Press Conference July 17

[yobigd20]

Musk says to wait for a 15% delta. So why not let the 60s upgrade now? That far exceeds the recommendation...

for 60 owners it makes sense. but for 85 owners it's not really cost effective to only gain 5kWh.

 

[AnOutsider]

Elon said he *does not* recommend existing owners upgrade to the 90kWh pack, but instead they plan on making the packs about 5% bigger every year. so he recommends waiting 3 or 4 years when the battery packs are much larger and then upgrading instead of upgrading every single year.

That was my thinking as well. This car really is going to last me "forever"

 

[Kevin Harney]

Q: You've been tweaiking the Model S-- any idea on a body redesign?

A: Our focus is currently on the X -- and getting that done. At the end of the day, the X was supposed to have a lot of commonality with the S -- but now only 30% in common between the different cars.

 

[FreeOfPge]

Good Luck ordering today, MY TESLA is a no-go. Guess nobody is taking Elon's advice and waiting 3 or 4 years

 

[Newb]

Wow, wow, wow... Those announcements are just great. I didn't expect anything interesting this time and now I feel just really good to get positively surprised.

Elon is just a ludicrously insane CEO. awesome.

 

[stopcrazypp]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"[/FONT]Software update is ‘high priority’ for Tesla. Beta release in two to three weeks. "

 

[omarsultan]

for 60 owners it makes sense. but for 85 owners it's not really cost effective to only gain 5kWh.

Musk just said on the call to skip upgrading until the delta is 15% - expect 5-10% increase every 2 to 3 years.

 

[JMG]

Well, for a lot of us our cars turn three very soon... like in a few months. Between degradation, lowered supercharge speed and older technology, I wonder what the tipping point is for making the call to spend the $3k?

I would bet it'd be more than $3k. They would probably factor in just how much yours has degraded.

 

[yobigd20]

Well, for a lot of us our cars turn three very soon... like in a few months. Between degradation, lowered supercharge speed and older technology, I wonder what the tipping point is for making the call to spend the $3k?

he said that the upgrade cost does not include installation costs so it's going to cost more than $3k....

 

[mibaro2]

Awesome announcements.

Someone 20 pages back did call it correctly about a bigger battery.

 

[ModelSFL]

Musk just said on the call to skip upgrading until the delta is 15% - expect 5-10% increase every 2 to 3 years.

Right but what will the cost be for a 60 to 90?

 

[kuttakamina]

"Software update is ‘high priority’ for Tesla. Beta release in two to three weeks. "

I don't see that on transportevovled's live blog .. where did u read that?

 

[Notacarguy]

Can't imagine any S60 owner not upgrading to to 90 if in fact we can do it. Hearing conflicting things about this. First it was only available to 85 owners. Are we certain its available to 60 owners?

 

[rpc8169]

Teased "Maximum Plaid" for next Roadster. What will it be?

A: Entirely new car.

 

[stopcrazypp]

I don't see that on transportevovled's live blog .. where did u read that?

marketwatch.

 

[Max*]

"Software update is ‘high priority’ for Tesla. Beta release in two to three weeks. "

Where did you see that?

 

[mibaro2]

In an average Model S week, they make 20 engineering changes to the S

 

[Kevin Harney]

Final Q: Teased "Maximum Plaid" for next Roadster. What will it be?

A: Entirely new car.

 

[Majerus]

I don't see that on transportevovled's live blog .. where did u read that?

+ tesla time factor.. it would be nice if they would acknowledge when beta code drops.

 

[kuttakamina]

Awesome announcements.

Someone 20 pages back did call it correctly about a bigger battery.

I did