon Musk's savings account can build a better car than all of them?
Seriously. The NHTSA thing was a real eye-opener and I was a Tesla fan from the start. I mean they beat *Volvo* for crying out loud.
I feel kind of cheated by all the marketing hyperbole dished out by conventional automakers all these years. Can't make money on an electric car, bull. Can't build a safe car without massive engineering budgets, bull. Can't build decent infotainment, bull.
Tesla just threw everyone's crap back in their faces.
Most of Tesla's engineering and design team has worked for the Detroit automakers. Musk likes to dis Detroit, it works well with his target audience, as your comment indicates, but he's not a fool and knows where you hire automotive engineering talent.
I'm not saying the big guys don't have talent; obviously they do and Musk poached it. Why weren't they USING it?
I use my Chevy MyLink from one of the world's largest and richest automakers and it blows, but when I test drove a Tesla their infotainment is sort of…perfect. Have you tried MyFordTouch? I mean c'mon, Microsoft and Ford team up and can't make a better interface (after three years!) than little Tesla. Incredible.
Microsoft and Ford. Now there are two awesome brands for you. I can't imagine how they screwed something up…
Oh I'm with you on Microsoft, Ballmer should be burned at the stake for effectively destroying those previously [somewhat working] products. However I'm not as agreeable to Ford, they were about a hair from bankruptcy and came back strong. Sure I disagree with much of what they are doing product wise, but the plebs like it and its shown in sales.
Pch101
"Why weren't they USING it?"
So far, it has proven to be a losing business.
EVs have been around for over a century. Building them isn't a problem — all of the major automakers can do it.
Building an EV that can sell at a price that is high enough and in adequate numbers to deliver a profit is a different matter. That's a problem that nobody has solved.
The major automakers accepted that the battery costs were high, and the energy density low. Their approach — build a relatively light car (to reduce the requirements placed on the battery) and to limit the range, in order to manage the cost and weight.
The Tesla business model won't work over the medium term unless EVs become popular and/or battery prices drop. But if the EVs become popular and can be made profitably, there will be new competition from established automakers that have the scale to meet demand.
They have to make much much more cumulative profit to re-coup the investment in the Model S. If they can't produce a mainstream car with good margin in decent numbers, like a BMW 3 series or something comparable, they will not survive in the long run. Their stock price presumes they will be able to accomplish this; I'm not so sure. If I were a betting man, I'd let the stock run up for another year or so, then short the hell out of it.
Remember a good chunk of Tesla's current income is from selling the ZEV credits the car generates and charging some outrageous premiums for options that really should be standard in a luxury car. For example the cargo cover is $250 (included on many sub $20K hatchbacks), Ambient LED lighting is $1000 (included on many Fords with the ability to change the color), $500 each for fog lamps or back up sensors and you must order the $3500 tech package to be able to order those options. How about $1500 for an Alcantra headliner, or $2500 to put leather on the arm rests, console lid, top of dash and steering wheel air bag cover.
So while they may start at only $64K you can hit exceed $120K getting options that are you can get out the door for under $40K on some other cars.
Ever priced out matching seat belts in a Boxster? How about smoked lamp lenses in a 911? What are you willing to pay for folding rear seats in a 3-series that come standard on a Kia?
Premium automakers rape you on options and Tesla is no exception.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't expect to pay more for options on a high end car, I'm just saying a good chunk of their profit comes from those high priced options that mainstream manufactures couldn't get away with charging for at anywhere near that price. Some of them like the cargo cover is something that should be expected to be standard on a $64K hatchback when you get one standard on a sub $20K car.
"Remember a good chunk of Tesla's current income is from selling the ZEV credits the car generates"
Really now? Not to diss the product itself or the people behind it, but that's a total fraud.
In this article https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/analysis-tesla-q1-2013-results/ it was stated that in Q1 2013 68 million or 12% of their revenue came from the sale of those credits and w/o that income they wouldn't have posted a 11 million profit that quarter. However that quarter did include paying off the DOE loans so with no longer facing that debt their results did improve for Q3.
Funny, DOE makes the loans and I imagine EPA comes up with the ZEV credit scam, and its that scam which helped pay off the DOE loans which later led to more legitimate profitability. The circle of fraud is complete.
thx for the link
Actually the ZEV thing is something dreamed up and enacted by CARB.
rentonben
That's a perfect summery of why I did not buy one:
Well Optioned Tesla Price = Well Optioned Buick Regal GS Price + Free Gas for 20 years.
(Wound up with a cheap-ass 2011 Buick Regal stripper for $26,000 after consulting my inner luddite who happened to want a German made car for some stupid reason)
jmo
"Buick Regal stripper for $26,000"
That makes as much sense as saying you saved 60k by not buying an S550…or blew 16 by not buying Versa.
The Tesla does have that 'crazy expensive' presence even on their low-end model. It's just that once you spec it out to something normal, the price goes through the roof. Their option category reminds me of the worst of BMW bundling with Porsche prices.
Tesla had that rather vapid 'savings calculator' that tried to tell you they were giving the cars were a great value – so they should at least expect come cross shopping based on price.
Does it, uh, come with a brass pole or is that a dealer-installed option?
SC5door
German made?
You mean the Regal that's made in Canada, at Oshawa Assembly?
Some (maybe all?) '11 Regals were built at Opel's Russelsheim factory.
So, with a electric vehicle having far fewer and more reliable parts than an ICE (single speed fixed transmission for example) one would expect it be much more durable and reliable than an ICE. And, now we see than the design and engineering flexibility of an electric drivetrain makes for a much safer car as well.
krhodes1
