Elon’s 5 part Trilogy

[Clprenz]

Come on guys, It's AWD!!!! or you know what you guessed

 

[Lloyd]

Under your nose? Maybe the car's nose? What would be awesome (but I doubt it's real) would be if the front bumper had some 'about to hit a curb or parking space block' detector under its nose. I never know quite whether I'm about to impact or still need to move forward into the space!

Could be Adaptive Cruse control!!

 

[vfx]

Come on guys, It's AWD!!!! or you know what you guessed

Another Easter egg. All cars have AWD built in and they will engage it for 10,000 dollars..

 

[Doug_G]

Could be Adaptive Cruse control!!

Wouldn't that be hilarious - and most welcome!!! The hardware there the whole time, but not turned on because they hadn't finished the firmware! :biggrin:

 

[Stoneymonster]

Come on guys. If there was any hidden hardware, Dr. Taras would've found it by now

 

[zero]

I'm betting on some sort of software update... hopefully to 4G network and/or wifi....

 

[NuclearPowered]

Come on guys. If there was any hidden hardware, Dr. Taras would've found it by now

I was going to say this. Especially under the front nose. I bet a wifi update.

Take any further excitement from an Elon announcement, divide it by 10, and expect that.

 

[Glen]

New Tesla sales plan offers the Model S for $500 a month, but only after some extremely creative math (update) | The Verge
here's a link to the Bloomberg interview. Unfortunately only a mobile link for now but hopefully it'll work.

 

[malcolm]

"If you're driving a Model S, it's right under your nose"

Moustach?

The Tesla Grin?

Perhaps it's a new dental plan. Extended to customers.

"Tesla - bringing you an electric smile!"

Or possibly just branded luggage for the Frunk.

 

[CyberDutchie]

Morgan Stanley thinks a capital raise is imminent. From today's MS research note:

When is the next cap raise? Elon alluded to a series of important corporate announcements scattered every couple of weeks or so going forward. Combined with strong price performance (stock up more than 50pct since last equity raise), the time may be very favorable to bolster liquidity ahead of a heavy investment phase for Gen 3.

 

[Al Sherman]

I was hoping for an AWD retrofit option. Though, I guess if it was that it would have been included in the Performance Plus thing.

 

[joefee]

Wouldn't that be hilarious - and most welcome!!! The hardware there the whole time, but not turned on because they hadn't finished the firmware! :biggrin:

I think it is some new functionality enabled by the steering wheel controls….

 

[WarpedOne]

I think it is some new functionality enabled by the steering wheel controls….

You mean like adjusting max regen power via one of those roller buttons on the fly?

 

[joefee]

Elon 4/3 "The next one will be sometime next week. It could be as soon as Monday, but we haven’t decided on a firm date. Did I mention we’ll be focusing on service? The Monday announcement is going to be focused on service. And in the following week or two after that we’re going to have a big announcement on the supercharger network, and then following that we’re going to have a mystery announcement or two if people aren’t completely sick of hearing about us. Ha ha."

Elon Musk: Hitchhiking The Galaxy As Tesla Comes Of Age - Forbes

 

[gjunky]

I think number 5 will be vehicle to grid. It is already right under your nose and it could fit in with the energy/grid plans and be pretty revolutionary for a production electric car.

It could power your house during a power outage or even charge a friends Tesla when they need a quick boost. Kind of like buddy breathing.

 

[kenliles]

2 more announcements coming this month apparently
Service and Super Charger

Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News | Reuters.com

 

[PopSmith]

2 more announcements coming this month apparently
Service and Super Charger

Here's another article posted today on Engadget. Some interesting tidbits:
- Tesla is targeting 2016 and "no later than 2017" for Gen 3.

- About a week from now there will be another announcement concerning service:

[Elon] has a game plan, he says, to create "the best service program of any car" -- something he slyly indicates we'll be learning more about in roughly a week's time.

- In two weeks there will be a Supercharger announcement of some kind:

And that's not all the teasing. Musk also promises a major announcement regarding the company's Supercharger network is due in just two weeks. "It's a very exciting and dramatic -- really dramatic -- increase in the number of Superchargers and in what Superchargers can do. I think people will be really psyched."

The Engadget Interview: Tesla's Elon Musk promises more Superchargers, better service, cheaper EVs that don't suck

 

[Curt Renz]

Investors reacted to the financing/leasing announcement as though it were plain vanilla. Actually, vanilla is quite flavorful and the announcement was quite favorable. Nevertheless, Elon seems to be sequencing his announcements in a crescendo based on an expectation of rising emotional appeal. He’ll soon discuss an upgrade in customer service to be followed by an enhancement in the Supercharger network. Then a mystery announcement that’s “right under your nose”. Without an advertising budget, he is cleverly manipulating the media to follow his lead. It’s a sales pitch extended over several weeks. Like a good speech it increasingly gathers interest and ends with words that elicit heavy applause. This is all good for investors with a little patience.

 

[Benz]

The third announcement is going to be this week or next week?

 

[Curt Renz]

The third announcement is going to be this week or next week?

Yesterday at 20:07 UT @ChrisCowan_ in a tweet asked @TeslaMotors, “When is the service announcement?” Three minutes later @TeslaMotors responded, “No date for the announcement yet. Stay tuned.”