CNN Money interview with Elon

[immel5]

A short interview about Tesla and the Model S with Elon

Meet Tesla's 7-seat sedan - Video - Business News

[PopSmith]

At 0:59 Elon says the Model S will have a drag co-efficient of "point 22". .

[Tommy]

Some interesting tidbits from the interview: Elon mentions a .22 cd for the car and the interviewer states something about being slippery as a fish. Elon also mentions the price points range from $50k to $100K fully optioned out. Elon didn't have music playing in the background, I could really "hear" how quiet the car is. Maybe the guy in back does double duty as Elon's bodyguard (joking of course)

[Norbert]

For those who have already seen the CNNMoney video "Tesla CEO personally guarantees payback", this isn't the same video, and very interesting.

I think for the cd value we heard 0.27 so far. 0.22 would be an improvment of 18.5 %.

[Arnold Panz]

Elon also said that the price range goes from $50k to "about $100k". I think that's the first time I've heard that. I'm assuming that's probably a bit more than $100k, and includes a fully loaded Sport model, 300 mile, every option (pano roof, air suspension etc.).

[AnOutsider]

Well if 300 mile is about 77k, and the assumption is that sport will be 10kish, that leaves about 12kish for other options like pano roof, manually adjustable suspension etc. still too vague to really play with the numbers though.

Someone said they were expecting numbers by the end of the year, is that confirmed? At the event we were told winter 2012, but I'm still not sure if they mean December or December through late February for that time frame.

[Mycroft]

Yeah, I think it's every option except Sport. We'll see.

.22Cd?! .22Cd! Wow! It is a frickin' fish!

[doug]

I wish they'd use Cd*A instead of Cd alone as the figure of merit. Cd by itself isn't particularly useful and in fact it's difficult to measure directly.
So I'd rather Cd*A, maybe even Fd/v^2 at sea level.

[AnOutsider]

I wish they'd use Cd*A instead of Cd alone as the figure of merit. Cd by itself isn't particularly useful and in fact it's difficult to measure directly.
So I'd rather Cd*A, maybe even Fd/v^2 at sea level.

Just like they use simple "Megapixels" to identify a camera's specs instead of the sensor and all the other things that go into a great picture. It's simpler for the public.

[JRod0802]

...So I'd rather Cd*A, maybe even Fd/v^2 at sea level.

What does "Fd/v^2" mean? I googled it, but I didn't get anything.