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I debated leaving out "spouse" from the reply, but then I figured I'd leave the full list. I don't know if anyone has transferred to a spouse, but it's certainly easy enough to do after purchase at the state level. My wife and I have transferred cars back and forth for various reasons.
Maybe. Maybe not. Unless anyone says they definitely didn't, I wouldn't rely on making it happen. Certainly transfers to the nanny and the dog walker would be out.
favo
P3D+ owner
DrManhattan
Member
They are transferable to spouse, they made that clear. I didn't ask about any other family members, but I don't think it would be a problem.
Ok, just to recognize a winner. CLPRENZ made a bold prediction. He was off by a bit but, maybe by the end of tonight. 200k was just passed. Hard to believe they won't get the 250k by the end of the weekend. I had jested with him a bit but, man he was right.
jstoneman
Member
Well done to the tesla family. I hope they have a million pre-orders by summer-time. Thanks Elon. BMW executives are having a hard day. If you see one, give them a hug.....
nwdiver
Well-Known Member
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
favo
P3D+ owner
Roamer
Member
Uh, Randy? Even you: I think you're gonna need a bigger garage.
After I saw that flat gray prototype I had to order. Thinking maybe a tuner model 3 would fit in with the fleet.
flankspeed8
Member
dhanson865
Well-Known Member
Funny, but they do need one in Europe and another in China. Which will they build first?
I really hope that they build one in Europe instead of China. Factory in China is going to suck big time in terms of quality. Chinese people actually don't like to buy anything that is produced in China because it is always perceived as low quality, cheap, and break easily. Anything from overseas can attract significantly more demand and premium.
Since the interest rate on my savings account it practically zero I placed a reservation, just as a show of support for a true visionary who is transforming our world into something better.
I think I am number 150.000 +/- 30.000 and figure delivery in 2019. I currently have 280.000 km on my 8-cylinder Audi, so by then I might need a new car. And the only car that comes into consideration would also need to have AWD and aluminum body, apart from being a BEV. Still hoping for a quad motor Model S though.
Going a bit OT here, but what is the maximum battery capacity that we can expect on any Tesla model?
Once the typical driver can drive a whole day, then there is little point in paying for (and thus producing) a higher capacity battery. But here in Germany, one day of driving can mean 1000 km about half of which is without speed limit - which can really raise the needed capacity for a single day's driving...
Actually some of us predicted as good or better than him BEFORE we saw lines forming at the stores.
It depends on when you start counting the beginning of the first 24 hours. I was thinking it started when the stores opened on the East Coast of the US. I didn't think reservations would start down-under before then. 24 hrs starting at 10AM Eastern time US my prediction was more accurate than any I've seen in this thread. And that prediction was made several days ago. Just sayin'.
Another fairly close prediction if you use the 5% figure and assume 24hrs:
For those who don't want to click on the link.
253k reservations this morning. One reservation count update this night (3 days)
Last one on wednesday (1 week)
Red Sage
The Cybernetic Samurai
I believe that JB Straubel and Elon Musk would like to make sure that some day the typical entry-level electric vehicle would have 'enough' range. So the battery capacity would be sized so that they could build as many vehicles as possible that achieve that goal. Still, there may always be high end options for superior range at a Premium. Tesla Motors still has to combat those who look at the theoretical maximum range of a car like an AUDI A8L Diesel or Toyota Prius, for instance. Ultimately, for most people, when they are able to achieve a range of between 300 and 350 miles during any weather conditions without feathering the pedal while only using about 70% of the battery capacity, they will be happy.
I would like to see a situation where the priority becomes thoroughly embarrassing ICE vehicles though. Making it so that even the most efficient ICE would need a 50 gallon fuel tank to achieve even half the range of a typical BEV. I believe that may well happen within the next 20 years or so.
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