AMPd
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That’s the exact combo I’ll be in the market for.I’ll have a beautiful Black S + P + L with your name on it lol lol lll.
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That’s the exact combo I’ll be in the market for.I’ll have a beautiful Black S + P + L with your name on it lol lol lll.
The mechanical refresh is basically complete with the Raven upgrade, it’s the interior and and some exterior that will change come September. I’ve heard nothing about a tri motor set up like the roadster
I would imagine that the added active aero both front and rear plus the rumored tweaking of the battery packs coming in September might get you close to 8% you would need to push a long range S from a 370 mile range to 400. I think that number is a psychological game changer for many people leary about going the EV routeI'm with Wdolson and S85D on the screens. Having 4 customizable screens displaying different data simultaneously is awesome and one of the features that sets the Model S above other cars. Sure we could live with the Model 3 screens but that would be a step backwards.
So Elon's comment "... won't be long before we have a 400 mile range car" is not happening in September?
If not I suspect we will buy the current Raven.
I would imagine that the added active aero both front and rear plus the rumored tweaking of the battery packs coming in September might get you close to 8% you would need to push a long range S from a 370 mile range to 400. I think that number is a psychological game changer for many people leary about going the EV route
The Maxwell technology has been used for a while in their ultra capacitors, now in prototype batteries the specs seems to good to be true, 2 x the life and 20% higher energy density with a clear path to much higher density AND cheaper to build, I find it hard to believe that if Maxwell has all that with enough testing to prove that it will deliver that it sold for so cheap, this seems the current holy grail of EV battery tech so why were they worth so little?New chemistry is obviously risky as its seems to be about trade-offs. Power density versus recharge cycle versus cost of materials.
versus battery life span, versus....New chemistry is obviously risky as its seems to be about trade-offs. Power density versus recharge cycle versus cost of materials.
300 miles is the low end of the range for ICE, but 400 is getting into the middle of the bell curve. A car that gets 30 mpg with a 14 gallon tank has a 420 mile range.
Well, what I'm more familiar with are all the pickup trucks that get 14 mpg and have a 20 gal tank, to get 280. Yes, Teslas get 300 miles range, but you can charge them overnight in your garage, so it's ready for the day. I haven't been to a gas station now in about 7 years, and there was a six year span earlier with my RAV4EV. But in addition to getting eight times the range per dollar over a gas car is that there is no required service. As I have put on nearly 170,000 miles on my Teslas, that's several oil and filter changes not done every 7000 miles. Let's see, carry the three and bring down the 'leven, I figure near $1500 saved. Not to mention having to sit at the dealer (not to mention having to go to the dealer, or to Fred's service, or...) for an hour or so while it gets done. Oh, right, you have your wife do it. Plus, we still don't know how long those batteries might last. 8 years? 12 years? 15 years? Those gas cars are warranted to 50 or 100K miles, and we all know they do better.
I haven't heard ANYbody think that their gas car has to have a 400 mile range. They've got gas stations every ten feet because they nearly run out of gas and barely make it to the station as it is. And who can afford to fill a gas tank up??? $4 a gallon! $80 bucks! Yikes! I pay ten for a charge.
It's hard to compare apples to oil spills.
Being able to skip 1-2 superchargers on a long day of driving saves a fair amount of time.
Like it. Gonna use it...It's hard to compare apples to oil spills.
Not to mention the times in winter where you need more energy. ie extreme cold, headwinds, uphill, precipitation, towing, or going nowhere near Superchargers.400 miles of range would be great, but that doesn’t have to mean that you drive 400 miles and then charge ... it would be way more efficient to drive 240 miles and charge, keeping the car in the supercharger fast charging sweet spot of 20% to 80% as Seattle said.
If that is even 1/2 true my Raven will be my last Model S