Oct. 17 - Model 3 Reveal Pt. 2?

[zenmaster]

Since the announcement was delayed in order to present a better demo, I'd expect to see a key feature of the demo to be something live and interactive.

 

[erthquake]

Since the announcement was delayed in order to present a better demo, I'd expect to see a key feature of the demo to be something live and interactive.

That or web infrastructure to handle more reservations and or current reservations being able to configure.

 

[Waiting4M3]

Are you looking at your time piece or Elon's? They work differently.

Time elapses slower when you're moving faster, Elon is obviously going way faster than everyone else

 

[HookBill]

Perhaps Elon's next "product" should be the Tesla Time Piece. That way we can all be on Tesla time and travel through earthly space at the same speed as Elon.

 

[Model 3]

Perhaps Elon's next "product" should be the Tesla Time Piece. That way we can all be on Tesla time and travel through earthly space at the same speed as Elon.

Not so sure you will want that... Just look at how may hours is marked as "work hours" on that time table

 

[omgwtfbyobbq]

I'm glad there's someone else like me who doesn't see any advantage with V2G.

I understand the powerwall, but there's no reason for V2G unless you plan to steal supercharger power and then bring it home.

People who use V2G will eventually find themselves in an emergency situation where they need to get somewhere in a hurry at an hour they weren't expecting and they are going to find a car with an unusable range in the garage (Nissan Leaf).

Smart charging is useful to avoid overloading the grid when everyone gets home from work at the same time. This would involve the charger communicating with the grid to even out spikes but it's not V2G.

Maybe I'm missing something that the powerwall doesn't provide...

I'm thinking V2H is the selling point. At a Tesla store, you could buy PV panels, however many powerwalls you need for your average nightly load, and a big battery pack on wheels you can use instead of a backup generator. V2G might be economically viable too, but it really depends on the region (utility + transmission costs would need to be substantially more than generation + distribution).

 

[JeffK]

I'm thinking V2H is the selling point. At a Tesla store, you could buy PV panels, however many powerwalls you need for your average nightly load, and a big battery pack on wheels you can use instead of a backup generator. V2G might be economically viable too, but it really depends on the region (utility + transmission costs would need to be substantially more than generation + distribution).

Here's JB on the matter
JB Straubel Talks About V2G And EV Battery Storage - Gas 2

 

[jonnyg]

Here's JB on the matter
JB Straubel Talks About V2G And EV Battery Storage - Gas 2

Thanks for that. I was thinking that the extra cycling of using your car battery as storage on a regular basis wouldn't be a good idea. Still leaves open the idea for an emergency backup, but might not be worth the effort for something that happens so rarely (at least to me).

 

[tsla007]

announcement 2 was very unimpressed. I was expecting a lot more like a lot of other folks.
Like powerwall 2 which is wireless charging and a electrical backup for the whole house.

 

[ModelNforNerd]

announcement 2 was very unimpressed. I was expecting a lot more like a lot of other folks.
Like powerwall 2 which is wireless charging and a electrical backup for the whole house.

if you were expecting powerwall, you weren't paying attention. they've already said tesla/solar city announcement is the 28th. that's when you'll see powerwall related things.

 

[ecarfan]

announcement 2 was very unimpressed. I was expecting a lot more like a lot of other folks.
Like powerwall 2 which is wireless charging and a electrical backup for the whole house.

The Tesla announcement this week was never promoted as being about the Powerwall. I do not understand why you would have expected that.

In another thread about the Tesla announcement this week you wrote:

What about those TPS reports?! Unggghhh.
Tesla Production Sending of model 3s
I was depressed at the part 2. So was my wife. Expecting so much more.

So in this thread you say you were expecting something about Tesla Powerwall, and in another thread you say something completely different that you were expecting, which I don't even understand.

 

[Red Sage]

And... one more for the [IGNORE] pile!