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"...burning to the ground across America..." Yea, I don't think I'd find compatibility with someone like this. Sounds like he knows the facts, and so it becomes a matter of "the heck with the truth, I'm trying to win an argument here!" And that reflects a prevalent and worsening sickness in...

I wouldn't worry just yet. The "big breakthrough" in batteries than finally triggers mass adoption, may well not involve Lithium at all.

2 words: Enhanced Vision

My wife seriously needs a "Model X design studio" to obsess over. Me too! :smile:

Stereoscopic Depth perception depends on binocular vision; the distance between your eyes gives different views. As you'd suspect, the effect diminishes with distance, as the angle formed between the eyes and the distant object approaches zero. Iirc, depth perception is good to about 2 arm...

Sorry to hear that. On the other hand; we'll be one slot closer :wink:. J.K. Hopefully they'd see fit to make it an option. Shouldn't be too difficult. Seriously, just as with the rest of this car (that does not yet exist); one must go in with an open mind and then evaluate the final...

Yes because a larger battery will probably be necessary to maintain range parity with Model S. I think the market would react poorly to any significant range reduction. Tesla has instilled an expectation that EVs, and especially Tesla EVs, will improve over time. And Model S will be over 2...

Impressive demo. They must have generated about 5 watt-seconds.:wink:

The choking irony of dealerships parading themselves as Defenders of the Consumer! It's like a tapeworm justifying its existence as "I'm here making sure nothing bad happens to your intestines".

California would be even closer!

Website currently reads: "DELIVERIES BEGIN IN 2014. DELIVERY ESTIMATE FOR NEW RESERVATIONS IS 2015." So at least 2 production cars this year. :wink:

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I believe the reference was to a "hand brake turn". You can easily slide the rear of the car around, even when the braking force is applied evenly to the two wheels: Handbrake turn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ovonics patent expires next year, iirc. I'm curious to see if any EVs end up using that tech.

That is too awesome! And a safer glance with the whole left/right picture right there, not far from the road view. Most of the speedo could be implemented with a degree of transparency for even more visibility.

Everyone knows that SF Bay Area roads all lean to the left :tongue:

Couldn't this problem be mitigated by having the lens inside of a sufficient recess? Sure, I can imagine an exception in horizontal rain from the rear while stopped... Then again, I'm sure we've all had situations where existing side-view mirrors were impaired or not at all useful due to...

Hmm... any other subtle differences that might identify this as a newer version of the design, compared to previous sans-mirror images?

We don't really know much at all, and the more time that passes without any information independent of the Business Insider blurb, the more doubtful I become that there is any real story here.

Sometimes there's no substitute for cubic inches (of Iron). :smile:

It's just someone reading verbatim from the BI article, over some random Tesla video footage.

Yeah, it's hard to tell what's going on there. I don't think the chrome is covered by soot since other bright areas are showing. The entire scene is hard to parse; was this a super-smoky fire or are the black walls just tar-paper? It's a very dark scene but that doesn't necessarily mean it...

On other cars with squeaky brakes I've successfully dealt with squeal by "bedding-in" the brakes: Instructions for bedding in your brakes All brakes squeal due to the stick/slip nature of the friction. It's only when the squeal (or its harmonics) are in the audible range that it becomes a...

I can vouch for that. Until I was in Boston I'd never had the joy of being part of 5 lanes of traffic on a 3-lane street. The only advice from my Bostonian navigator: "Whatever you do, hold your ground AND DON'T TOUCH THE BRAKES!" Imho, Manhattan is almost park-like in comparison.

If you just want white, Home Depot carries white plasti-dip and also the "glossifier" if you want a gloss look. The prep-work is key; just make sure the wheels are absolutely clean before starting. There are plenty of videos on the dipyourcar site to show you the techniques.

Ok, this may sound "ghetto", but you can actually achieve good-looking results with rubberized paint; a.k.a. Plasti-Dip. It comes in a wide variety of colors. The one important characteristic is, if you (or your significant other) get tired of it, it's a fairly easy matter to peel the coating...

Actually, Audi's (potential) entry reminds me of another bit of Apple history circa 1981:

True, but I'd extend the power-steering analogy to side-view cameras. You don't lose the ability to change lanes safely if they fail. If they fail, you can still turn and look, and navigate with care for a reasonable fail-safe. You should already be looking in addition to mirrors anyway. I...

Ruggedized interior option where the interior surfaces (floor, panels, seats, headliner) are all easily washable/scrub-able/rinse-able and stains are a non-issue.

Cameras have the potential to give superior safety with variable optics, and digital image processing to enhance the view in poor seeing conditions. Cameras can see a wider spectrum than the human eye. Just as backup cameras are now widely regarded as giving improved safety, and in fact are...

I did actually laugh. To paraphrase: "The Model X will be produced at some future date" "Tesla gave a conference where they answered a bunch of questions" "thanks for reading our article"

Yeah, the Millenium Falcon. :wink:

Multiple charge ports so that the owner isn't constrained by the drivers' rear corner orientation. This would definitely help our garage situation.

That's a lot of "quotes" there. Tell us what you really think! :tongue:

A flat fee is blatantly unfair when other drivers are taxed proportional to how much they drive. I think a case could be made that it is unconstitutional.

Well that'll teach me about looking at the pictures first. You had me going there!:love:

To each his own. For us, the falcon wings are one of the reasons we're looking forward to the vehicle.

Yeah, go one-up on folding mirrors. Have the cameras fully retract into a flush panel like the door handles :)

I think most would agree that conversions/restorations/hot rods have their place and can be quite enjoyable cars for a multitude of reasons. And I'd expect that most Tesla owners would agree that Electric Drive is superior to internal combustion. So I'm kind of confused why ELECTRIC...

Some brighter and more colorful exterior paint options than the Model S offers. In particular, the "glacier blue" from the Roadster would be nice.

Really? Tesla's Model X page says this:

P7073. I hope a reservation number makes a decent Christmas gift. "Yeah, and they'll deliver it... in about a year and a half!" :redface:

I'd like to see the middle row of seats be easily removable to provide a large contiguous open space. Sometimes fold-down seats aren't enough; not everything we want to haul is shaped like the 2001 monolith. In our case it would be to make room for a very large service dog and so she doesn't...