Pictures, videos, and news from the Model S (pre-)event Oct 1, 2011

[hcsharp]

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Getting in and out of the back is awkward for some reason - I think it has something to do with getting your legs in and out and the angle with which you have to do it.

You're just used to the Roadster which is so easy to get in and out of:wink:

Many thanks to you Ben and others who helped those of us who could only be there in spirit.

 

[Born 2 Skydive]

Wow!!!! What an awesome event Tesla rolled out. If anyone had any doubts, the test ride would have changed that. Talking to the hardware and software engineers was enlightening. Got to meet the designer. Enjoy

 

[cinergi]

hcsharp :tongue:

In my video (part 1, 5 minutes in) of the speech event, you can see Christy (the first person to exit the left rear) have mild trouble with her right leg getting out. The space for your feet getting in and out's not big enough or something ...

 

[adervish]

Here's a link to three pictures that I took at the event, the first two are 360deg panoramas of the factory. The third is an image of the Alpha build of Model X.

Photos - Google+
Photos - Google+
Photos - Google+

 

[rabar10]

The third is an image of the Alpha build of Model X.

I knew the aero drag would be worse than Model S, but oof! :tongue:

 

[doug]

Here's my video of Elon's presentation on Saturday (available in 720p, taken with an iPod Touch). For some reason this took a long time to upload. I think the audio is fairly intelligible... George Blankenship more so than Elon. Wouldn't be too hard to add subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4GZByEq4U

 

[TEG]

Dusty Alpha:

Random robot (for painting I think):

 

[Norbert]

Close up of the connector interface (from Oct 2nd)

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[AnOutsider]

Some random vids from my phone:

Robot arm:
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White Model S:
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Red Model S:
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Had a vid of the black one, but it would appear the upload never completed.

 

[PopSmith]

I didn't see any pictures of the jump seats (sorry if I missed it!) but it seems Jalopnik (article here) got a picture of them (I didn't see an image credit on the article):

How come the kids get five-point harnesses and the driver does not? :wink:

 

[VolkerP]

I didn't see any pictures of the jump seats [...]
How come the kids get five-point harnesses and the driver does not? :wink:

Obviously, because the 5.6s acceleration will press only those passengers into the seat riding the forward-facing seats...

 

[kgb]

They had such high production values with multiple camera angles and whatnot. I wonder if Tesla recorded the presentation.

Revealing Model S Beta | Blog | Tesla Motors

Elon's full presentation and more from the Reveal event will be posted shortly.

[video=vimeo;29991299]http://vimeo.com/29991299[/video]

 

[cinergi]

Anyone get any videos from events/speeches on Sunday?

 

[TEG]

Anyone get any videos from events/speeches on Sunday?

They used the white car instead. The red one was, um, 'busy' at that time.

It was the same "8 people get out of the car" presentation as on Saturday, but with this talk before:

 

[TEG]

I wasn't even looking for Tesla related info, when I noticed that this photo popped to the top of the "most active photos of the day" on Yahoo:

It is from this slideshow:
Behind the scenes at the Tesla Model S factory Photos | Behind the scenes at the Tesla Model S factory Pictures - Yahoo! News

 

[NigelM]

TESLAP1 was there in that row too on Saturday night, but it was too dark and my pics didn't come out except for the VIN:

 

[TEG]

Great set of photos from October 2nd:
Tesla S Factory Tour - a set on Flickr

 

[TEG]

More pictures, for those of you who just can't get enough:
Tesla Model S Beta - a set on Flickr

 

[bonnie]

Oh hey, that's my vid! Thanks, teg!

 

[TEG]