Haha yes very true! But clearly the emphasis is making a mass market sedan, not as much on performance and breaking 0-60 times. If they truly wanted max performance, they'd completely change the design to be less passenger-friendly. They are doing the same thing Ford does with their C platform and building a variety of cars on top of the same basic frames and some other basic parts. Model Y is also supposed to be on the 3 platform as well.
You aren't getting my point at all.
No plan survives contact with the enemy. In this case, production complexity is probably the enemy. And there are many, many people waiting (hoping?) to see Tesla fail.
Oh true! I wonder how hard that would be from an engineering perspective. I have no background in battery design, but it seems like usually they prefer to all be part of one "pack".
I'm starting to believe that they are not as transparent as I thought they were.
So I suppose that among the options available at launch, the higher optioned would be the first sales. Lacking AWD or performance options, I wonder if they really have that much to margin to matter.
How many more options are left outside of dual motors and performance options. I can't see there being very many color options....so....
I missed that one, thanks. "A few years away," eh? Yeah, if a week is three months, a few years is.. a couple of decades? I lost my Musktime Abacus in a recent move..Be that as it may, yesterday Elon did tweet that the next-gen Roadster would be quicker than Model S in a few year's time.
Then again, he also tweeted about 8.1 coming out next week... in December 2016.
Most options have not yet been announced, but we may be able to guess based on whats currently offered for the S. It'd be some number less for sure. And those that are made available will probably not be comparable to quality in the Model S - for example "premium" alternative seating or the audio setup (less speakers, lower wattage amp for the 3). I'm curious what sacrifices a Model 3 buyer would have to make in potential options and quality compared to say that 3-series which can be highly optioned - bird's eye view cameras, HUD, Harmon Kardon audio, apple carplay, ceramic brakes, interior trims, individual colors, carbon fiber parts, etc. Presumably, the self-driving features and capability between S and 3 would be identical.
Zen, I don't think "Big Oil" is the enemy (though they should be: EV's will depress the barrel price below what it costs them to recover) nor is Tesla the "hero" of this narrative. And Detroit? They're doing their best "deer in the headlights" impression. But there are a surprising number of Americans who hate, hate hate the idea of a future that looks different from the past, who would buy tickets and line up to see Tesla, Musk and electric cars (in no particular order) sink into the San Andreas Fault. Sometimes they park their ICE machines across charging stalls to prove the point. Check out "Rolling Coal" and you will be mystified. I was.
That's insulting.It sounds like you've learned that Santa Claus isn't real.
I have Android Auto/Apple play on my Escape and the only real benefit (to me at least) is getting to use Google Maps and not having to drop $750 on crappy Ford navigation. I think this is a moot point for a Tesla though, as you will need to use the built-in navigator for self-driving stuff and route planning that includes the supercharger stops automatically. Just my two cents on that option! My guess is that the priciest options will be 1)70-75kwh 2)FSD package 3) premium interior materials 4) premium sound. Maybe $20k?
