The intention of this post and thread is to try to list things that seriously needs to be europeanized (for lack of better word) on the Model S.
It is not a wishlist of the type "my Audi/BMW/Mercedes has this feature and I want it on the MS too".
It is not to bash anything. I love the MS but would like to see it more "Europeanized" in it's European version. It would seriously help sales in the EU as well...
It is supposed as a list of seriously missing things. Either being outright non-compliant with EU regulations (or soon to come into force regulations), missing important safety features or missing what is generally expected of every car in Europe.
With "every car" I don't mean high end cars, I litteraly mean almost every new car (European brand or not). Such as Volvo, Renault, VW (incl. sub-brands), Peugeot, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Mazda, etc., etc.
Euro-NCAP tested
This needs to be done. But perhaps some of the things listed below will yield a low score...
Back whiplash protection
Seems kind of bad but really unknown until Euro NCAP tested.
Front whiplash protection
No active protection as far as what is known. Has been available/standard in European cars for 10-15 years...
Tyres
In Europe, cars come with summer tyres. For a car of the MS type, that would be big brand high performance tyres such as Michelin PilotSport, Continental SportContact, Pirelli P-Zero or similar. The MS comes with a crappy "allround" tyre. In the Nordic countries, it's not even allround since it's illegal in the winter.
CCS charging adapter
Not a safety thing but urgently needed. We are starting to get CCS only DC stations capable of 50 KW or more.
These stations are a great compliment to the superchargers since they are (will be soon) many more and closer spaced.
These are the things that I currently know of. If you know more, please list and I'll update.
It is not a wishlist of the type "my Audi/BMW/Mercedes has this feature and I want it on the MS too".
It is not to bash anything. I love the MS but would like to see it more "Europeanized" in it's European version. It would seriously help sales in the EU as well...
It is supposed as a list of seriously missing things. Either being outright non-compliant with EU regulations (or soon to come into force regulations), missing important safety features or missing what is generally expected of every car in Europe.
With "every car" I don't mean high end cars, I litteraly mean almost every new car (European brand or not). Such as Volvo, Renault, VW (incl. sub-brands), Peugeot, Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Mazda, etc., etc.
Euro-NCAP tested
This needs to be done. But perhaps some of the things listed below will yield a low score...
Back whiplash protection
Seems kind of bad but really unknown until Euro NCAP tested.
Front whiplash protection
No active protection as far as what is known. Has been available/standard in European cars for 10-15 years...
Tyres
In Europe, cars come with summer tyres. For a car of the MS type, that would be big brand high performance tyres such as Michelin PilotSport, Continental SportContact, Pirelli P-Zero or similar. The MS comes with a crappy "allround" tyre. In the Nordic countries, it's not even allround since it's illegal in the winter.
CCS charging adapter
Not a safety thing but urgently needed. We are starting to get CCS only DC stations capable of 50 KW or more.
These stations are a great compliment to the superchargers since they are (will be soon) many more and closer spaced.
These are the things that I currently know of. If you know more, please list and I'll update.
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