Inside Tesla

[gg_got_a_tesla]

10) !!!!! Muir Red !!!!!

In the video the red kinda looks more Muir then Signature ... but it could just be the sig base coat. I would love to see the Muir red.

It's not called Muir Red anymore. It's "Sunset Red" as per the Options page and is still slated for 2013.

If the paint shop can paint it already, not sure why Tesla's holding it back till next year; to preserve Sig Red's exclusivity for a few months?!

After looking at way too many Blue Priuses on the road and several not-so-great-looking Green BMW 5s and 3s not to mention Green VWs and Camrys, still considering Sunset Red if Tesla can make it available by January...

 

[TESLAficionado]

Tuesday is Tesla day

yes... I believe I invested in the right company

 

[kevincwelch]

U.S. Signature cars will have 1 year free wireless connectivity included!

Very nice!

I wonder how much this will be for the rest of us.

These videos really pump me up.

 

[Kipernicus]

Did anyone get an email from Tesla today announcing the latest blog post? I did last week but didn't today.

 

[kevincwelch]

Did not get the email today...

 

[W.Petefish]

I think gratis thanks is in order for GeorgeB. Especially for the link to TMC in the blog post.

 

[rabar10]

Info about the latest TM 'Inside Tesla' blog post is here: Inside Tesla 06-19-12
(if it ends up being merged here, feel free to delete this)

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

I think gratis thanks is in order for GeorgeB. Especially for the link to TMC in the blog post.

Yes! and I will definitely shake his hand this time. maybe give him a big hug too!

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Yes! and I will definitely shake his hand this time. maybe give him a big hug too!

Yeah, he's indeed a great guy! He does mean it when he says we're family.

More power to Tesla!

 

[doug]

Might have already been mentioned, but I just noticed that that count down is now for a more sensible 3:30 pm PDT instead of midnight.

 

[AnOutsider]

Might have already been mentioned, but I just noticed that that count down is now for a more sensible 3:30 pm PDT instead of midnight.

Yes, and oddly, it also goes to 3:30 EST. Guessing their code doesn't localize -- or it does and it's not realizing the target is 3:30 PST and adjusting for the local time.

 

[JRod0802]

The blog says "3:30 p.m. PST". Do you think he meant PDT? I'm betting he did, since California is in Daylight Savings Time right now, and a lot of people don't know how to denote Daylight Savings Time. I just wanted to make sure...

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

The blog says "3:30 p.m. PST". Do you think he meant PDT? I'm betting he did, since California is in Daylight Savings Time right now, and a lot of people don't know how to denote Daylight Savings Time. I just wanted to make sure...

Stoopid 'savings' can't we just get rid of it and switch to metric too while were at it?

All I know is I'm extra tired 2 days a year

and my foot is 12" (w/ a shoe)

 

[tnawara]

Yes, and oddly, it also goes to 3:30 EST. Guessing their code doesn't localize -- or it does and it's not realizing the target is 3:30 PST and adjusting for the local time.

Same issue here in CDT. The countdown code must only be calculating from a static 3:30PM without factoring in time zone differences.

 

[ElSupreme]

The blog says "3:30 p.m. PST". Do you think he meant PDT? I'm betting he did, since California is in Daylight Savings Time right now, and a lot of people don't know how to denote Daylight Savings Time. I just wanted to make sure...

Stoopid 'savings' can't we just get rid of it and switch to metric too while were at it?

All I know is I'm extra tired 2 days a year

and my foot is 12" (w/ a shoe)

It is Daylight Saving Time. No 'S'!

And yes many many people mess up PDT/PST.

 

[doug]

Yes, and oddly, it also goes to 3:30 EST. Guessing their code doesn't localize -- or it does and it's not realizing the target is 3:30 PST and adjusting for the local time.

That's odd since a countdown is an absolute thing (e.g., "5 hours from now" is five hours from now, independent of timezone). The code shouldn't need to be localized. They must be using the system clock.

Edited to add: Just confirmed the count down changed by simply adjusting the clock on my laptop and reloading the page.

 

[jomo25]

That's odd since a countdown is an absolute thing (e.g., "5 hours from now" is five hours from now, independent of timezone). The code shouldn't need to be localized. They must be using the system clock.

Edited to add: Just confirmed the count down changed by simply adjusting the clock on my laptop and reloading the page.

[JOKE]Wow, I hope the software on the car is designed and coded better than their web page countdown![/JOKE]

Yes, I'm just kidding.

 

[Trnsl8r]

[JOKE]Wow, I hope the software on the car is designed and coded better than their web page countdown![/JOKE]

Yes, I'm just kidding.

Oh, but I hope it is the same. That way you could bring up your battery to 100% just by driving into a different time zone. Right?

 

[AnOutsider]

That's odd since a countdown is an absolute thing (e.g., "5 hours from now" is five hours from now, independent of timezone). The code shouldn't need to be localized. They must be using the system clock.

Edited to add: Just confirmed the count down changed by simply adjusting the clock on my laptop and reloading the page.

I've run into this myself. The solution I came up with is to have a target countdown date (a unix timestamp) then to also have a variable stating the current server time (inserted into the code via whatever they use, likely PHP). Then the Javascript can do a diff on the machine's date and the date of the server (which is likely the same timezone of the target countdown date). This way it can use that difference to offset the countdown forward or backward as needed.

TM if you're reading, you're welcome

 

[Robert.Boston]

And yes many many people mess up PDT/PST.

In the power industry, you'll often see "EPT" "CPT" "MPT" and "PPT" -- where the middle "P" is "Prevailing". This notation lets you write market rules that say "offers must be submitted by 10:00 EPT" with zero ambiguity about the time intended.