Photos from Milan Store Opening can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teslatuning/sets/72157626032038914/
A view photos for example:
and
The most "important" picture on a technical view is this:
It was just made seconds after Elon Musk and JB Straubel confirmed on the podium that - especially to a dedicated question from Eberhard - Model S onboard Charger is SINGLE PHASE. It is a 22kW onboard charger, from what I understood is able to accept DC, but on the AC Side, ONLY single phase, definitely not 3phase.
There was some audience quite unhappy, but it is at it is. JB said they had to make this decision somewhere early in the projects stage, have to save every dollar on the car, and now have to bring everything to road, no other options.
JB was some kind of a surprice guest, was introduced from Elon as some other co-Founder, and it was great to talk to him. As he is relatively unknown in europe except to freaks, all the crowd was around Elon, and JB could not really escape our small group of tech oriented owners. But problem: If I had known that JB was coming, I would have prepared myself with a list of questions. Not sure if there will ever be again the chance to speak to the CTO in face to face small group for nearly half an hour. As I was not prepared, it was miscelaneous stuff, including this odd 1 phase / 3 phase thing, the mobile phone access / status infos, and so on.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teslatuning/sets/72157626032038914/
A view photos for example:
and
The most "important" picture on a technical view is this:
It was just made seconds after Elon Musk and JB Straubel confirmed on the podium that - especially to a dedicated question from Eberhard - Model S onboard Charger is SINGLE PHASE. It is a 22kW onboard charger, from what I understood is able to accept DC, but on the AC Side, ONLY single phase, definitely not 3phase.
There was some audience quite unhappy, but it is at it is. JB said they had to make this decision somewhere early in the projects stage, have to save every dollar on the car, and now have to bring everything to road, no other options.
JB was some kind of a surprice guest, was introduced from Elon as some other co-Founder, and it was great to talk to him. As he is relatively unknown in europe except to freaks, all the crowd was around Elon, and JB could not really escape our small group of tech oriented owners. But problem: If I had known that JB was coming, I would have prepared myself with a list of questions. Not sure if there will ever be again the chance to speak to the CTO in face to face small group for nearly half an hour. As I was not prepared, it was miscelaneous stuff, including this odd 1 phase / 3 phase thing, the mobile phone access / status infos, and so on.