Elon in Munich on Jan 30, 2014

[mrdoubleb]

damn, my connection just dropped out on me just as someone asked a question about people driving over crap in the US and starting flurry of firmware updates to address issues

The stream has stopped, we are all in the same boat...

 

[lorih]

At least it seems to be recording. if you hit the stop button and restart (in screen, no need to restart app), it starts again briefly from the point you got kicked out, and you can see that there is a buffer now, so if we are patient we should be able to see the whole thing eventually.

I don't think it stopped livestream service, just overloaded with viewers

 

[EV2BFREE]

back up

 

[NigelM]

Live feed is back.

 

[InTheShadows]

Woo hoo, want to keep doubling!!!

 

[NigelM]

Germans saying: "It's a great car, we love it!"





(Where's Realist? ;-) )

 

[Discoducky]

Um, I think Elon just confirmed AWD Model S. He said "Model S will have all the features of Model X"

 

[lorih]

No, that was a response to a question regarding automated safety features, not AWD.

 

[NigelM]

I think that was general, the question was about the two models staying contemporary. (But we already know that the SuperSport is coming....)

 

[lorih]

I think that was general, the question was about the two models staying contemporary. (But we already know that the SuperSport is coming....)

I agree, he was referring to software and firmware upgrades

 

[NigelM]

On why Gen III is 3 years away....

Elon: We have to earn our way towards the necessary capital for equipment, and we need to build the battery factory. Significant design work still needed to make the car easier to build.

JB: We don't need to invent anything new, it just take time.

 

[772]

did he just say the giga-factory would be running in 2-3 years?

 

[yobigd20]

Here also, but I caught Elon saying it was just a reactive change they had to make and that they had also fixed it pretty quickly. It sounded like he used past tense, that the auto-lowering etc. was "fixed"

it is already "fixed" and already in some cars (not rolled out to ours yet) ... hence why I stopped participating in the 'air suspension no longer lowering thread' after receiving confirmation that's it's already done and back and just a matter of time now for the firmware rollout to occur.

 

[Discoducky]

did he just say the giga-factory would be running in 2-3 years?

It would have to be to ship GenIII. There is not enough battery capacity in the world. But we'll most likely find out on Feb 19th at the earnings announcement.

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I think that was general, the question was about the two models staying contemporary. (But we already know that the SuperSport is coming....)

Funny how JB just responded to the AWD S question

 

[EV2BFREE]

"right now, not looking to adapt that(AWD) into S"

 

[NigelM]

Question about AWD (Model X):

JB: Not giving too much away; but will be the best AWD in the world with exciting possibilities in traction control, stability control etc. Right now we're not looking at adapting AWD into the Model S.

 

[772]

JB's comments are interesting in light of the SuperSport that's rumored to be coming. Perhaps that car will not be mass produced

 

[NigelM]

Elon: We're going to do something on the Roadster, which I think will be pretty cool, but it'll be more towards the end of the year than the beginning. (Resources focused on Model S right now).

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

I assume it was actually

Question about AWD (Model X):

JB<calm-matter-of-fact-tone>: Not giving too much away; but will be the best AWD in the world with exciting possibilities in traction control, stability control etc.</calm-matter-of-fact-tone> Right now we're not looking at adapting AWD into the Model S.

?

 

[techmaven]

At some point, it will be a sign of maturity when Tesla reps can say, "we cannot comment on future products" just like Apple.