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Correct me if I'm wrong -and some surely will- but the price of a buyout will depend on a decision by the major shareholders and will overrule Mr Musk's aspiration of an increase from $30B to $1T it is more likely to be a low multiple of $30B. As a long term holder who bought in more than two...

Within the first two pages of his thread "If you had a choice: Acceleration or Distance ?" Mr Garlan Garner proposes to discuss what amounts to be centered on battery electrode chemistry optimisation. In so many words the question is whether electrode design should be tailored for high C rates...

From a manufacturer's POV here's a suggestion. It's the three card trick RWD, FWD or AWD and you want the customer to make the "right" choice' ... For the Tesla marque and the Model 3 then AWD is obviously the preferred config. A Nissan Leaf with RWD is fine but with Tesla you're going to pay...

From posted comments it appears that members who reside in California may not be aware that a major storm is brewing in the North East and many of Wall Streets traders are said to have left early for the day which may account for the low volumes this afternoon. Thousands of flights into this...

Tonite mentioned on CASTLE during the time when opening credits are being displayed. In describing a suspect, a detective mentions how the character was known to have swerved a Tesla into someone who was trying to cut him off.

Molehill ? Well that is a matter of opinion. So did you see the video btw? Seems unlikely. To your next point. From the video it would be unwise to use superchargers if the battery pack is warm through spirited driving. OTOH supercharging of a cool pack is preferable to the longer charge of an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxP0Cu00sZs Hmm seems I may have been wrong about superchgrs. Just noticed this. Supplied by a poster on GCC This guy (Dalhousie U. professor) gets to the crux of the matter 6 minutes in. Lab testing of A123 cells (not Tesla cells) shows deterioration over 500...

Hi adiggs , I have to enquire what type of dystopian future you are dreaming up ? Just the thought of sub 4sec vehicles out there that can be purchased by anyone. I think that road rage would be generated within even the most balanced person if the driver in front displayed such poor driving...

INFINEON offers a 56% premium for IR shares. The IGBTs for the Roadster electronic inverter were supplied by IR. I do not know whether they supply for the Model S. Comments anyone ?

Mr Boyes you want me gone ? OK I want one thing from you. What exactly is the new battery warranty ? OR What conditions do I experience that may indicate that I should require a new battery during the eight years that the warranty runs for ? Some of the regular posters don't have quite the...

This is a segment from post #5 by mgboyes I have spoken to Elon Musk personally about supercharging and he was adamant that owners should use Superchargers "as much as they wish" without fear of the impact it might have on long term battery capacity. He said that he expected significant numbers...

dsm363, regarding a reputable post on this subject. People usually don't write about their failures, but in my 35yrs associated with electric vehicle construction there have been stories floating around about 96v Pb-acid battery packs being reduced to lead soup within eighteen months of hard...

I asked perhaps current owners could quote the STANDARD warranty on the battery itself ? deonb writes in his own inimitable style : I could... or you could just Google it: * 60 kWh battery has an eight year or 125,000 mile, whichever comes first, battery warranty * 85 kWh battery has an...

[Moderator: this conversation was carved put of How-many-potential-buyers-worry-about-roadtrips as off topic for that thread] Despite ad hominem attacks which I believe transgress the rules of this forum I will continue. My interest is to see Tesla prosper and not be brought down by the...

trigga, as an investor, I am posting to comment on the mileage you are putting on your car (with 60Kwhr pack). 17k in 4 months is 50k per year. It used to be that 100k miles severely impacted the residual price on resale which in your case is coming within two years. However I have read several...

A $40K car should be able to manage a 125 mile range in -10 deg weather at 60mph, an 80mph top speed and seven second acceleration. Although almost any higher top speed is possible with a change in the gear ratio, it comes at the expense of reduced acceleration. The Tesla marque happens to be...

What about internal friction? Doesn't it increase with the square while power increases with the cube? So bigger motor has smaller internal friction compared to its power? Disclaimer: I'm not an expert, but this was an explanation I once read, concerning, why nanoscale motors are difficult to...

Thanks, I think. Ribbing aside, I had been lurking this thread for several months before I joined TMC. I guess 'that' discussion was hiding in the first 2000 posts of the thread which I haven't yet got around to sifting through. My first buy in March '14 was $199 but the second buy a short...

Mershaw can you explain briefly this market versus limit orders thing ? If that is briefly possible. It appears for the incident in question that the last trade before close - which I assume was at 16:00EST - was as shown currently at $232.50. But someone's AH trade got picked up at $238 at...

Concerning favo wrote (Page 13) - Two smaller motors may be more efficient and allow better handling. WARPED ONE then posted No and no. One bigger electric motor is always more efficient at given output power than two smaller ones. Reason for this is that electric losses scale with square...