I think it will simply fail in new and innovative ways as it ages. I have a one-year-old MacBook Air that just puked up its motherboard for no apparent reason. Thankfully under warranty. How many problems in modern luxury cars are mechanical, vs. how many are electrical? And good luck finding a Tesla loving Indy mechanic…
I think it will simply fail in new and innovative ways as it ages.
Look at the commercial aircraft industry's move from position engines to turbo props and jets.
Certainly jet engines failed in new and innovative ways vs. the old piston engined radials of yore. But, the fact is jet engines are just a vastly more reliable technology than piston engines.
Brian P
I sit here typing this message on a three-year-old Compaq laptop that uses lithium batteries of a chemistry not unlike the Tesla uses, and which has seen a daily charge/discharge cycle throughout the laptop's life … just like an EV battery will see, except without the additional stress of regenerative braking. When the laptop was new, I could go 3 hours on a charge. Now, it's lucky to go 20 minutes.
This is after three years. If I understand correctly, the Tesla cars come with a 5 year warranty on the batteries.
An EV might not be as mechanically complex as an ICE vehicle, but those infernal batteries … ! ! ! I look forward to seeing how their warranty costs play out in the long term.
Right, just like that Prius battery fiasco that drove Toyota into bankruptcy.
Oh, wait… That never happened.
Battery life is a function of the level of charge and discharge permitted. The Tesla engineers have made different choices than the Compaq engineers.
@jmo, Toyota got it right with the Prius batteries (well, so far… but they do have an almost 15 year-old track record on them).
Honda, on the other hand, got it wrong on the '06 and newer Civic Hybrids. Remember the battery life conserving secret software update a few years ago? Uh huh. Where they really screwed up was back on the drawing board when they spec'ed a battery that was too small for the job. When they realized that the batteries were wearing out sooner rather than later, they tried to hide it by changing the software, but that just made customers mad by screwing up the car's mileage and already slow acceleration. Looking back, I'm glad I sold mine when it was about 2 years old with 35,000 miles (nothing wrong with the car at the time but some circumstances in my life had changed).
So let's hope for Tesla's sake that they got it right.
There were a number of problems with the first Prius batteries. Leaking of individual cells prompted what eventually turned into a recall and individual cell failures did occur.
There is a reason you don't seen very many 2001-2003 Prius any more and the battery along with MG 2 failures are the reason.
Now the 2004 and up they got it right and they seem to be lasting pretty well even in taxi use.
The Tesla Roadster's battery packs seem to be holding up pretty well for the most part, so hopefully the Model S battery pack is even better.
The Tesla has a 8 year 125,000 mile warranty, longer than the average person who spends that much money on a car will normally keep their car.
I'm an EV fan and Tesla fan in particular, but let's not forget that the 8-year warranty on EV batteries is government-mandated, with many weasel words in the fine print from the mfrs.
Uncertainty about this is one reason I leased my Leaf rather than buy it.
Don Mynack
I'm no Tesla lover, but this is seriously good news for consumers. I'll probably always be a gas engine person but this kid of innovation in the marketplace has to be applauded. As far as just hating on them because they are electric, well, electric cars have been around since there were cars, there were always battery and range issues that held them back. If Tesla can make the leap, or help make it, more power to them.
If in 5 years (as I expect) Consumer Reports rates the Model S as the most reliable car ever, Elon Musk will be the new Steve Jobs.
Someone please smash a Model S into a Flying Spur (or Phaeton) to see who wins.
C'mon IIHS, make it happen.
One typically assumes an EV would sacrifice much to keep the weight down. Not just for range but to compromise for the heavy battery. Tesla has worked magic here.
I guess they did not compromise then.
APaGttH
August 22nd, 2013 at 12:14 am
These are great results but the Titantic was unsinkable, the Bismark would terrorize the Atlantic, and the MRAP will be effective against IEDs.
In my years I've seen plenty of cars that are near impossible to rollover, on their roofs. I, sadly, just see this as a challenge for the stupid – and the ranks of the stupid in the owner pool will grow with popularity.
Now I can finally get a good nights sleep knowing that the wealthy are safe in their Tesla's…………..
I was so worried for them getting the kids to a $60000 per year college safely!!!
The rest of us can just DIE..and decrease the folks on food stamps or a regular paycheck!
Three cheers for the upper class…
They will be safe in cars…800 mph trains and even in space!
First let me say I really love the styling of the S, and I think it's brilliant looking. Bravo to them for such a safe, beautiful car.
Second, I'll ask if they always have such bad panel gaps.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Tesla-Model-S-Signature-Performance-Collector-Edition-/121160549864?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c35bb45e8#v4-48
rodface
The panel gaps have caught my eye, as well. I've noticed an obviously crooked trunklid on one or two cars. The poor build quality makes the car appear flimsy, in spite of its bulk.
Those are reminiscent of a LR Defender in their size at the doors! I guess that's why they're always showing us dark colored ones.
vagvoba
Another car exceeding the 4 times roof crush rating: Subaru Forester. The only reason that didn't end up in the news is that the machine didn't break during that test.
phargophil
This level of improved safety capability makes me wonder about the impact of this advancement on other makes of cars being sold today and perhaps in the last ten years.
The reason for this is the recent semi-involuntary recall of Jeep products to install a tow hitch to make the rear mounted fuel tank safer. While Jeep conformed to accepted standards at the time of manufacture, they were at least ostracized (sp?) into upgrading past-production vehicles.
If this same kind of societal push is applied to vehicles that don't live up to Tesla's proven state-of-the-art safety level, will recalls for vehicles that haven't lived up to the new demonstrated capability now be issued for the installation of roll bars and side bumpers?
ravenchris
Has the green star rating at the right hand side of the chart been inverted and should it start with a one instead of a zero?


