About time to unveil the D and something else

[ModelX]

My friend who is a sig model X reservation holder ~100 has not received an invite. Neither have I, but I am general production.

 

[Doug_G]

I was just watching an older Teslive video and it jogged my memory about something a Elon said. What about that "thing" they were going to do for Roadster owners? Could that be the "something else" Elon mentioned in the Tweet? The rumoured larger battery pack with Supercharger access?

It is a "400 mile" battery pack (or thereabouts).

Elon stated at Teslive that Supercharger access was not possible for Roadster, and would not be offered.

 

[hingisfan]

Am I the only one who noticed in adelman's pic the Model S had NO SIDE MIRRORS!?!?!?!?!?

 

[ThortsMD]

Am I the only one who noticed in adelman's pic the Model S had NO SIDE MIRRORS!?!?!?!?!?

Nor does it have a license. Perhaps they were there on the open tarmac of the lightly used airfield to test autopilot.

 

[Doug_G]

Am I the only one who noticed in adelman's pic the Model S had NO SIDE MIRRORS!?!?!?!?!?

Maybe it has the Model X style rear view cameras. Given the camera angle, I'm not sure they would be visible as they do not protrude as much as mirrors do.

 

[Russell B]

About the only "flaw" in the current Model S is the range. It's less than almost all ICE cars. I'm guessing that "D" stands for distance and there will be available on new Model S and X, and hopefully as a retrofit, a battery that increase the range by 100-200 miles, maybe more.

 

[ecarfan]

Am I the only one who noticed in adelman's pic the Model S had NO SIDE MIRRORS!?!?!?!?!?

I think it is possible that the mirrors are there but not visible from that angle.

 

[Dutchie]

Interesting. Also if you look at Elon's tweet, that the garage door just opened enough NOT to reveal the side mirrors.

 

[ThortsMD]

If you look at the shadow on the right side of the car, there is a curvilinear part that I can't thing of anything *other* than the side mirror could make:

 

[FreeOfPge]

I say elon & team know that we are smart, savy people on this fourm and they are teasing us even more by "leaking" this photo... #ConspiracyTheory

My initial thought as well, why would they badge a vehicle they're trying to keep secret, then send it out into the wild? Highly unlikely someone accidently taped a badge on it. OTOH, if the badge was inside the vehicle, it could have dislodged during acceleration and stamped through the aluminum...seems like a more plausible answer.

 

[v12 to 12v]

Model X Sig reservation holders are getting invited to the reveal, so the "something else" is definitely about the Model X!

I disagree. A Signature owner, Roadster, S or X is the audience. There must be something new that appeals to all Signature owners. Something worthy of a Signature badge.

 

[hd68]

Agree! Look at the letter "P" and "D", apparently the "D" is just the PS of "P" then attached to the original photo.

My initial thought as well, why would they badge a vehicle they're trying to keep secret, then send it out into the wild? Highly unlikely someone accidently taped a badge on it. OTOH, if the badge was inside the vehicle, it could have dislodged during acceleration and stamped through the aluminum...seems like a more plausible answer.

 

[fengshui]

Interesting that there are no proximity sensors on the back bumper of that vehicle.

 

[TEG]

If you look at the shadow on the right side of the car, there is a curvilinear part that I can't thing of anything *other* than the side mirror could make...

I think it may be a distorted (fun house mirror) view of some building off to the right ride of the car. From looking at pictures of the airport it looks like the car was parked next a fence besides some hangar buildings. It could be a very distorted reflection of something like this:

You can see pictures of various buildings around the airport here:
Inyokern Airport Kodiak Hangar
I think the P85D was off to the right (through the fence) of this picture:

 

[Johan]

Oh my. The resale value of my P85 will plummet a bit now, in snowy Norway.

 

[ag0x]

Here is some exif data on the image

Camera:	Apple iPhone 5s
Lens:	iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2 Shot at 4.1 mm Digital Zoom: 1.663043478×
Exposure:	Auto exposure, Program AE, [SUP]1[/SUP]/2,415 sec, f/2.2, ISO 40
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Date:	September 19, 2014 3:08:30PM (timezone not specified) (13 days, 8 hours, 37 minutes, 22 seconds ago, assuming image timezone of US Pacific)
File:	2,448 × 3,264 JPEG (8.0 megapixels)

 

[FreeOfPge]

No proximity sensors, accidental badge, missing mirrors, plugged into a hpwc on the tarmac, and a photo leaked by MX res #1? Anything else?

 

[necho]

Isn't the D on the doorgate? So:

Behind gate A was the the roadster
behind gate B was the Model S
behind gate C was the Model X, so
behind gate D is ....

 

[ag0x]

And where is the edit button when you need one? *sight*.. I bit more clean..

Camera: Apple iPhone 5s
Lens: iPhone 5s back camera 4.12mm f/2.2
Shot at: 4.1mm
Digital Zoom: 1.663043478x
Exposure: Auto exposure
No flash
Date the image was created on the posters computer: September 19, 2014 3.08:30PM (Unknown timezone), that is about 14 days ago
Size: 8 megapixels

 

[Ainkara]

To me, the D looks like it sits at the same size as the 85, whereas the P protrudes just slightly over it. Very clever edit maybe? Who knows. I'm having fun reading all the theories though