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Tesla to make "exciting announcement on Thursday" (correction Tuesday)
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toto_48313
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Thursday is the 4th anniversary of the Model S annoncement. So in 4 year from now, there will be a new incredible result from Elon...
Clprenz
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Lets not forget, when marketing a car that can go anywhere because of the superchargers, they still need to happen... My guess is like 20+ stations revealed financed by the man himself Elon Musk. Also they will formally announce that production has increased significantly along with margins - based on the fact that he said they wouldn't increase production until they had a decent margin.
It would be great to see a prototype of gen three and maybe a Model S variant, oohh maybe a Tesla F1 team, with Musk financing it!
That would be cool, just speculation!
It would be great to see a prototype of gen three and maybe a Model S variant, oohh maybe a Tesla F1 team, with Musk financing it!
That would be cool, just speculation!
mitch672
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Better: He's GOING to Mars. There a 2017 launch window coming up, where Earth and Mars are very close (shortens the trip to about 3 months).
jeff_adams
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Perhaps he's buying a new factory and increasing production? Maybe in Europe? That might allow the Model X to arrive sooner. You've got to believe some cities would offer incentives to have Teslas built there.
Raffy.Roma
Rome (Italy)
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Citizen-T
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Maybe read some of those 1600 posts. He's been a valued member of this community and has contributed a great deal especially from the investment angle. The fact that he often sees the glass half empty has helped keep our often too fanboyish perspectives grounded on more than one occasion . I for one appreciate his opinion whether I agree with it or not.
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There's a lot of good ideas being thrown out there. My guess is that Elon will be personally funding the Gen III development to speed up its debut. Getting that car on the road is one of his personal "big goals." The backup to that is that he will personally fund the Supercharger network to get the free forever charging network in place that much faster. Donating a bunch of cars would be an outside possibility.
"Putting money where his mouth is" is clearly saying he is backing statements he has made in the past or recently. Buying solar panels for the factories roof, while really cool, isn't something he has said is a goal of his. Unless I missed it somewhere.
"Putting money where his mouth is" is clearly saying he is backing statements he has made in the past or recently. Buying solar panels for the factories roof, while really cool, isn't something he has said is a goal of his. Unless I missed it somewhere.
Laumb
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- All Model S variants In production (40kwh, regular suspension, supercool red).
- Netherlands operations going live.
- First peek at finished EU Model S and release of its spec.
- dark teaserpictures showing the main lines of the Gen3 design.
- ... And all European models will get a free upgrade to a 850kwh battery that is geographically locked down to not work outside of Europe. It also includes a 4 wheel drive system with 4 separate 450kw engines giving the car an acceleration of 0,7 seconds from 0-160mph making it go into hyperloop-mode, where it teleports you the the Mars Ranch supercharger at a newly built Mars base with a Subway restaurant and a cinema. No toilets availible yet - no coke during the movie.
- Netherlands operations going live.
- First peek at finished EU Model S and release of its spec.
- dark teaserpictures showing the main lines of the Gen3 design.
- ... And all European models will get a free upgrade to a 850kwh battery that is geographically locked down to not work outside of Europe. It also includes a 4 wheel drive system with 4 separate 450kw engines giving the car an acceleration of 0,7 seconds from 0-160mph making it go into hyperloop-mode, where it teleports you the the Mars Ranch supercharger at a newly built Mars base with a Subway restaurant and a cinema. No toilets availible yet - no coke during the movie.
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Laumb
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It validates your cinema ticket and provides free superpopcorn for the lifetime of your car.
carrerascott
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Norbert
TSLA will win
Most realistic suggestions so far don't seem to fit the twitter text. They either aren't "really exciting", or not something that would make Elon talk about investing money (that's not already invested).
I can't make up my mind about a guess.
- It seems early for Gen III announcement, especially for already having a prototype. Except for recent twitter activity, there are no rumors about first specs or so.
- Can't think of any possible larger Model S related announcement that would fit above description.
- Supercharger plans already exist going far beyond the current state. They might get accelerated, but that seems difficult to convey in an announcement.
- There are no rumors about new battery technology ready to be used in production, or any other pending innovation.
Out of these, an official Gen III announcement is perhaps the best fit. With an official name, and just a few more specs in addition to $30k+inflation, 200+ miles, smaller than Model S yet otherwise similar, with more features optional instead of standard. However, "best fit" doesn't necessarily mean "very likely".
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