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what car with >15" screen will you buy instead? i agree that promising a "spaceship" may not have been the best idea, but it probably wasn't a good idea for folks to assume that a model 3 which is less than half the price of an S would somehow have a better interior. the model S already feels...

Hi everyone, Would be grateful for a suggestion on an electrician for bay area (peninsula) to install a 14-50 outlet (please PM me contact info). thank you!

doh, i ruined the fun for everyone... :)

The latest sales projections from Inside EVs are out and the bears are having a field day: http://seekingalpha.com/article/4027633-november-us-sales-projections-inside-evs-indicate-tesla-q4-likely-poor It's amazing to see how much joy and excitement people can have around a company possibly...

Thank you. I know that people have had variable responsiveness from CPO advisors. Could you or others recommend one/ share contact info?

thanks for sharing this. i'm in the same boat as OP debating CPO vs private sale and whether to purchase ESA for latter, and this is a helpful perspective.

Agree it's a strong offer, but note that in California there is no tax savings for trade-ins: Sales tax on cars and vehicles in California

wait, so the idea here is: 1) order a car; 2) change mind and back out; 3) walk away with $17,000 for the efforts. I'm going online now to order 10.

As May 7 draws near, wondering what people think Wall Street is looking at most closely in the ER/ER call. For fun, how would you rank the following in terms of what Analysts are looking for? -cars delivered -current/projected production capacity updates -GF partners/plans -Chinese demand...

credit suisse downgraded chinese solar demand, so chinese solar companies are getting pummeled: Credit Suisse Lowers China Solar Demand And Yingli Green Energy TP - Emerging Markets Daily - Barrons.com

Another thing to note that my summary table did not include the Canada deliveries, so it is conservative for NA. There numbers from January for Canada here: Image: Plug-in electric car sales in Canada, Feb 2014, size: 1024 x 413, type: gif, posted on: March 15, 2014, 7:40 am - Green Car Reports

and fwiw, i suspect sleepy would be delighted to get similar questions about his JASO model, have a chance to critically discuss the assumptions in it, hear different takes/data, and potentially to improve them. that's what these these messages boards can be useful for.

Sleepyhead has gained an excellent reputation on the solar fora for detailed research and financial projections for solar companies. He's asking here if anyone has done the same for SCTY. Not just what their growth has been or what they are guiding it to be, but concrete projections on costs...