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Crystal Clear. Thanks again.

Hello Papafox, I really enjoy reading your daily analysis, they are very instructive. I was wondering if you’ve noticed the following post and if you think that it could explain the manipulations that you’ve been suspecting for a while now? Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the 2019-2020...

Thanks for your reply however I’m not sure about the complexity that you are expressing. I’m not a big fan of Apple vs Tesla comparisons but think of it as iTunes for Tesla. The gift card has a code that you apply to your Tesla account (not to the car itself). Not more complicated than that...

I agree with you that having it linked to a credit card is easy enough. My point is just that they could easily have 25$ or even 50$ per car of additional cashflow. I used 1M cars as an example but once they hit 2M or more cars, I’ll let you do the math ;). That’s a lot of money for which just...

Hello, I’m starting this thread here because I think that this is potentially a lot more relevant to Tesla Inc financially than anywhere else. Let me get to the point directly: I think that Tesla should start selling supercharger gift cards...and ideally, they should do it before Thanksgiving...

My prediction, the production line stoppage from May 26th to May 31st will be to enable building of AWD models. Here is my rationale : -Musk said we would be able to start configuring and ordering AWD in the next few days. -Building car takes about 5-6 weeks. Production resumes June 1st which...

Is it possible to add Aluminum-Air dual battery and New tire techonology to the list? These are new products, unexpected by most and inline with Tesla's mission to make the planet a better place. For the dual-battery, there were numerous posts on dual battery testing and Tesla filed a patent a...

I think it's actually because they needed the space to put the hardware for the range extender. I don't want to spoil the surprise but just wanted to state that I think this feature will be unveiled within the next 6-9 months... : Patent US8180512 - Efficient dual source battery pack system for...

What a funny thread. Disclosure: I own both CSIQ and TSLA. Here is my prediction : Tesla will partner with Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to build solar panels for the rooftop.

Oh yeah!!! Now just waiting to see if they'll have solar panels as a bonus. Btw, forgot to memtion that the side panels will unfold à la ModelX when the semi is parked to capture more sun. Should allow to get 100Kw+ per day (3x area coverage * 2x efficiency). I have even more ideas for that...

@JRP3 : my point regarding the battery chemistry is that with all the R&D going on, we might need a lot less energy to recharge a battery in the future whether it's made of Li or Al-air. Therefore what you consider useless in terms of panels now might be sufficient 2 to 5 years from now... This...

As for the truck vs trains comparison, trucks are much more versatile. You don't need to plan days in advance, deal with timetables, rights of passage agreements, regulations and etc. Not to mention that depending on where you go, there is no guarantee that the electricity would be coming from a...

We are talking 2 to 5 years from now. Panel efficiency should be much better same goes for battery tech. You can also have panels on the side (1 or 2 ft from the top). So use 12ft wide, 20 Watts per sq feet and 8 hours of sun in your calculations and you're at 100kWh. Keep in mind that other...

To be fair, I'm almost sure that this would be part 2 of the plan. Nobody wants to do it and yet the technology is there for it. Just like the electric car at the time. Not to mention that Elon often talked about his desire to make a truck. If you look for the truck definition in wikipedia ...

It's the World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS29) in MTL this week so I suspect that opening the superchargers during the symposium would make more sense...

Exactly! Remember that patent from Tesla for dual battery? I was wondering when they would be playing that card... My bet : end of this year during M3 part 2

Never mind! Just saw this one which is really good :

One idea could be that when configuring the car we get to choose between the "range extender" or "less akward" nosecone. This said, it would remove the "look this is a Tesla!" effect. I don't have the skills but I would be really curious to have someone photoshop the nosecone so that it looks a...

Hello, Not sure if it helps but when I first received the car, I never had the noise. Few weeks later, it appeared. The only thing that happened in between is that I might have "tested" what was the top speed of the car in a safe environment of course. Right after that, the noise appeared... I...

Do you think that this hyperloop annoucement is the beginning of "Musk Industries" (think "Stark Industries")? With all this talent gathering and possible convergence between SpaceX, SolarCity and Tesla one might decide to join the three together to form a new company... The shares of Solar and...

I might be wrong and time will tell but I still believe that it'll be a frunk battery swap. Battery swap needs to be all weather to be efficient and thinking of having my "floor" battery being removed at -20C during a snowstorm just doesn't make sense. With a "frunk" battery though, that would...

Missed that part... Thanks for pointing that out CapO.

Hello, I'm still a newbie when it comes to batteries but based on what I read so far in this post I figured I would post my thoughts...worst that can happen people will think : "This guy is crazy and they'll have a good laugh". Either that or Tesla will take the idea and I'll regret not...

Saw that. Seems all fixed now! Many thanks to you Doug_G and to everyone who was kind enough to answer my questions... You know who you are :wink:!

Will do! I also tried to reply here but apparently an admin has to verify my messages first... Hopefully this one will go through.

Just found the followig thread thanks to your answers : Road Salt effects on the Model S Just doesn't have the word rustproofing in it which might be why I never found it before. Thanks a lot for the quick replies!

Hello there, i've been following this forum for quite a while but never posted. However, I'm looking for a specific topic and haven't found it so I'm jumping in with my first post... Has anyone tried rustproofing their model S yet? I'm a reservation holder for now and looking at confirming...