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Something hit my headlight and there are hairline cracks near the top and bottom. I want some thin clear glue for them, I tried some 3M PR40 on the bottom but it turned cloudy when it dried, it's an Ethyl Cyanoacrylate glue. Any suggestions?

Haven't looked at the manual in a while but today I found that though I can scroll through the menu once I click on a topic and a page opens up I can't scroll down to read the full page. Neither dragging on the page or using the side bar works. Anyone else have this problem?

He could be drunk, but like pot smoking that doesn't really fit with his general focus and drive to succeed at all costs. I could explain it further but my posts would likely be deleted.

I noticed on my new 3 that if I press down on the upper corners of the windshield and the front corners of the roof glass there is noticeable movement, I can press the windshield corners down about 1/4 inch and a little less on the roof corners. Anyone else notice this? I thought they would be...

TMC crashes anytime I click Alerts or any of the dropdown menus, or hit Reply, after the latest Firefox update yesterday. Chrome works fine. Just wondering if anyone else is having the same issue. This is using a Windows 10 PC.

Previously you could search within a thread you were viewing, now the only search parameter available is to search for a forum member, there is no box for keyword search. If you click "advanced" you can do keyword searches but that takes you out of the specific thread you're viewing and I can't...

Not to bring the mood down, but service issues continue, and the negative press is spreading to potential customers

Rich Rebuilds has a new employee at his Electrified Garage who was a former Tesla tech who might be a source for independent Roadster repairs. At the 6:50 mark

Looks as if an Ithaca Supercharger is coming. No specific location yet.

The new Rimac has been revealed Rimac unveils new all-electric hypercar with specs just as crazy as Tesla’s new Roadster It looks better than the teasers suggested though I still prefer the original Concept_1 lines.

https://hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/videos/tesla-loop-2-1515775269.mp4 Asking for a friend ;)

Damien has been doing some interesting work dissecting and controlling Tesla drive units. Here is his latest video working on the front motor inverter:

Don't know if this is legitimate but thought I'd post it anyway Les prix des Model 3 Any French speakers want to do a better than google translation?

Haven't seen this one before, best render I've seen yet of what the truck could be: 5 new Tesla vehicles coming by the end of the decade

This video of the Rimac Concept One shows a high level of information and customization available to the driver. Tesla could do the same.

Model S with aftermarket battery pack will run Pike's Peak race this year. No details on the pack but I'm assuming a high C rate LiPo or LiFePO4 battery pack. Tesla Model S To Compete For The First Time In Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Have at it.

I've never been a big fan of sunroofs and don't care about the pano roof. I don't spend much time looking up when driving and don't care about impressing rear seat passengers. Assuming a solid roof is the lower cost standard model, please select your choice in the poll.

Just trying to get an idea of what lines might be like at stores.

Student design concept for I guess a low cost Roadster based on the Model 3 platform. I like it, other than the giant grill design as I mentioned in the comment section. http://www.emilbadal.com/2015/05/05/tesla-3r-concept/

I didn't know youtube had this capability

I guess since they aren't doing any tours in December they gave us a new 90 second video instead :smile:

From the conference call: I don't know if that was referring to the Norway issue or another more recent problem.

https://medium.com/@salsop/dear-elonmusk-you-should-be-ashamed-of-yourself-ca3d266882a4 Media picked it up: http://fortune.com/2015/10/01/tesla-customer-compares-elon-musk-to-axl-rose/

I think this is a good reference article to put things in perspective when certain people try to pull the "Solyndra" card. Fair warning, there is some praise for Obama in the article :wink: http://www.salon.com/2015/09/12/obama_has_done_more_for_clean_energy_than_you_think_partner/

Most of the time I don't put too much weight into "revolutionary" battery articles, but this one has my attention, since it has the potential to make most of the equipment in the GF obsolete. It's still early and not ready for prime time but this process would drastically change the way lithium...

http://www.autonews.com/article/20150424/COPY01/304249976/audi-prepares-electric-suv-to-fight-tesla-but-bets-on-plug-in-hybrids Probably just guessing based on the S.

