Future Tesla

(As seen in a Model X thread): Brandon Kiehne @brandon_kiehne I believe this is...Instagram photo | Websta (Webstagram) Looks a bit like this: How the Tesla Model 3 will look - according to the Internet

I was thinking how to deliver a quality cheap vehicle (Model III speed to market discussion), and this is the only thing my muddled mind came up with that worked at the moment: Passenger pods could be owned, and robotically picked up and auto driven to destinations by essentially rented...

We Hear: Slew of German EVs Will Battle Tesla Model S Source: Motortrend

Using the dual motor config with the 470 hp motor in both the front and rear, the roadsters could compete with the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari Laferrari. I suspect it would even beat them in 0-60 times. Although I know the focus for Tesla is to get to the model 3 and therefore this is...

If the car performs in all ways, but the looks aren't appealing - would you consider it anyway? I am just thinking - the competing technologies that Tesla Motors and other BEVs have to meet, have many drawbacks in the first place. Strange designs won't be helpful to the sales, would they? Who...

The P85D is already in supercar territory in acceleration and handling. It's got limitations on maximum speed and especially sustained high speed that likely limit it's performance on the Nurburgring. Are there realistic modifications that could make a P85D Nurburgring Edition possible? Dual...

Ok, I'm not a Tesla owner, so for all I know this feature is already available, but I haven't seen it. It would entail automatically rolling the windows up or down in certain circumstances, when the vehicle is parked with no one in the driver's seat. The first version (up) might seem a bit...

Chemical and nano sciences have advanced far. Near IR fluorescence chemicals and quantum dot chemicals could change car colors at random depending on the light and other things. I am hopeful the paint industry would take note of these items. I would like my car to be a chameleon that would...

Guys, I was at the factory earlier this week. First of all no sign of Model X or even the P85D on the production line. But I went out back to look at some cars there for delivery to see the color combinations. There were a bunch of cars with covers on them. Some are obviously Model S. But have a...

The EV nay-sayers always cite range as the main stumbling block to acceptance. Obviously numerous fast-charging stations will help that but there is still the feeling that people don't want to have to have to even fast charge after 75 freeway miles - barely an hour and a bit driving time...

I would love to have a junior Tesla S for my retirement. Very compact, 2 seater, trunk enough to carry groceries and a couple of 22" suitcases, about 100 Hp equivalent, 0-60 in 8-10 seconds, range of about 500 miles, quiet as a whisper with road noise completely cut off, great sound system...

I'm just curious how most of the people planning to acquire a Model 3 are planning to pay for it? I've always financed in the past but I havent had a car payment in about 5 years which has obviously been nice. However the technology and engineering seems to be advancing in these cars much...

My predictions, fwiw. I think there are two timeframes where it would make sense for Tesla to update the current Model S battery packs: when introducing the Model X and when introducing the Model 3. The Model 3 is a slam dunk for a refresh driver. By then, battery tech will have improved...

I propose a lobby for a longer range Tesla. This would go a long way to hush much of the criticism of EV's regarding 'range anxiety'. If a Tesla can go 0 - 60 mph in 3.2 sec, why not give up on some performance (and price) to check just how much battery can be stuffed into a sedan? Imagine a...

So with Elon Repeatedly saying how adding a second motor improves efficiency...... does anyone think this may be something they use to get the Model 3 to 200+ mile range? adding a second motor to the S is $4000 retail price. My hope is that they learned 2 motors is much more efficient than 1 and...

I took the car sales statistics broken down by model ( from 2013 ) and entered them into a spreadsheet. Then I googled the MSRP and added it into the sheet. I did some smoothing ( skewing the price up, not down to compensate for the flaws listed below ) and the result was this chart ( x axis is...

There have been some breakthroughts in the development of capactive electric motors. advatanges. -cheaper, use only aluminum instead of copper or other rare earth materials -higher efficiency, convert more electricity in movement energy -motors can be smaller and lighter then an comparable...

So here is a thought: Teslas mission is to create the best car possible. Since a car with AWD is better than a car with FWD or RWD, all future Tesla models will have AWD. Starting with the Model X, then AWD as an option for Model S "soon" after the MX launch. Then after a while RWD won't be an...

Came across this. Great article about the race to get the first "affordable" 200 mile electric car in the market. The story of Elon Musk and GM Quartz

Since the Gigafactory will be responsible for the affordable batteries needed for the Model 3 - does anyone think the drastically reduced battery cost will result in price cuts to the S and X? Or will Tesla keep the price the same and pocket the extra profit? I know what most companies would...

Was thinking about doing some sort of rear window sticker saying like "Waiting for Tesla Gen 3" or something like that for all of us with ICE cars that are waiting. I saw something similar was done prior to the Model S being delivered...

Hi all, Didn't find a thread for this yet (apologies if there's one)... The idea would be a really retro styled Tesla, with the safety, comfort and technologies of today's models. Something like these: 1950's Pegaso Z-102: Or this 1967 Toyota 2000GT: ... 1967 Lambo 400 GT: 1962 Ferrari...

IMPORTANT: New Tesla Models announced on Dutch Autoweek news video: 2015 Model X, 2016 Model 3 + Model R, 2018 Model C ($15,000). This can be considered as BREAKING NEWS!!! I just saw the weekly Dutch Autoweek news video (5 minutes). It contains some important Tesla news. Here is a link to...

