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I also like riding in a dual prop plane over a single prop plane.
Honestly, if one of your 2 motors goes out the car is going to throw a "pull over safely". I doubt you will just drive on your merry way until you can get it serviced.
I also like riding in a dual prop plane over a single prop plane.
According to Elon, yes you can just drive on your merry way.
I guess we should eliminate the AC unit to reduce maintenance,cost and the possibility of something going wrong.
Ditto for power liftgate, power windows, power locks, Tesla handles, power adjustable seats, pano roof, and maybe the touchscreen for knobs and dials.
Maybe the Chinese Government had it right all along and we should all sell our Teslas and get electric bikes.
BTW Just as there are Luddites that "prefer" RWD there are also Luddites that prefer the "feel" of a manual transmission. So should Tesla add a Fast & Furious RWD 6 seed manual Drifter special?
Yes, I see it as a writing on a wall: S85 is about to be axed.
They just need to empty inventory of RWD only parts before they do that.
The next thing to go will be 85kWh battery. If not before then with Model X launch, tesla will replace 85 with 100kWh battery.
Not much sense in introducing a new model with same battery as the model introduced 4 years before it. Not after continuous talk about batteries getting better with time.
Yeah, the useful purpose the standard S serves at this point is to show what a better deal the new line up is. I got my 85 last month and am in shock to see it obsoleted so damn quickly! As a shareholder, I love it. As a new buyer, I wish I had known what the new options would be.
Safe to talk about an upcoming S100D yet? Or still too speculative?
Edit: I suggest stretching some investigative dendrites, if the theory of 70D being partly due to a better battery chemistry, the move from 222 mi expected to 240 mi means a significant step from current battery chemistry. So its not the E generation. It could be the F.
First person who drives a 70D, check the battery. If it is later-than-E, the rumor has merit.
just published an article on SA about the impact of the 70D - Seeking Alpha PRO Alerts Article - Early Look for Subscribers | Seeking Alpha - I'll publish a summary here once it goes live to the public tomorrow. But the idea is to calculate how many extra cars can Tesla make and deliver based on what % of sales the 70D takes and how much extra money will it make Tesla. It also calculates if Tesla used all those batteries for storage, how much extra money does that mean.
Also, Model S can't really sell better - they still sell every car they make, 2 month before they actually make it.
Well, maybe it can.
If Tesla is still being limited by batteries instead of something else in their factory or supply chain, moving a bunch of customers to 70s instead of 85s would increase their production capability - they can build 6 70Ds with the same number of cells as 5 85Ds.
Combined with people mostly giving the money back to Tesla in higher margin options, this could be a substantial increase to Tesla's sales/profit margin.
A secondary concern I have with the P100D is that performance may suffer. First off putting higher density cells into the the P85D, shall we call it P85Dhd, will make the car lighter and improve acceleration and cornering. By contrast, the P100D would be a heavier car with slower acceleration and poorer handling. If you were to put the two in a race that does not challenge range limits, the P85Dhd would win, just as the the P85Dhd would win against the P85D. The caveat here of course is that some new technology does not compensate for the weight difference. For example, if the 100 pack could deliver more power, then perhaps enhancements in inverter and motors could lead to better acceleration in spite of the added weight, but this does not help with cornering. So maybe some additional technology could make this work, but I suspect high performance drivers would prefer the lighter P85Dhd to the P100D.
Given that the current P85Ds aren't delivering anywhere near the maximum power Tesla told us the motors (and presumably inverters) are capable of, I don't know why you think the putative P100D would need some other technology to be faster; with comparable battery technology it should have ~20% higher power output capability, and if folks are right that the current cars are only producing ~360-400 kW on a sustained basis, the motors have headroom to absorb it all (above ~40 mph, anyway.)
Whether performance below that speed would be equal depends on how much torque the car has in reserve now - something not clearly established yet on P85Ds, though the P85 could spin the rear tires pretty well with TC disabled.
Walter
Yeah, you could be right if current battery power is the limiting factor. If something else is the limiting factor, then it would need to be addressed.
When Tesla really wants to get serious about performance, they'll make a new Roadster.
Well, maybe it can.
If Tesla is still being limited by batteries instead of something else in their factory or supply chain, moving a bunch of customers to 70s instead of 85s would increase their production capability - they can build 6 70Ds with the same number of cells as 5 85Ds.
Combined with people mostly giving the money back to Tesla in higher margin options, this could be a substantial increase to Tesla's sales/profit margin.
Right you are. As long as they are battery supply constrained they will net the most profit by selling many units even if the ASP is lower.