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SpaceX considering spinning off and IPO'ing their Starlink business. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

So, in celebration of Tesla's recent success, it looks like we're going to be having a TMC meetup this summer(-ish) in Iceland! Moving the conversation from private chat to this thread. The last open question was - when works best for people? Start of July (Q2 deliveries), late July...

The first Supercharger in Iceland arrived yesterday at the Tesla store/service centre at Krókháls 13 in Reykjavík: Power has now been connected, and it's scheduled to open on Monday! (Image credits: Top: Sigurður Ástgeirson. Bottom: Emil Kári Ólafsson) Google Maps Appears to be V2...

BTW, I was thinking about the modular design of the Model 3 battery, and failure modes... and something occurred to me. The plan for Tesla is that if a battery dies, to only replace the defective module, not the whole pack. On the downside, you're not getting a whole new pack. On the upside...

A followup to this thread to help break down the problems by incidence rate. This poll is only for people who had their MCU fail in a manner that required replacement. Thanks! (If you share this poll, please only do so in threads where there's not likely to be sampling biases!)

Just doing a rough assessment as to the reliability of Tesla MCUs (regardless of version - there's not enough poll options to break it down by version). If you have multiple Teslas, please vote multiple times, once for each vehicle. Thanks! If you share this poll, please only do so in threads...

What the heck? Jim Bridenstine on Twitter NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine is trolling SpaceX on Twitter? Are you kidding me? And hey, I don't see Boeing sending crew to orbit either, despite how much more money you're paying them. Speaking about wastes of taxpayer money of truly epic...

Inspired by an off-topic discussion in this thread: Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the 2019 Investors' Roundtable ... and the discovery that there are people out there who would like to help accelerate my project, I figured I'd make a thread for it. :) ---------------------- I own 8ha...

Latest FUD: Another Tesla Model 3 Repair Story: This Is What $36,000 Of Damage (So Far) Looks Like - The Fast Lane Car Guy gets into an accident that looks like this: Body shop disassembles the entire bloody car on a rented Celette fixture and tries to charge him / his insurance $36k. They...

Just thought I'd create this poll for fun :) Too bad I couldn't list more choices due to forum technical constraints. ED: I'd classify any news about Buffalo under "a new production facility". Technically it's not "new", but.... ED2: I'd call the establishment of a JV either an "acquisition" or...

Well, it's 2019 now. Where's the stock going this year? Place your bets in the poll!

BTW, there's one possibility re: Musk's titanium comment that occurred to me the other day, and I've not seen anyone bring it up. Obviously, you work with titanium alloys, not pure titanium. And Musk hasn't specified just how much would be used, or in one roles. He's also mentioned that the...

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Thanks to a generous offer from @efusco , we've got someone with an AWD 18" who's willing to gather data to let us compare the efficiency of an AWD and an RWD Model 3 in the exact same conditions. Obviously, for this we need someone with an RWD that's also running on 18" wheels who can get to...

Over on M3OC we're trying to arrange for a head-to-head efficiency comparison between an AWD and a RWD Model 3 with the same wheel configuration. This would involve traveling together to a flat road at a time/place with little traffic and driving a couple miles (in each direction) together (far...

Just ran into the twitter account of a BI "Journalist" today. This is hilarious - they're basically spending time searching Twitter for anyone who has anything negative to say about Tesla and its vehicles and asking them for interviews: Login on Twitter @PharmDanny Hi Danny, I cover Tesla...

Hi everyone! I've been working on a comparator for "affordable next-generation EVs" (well, at least where the base model is "affordable" ;) ). Right now, it's only a datasheet, but once I feel the data has been sufficiently validated, I plan to make it so people can select their location...

I just realized that I don't know the answer to this one, and the manual isn't helpful. :) Does the auto climate control setting automatically defrost / defog the windshield, or is that something that needs to be enabled manually?

Assume that you can no longer continue on in TSLAP. Or assume that Tesla's buyers offer a buyout price that's sufficient for you to agree to willingly sell your stock. How much would they have to offer you to vote yes on the deal and sell off your TSLA stock? Presume that the buyout...

So, the results on the Model 3 Owners Survey are out: Tesla Model 3 Owners Survey Feedback is welcome!

Out of curiosity, I wrote a program to model potential Tesla supercharging strategies, relative to the current "first come, first serve" - particularly with respect to how they might differ as charger powers and numbers of stalls changes. It's set for a "near future" scenario where 65% of...

Not sure what forum to file this under, so let's try here, and if the mods have a better idea, feel free to move it :) So, I've been thinking about getting PPF for my car (likely strike zones only - hood, bumpers, front fenders, etc). But it occurred to me recently that since most of the cost...

Hi everyone! Over at the Model 3 Owners Club we've been discussing how common various issues people have encountered have been over time and how well progress has gone toward fixing them. Which led to the idea of conducting a survey of Model 3 owners. Tesla Model 3 Owners Survey If any of you...

I wouldn't have imagined this would be so difficult. I'm looking to go on a trip with my mother in Ireland this summer (arriving and departing from Dublin) and I was thinking, "Hey, let's rent a PHEV to travel around in, so at least part of the miles are electric" (my mother has no electric...

