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Elon Musk at Geneva Motor Show 2013

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The not so good news is that European deliveries have been moved back again. First deliveries were planned for June, this has now become July (start op production has even moved from March to June!). This must be caused by the different specifications for the European market. The good news is that, as Elon says, production of US cars will be delayed somewhat (this summer?) to make up for the delay and still get many European cars delivered in 2013.
 
The not so good news is that European deliveries have been moved back again. First deliveries were planned for June, this has now become July (start op production has even moved from March to June!). This must be caused by the different specifications for the European market. The good news is that, as Elon says, production of US cars will be delayed somewhat (this summer?) to make up for the delay and still get many European cars delivered in 2013.
My fault! I shouldn't have been bitching so much about 3-phase ;)

But again, I just want my car in this year to still be able to have all the tax incentives our great (..) government has in place.

My R231 will probably be on my drive-way somewhere in October I guess.
 
My fault! I shouldn't have been bitching so much about 3-phase ;)

But again, I just want my car in this year to still be able to have all the tax incentives our great (..) government has in place.

My R231 will probably be on my drive-way somewhere in October I guess.

Maybe even quicker as I understood US production will be interrupted for some time to make a batch European cars.

Supercharger announcement was a nice one too..
 
News vanuit Geneva:

TIDBITS FROM GENEVA
Following the twitter feed of "Grønn bil Norge" (Green car norway) @gronnbilnorge which are in Geneva listening to Musk:
https://twitter.com/gronnbilnorge/status/308931728221814784
Tesla: Contact will be Mode 3 Type 2, with strengthened pins to support Tesla's supercharger #geneva http://twitpic.com/c8ukys
https://twitter.com/gronnbilnorge/status/308932165545111552
Production start for Tesla's European model in June. First deliveries in July. All who have ordered until now gets a car this year. #geneva
https://twitter.com/gronnbilnorge/status/308933612047331328
"There will be significant supercharger deployment in Europe this year. More in Oslo tomorrow. " Tesla in #geneva




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Or, perhaps, even better ... 1 or 2 SC's will "arrive" before the car? Kinda like being built in secret in CA? (True the car was already out but ...)

Think how much more we would have been salivating had they shown the SC's in California months ahead of the cars first deliveries?
 
The red car he's standing in front of looks so red! Like a fire engine.
The sample in the USA stores looks far darker to me.
Compare this to the Avery color for wrapping ...

http://www.na.averygraphics.com/ProductPage/DigitalColorCard.pdf

page 3 ... Cherry Red metallic ... if you put that color swatch up to the "new" red it looks almost identical.
Likewise the Burgundy looks like Signature Red.
Is it the lighting at the show?
 
Also interesting to hear Elon mention 120 kilowatts for the superchargers. That's more than previously stated. Het also says this will create a 50-60% charge from zero in less than 30 minutes.

If Tesla can get these superchargers in place in Europe at strategic locations this year, it will mean a serious selling point for many european customers! This could mean 'normal' driving speeds on the german autobahn and other highways and make longer road trips easily possible. I expect reservations in Europe to increase significantly once the superchargers start appearing.
 
Thank for sharing our first video about Elon's speech during Press Conference.

We are currently editing the Q&A section as it was a bit messy at the show for some of the questions.

It should be available later today, we will post the link here as soon as it is online!

Kind regards,
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