The second assembly line, also called the "high speed line" is designed to build S and X. The old line was somewhat taken apart for equipment for the new line. That is one reason they cannot run the two lines together. This was told to me by someone working on setting up the new line. Some presentations say the old line can be used for prototypes and betas or whatever - however, I do not think the old line is possible to be used now. The new line is supposed to be able to do up to 400 per day at full capacity (3 shifts).
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The second assembly line, also called the "high speed line" is designed to build S and X. The old line was somewhat taken apart for equipment for the new line. That is one reason they cannot run the two lines together. This was told to me by someone working on setting up the new line. Some presentations say the old line can be used for prototypes and betas or whatever - however, I do not think the old line is possible to be used now. The new line is supposed to be able to do up to 400 per day at full capacity (3 shifts).
Todd Burch
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The lane departure warning is ONLY the steering wheel feedback. It's...well...a warning of lane departure. The lane holding won't come until the autopilot software update.
FYI - I heard that there is an imminent software update to implement Active Cruise Control. Possibly before 12/31!
Andyw2100
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When he said the "motor isn't delivering the feedback" I'm pretty sure he meant the motor that should be vibrating the steering wheel.
JRP3
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I'm excited to have a local "D" on the streets around here soon! Hope it all goes smoothly for you.
My Model S 85 VIN 66077 went into production on 12/13 and on 12/18 my dashboard said production complete and ready for shipment. Dashboard reads delivery late December but I have an email that says 12/26 for delivery (but no specific appointment time). I got an email saying a document was posted to my dashboard and the document laid out all the cost elements including a breakdown of what is taxed in Florida. I made the complete payment by ACH from my checking account and my dashboard shows paid in full. I hope 12/26 is real.
ariporad
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How do you know this? From what I am hearing they are very careful with giving any estimate beyond 2015. Let us know who said this or if you just had happy ears please - lots of us will want to understand this better
Picked up my car yesterday at the Denver Service Center. Very smooth experience and amazing vehicle.. Really amazing.
Spent several hours last night testing the vehicle on various roads, doing launches, etc. Went out again this AM to "pick up breakfast for the family" (I can see many, many errands in my future, lol). Setting up homelink, Wifi, mobile app, etc all went without a hitch.
Current power usage average is 593 Wh/mi -- hahaha (yes I'm having fun w/ this vehicle)
Spent several hours last night testing the vehicle on various roads, doing launches, etc. Went out again this AM to "pick up breakfast for the family" (I can see many, many errands in my future, lol). Setting up homelink, Wifi, mobile app, etc all went without a hitch.
Current power usage average is 593 Wh/mi -- hahaha (yes I'm having fun w/ this vehicle)
I'm in a grey hole too. I finished on 12/17, paid 12/18, and got a date of 12/23 (on or about) on my final payment papers. My DS said I needed to catch a truck on 12/20 to get to OH by 12/27. I did not hear yet. I emailed with no response on Sat 12/20. So, I also do not have a scheduled time yet, nor did I hear if my car jumped on a transport. I am 66083 (just 6 behind you!), Silver P85D going to Columbus OH (then to Cleve via me). I will post when I get some more info.
I think I saw your car in the factory the other day in the factory during a factory. Only saw one brown car in all of the factory.
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When I was picking up the P85D, I saw Barry Bonds picking up his as well.
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When I was picking up the P85D, I saw Barry Bonds picking up his as well.
Todd Burch
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Don't think so, since he mentioned the "three chimes". Lane departure doesn't chime at all--only speed assist does that (and only once, at that). But lane departure does vibrate three times, so it sounds like his is working correctly.
When I first experienced the lane departure warning I thought there were rumble strips in the road, but it was the car itself. I did notice that if the white lines are far enough apart, and the sensor happens to cross lanes between them, it will not go off.
Sorry, rather OT here.
Andyw2100
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It turns out I'm not getting my car today. It now looks like I should receive it on Wednesday.
At about 1:00 AM, looking at the picture my DS had sent again, I realized my car still had the cyclone wheels on it. I thought it probably wasn't a problem, and that the service center just hadn't switched the wheels to the winter wheel package yet (at the time the picture was taken), but to be safe I sent a quick e-mail.
At 9:00 this morning I tried to call my DS, and when I only reached his voicemail, I tried the other DS who has been helping me, and reached him. I didn't want to take a chance that the car just shipped off without confirming that the right wheels were on it. He said he'd take care of it.
He called me back about 90 minutes later to let me know there was, in fact, a problem. Apparently although my winter tires are available, the 19" wheels are not. He offered to send the car up with the wheels on it, and work out the other wheels later, but I have a steep driveway, and want my snows on the car, so that wasn't really an option. He said he would try to see if he could find some available wheels.
I just heard back, and it's not going to work out for today. I trust by Wednesday they will be able to find wheels for the snow tires and get them on my car.
It's definitely disappointing, but I guess these things happen.
Beautiful Commasign! Enjoy. Hoping for mine on the 27th as a birthday present
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I sat in them both side by side, next gen and old version. Huge difference for me in comfort and support. I think the difference will be even more dramatic driving. I went to see not planning on wasting 3,500 and decided it was very important to me. I upgraded immediately
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I sat in them both side by side, next gen and old version. Huge difference for me in comfort and support. I think the difference will be even more dramatic driving. I went to see not planning on wasting 3,500 and decided it was very important to me. I upgraded immediately
The lane departure warning does not work on my brand new P85D. No steering wheel vibration, no chime. Is it working on any other new P85D's?
Thanks, Maddog. It's a matter of principle for me. They pulled this in 2012 and I had to call every month to find out where my missing items were. I think I finally received everything 6 months later. One of the issues we face here in Palo Alto is the concentration of Tesla cars makes service poor. The Palo Alto service center probably services 50X as many cars as any other location, and it is not 50X as big. I could be off on this number, but even if it's 5X or 10X, the service center is not 5X or 10X as large. As a result, Tesla loaners are no longer a reality (every service in the last year has come with a trip across the street to Enterprise rental car adding another 30 minutes to every service appointment). Their attitude then (and I believe now) is "the cars are in high demand, so we can get away with delivering them without the correct configurations, so let's stuff as many out as possible, and we'll clean up the mess in 2015." Very short-sighted and this hangover will last well into 2015.
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