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Total pipe dream. No way Tesla can hit those price a performance targets at the same time soon. A year without a new car is supposed to be an issue after the three years we've been waiting for the X?
Tesla's mission statement for renewable transportation means that any distraction from the Model 3 is improbable - if they'd known how well the S would sell, we probably wouldn't be getting the X before the 3 either.
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What if they've already been working on it either directly or indirectly with a super light skateboard for the model 3? They may already be really close, the main thing they'd have to solve is the cooling issue, others than that, the tech is already available. The biggest roadblocks to me for the model 3 have little to do with the R&D for that car, as there's way less to do with that car, no fancy doors, a simpler steel skateboard, drivetrain is already done. The model 3 seems easy in comparison to the X or S, why do they need so much time? IMO, it's not because of R&D that it's being delayed until 2017, it's mostly because of the battery factory which can't be rushed. In the meantime...
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Nice novel, but absolutely ZERO chance we will see a new Roadster before the Model 3
Zero chance is pretty strongly worded, you know something the rest of us don't?
Like I said in my post, I don't want anything to slow down the Model 3, I'm a major Tesla fan, my wife owns the P85D, and I invest in their stock and I know how much the Model 3 means to the company, that said, I just don't see why they need so much time to release model 3 from an R&D and testing perspective. To me it's less about the car and more about extraneous factors like gigafactory. Because of that, IMO, they have time to release the Roadster while they wait on the other factors to be finished and as I mentioned, it can dovetail with Model 3 R&D.