Forward Observing
White knuckle ~ This is the time that tries my soul.
Writing from Bilbao, Spain. Each day, we see one or maybe two Model 3s. The first day off the plane we saw a M3 taxi. Yesterday, Sunday we saw a Model S from behind ~ could not tell if it was vintage or newer. We asked our small group wine country tour guide about Tesla’s in her area. Note ~ quite a few busses in and around the city are electric. Her response was that since most city dwellers lived in apartments and no infrastructure exists to support electric cars. During both of our vineyard tours our guides stressed key points about learning to adjust for climate change.
Back in the eighties my wife and I enjoyed a white wine from the source and occasionally their ice wine. The wine from there was so good, the battalion we were forming got them to produce a label for us once I introduced them. I think my wife and I were their single best customer. Sorry, I am drifting. Our guide yesterday stressed that this Basque region was taking the lead away from Germany on Ice Wine.
On our way back home I observed two separate solar farms, and at least one wind farm.
Now, the reason this tour was so much fun, besides the too much wine, was the family from Canada.
If this is on your garage wall and you drive a Model 3, Your son and in-laws are outstanding people. It was a pleasure to have met them! Though I understand you should relabel it from Tesla to TSLA
My bottom line or take away is: Tesla needs a small car that is affordable and usable in dense city situations. Maybe, just maybe putting in a Gigafactory in Spain would push the Basque region to put in that needed infrastructure. These tile roofs would work well as Tesla solar roofs.