Model S design studio is up

[William13]

Although the design studio only has signature red the event had another lighter red color on a mounted display.

 

[dsm363]

The guy in charge of the paint shop gave a long explanation of why they changed their minds about the powder coating but can't remember exactly what he said. Something about it not meeting their expectations and needing more time to study it. They are using some special process to greatly reduce the VOC (volatile organic compounds?) in the painting process so that it isn't too bad. Maybe someone remembers the exact explinaiton.

 

[W.Petefish]

I think it had something to do with uniform coating.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

The guy in charge of the paint shop gave a long explanation of why they changed their minds about the power coating but can't remember exactly what he said. Something about it not meeting their expectations and needing more time to study it. They are using some special process to greatly reduce the VOC (volatile organic compounds?) in the painting process so that it isn't too bad. Maybe someone remembers the exact explinaiton.

Yup, that guy spoke way too fast with way too much jargon He did mention that, a few minutes prior, one of the paintshop robots somehow cut through one of its "hoses/cables"(?) and Tesla was out $5K (my deposit, heh, heh!) - he said he already fixed the robot's program to reassure us

Btw, props to Emily, one of the Tesla employees who apparently worked on the design studio and the website in general. They consciously stayed away from Flash and went with HTML5 - the first major automotive company to do so, it seems. She did mention that omitting Muir Red from non-sig design studio will be remedied soon and was apologetic for the website fluctuations over this busy weekend.

 

[AnOutsider]

Yup, that guy spoke way too fast with way too much jargon He did mention that, a few minutes prior, one of the paintshop robots somehow cut through one of its "hoses/cables"(?) and Tesla was out $5K (my deposit, heh, heh!) - he said he already fixed the robot's program to reassure us

Btw, props to Emily, one of the Tesla employees who apparently worked on the design studio and the website in general. They consciously stayed away from Flash and went with HTML5 - the first major automotive company to do so, it seems. She did mention that omitting Muir Red from non-sig design studio will be remedied soon and was apologetic for the website fluctuations over this busy weekend.

Yes, Emily was very helpful and knowledgeable. She said most likely this week the Muir red will be there.

 

[Todd Burch]

Still no Muir Red in the design studio...

 

[Tommy]

I noticed the choice to pick the outdoor view of the beta in front of a house has been removed from the 5 choices and only the 4 design studio profiles are available for viewing. The outside mirrors on the car used in the outdoor photo where not nearly as slick as what was shown in Fremont or the car in the design studio, perhaps a refresh of the outdoor photo is in the works.