The Top Gear magazine has an article about a car called Icon Helios. The owner of the company a Jonathan Ward said:- "The Icon Helios, then, was revealed to an audience in Oregon, where Ward was presenting his future. "I've finally networked my brains with Elon Musk," he says, indicating that...

Elon said:"It will be possible to have a 500-mile range car. In fact we could do it quite soon, but it would increase the price. Over time you could expect to have that kind of range." Elon Musk: Tesla boss on EVs with 500-mile range and colonies on Mars | Auto Express We know that BMW and...

Someone hypothesized elsewhere on this forum that the reason Tesla has been able to offer free 3G service is that it was able to scoop up 3G bandwith for a super-low price. 4G is obviously in higher-demand. What is your feeling about Tesla continuing to offer free 3G service, but charging for...

acording to antony ingram Green car reports. chris porritt vice-president of engineering gen 111 will be constructed from appropriate materials.

Commercial vehicles obviously have different price dynamics than a consumer vehicle. For a semi truck that consumes upward of $50,000 in diesel per year it can make sense to have high upfront costs if the operating cost is low. Trucks are already very heavy and could accomodate perhaps...

I was watching the reveal of the SpaceX Dragon V2 and realized there should be a Tesla Model (super) D (raco) Four superdraco engines where the wheels would normally be and perhaps one in the back and one in front (to slow it down again). To quote a movie with another car with wing like...

I have an idea which I would like to propagate directly to Tesla Motors R&D. Anyone who knows a proper email address which will go to the right person(s)? PM is fine (against spam robots) Thank you

IBM has announced: IBM Research: Industrial polymers the discovery of a polymer that is *lightweight *extremely strong *self-healing It sounds like something that might have application in auto skins - I'm especially attracted to that self-healing aspect - and, if the strength is concurrent...

(disclaimer: not to be taken serious) TM stated their master plan for the company in the past and even posted on their blog about it: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/secret-tesla-motors-master-plan-just-between-you-and-me However, I think the real plan behind their car design simply follows...

What do you think about possibility of replacing most of aluminium in parts of future BEVs with CFRP (Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer)? While I dont have much data about potential price difference, from technical point of view use of CFRP would make sence - its strong, lightweight material that...

Would love to see a Tesla version of a Honda GoldWing bike!

Cool! What about a new Tesla Roadster based on the Lotus Elise 2015? :cool: - - - Updated - - - Of course I know that the new Tesla Roadster (Model R) will be completely built by Tesla with a Tesla chassis. I only meant to suggest a possible design for the Model R.

I think tesla should make a really stylish minivan with the state of the art everything

I posted this originally in the TeslaMotors subreddit on Reddit, but I'd love to see what you guys think too. I love the shape of the Model S, but think the front is a little long, so I photoshopped it to make it shorter. I'm hoping this will be more like the shape of the upcoming Model E. What...

There are probably other threads on this but I haven't seen them. Im wondering how adaptable the Model S platform is to pushing performance beyond the current top specs as a high end sort of Nurburgring edition. Clearly the platform can have AWD with a second motor as for the Model X. Does...

So, Gran Turismo 6, the racing game, was just released yesterday. The Model S is included as one of the new cars (the Roadster was in the last game, and is in this game too). There's also a new feature called "Vision Gran Turismo," where automakers design cars for use in the game...or...

Volvo develops battery-infused carbon fiber body panels | ExtremeTech Pretty interesting concept... wonder how you would replace these panels if needed

tesla will get 8' of wall space at the la auto show for drawings what will we see?

From liveblog of today's London store opening: Source: http://transportevolved.com/2013/10/24/tesla-uk-store-official-opening/

I know it's dangerous to simply extrapolate, but I read that an 8% annual improvement in range is hard work, but doable. So without any major breakthroughs in battery technology, this is what you might see. In 2030 the high end Model S will go 1000 miles before charging! Eventually the car...

Are there any plans for a Tesla coupe that could go head to head with the Mustang/Camaro-type of car? I'm talking AWD, under 4000lbs, with 400hp+ and super low COG.

Since Elon is someone who likes to get public inputs on various aspects of their product design, I thought I'd start a thread where we can help Elon name his future Teslas. I'll start with the future Truck- Tesla "Electruck". Nifty? :-)

.. without increasing charging voltage or current or even changing the supercharger hardware. Its really simple. Just cut the energy consumption ( wh/mile ) of the car in half. If the Model S is rated at 320 wh/mile and charges at 300 mph from the supercharger, a car that consumes 160...

Heres a suggestion: To make the next version of the Keyfobs water proof, or offer a waterproof version as an option.

Was just browsing and thought it worth making a list of threads already existing: Model-C Model-C (hatch) Model-E Model-F Model-R Model-ST Model-T Model-U Model-Y Model-3 Model-S-Wagon Model-S-Cabrio Model-S-Coupe-Concept Model-S-GTE-GT3 Executive-Stretch-Model-S Model-S-4-doors-supersport...

Elon will push a long-version of the Model S to compete in China. This is one reason for the delay of Model X. But this may helpful for the high-end sedan market an a real direct approach to Mercedes S-Class and BMW 7-series or Audi A8. But this shows as well the limited R&E-Resources Teslas...

A big remaining inefficiency in the model s is the limited amount of regen you can capture from the rear wheels before they lock up. Since the strongest braking effect comes from the front wheels the strongest regen would come from the front wheels as well. They really need to do a awd or front...