Drake's "In My Feelings" rules Australia's singles chart for a fourth successive frame while Travis Scott snags his first leader with Astroworld (Sony), his third studio album.
Astroworld, which this week hits the summit of the Billboard 200 and is the highest charting new release in the U.K. (at No. 3), bows at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, ahead Drake's Scorpion (holding at No. 2, via Republic/Universal), the soundtracks to Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (down 1-3, via Polydor/Universal) and The Greatest Showman (down 3-4, via Atlantic/Warner), and Celine Dion's tour edition of The Best So Far... (down 4-5, via Columbia/Sony).
Three of Astroworld's tracks, "Sicko Mode" (No. 7), "Stargazing" (No. 10) and "Butterfly Effect" (No. 46), impact the singles chart, completing a memorable week for the Houston-born artist.
Newcastle, Australia punk outfit Trophy Eyes equal their peak on the national albums tally with The American Dream (UNFD/Sony), which starts at No. 8. The rockers' previous album, Chemical Miracle, also reached No .8 on the chart in October 2016.
Also enjoying a top 20 start this week is Stay Dangerous (Def Jam/Universal), YG's third studio set and second entry in the albums chart. Stay Dangerous easily eclipses the No. 24 peak of Still Brazy, its 2016 predecessor.
With another Australian singles chart crown, Drake has spent 17 weeks at No. 1 this year, ARIA notes.
Drake's latest leads an unchanged top five, completed by Dean Lewis' "Be Alright" (Island/Universal), 5 Seconds Of Summer's "Youngblood" (Capitol/EMI), Maroon 5's "Girls Like You" (Interscope/Universal) and Benny Blanco's "Eastside" (Interscope/Universal), respectively.


