Elon "About to end range anxiety"

[ecarfan]

I wonder if it considers wind, temperature and HVAC settings? I didn't see any of that noted.

Read the press release. The new trip planner takes weather and terrain into account.

 

[tomas]

the stock is TANKING. i guess investors are not impressed.

Is not tanking yet. Has not reached level at time of musk tweet. So impact of whole episode: neutral. Not impactful enough to fuel a run up, not disappointing enough to tank.

there: I used fuel and tank in a tesla post.

 

[ecarfan]

"Musk: Any restaurant, business which has Model S owners can get charging equipment for free, provided they put it in a prominent place." Interesting. Is this a new policy?

No it is not new. It is Tesla's Destination Charging Program which was announced many months ago.

 

[NigelM]

This is exactly what most feared it would be. Except for me, it's even worse.

It's what many of us were hoping for. The car, even my 2012 Sig, continues to get better and better.

It's better to stay grounded in reality and not get swept up by the hype and fantasy ideas that a lot of folks like to throw out there.

 

[malikmrz]

What is this? VALET MODE

 

[sorka]

Where's the .1 second improvement from 0-60. Not that I really care about that so much as what it implied which would have been better acceleration while at freeway speeds.

 

[ivengo]

I found this live coverage Transport Evolved Live Blog: Teslas Press Conference to End Range Anxiety in Electric Cars - Transport Evolved

 

[Archer]

Blah. Boring. I'd rather have the radio buttons labeled. Or the sleep to work properly. I already can find the superchargers in the NAV and 6.1 can tell me if I can make it or not.

+1. Plus I don't need it to tell me when I have enough charge and go. If I have the next destination punched in already and charging, I can see for myself if I have enough juice. There's no way it knows how much juice I'll want to have left once I get to my next destination. This has already worked for me several times.

 

[sandpiper]

No he does not. Short term quick profit investors have the attention span of a gnat. I don't care about them. I am a long term investor. Today's software announcement was a major improvement to the car and deserved the focus that Tesla is giving it.

Sure... but the MEDIA widely reported that there was to be some improvement in range. That's not an unreasonable conclusion to draw from his statements. He should have been a bit more specific in what he said to not raise those expectations / hopes, even if most of us knew it was pretty darned unlikely.

 

[JMG]

Bottom line, the car is better now than it was...and that fact alone can be forgotten very quickly by those that were expecting the moon. My Chevy Tahoe out in the parking lot right now just got a little older and more out of date.

I'm excited about the announcements and any future announcements.

 

[yobigd20]

I wonder if it considers wind, temperature and HVAC settings? I didn't see any of that noted.

yea i wonder if it takes into account my 400-450Wh/mi driving. even with the new nav software in 6.1, if i start out at 90% and it says I should arrive at 60%, i usually arrive with more like 43-46%....by the time the pop up shows it might already be too late.

 

[Rheazombi]

Not surprised. Anything short of 10 second charging, 1,000 mile range, and the deployment of 2,734 new Superchargers by noon tomorrow would disappoint those who acted primarily in anticipation of today's event.

bingo. Most investors are so dumb.


EDIT: I think this update is AWESOME! Valet mode, Supercharger routing, live SC info, range warnings, factoring weather and terrain into trip prediction, auto braking (which will save LIVES), blind spot warning. For an incremental update (6.1 to 6.2) this is GREAT!

 

[NigelM]

the stock is TANKING. i guess investors are not impressed.

If a 1% drop is your definition of "TANKING" then yep, I guess you're right.

 

[cgiGuy]

Interesting one: "Musk: We may issue audio alert to check the driver is okay if we don't detect torque on the wheel."

Doesn't really sound like it's "hands off" then.

 

[TheTalkingMule]

That's it? An alarm is going to "end range anxiety"? Elon needs to run these tweets past a PR person in the future.

 

[austinEV]

Remember it is always the most boring possibility that the TMC speculation machine comes up with, or one level more boring.

 

[ecarfan]

For people who have never owned an EV and have heard numerous mythical tales of "range anxiety" this new trip planning software will have a big impact and its a powerful sales tool for Tesla.

For those who have lived with a Tesla for awhile and know that range anxiety is not the bogeyman that the anti-EV crowd makes it out to be, this software announcement is not big news, but I think it is a major software enhancement and I look forward to receiving it.

There was an absurd amount of unfounded speculation in multiple threads about how the announcement would involve hardware mods to produce longer range or faster charging. All that speculation completely ignored the actual wording of Elon's tweet about the announcement

 

[JohnQ]

Read the press release. The new trip planner takes weather and terrain into account.

Sorry, can you link to the specific text? I saw the elevation reference in the press conference but not terrain or weather in the press release.

 

[cgiGuy]

"System 6.2 now in beta: customers already testing it as beta testers (early access) and will be released assuming everything goes okay then wide release in 10 days. "

 

[Stoneymonster]

Quite surprised at the negative reaction here. This is a nice set of advancements, heck even the "it's ok to leave the supercharger now" messages are enough to make me happy.