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01-13-2009, 07:03 PM
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#41 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Hopefully it will be local.  | 
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01-13-2009, 07:13 PM
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#42 | | Tesla Fan
Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,985 | Quote:
Originally Posted by doug  Hopefully it will be local. | Given that the most finished Model S prototype appears to be penned up in a corner of the SpaceX facility, my guess would be LA area again.
(But they could ship it somewhere else if they felt like it). | |
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01-13-2009, 07:18 PM
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#43 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Good point!... Drat! | |
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01-13-2009, 07:38 PM
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#44 | | Head Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stanford, California Posts: 3,606 | Quote:
Originally Posted by TEG Given that the most finished Model S prototype appears to be penned up in a corner of the SpaceX facility, my guess would be LA area again. | True, but given the car is supposed to be manufactured in San Jose, unveiling it in the Bay Area might help reassure local officials. Plus part of Tesla's cachet is high tech, and that means Silicon Valley.
Anyhow, it's a toss up. | |
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01-13-2009, 08:44 PM
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#45 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Yup! That same link in this thread about 6 posts back!
It is interesting now that the low end is being listed at $57,500 - I thought previously they listed at $57,000 so that the post-tax-credit price would be $49,500? Maybe they changed their mind on that.
Also the 150 mile range -- wasn't that mentioned as 160 miles earlier? I wonder if things changed, or they are rounding down until they have a VP to test? | |
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01-13-2009, 08:49 PM
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#46 | | Counting down till Oct-09
Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 56 | d'oh!  seriously should have refreshed before i posted! I've had this thread open for a while.
Either way I'm stoked 
whats with Tesla not being on autobloggreen's 10 green cars of D.A.S. tho?? | |
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01-14-2009, 06:26 AM
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#48 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Winchester, UK Posts: 2,975 | Tesla announces S, unwraps Sport ? Register Hardware Quote:
Tesla is also working in a quick-swap battery pack – changing the pack on a Roadster takes around eight hours – and a fast charger than will top up the 'leccy 'tank' in around 45 minutes.
Apparently, Tesla is considering letting those who buy the short-range battery pack rent the uprated version for longer trips, which seems an eminently sensible idea to us.
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I'm glad that the battery swap and 45 minute charger statements are now public domain. I was told about those a while back but asked to keep any specifics under my hat.
It will be interesting if the company subsidises (100%?) the 45 minute charger in some strategic locations. Certainly in the UK it wouldn't take too many for them to be useful (in conjunction with home charging). I'd settle for that while the battery swap stations are in the works... | |
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01-14-2009, 07:52 AM
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#49 | | Tesla Fan
Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,985 | People had inquired about all of those ideas on the TM blogs long ago, but were basically told "not interested - impractical", but it seems times have changed.
* Quick charge.
* Fast swap.
* Rent a bigger pack for roadtrips.
It sounds like they still don't like the idea of a trailer (either ICE gen or more batteries). | |
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01-14-2009, 12:34 PM
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#50 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,240 | Hang on. Do you rent the larger battery pack or a car which contains the larger pack? If it's the latter, is there much reason to swap? | |
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