A burning trash truck rolled down a hill in Monterey Park, struck a parked car and ended up in a yard Monday morning, March 18.
Monterey Park police Lt. Eric Kim said there were no reported injuries and the home was not damaged.
The incident started at 10:36 a.m. in the 1500 block of Verde Vista Drive. While picking up trash, the driver noticed the vehicle was on fire, parked the truck and got out, Kim said.
For some reason, he said the truck started rolling down the hill, hit a parked vehicle and stopped in a yard in the 1500 block of Abajo Drive. Firefighters went to the scene.
He said the fire was out by 10:49 a.m.


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Hans-Werner Sinn
Ad personam
Personal Profile (Long Version)
Media reports on Hans-Werner Sinn
Reactions to the farewell
Target Balances
Brexit Debate
Pension Insurance System
Financial Market Crisis
German State Banks
Guarantor Liability and Deposit Protection
World Debt Crisis
Political Union
Green Paradox
Motorway Toll
Extended Working Hours
Employee Co-participation
Bazaar Economy / Pathological Export Boom
Systems Competition
Critique of Capitalism
The BLOOS Rule/Gamble for Resurrection
Decisions under Uncertainty
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Academic papers in conference volumes
Academic comments
Ifo Publications by Hans-Werner Sinn
Policy Contributions
Newspaper Interviews
Ifo Viewpoints
Migration Debate 2015
Texts on the Debate over Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) Credit
Texts on the Tagesspiegel Controversy 2015
Documentation on the Appeal Against Mutualisation of Bank Debts
Criticism by Wolfgang Schäuble of Hans-Werner Sinn's Position on the Euro Bail-Outs
Target Debate
Methodological Debate in Economics
Letters and Readers' Letters on Reporting of the Financial Crisis 2008
Documentation of an Interview Published by Tagesspiegel on 27.10.2008
The Target discussion began with the first publication of the Target balance (WirtschaftsWoche, No. 8, p. 35, "Neue Abgründe" (Deep chasms)) on 21 February 2011. The German Bundesbank reacted immediately with a press release, that included the following statement: "The size and distribution of TARGET2 balances across the Eurosystem's national banks are insignificant in terms of their risk position, which dictated by the provision of funds by the Eurosystem. TARGET2 balances represent no independent risks for individual national central banks."
The Target analysis and the EEAGs recommendations perplexed politicians. On 23 February Prof. Sinn spoke to Federal President Wulff about the situation of European Monetary Union (and especially Target2) and explained the EEAG report to him, which presented a potential mechanism for resolving the debt crisis of EU member states. In a speech to Nobel Prize winners on 24 August 2011 in Lindau the Federal President reiterated the EEAG's criticism of government bond purchases as a circumvention of the Maastricht Treaty.
Initial publications gave rise to fierce criticism on internet fora, which were of a very personal nature in some instances. This was notably the case of multiple attacks by Olaf Storbeck in the Handelsblatt, which spread a false and distorted picture of Prof. Sinn's arguments and analyses in both German and English. Mark Schieritz also made several critical comments in the internet fora of Die Zeit.
In March and April the Target analyses were completed by further aspects of the issue and brought into the public debate. In an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung entitled: "Tickende Zeitbome" (Ticking time bombs; 2 April 2011) the total amounts of exposure including the Target balances of the crisis countries were calculated for the first time. He correctly assumed that liability would be distributed according to the ECB capital key, regardless of national Target claim levels. In a speech given on 22 April in front of Mario Draghi (Banca d'Italia) and followed by extensive discussions, the time line of the Target balances of Germany and the crisis countries was made public for the first time. On 4 May an article by Sinn entitled: "Die riskante Kreditersatzpolitik der EZB" (The ECB's risky credit substitute policy) was published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. This article offers the first macroeconomic analysis of the Target balances and shows that the difference between the current account balance and the capital movement balance are equal. With the expression "credit substitution policy (Kreditersatzpolitik)" Sinn develops the argument that Target balances also measure the shift in loan credit within the euro area. The first public lecture given on the Target balances took place at the Humboldt University of Berlin on 9 May 2011. Sinn's presentation on Target balances at the Munich Economic Summit (19/20 May 2011) and the press conference there with Martin Wolf and other international journalists constituted another milestone. Martin Wolf took up this issue and called Sinn's analysis "brilliant" in the Financial Times (1 June 2011). The Financial Times also published the curves for the Target balances that Sinn had calculated based on the central banks' balance sheets. That was the break-through that resulted in widespread recognition of the Target arguments, even if Wolf faced heavy criticism from the ECB and the financial sector at the time. On 1 June 2011 Sinn published an article on VOX on the Target problem ("The ECB's stealth bail out"), which met with heavy criticism from Karl Whelan (Irish National Bank) and Willem Buiter (Citi Bank), to which Sinn reacted on 14 June with a second article in VOX ("On and Off Target"), in which he showed that this criticism was based on false interpretations and obvious misunderstandings.
To scientifically support their Target theses, Hans-Werner Sinn and Timo Wollmershäuser published the working paper entitled: "Target Loans, Current Account Balances and Capital Flows: The ECB's Rescue Facility" on 24 June 2011 as CESifo Working Paper No. 3500, which represents a first scientific treatment of the macroeconomic aspects of the Target balances. The paper explains that Target balances are balances of payment and precisely documents the relationship between current account balances, capital movement balances and Target balances for the individual crisis countries. It is shown that Target balances constitute public credit relations in the same way as credit that is given via official rescue packages. The paper also shows the displacement of domestic capital and refinancing loans in the core countries by the external capital flowing in from the periphery countries. The relationship to the US system of Interdistrict Settlement Accounts is also explored. The paper also shows that the German Target claims represent an exposure risk should the euro break up and that this exposure would equal the total claims, and not just a share of Target exposure to the crisis countries. In this context both authors look at criticism of their Target statements to date. This in-depth analysis is also the subject of Ifo Working Paper No. 105 and the special issue of ifo Schnelldienst entitled: "Target-Kredite, Leistungsbilanzsalden und Kapitalverkehr: Der Rettungsschirm der EZB" (Target Credit, Current Account Balances and Capital Flows: the ECB's Rescue Facility).
