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At Watertown now and spoke to a service tech who is over there a few days a week training people. They had to replace the heating system and it is a leased location so little red tape on that. But...plan is to open within a month! Great news for us north in NH and ME

This may be the new architecture but definitely not the new cell chemistry. Expect ~30% greater battery size once new cells are able to be used. It looks like ~130D may be upper limit for a while after GF gets cells produced. This could hit the 400miles/charge

We will have the hardware capable for full autonomy in the Model 3 but it will probably be a few years for the software to catch up and of course government slows everything to a snails pace so who knows when they will approve.

Even it tesla hits 200k US sales before M3 production....they could still have 300k+ US M3 owners take the credit in some form. If they hit 200k US sales on October 1st 2017 and they begin M3 production at that point, Tesla has 6 months of full credit M3 production, 6 months of half credit and...

I am unable to located my common_uid for both of my model 3 reservations. I only have the UID and RN. hmmmm

I would say that for most companies, "death marches" would indeed cause failures on many levels. However, Tesla is not like most companies. In fact, it is very unique as to not only the extreme loyalty of customers and "cult followers" but I would venture a guess as to the unwavering loyalty...

So many out there keep trying to beat Tesla down and say "they can't do this or that", "they will fail", we will spend big $$$$ to see him fail....haven't the bears/shorts realized anything over the years. You don't gamble against EM...you will lose. He sets high standards and very lofty...

Remember, during the reveal part 1, EM said that 215 would be the absolute minimum and they expect to do better than that by launch. I am guessing when the model 3 hits production the base range will be 220-240 with the larger battery getting 280-300. Anything over that and I will be impressed.

He is one of the few CEO's who admit when mistakes are made and very rarely make the same mistake twice. I fully believe him when he says "It would be unwise to short TSLA". There are so many who do not want Elon to succeed and will bet big money to see him fail. I think that only drives him...

I believe Fremont has the capacity for 5 lines (don't quote me on this). At 2000/line/week that would get to the 500k/year capacity Elon needs and we know Fremont is capable of. With 5 lines, It would make sense to dedicate 1 line each to S and X with 2 or 3 lines for the 3. This would be...

east coast, non owner, 2 model 3 reservations, $55-$60k price point, and $40-$45k price point. I think there is a very good chance I will get the full credit for both. If CA passes legislation regarding no sales tax for those who choose factory deliveries....I will certainly do that to even...

Or maybe in line with the pricing structure of the model 3.....options will be ~1/2 that of the S/X? Hey can't we dream....$5k ludicrous upgrade. YES PLEASE!

I think it would most likely be P70DL or P75DL, won't have ludicrous on base model. I wonder what larger battery size will be? hmmm

By mature, I mean the foundation of their business is complete and the investments being made are not necessarily in major infrastructure (although new facilities may be in order) but in "new efficiencies, new designs, new products, new technology". Also, $16B is a small fraction of what GM's...

I think people have to remember that the American auto industry is very very mature. They have had decades of mass market sales and thus have already gone through the initial capital intensive phase. Tesla right now is losing money yes but that is needed to build up the infrastructure to...