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Again cooling is the key. As long as they are withing the voltage span and within the temperature spec you can do almost whatever. Tesla wants to provide a smooth ride so backing of a bit to keep things more consistent over time and different conditions. Remember the P90DL have an option to put...

I agree! kW are not important, rather charging speed in mph. Also pack size does not affect charging speed in kW that much. Cooling does, more or less alone. Cell chemistry and size are things that help cool. A model 3 with modern chemistry might charge faster in kW and WAY faster in mph then a...

No, for normal driving regen are a failure. Plan your driving and don't waste energy on brake/regen. You can do this without hypermileing to the extreme. It's just about chilling a bit, not driving aggressive. As for regen efficiency you need to feed the car with power from the battery to get...

Very true. Regen is not of much use when you gotten used to driving electrics. The smaller the battery, the more important to not use regen as it's a waste. Looking at the video above you get only 50% back. (IRL might be less too, but the video says 50%) Better of not accelerating so much and...

Yeah, 0-60 is overrated. As I mentioned above you can do incredible 0-60, but not keep the power continuous. Would Tesla want to make a car that does 0-60 in 2.3sec but 1/4 mile in mid 15's? Probably not, and I remember the RWD model S being talked about to loose the acceleration pretty quick...

The 0-60 are limited by traction if you break it down to the technical level. The cells can take ALLOT more in burst performance then a ludicrous launch. I bet the motors can too, to be large enough to handle a continuous load at highway speeds. Then there are software involved. As in what time...

Things evolve, both Model 3 and S. I think the performance 3 will be faster than the current S. Also steel won't make it that much heavier. Steel is heavier as per density but you need way less as it's stronger. Heavier, but not that much.

T-sportline can sell this kit of vinyl trim and a T-badge :rolleyes:

Still this is supposed to be a mass market car, at least at entry level. Do you really expect a ton of mind blowing features? I can see faster charging and awesome acceleration, but I doubt on the folding steering wheel etc.

Pulling the knobs and handles in Photoshop I find the Deep blue, Titanium and Midnight Silver being the only colors I like. But I don't define champagne and silver variants as colors which cuts it down to blue LOL. Too much nose area to handle red. :confused:

Volume is nothing of use without an opening. Still not worse then any other sedan. Hope for a change until production.

The floor of the car plays a big deal too. Assuming the electric Teslas have a sleeker under body than the ICE look alikes. :)