Recent content by R3D-83

I'm optimistic about the future of EVs too and I think this process is unstoppable! Just it's not gonna happen as fast as many of us have thought. It takes more than a decade instead of few years. About a year ago I read a report about the penetration of EVs in the global car market. And it said...

OK, but we were comparing Tesla's (Model S) prices to the Germans. So let's compare it to the 7 series, not to the entry models. Model S US base price: $71.5k 7 series US base price: $81.3k Even the 6 series is more expensive: $77.3k Model S EU (Germany) base price: €82.7k ($92,8k) 7 series EU...

Yeah... It's true, but it's only a half truth. Probably the demand was a bit bigger, if more models would be available with longer range. But even Tesla isn't good enough for the world. On the US market it performs pretty good, but on the rest of the world it's sales are "pathetic" (specially on...

As I said in this other thread, this is not my opinion, these are just bare facts based on sale numbers. And you're true, in the USA Tesla truly outsold them. But it's not a big surprise since Tesla is an American company and it can be cheaper than the German brands. But USA isn't the entire...

The day will come, for sure, but I don't think they want to use Tesla's technology. Instead they're working on their on solutions. I'm not arguing that Tesla will steal some customers from the German premium brands with the Model 3, but I don't think this is gonna be many. The people who have...

It should be cheating too! It seems the "bad advertisement is an advertisement too" theory works. ;) No, I don't have a Tesla and I'm not a Tesla fanatic. But I like and support EVs and I keep an eye on Tesla since it's the frontier of this EVolution. Anyway... What I said is just bare facts...

In an other thread about the same article I've already told my opinion so let me quote myself:

I don't even need to read the article to say that this is ridiculous! I really would like see more EVs on the roads, but the fact is the German car makers are living their renaissance. E.g. MB could increase its sales with more than 54k cars only in Q1(2016). It's more than Tesla's entire last...

I like this new style (the old one looked like the sites in the late 90s), but the two columns layout on the home page is not really transparent. It's hard to read and the line height in the list of threads should be smaller. It's also hard to browse through. Anyway, a big thumbs up for the...

I agree in some sort of way. I like Tesla because it had the balls to show the world that the EVs are livable (and lovable) cars and they have reason for existence, but the other companies'd already had most of these technologies years earlier than TM was established. E.g. BMW's first electric...

Just a quick correction: It has 3 electric motors with a total of 700 Hp (torque: 900 Nm) and an internal combustion engine with 1100 Hp (torque: 1250 Nm) power output. (The ICE has bit more power on E85.) Now, it seems the total power is 1800 Hp (as the title says) but the power peaks are...

I must agree with Spidy and Laserbrain. This video is more than 5 years old and a BMW could already push hard on a race circuit in fully autonomous mode: Or here's my favorite. Two years ago on the CES (even before Tesla released the first version of its AP) a BMW was even drifting (!!!) with...

Please, don't take it as a personal offense! This is just a generalization, based strictly on European experiences. And as always, there are exceptions, you may be one of them. But as I said, this is a general stereotype over here, so it's not only my opinion. E.g. my father's friend average...

IMHO most typical BMW (and basically all German luxury brand) drivers biggest problem would be the range with the Model S. The rated range of Model S is ~300 miles. Now, it's hard to reach even for the most eco-conscious driver. In Europe there's a stereotype about Germans which is like "they...

Since drifting on public roads is illegal these demonstrations had to be on a closed circuit. No surprise. The purpose of these demonstrations - as the caption says at the end of the drifting video - is to show the "enhanced safety and precision at the vehicle's limit with highly automated...