I've never owned stock before apart from through retirement funds. Is there any way to buy into TSLA (targeting a moderate length time of ownership, 6-12 months) without it costing a couple percent of one's investment? These prices on the stock are just too tempting, and I agree with literally...

Never mentioned it before, but I'm a bit of a tropical plant nut. Any others here? :)

Every so often you find articles focusing on the notion "Tesla has horrible build quality because I found person X, Y and Z complaining about it on the net." This post is not to exonerate Tesla for its failings, but to point out that a large portion of this can simply be explained by a...

As can be seen from the $30k difference in price between the 500 and 300 mile range semis, the cost for Tesla to produce the battery packs for Semi appear to have plunged. Assume: 900kWh pack = 540kWh for 300mi = 360kWh for $30k = $83/kWh; assuming the usual 25% margin = $67/kWh. This is...

I've been thinking a bit about the Roadster. There seems to be a general consensus that the handling on it will be poor. After all, there's a more-than-a-tonne battery pack in that floor! While it's clear Tesla will do everything they can to keep it light (after all, the pack costs less than...

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So, like a lot of people, I'd like to get some charge rate curves for the Model 3, to incorporate into trip planners and help figure out optimal charging strategies :) So far, there's only a few datapoints, but that's a start! And so that those datapoints don't get misplaced, here's a...

So a Tesla rolls into a bar, and the bartender says, "Why the long face?", and the Tesla replies, "I was manufactured before April 2016." So a Tesla rolls into a bar, because it has AP 2.0 and the sensors didn't detect it, but it's okay because it'll be getting an update any day now. So a...

Question: If a member of the Icelandic Parliament wished to contact Tesla, what phone number and/or email should they use? (feel free to contact me by PM)

There was an interesting article posted on Seeking Alpha today arguing that cameras will win the "LIDAR vs cameras" debate for autonomous vehicles - but not in the way they're currently used: Tesla: Cameras Might Win The Autonomous Race After All - Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) | Seeking Alpha In...

So, Irma looks to be shaping up to be a big event for the US East Coast. So far it looks like North Carolina is probably most in the crosshairs, but there's still a good range on possibilities. Every model is however in agreement that it's going to be an incredibly powerful storm. Are all of...

I was thinking about this a bit this evening.... and I think Semi's potential for Tesla itself is pretty amazing in its own right when combined with Supercharger V3. Consider that the latter is well more than 350kW and battery buffered. What happens when you put one on the back of a Semi...

I'm surprised that there's not a Harvey thread for the disaster unfolding in Houston (I have family there). Just saw this picture and thought immediately of the forum:

An Icelandic Tesla owner has been charged in an accident southwest of Reykjavík for driving 183 km/h (114 mph), over double the highest speed limit in the country, and injured another driver by clipping the back of his car. This is not his first run-in with the law in his Tesla - he previously...

Link. Four categories are used - alumium (mainly the front crumple zone), low-strength steel (mounted to the safety cell, also forms the fenders), high strength steel (part of the front crumple zone, also the battery pack) and ultra-high strength steel (passenger safety cell and its connection...

Another thing I'm curious about. do you plan to use the M3 aero covers? For me, I'm voting "always" - but not to save me money on power and charge faster (although it would). Style trends in vehicles change based on what people are accustomed to. I want people to be used to seeing aerodynamic...

Article here: Autolist had previously done studies on Model S depreciation, finding it to be the lowest among popular EVs (most EVs have depreciated very quickly, but Tesla has brand cachet that minimizes this - Teslas are seen as sexy, fast, and futuristic): One could argue that the...

Purely out of curiosity :) While what I really want to see is an Aptera-like streamliner from Tesla, I chose "pickup" rather than "other" because Tesla has given no signs of intending to ever make a streamliner :Þ My hope is that the pickup will be a hard-core beat-it-up-and-it-keeps-going...

I've been searching for email contacts for various stores (to try to get in touch with the Tesla store in Indianapolis) but haven't been able to find them. Does anyone know where to get them? I'm going to the US to visiting my parents in Indiana over Christmas, and if they have a Model 3 by...

I was browsing the supercharger network map today and am now scratching my head trying to figure out this supercharger plan. Location: Jeju Longest driving distance between two points possible on the island: ~60mi (distance between the two major cities = ~30mi) Population: 621k Country: South...

So, I was thinking about the issue of all of the competing charging standards. CHAdeMO appears to be on its way to being eclipsed by CCS Combo, although it's probably not going down without a fight. Tesla has two separate charge connectors, a two wire connector for the US and a Type 2-based...

The question about what colour and wheels people plan to get got me curious as to how much Musk's estimate about what the average buyer will spend on the M3 matches up to people on the forum (he originally said $43k, now is saying $45k). So, vote away! What do you think you'll be spending...

I remember reading about torque sleep when it first was introduced - that it was active when in range mode, but range mode also limited heating / cooling. Is it possible to enable / disable without effects on climate control? Also, I was wondering about its effect on traction on slippery...

So, obviously there's no pricing on the dual motor setup for the Model 3 yet. What are your thoughts on its pricing and specs? It appears that on the Model S there's generally about a $5k difference between a dual and single motor setup. The Model 3 is a cheaper vehicle with a cheaper motor...

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/950/950-h/950-h.htm I'll stop here ;)