GrandEnigma
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Did you mean to say El Camino? Either way, Ill take one.
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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dhanson865
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Cha!. The temptation to add a rear wing/spoiler would be great...
And if you gave it X-style falcon-wing doors...
This afternoon when I read that Tesla is now offering POS US tax credits, I leaped off my chair and drove to the local Tesla store and bought a LR Y. Although I'd seen $5,000 discounts before on LR Y's, today was the first time I saw this on LR Y's with no options. So a great EV at a great price. They're 2023's though, so a lower value if I trade it in on my CT.
FYI Tesla no longer offers existing-customer discounts (I have Tesla solar) or CT discounts.
I also learned that you can't buy a Tesla unless you have a working phone with a Tesla app. The salesman said they cannot use one of their computers, and downloading the app onto my years-old phone that Verizon gave me for free was not successful. So I have to buy a phone to complete the purchase process.
I wonder if next year the IRS will not allow the credit and require customers to repay the $7500 through their income tax payment. Seems plausible to me. Retroactivity like this would be illegal, but who cares.
FYI Tesla no longer offers existing-customer discounts (I have Tesla solar) or CT discounts.
I also learned that you can't buy a Tesla unless you have a working phone with a Tesla app. The salesman said they cannot use one of their computers, and downloading the app onto my years-old phone that Verizon gave me for free was not successful. So I have to buy a phone to complete the purchase process.
I wonder if next year the IRS will not allow the credit and require customers to repay the $7500 through their income tax payment. Seems plausible to me. Retroactivity like this would be illegal, but who cares.
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I was happy when Tesla changed European supply from Fremont to Shanghai and finally I no longer had to read Europeans complaining about the build quality of their cars. Are you sure you want American cars again?
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Rumor has it if you share this image with the Houthis, they will run away screaming and the Red Sea crisis will be solved.
navguy12
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True, but I chewed thru the 13 pages of posts and near the end the OP took more shots of that rear fender/tonneau cover intersection point from perhaps 50 cm away and suddenly it looks okay.Internet is blowing up about one of the first non-employee deliveries
Tesla Cybertruck gets delivered with ridiculous body defects
Tesla has delivered one of the very first Cybertrucks to a customer who is not a Tesla employee and it...electrek.co
It's going to happen on these early builds, new production process, new material...hell it still happens on the MY/S/X/3.
navguy12
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Not an excuse, but…
Reminds me of the gap that existed at the black rubber weather seal/black plastic trim joint that was part for the exterior mirrors assemblies on my May 2018 build TM3.
It also looked about as bad (as the shot above) when the camera was literally an inch away…I solved it with a bead of gloss black RTV sealant (edges masked off prior to application, still looks great at close range to this day):
Edit: last month there seemed to be a number of completed CyberTrucks sitting together in the “Island of misfit toys” section of the giga Texas back lot, all missing the exact black (presumably plastic) trim pieces being shown here. Maybe this is a bad black trim piece from a bad batch
navguy12
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Agreed, for now, that is the alternate route. Just musing if the FEBA creeps southward…
not sure if already discussed, ... but maybe China price cuts are so that they need to deliver less to EU and try and increase the local consumption? .. given the Suez canal issues? Agile/nimble
(default assumption is that price cuts are due to low demand ...)
(default assumption is that price cuts are due to low demand ...)
There was also that insurance rebate that ended...
insaneoctane
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This POS development is significant. You can buy a MY today and get your federal discount before I receive mine.....from a car I bought 11 months ago! This statement is true for the next 4 months too, before I get mine approximately 15 months after my purchase. This will appeal far more to the many Americans whom aren't familiar with this "waiting" concept.
It will be impressive if it does well on the other axes of performance important to an EV: power density, volumetric density, cycle life, cost, etc....
Easily sold where ? Certainly not in China. They could go to the EU in theory but then what happens to China-EU exports. The US is easily 35 to 40% of model 3. Not easy to shift elsewhere.
That should never have left the factory. Not on a $120k vehicle.
2daMoon
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2daMoon
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I think it is because the 2023 Model Y RWD used the same pack as the Model 3 LR, but was software limited to ~260 miles of range.
I assume the 2024 version uses a Panasonic 2170 based pack. Unknown if it is a software locked LR, or if they started making a small 2170 pack again.
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