This work by Sinn and Wollmershäuser triggered a flood of contributions on Target in the German national press and, some time later, it also provoked responses from academics (see, for example, U. Bindseil and P. J. König (2012), U. Bindseil and A. Winkler (2013) or J. Pisani-Ferry (2013)), who falsely assert that Sinn and Wollmershäuser see the Target balances as the cause of the crisis-afflicted countries' current account deficits. The volume and scope of discussion on internet forums grew so rapidly that it can no longer be summarised.
Further milestones in the Target debate were Sinn's speeches to the CSU parliamentary faction (28 June 2011), at the Ifo Annual Meeting (29 June 2011), as an expert at a hearing before the Federal Constitutional Court (5 July 2011; guiding principles on the verdict of 7 September 2011) at the IIPF annual congress (Michigan, 11 August 2011), in the Bavarian cabinet meeting with Minister President Seehofer (19 September 2011) and to the FDP parliamentary faction (28 September 2011). The ifo Schnelldienst No. 16 dated 31 August 2011 with 16 articles on Target by authors from the academic and the professional world including former Bundesbank president Helmut Schlesinger, as well as a press conference in the Foreign Press Association club (Bundespressekonferenz Berlin) held on 12 September 2011, also influenced the public debate.
The ECB first reacted on 13 October 2011 with the article "TARGET2 balances of national central banks in the euro area" in its monthly report No. 10. In a footnote the ECB concedes that it has no separate data on Target and calculates the balances for countries, which do not directly publish their balances, just as Sinn and Wollmershäuser did in June, namely by using IMF statistics. There was effectively also a way of further refining this method by deducting the intra-Eurosystem balances that denoted the transfer of foreign reserves (P. Cour-Thimann, "Target Balances and the Crisis in the Euro Area", CESifo Forum Special Issue 14, April 2013.
The growing controversy over the Target issue led Sinn to give further speeches firstly in his capacity as the Heinrich-Heine professor of economics (25 October 2011, University of Düsseldorf), and then to the Dutch finance minister (1 November 2011, Den Haag), at the Ifo-CoR-BrIEF Conference (9 November 2011, Brussels) and at the DG ECFIN Annual Research Conference (21 November 2011, Brussels).
The scientific foundations of the Target analysis were also further strengthened in the autumn of 2011. On 14 November a paper by E. Dor entitled: "The enormous loans of the Deutsche Bundesbank to distressed European countries' central banks" was published in the IESEG Working Paper Series 2011-ECO-08. The author fully supported Sinn and Wollmershäuser's arguments. The CESifo Working Paper No. 3500 by Sinn and Wollmershäuser already cited above was published in the peer-reviewed journal International Tax and Public Finance in 2012. It appeared as the NBER Working Paper No. 17626 as early as autumn 2011.
The "Bogenberg Declaration", which was the product of a discussion at a joint strategy meeting of the trustees of the Society for the Promotion of Economic Research (Friends of the Ifo Institute) and Ifo's executive board, will go down in Ifo's history books. It was published on 7 December by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung under the title "Aus Sorge um Deutschland" (Out of concern for Germany and Europe) and generated exceptionally strong (and concurring) feedback in the form of readers' letters and internet contributions. The declaration names the central causes of the currency crisis, highlights misguided developments along the path to a solution and proposes solutions that are based on the demand for a settlement of Target balances according to the US model. In the USA Target balances have to be settled on a regular basis. Were the US system to be applied to Europe, the Bundesbank would have the right to receive a settlement of its Target claims in marketable securities. By mid-2015 the Bundesbank's Target claims totalled 543 billion euros. (Details)
On the last day of 2011, as mentioned above, The Independent recognised Sinn's contributions on these questions that are central to Europe's future by including him in its list of the "Ten People who Changed the World", while the WirtschaftsWoche named him Germany's most important economist.
A year after the first publication by Prof. Sinn, the Target issue hit political headlines when the new President of the German Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, voiced his concerns over the Bundesbank's target claims in a letter to ECB president Mario Draghi. In the letter Weidmann not only demanded higher credit rating criteria for collateral submitted against refinancing loans, but also called for collateralisation of the Bundesbank's soaring Target claims. Weidmann wrote his Target letter after several months of silence on the part of the Bundesbank, during which it conducted extensive internal analysis of the Target issue. This letter marked a departure by Weidmann from the Bundesbank's earlier position that Target balances represent irrelevant balances and a normal by-product of money creation in the European currency system. The Bundesbank's initial position adopted under its former President Helmut Schlesinger, whose term in office saw the signature of the Maastricht Treaty, had attracted criticism.
With the Target topic Sinn succeeded in defending his position against a broad range of stakeholders. Initial criticism of Sinn may have been fierce, but the recognition that he earned later was all the greater for it (see, for instance, "Ein Dickschädel" (Pig-Headed), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 March 2012 or "Der Euro-Fighter" (The Euro Fighter), Die Zeit, 19 July 2012). The importance of the Target balances as a measure of internal European balances of payments financed by the ECB has now gained worldwide recognition. Mario Draghi explained to journalists that he monitors the Target balances on a daily basis.
The Ifo Institute offers regular panel reports on the Target balances of individual euro countries (specifically in the Excel spreadsheet entitled: "Target balances of national central banks in the Eurosystem"), as well as the figures provided by the Institut für empirische Wirtschaftsforschung at the University of Osnabrück headed by Frank Westermann. In September 2015 the ECB itself started reporting on the Target balances.
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2017 - An aircraft moves to lift off from the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush.
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module MyRepresentatives
  module NSW
    class WebIndex
      attr_accessor :index_url, :document, :upper_urls, :lower_urls

