Are the cars Manual or Automatic? Or do you have a choice?
Tesla cars are automatic, and now have just 1 continuous gear in the transmission. Makes for very smooth acceleration and deceleration, with no jumping through gears.
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Are the cars Manual or Automatic? Or do you have a choice?
Tesla cars are automatic, and now have just 1 continuous gear in the transmission. Makes for very smooth acceleration and deceleration, with no jumping through gears.
Are the cars Manual or Automatic? Or do you have a choice?
There is no shifting other than between D, N, and R in a Tesla. The electric motor has one gear and one gear only. There is no clutch pedal.
So when you put your foot down.... you go faster, and faster, and faster....?
This isn't really a specific mass market car question but it's the first car I will buy from Tesla. And this may be a stupid question... but...
Are the cars Manual or Automatic? Or do you have a choice?
It will be interesting to see if the $30K car is a hybrid or if battery prices will have dropped enough to make an all-electric sub-compact at that price possible. Much as I love the Model S, it is really too big. It's a foot wider and two feet longer than my wife's current car and she loves the maneuverability.
I only ask because the original concept for mass-production was a hybrid.
I only ask because the original concept for mass-production was a hybrid.
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/song-remains-sameAs was alluded to in the customer town hall meeting last week, Tesla will likely provide both pure electric and range extended electric drive options in the future. We refer to the latter as a REEV (Range Extended Electric Vehicle) to distinguish it from "hybrids," which are really just gasoline engine cars with a small electric motor and tiny battery. The REEV battery in our scenario would fully cover the range needs for reasonable daily usage, but there would be an onboard generator for the occasional long trip.
However, they have obviously ditched that idea. I don't have the link to the article, but I remember reading that Tesla now has no plans to ever release a hybrid car. It is going to be BEV all the way.
I am in a hotel for a bit, just using iPhone so I can't do elaborate searches ATM...Maybe TEG knows when that decision was made.
I remember that as well. Don't think Tesla will ever do a hybrid.I believe at some point Musk said they will not do hybrids. I'm sure TEG or somebody else will be able to confirm (or prove wrong or correct) that.
-Shark2k
My question is, how much of their timeline is a function of the reduction battery costs... that even if they had the resources they would delay in order to see batteries come down in price and /or increase in efficiency to hit 30-40k price target?
I think it was last quarterly report where Elon said they'll build the 3rd gen car before the new Roadster, as he has gained confidence that the battery tech will be ready by then. ...