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Bunch of Motors for Semi

How many drive units for a Semi will Tesla reveal?

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    Votes: 1 2.1%
  • 3

    Votes: 9 18.8%
  • 4

    Votes: 10 20.8%
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    Votes: 8 16.7%
  • 6

    Votes: 22 45.8%
  • 7+

    Votes: 4 8.3%

  • Total voters
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Honestly? If they do reveal this for the Semi, perhaps the first other Q model will be the pickup or van. For S and X, maybe early 2019, maybe 2020, maybe 2021? I guess it depends how fast they can engineer it and alter the production line / build a new one, and whether that seems like the best use of their capital.

They're still somewhat capital constrained; I think this will be alleviated sometime in 2018 as Model 3 deliveries ramp up. So I'm thinking we won't see any such change before 2019 -- but it could be later. It may be simultaneous with the switch to permanent magnet motors and around the same time as the change to 21-70 cells. Maybe with a minor interior redesign. I actually think we won't see much of an interior redesign on the S -- maybe the cupholders, seatback pockets, grab handles and so forth that people have been complaining about the lack of -- but remember how little the Model T design changed from year to year.
That's a good point. Not sure how much developmental cost would go into this for S/X, but I'd suspect that they've already explored the feasibility of it. So it need not be a priority for many reasons.
 
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