      def initialize
        @logger     = Logger.new(STDOUT)
        @index_url  = nil
        @document   = nil
        @lower_urls = []
        @upper_urls = []

        # Lower House
        @index_url = "https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/pages/all-members.aspx?house=LA"
        @document  = find_representatives
        representative_urls_from_document( { lower_house: true } )

        # Upper House
        @index_url = "https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/pages/all-members.aspx?house=LC"
        @document  = find_representatives
        representative_urls_from_document( { lower_house: false } )

      end

      private

        def find_representatives
          begin
            request = open(@index_url)
            Nokogiri::HTML(request)
          rescue SocketError => err
            @logger.debug("Unable to connect to #{@index_url}")
            raise err
          end
        end

        def representative_urls_from_document(options = { lower_house: true } )
          begin
            representatives = @document.css("table").css("a.prl-name-link.green") if options[:lower_house]
            representatives = @document.css("table").css("a.prl-name-link.maroon") if !options[:lower_house]
          rescue
          end

          representatives.each do |row|
            begin
              @lower_urls  << "https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au" + row.attr("href") if options[:lower_house]
              @upper_urls << "https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au" + row.attr("href") if !options[:lower_house]
            rescue
            end
          end
        end

    end # WebIndex
  end # NSW
end # MyRepresentatives

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