First stage is a balloon :smile: Balloon space launch system could open space to all - Al Jazeera English

A wind generator that vibrates back and forth instead of spinning: http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/16/8615089/vortex-bladeless-wind-turbines-shake-to-generate-electricity

Don't know if anyone else is experiencing this but none of the threads I'm subscribed to with "Instant" email notifications are notifying me any longer, starting yesterday I think. Maybe the 868 thread subscriptions broke something? :redface:

Might be a long lasting replacement for the Model S 12V battery. http://www.a123systems.com/lithium-starter-battery.htm

Elon is one of his idols. What The 22-Year-Old Oculus Founder Splurged On After Facebook Bought His Company For $2.3 Billion [/COLOR][/LEFT]

This seems as if someone got a great deal on a Roadster, $54,300 for a 2008 with under 12K miles. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2008-Tesla-Roadster-265-/271680305397 Anyone see a non wrecked Roadster go for less?

This is fairly interesting potential grid storage technology: http://www.isentropic.co.uk/our-phes-technology

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-tesla-model-3-20140716-story.html

Interesting piece on the supply and demand of graphite and some possible investment opportunities. http://seekingalpha.com/article/2108313-going-natural-the-solution-to-teslas-graphite-problem

You still have to plug the car in, but this is pretty slick.

http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/auto-expo-214-mahindra-unveils-electric-halo-sportscar-for-the-green-enthusiast_94076.html

I was able to catch "battery", "motor", "Tesla", "Elon Musk", and a few other phrases, maybe someone can watch and see if there is anything of interest they can share. http://bambuser.com/v/4291435

60 Minutes did a piece on the "failure" of cleantech investments. Some people, including Vinod Khosla who was interviewed for the piece, take issue with it. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cleantech-crash-60-minutes/ http://www.khoslaventures.com/open-letter-to-60-minutes-and-cbs/...

Can't blame him if he did: http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/17/4849446/elon-musk-reportedly-won-auction-for-james-bond-submarine-car

With the recent high volume posts we've had, specifically the Fire thread and Short Term Stock Price thread, my new post email notifications seem to be extremely delayed, and then flood my email with old notifications. At the height of it I had over 80 email notifications, mostly to those two...

Don't mess with Tesla: New Year's Resolution:

For some reason I can't find a link to JB Straubel saying the S battery pack does not draw energy when parked and unplugged to temperature regulate the pack, and that the vampire drain was not battery related. :confused: Can anyone help me out?

This line of commentary by someone who seems to have knowledge of production methods was quite interesting. http://seekingalpha.com/article/1511572-tesla-s-musk-no-sleep-til-mainstream#comment-20177852

I've been pondering the increased charge speed that cuts charging times in half even though the power increase from 90 to 120kW is obviously not a doubling. One possibility is pulse charging. I remember a talk by battery researcher Jay Whitacre, (founder of Aquion Energy), and he discussed how...

There are so many new TSLA articles on SA these days I can hardly keep up, and most of them are junk, but this was was so upbeat I thought it worth posting: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1457141-i-m-an-irrationally-exuberant-investor-in-tesla Apparently I was too enthusiastic when posting...

Not that there is any suggestion of lithium shortage but for those who want to complain that lithium comes from outside the US, that may not always be true: http://www.treehugger.com/cars/vast-reserves-lithium-found-wyoming-could-meet-all-us-demand.html This site has some characteristics that...

If they want a test vehicle I'm willing to pull out my LiFePO4 cells. At 100 times the energy density that would give me a 120kWh+ pack! Except at the energy density levels you're talking about batteries and the EV drivetrain have better effective energy density than an ICE system and you don't...

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/70ac6027#/70ac6027/10 Steel bodied cars can lose around 40% of their original structural strength after 100K miles, while aluminum does not. Run that by the next person who questions the Model S resale value.