Recent content by mdemetri

Good point. The P85 was in front, with the Model 3 two cars behind in the car pool lane. However, I don't think there was any significant difference in the distance between the car in front of the Model 3 and the car in front of the P85. It was just routine (busy) highway driving.

There was some stop and go on the 405, but I guess that the average speed was ~55-60mph. Note that stop and go traffic is a detriment to energy usage, so if this was a major factor the energy usage on my P85 would be much higher than 299Wh/mile. To me, the critical issue is the massive...

There was some stop and go on the highway, but usually if this is a major factor the energy usage on my P85 would be much higher than 299Wh/mile.

That is interesting. A more efficient motor would help explain the significant improvement. The question is, how much better will the range will be with dual motor in Model 3?

Just picked up our Model 3 (Vin 22XX) at MDR today (I love it) and compared the energy usage on the way back home (~50 mile trip on the 405). WOW, what a difference in energy usage. The model 3 used 220Wh/mile while my 2013 P85 used 299Wh/mile. Both are rear wheel drive only. The Model 3 had...

Trading in Chinese markets halted for rest of day after going down ~6%. Could be brutal tomorrow, with TSLA along for the ride.

NASDAQ futures tanking on poor data out of China. This will mute anY positive response to TSLA deliveries and enhance any negative response.

I think this is why we are up today: "China EV Sales Up Nearly 300%, May Lift Tesla, Kandi In the first 10 months of this year, sales of electric vehicles in China jumped 290% to 171,145, and the country could overtake the U.S. as the world's top EV market, potentially good news for Tesla...

"President of Audi of America Scott Keogh said the company expects at least 25 percent of its sales in North America to be electric vehicles by 2025.....Audi is also developing a nationwide charging network that would provide an 80 percent charge to the SUV model in only 30 minutes, allowing the...

So if you believe there is such a demand problem, why did you say in an earlier post that you plan to buy more TSLA on Monday with the market panic? I don't understand the logic.

I think TSLA held up relatively well today compared to other growth stocks: TSLA down 2.7% MBLY down 3.27% NFLX down 4.84% AMZN down 3.49% FB down 3.77%

This must be why SCTY was up 3% while TSLA, AMZN, AAPL, NFLX were down 3-4% on macro issues today.

I would add that this is a very bullish piece of data for Tesla meeting 2016 guidance. They have only sold 951 cars in Denmark through October, but they expect up to an additional 2,500 sales for the remainder of the quarter. WOW:love:

From the story: "Initially, the car manufacturer denied the story. Later, Tesla confirmed to Forbes that they had “ordered number plates for 2,500 cars” but stressed that was not the equivalent of buying and registering cars.” A spokesperson for Tesla explained, “We’ve been selling a lot of...

Is this story part of the reason why TSLA tanked going in to the close. Appears to be completely false, so if it contributed we should correct upwards tomorrow (assuming macro does not tank again). Really, the Danish Tax Minister should apologize for making such unfounded allegations. Is Tesla...