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I'm perplexed at how Fremont can maintain the current model 3 rate and also build a lot of model Y. I'm curious what people assume is the facilities total capacity in 2021. If the expectation is for a high number of total cars what changes will Tesla make to achieve a great increase in capacity...

If you vote, please also note in comments if you have made a Y order (technically not a preorder). Also what car the Y will replace.

For those interested in the details:

What did Musk say that was new or modified guidance/prediction? My head exploded after he explained that they were better than Toyota, so I need to go to the ER.

A 30% improvement in energy density over the model 3 solves all the roadster and semi battery issues. The 30% improvement of the batteries in the model 3 over the original model S is somewhat less than expected improvement over 5 years. Jumping another 30% in three years would still leave very...

Total production, S, X and 3

I may be the last to notice, but Tesla obviously designed the smartphone charging location to extended the 15" screen. Especially a larger smartphone can act like another window in the car UI. So apps like Waze or music can easily be used off the phone instead of the primary screen.

Get a 404 error trying to look at the wall connector in the Tesla store

Model Y now based on Model 3. Silliness level turned down from 11 to about a 6.

On delivery day one blogger claimed the door panels were aluminum based on a magnet test. This surprised me, and seemed to be pretty big news. But I've seen no discussion on this topic. Is he wrong about aluminum, or is it not important to most people? The weight of the car is fantastic. But...

I'm confused as to which lights are on during the day. The most extensive video has the tail lights on and two pair of front lights. I love the front of the car, but I'm confused about what is going on. Do they have the fog lights on in videos?

Study paints perilous future for automakers competing to make driverless cars

Self-Driving Taxis Could Have a Vomit Problem

Can Elon Musk Get SolarCity’s Gigafactory Back On Track?

Two types of motors! What else?

Good piece by Michael Liebreich Liebreich-Six-Design-Principles-for-the-Power-Markets-of-the-Future.pdf

Fremont will be full, so I think Nevada.

This is a really big announcement that has received little attention. This is the actual deployment of autonomous vehicles to take civilians to their desired end point. Unlike just about every other company, Google receives no benefit from b.s. autonomous driving announcements. They have no...

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/re…

The EV charging stations at the Whole Foods I frequent is nothing more than parking spaces for the model S and X. Anyone else notice this issue? I have literally never seen a Tesla owner even pretend to be charging by plugging the car in. I wonder how this plays out as EVs become more popular...

Silevo technology ditched as Tesla’s Buffalo fab run by Panasonic MODERATOR-CORRECTED TYPO in TITLE....this thread might or might not be kept in the "Investor" Sector

Maybe more EV chargers coming...... New Emissions Cheat Device Found in Audi Vehicles - Motor Trend

I'm putting this post in the investor section because I want to focus on Tesla's strategy. Examining that strategy will require discussing the technology. Some thoughts: 1) The pricing suggests that Tesla intends to sell a whole lot of this model to achieve economies of scale, or just a few. It...

"Under a system proposed by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 8% of new cars sales would have to be electric as early as 2018. By 2020, that would grow to 12%." "According to SZ, BMW sold 379 000 cars to China this year, but just 1204 of them were electric." German vice...

Not a criticism, just a question. It takes a pretty big solar array to charge 14kwh.

I assume that Powerwall 2.0 will be made with larger gigafactory cells by a new automated process. But how will it be different for the end user? Price?

Should the Model 3 refresh have moved the car closer to the M3?

At launch, will the Model 3 have a heads up display?

The Taxi - The model 3 with or without the glass roof. The car designed to fulfill Musk's price promise and not lose too much money at $35K. The 5 Door - The obvious choice for the released M3 design that may need a bit more battery than The Taxi. Starts at $38K. Less rear headroom than The...

Why not make money off the model 3?

News to me at least. No more 10kWh powerwall. I'm looking forward to a new Tesla Energy product. Musk as a software guy must have something "up his sleeve". Tesla Powerwall

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/this-battery-storage-revolution-could-happen-quicker-than-we-thought-70574

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/01/prweb13149601.htm

This issue was brought up in another thread, and it raises an important question. I believe the pending X release stalled potential S buyers. How does Tesla avoid a major trend of "waiting for the 3 to decide"? Showing a car the looks like the Bolt wouldn't affect S/X sales, but that would not...

No, not a Mod S driving into a school yard and chasing down screaming children. But rather the risk that it seems certain that Tesla won't be the first to have an autonomous car used by civilians. The slow speed urban taxi, the Google Car, is the doable subset of full autonomous driving. What...

Where will the side images appear? This volkswagen solution is clunky: