Following Tesla, there are always surprises. You never know when Elon Musk is going to launch a car into space or tweet about drilling tunnels, selling flamethrowers, or building a 50s style diner with food delivery on rollerskates.
A few things that we should expect in 2018:
- Ramping Model 3 production to 5,000 per week
- Standard range Model 3 deliveries
- Dual motor Model 3
- Announcing locations and perhaps even breaking ground on one or two new Gigafactory locations
- Coast to coast autonomous drive
- Solar roof tile deliveries
- Megacharger location deployments
- Sneak peaks of the Roadster 2020 and Semi as they start road testing
- New Tesla mobile app with several new features
- By July 2018, Tesla will be the first automaker to cross the 200,000 U.S. vehicle delivery mark. This starts the countdown to phase out the U.S. federal incentive for Tesla’s vehicles.
A few things we might see:
- A reveal event for Model Y
- More info about Tesla Pickup Truck (what is the game-changing feature?)
- Performance version of Model 3
- Model S and X interior redesign to bring it up to snuff with the Model 3 minimalism
- Model S and X moving to the 2170 cell. This is certainly possible, but given the desire to ramp Model 3 as fast as possible, it may be a good idea to keep S & X on the unconstrained 18650 for another year.
- 120kWh Model S / X: if these vehicles move to the 2170, a range upgrade would be a nice add-on.
- Improved voice commands that reduce the need to use the touchscreen for many settings
- TeslaTunes streaming music service
- Tesla Network ridesharing service
- Surprises that we could never predict
What surprises do you expect from Tesla in 2018?
TMC Member Patrick0101 is a solar and electric vehicle advocate who blogs at Cars With Cords.