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Not all of us are speed junkies. My Volkswagen ICE car goes 160km/h max (100 MPH) and it sells just fine. :-) Of course, expensive cars should be able to go a little faster. And EVs are expensive, generally speaking. But still, Renault Zoe is an EV, max speed is 135km/h (85 MPH), and it sells...

It's Trump-level madness to me, but Elon has a lot of redeeming qualities. I can't defend him on this one though. In fact, I have been contacted by 2 people about this and while I can usually explain away the FUD they have picked up about Tesla somewhere, this time I have nothing to reply other...

That seems dangerous, as Trump might slap a 20% (30%?) tariff on cars made in the EU. Might be less of an issue if the EU GF is not planned to go into production before 2121.

Not true. :-) Most big cities (at least ~100k inhabitants) have acceptable public transport. Lots of small towns don't. Inter-city public transport is okay. Now, compare Germany to Switzerland... Railway dreams come true!

Lawsuits in Germany are pretty tame. Worst case (sounds cynical, but from a financial POV, it's true) the self-driving car hits a few people in a way that they survive, but need assistance until the end of their lives in 80 years. Compensation for that plus some tame compensation for pain /...

I'll take it for what it's worth and not treat it like a fact, but I'm not sure the OP just made this up. It's positive that they believe that they might be able to fix it before the planned launch date. So even if this turns out to be true, it's hopefully solveable within a reasonable timespan!

So when Democrats are in control, they use a bipartisan commission and try to draw fair district lines, but when Republicans are in control they try to gerrymander as much as possible in their favour? That seems like a losing strategy for Democrats. They should draw lines that favour Democrats...

So in March, Tesla registered 670 EVs in Germany. Renault registered 587. BMW registered 263. Nissan 172. Volkswagen 172. Kia 97. Mercedes 87. Opel 40 (they are listed as "Ampera", which is actually the Volt... But the Ampera shouldn't be listed as a pure EV, so I guess those are dealership...

Some German company (HeidelbergCement) already looks forward to help with building "the wall". We have a lot of experience with building and maintaining border walls. I suspect we have lots of highly-skilled workers for that type of business in the eastern parts of Germany. Also, in case Trump...

I know it's OT, but I need to comment on this. This is simply not true. Even the most right-wing political party that has some chances to get a few members into parliament in September does not favour a "Gerxit". They want to limit EU power, but that's it. And right now the polls come in at ~10%...

You can look it up. Number of deaths in US caused by private gun ownership vs. Number of deaths in Germany caused by private gun ownership PLUS number of deaths in Germany caused by refugees Of course, divide by the number of inhabitants. You will find that it's much safer to live in Germany.

There is no mess. Germany is still great. We have 1 million + new great people in the country, and of course some new bad people. Maybe a few dozen REALLY bad people. So what. US gun laws, as an example, are much more dangerous.

I guess LST was talking about border agents ignoring court orders. Isn't that alarming? Or maybe that's normal practice until the matter is finally settled at the supreme court? From my European perspective this disturbed me a lot. What if they just continue ignoring any court orders?

The problem with that kind of reasoning is that there are more than 2 sides in this equation. It might be a win for Elon and Trump, but what about that 88 year old grandma from Iran and the hundreds, thousands, or millions of other innocent people in Iran, Iraq etc. who are more or less affected...

gg_got_a_tesla, thanks for describing my thoughts on this issue much better than I could. I guess Elon still believes that he can be a voice of reason for Trump. But I don't think that voice even reaches Trump's ear. He doesn't care about Elon's opinion or suggestions. Elon is only a mascot for...

In some cases, it's a good idea to collaborate with leaders you don't like if it helps to advance your own cause. But there's a limit somewhere. Just as an extreme example (and I'm NOT comparing Trump to Hitler here!), collaborating with Hitler to help / start your auto business is a very, very...

That SCOPE ONLINE article makes it sound like it really is Tesla. "weltweit führenden Hersteller von vollelektrischen Fahrzeugen" => world's leading manufacturer of fully electric vehicles. Start of pumps production was planned for H1 2017, which fits well with Elon's "July 1" deadline. I hope...

Also, if Trump really plans to introduce that "border tax" for goods imported from the EU, chances are the EU in return will introduce the same "border tax" for US goods shipped to the EU (including Tesla). So the EU factory would help with avoiding that tax.

Thanks! If I remember correctly, Tesla was added to that table in the press release in January 2016, a year ago. I guess they choose the top N manufacturers each year, based on the number of registrations in the previous year. The addition of Tesla Motors in 2016 was already expected/announced...

Not sure if that's new: The NHTSA site now lists the Model X 5-seat and 7-seat configurations (or at least that's what I think "5 Pass" and "7 Pass" means?), but the pages just say "not rated". 2015 Tesla Model X 5 Pass SUV AWD | Safercar -- NHTSA

VW also wants some workers to retire early, it's not only a hiring freeze. So they might have to offer some incentives for that. Not sure about blue / white collar positions, I'm sure VW could get rid of lots of white collar workers and not only save money, but also make it easier for others to...

There are e.g. 39 inventory Model S w/ AP 2.0 as well in Germany, according to ev-cpo.com. Like this one: Model S 75D 5YJSA7E29GF165856 | Tesla Deutschland They're not discounted though. I've been expecting this for some time now. It was the obvious place where cars produced in early October...

I have no use for the 28kWh version (it's probably more like ~32kWh since 28kWh is the usable capacity), but the 200+ miles Ioniq could be great if the price is right. Although I prefer station wagon designs, and the Model 3 looks better than the Ioniq, it's still a great-looking car IMO...

The 3500€ incentive is for PHEVs. For Tesla it should be 4000€ (paid only in half by the state) since they are pure EVs. Tesla is required to discount the car by 2000€ excl. VAT. Since consumer price tags in Germany always include VAT of 19%, the discount needs to be 2380€ (as perceived by the...

Tesla is taking measures right now that look very much like they will use the 2000€ ($2200) federal subsidy for EVs in Germany soon. Germany tailored the law to exclude vehicles where the base model costs more than 60,000€ (excl. VAT) from the subsidy, i.e. to make sure Tesla can't use the...

I had the same thought for CPO cars. I'm not sure if they can do this for private car sales. At least in the EU it might be difficult legally. So you might be able to sell your old Tesla at a premium by selling directly to the next owner instead of trading it in at the service center / store.

My desktop computer is now 7 years old (to be fair, I added a solid state drive like 4 years ago, and the GPU was changed as well in 2011 for bitcoin mining reasons) and it works much butter than most computers I know. Probably because I use the same operating system that is used in Teslas...

Yeah, and imagine the headlines. "Tesla AP crashed into $OBSTACLE after failing to recognize lane markings because cameras 2, 3, 6 and 7 are disabled by software". I don't think they really ignore those 4 camera inputs. It makes no sense. They should (and I hope they do) simply disable the...

Model S and X will be delivered in Germany in early 2017 if you order now. Model X shows March 2017 as the earliest in the drop down menu, and Model S late january. I wonder when do they produce the cars to be delivered in Germany in late January? Surely they must be produced in 2016 in order...

Cool :) I usually try to keep enough distance so I can see the second next car in front of the car in front of me, in order to prevent something like this from killing me. That's not always possible though, so I'm looking forward to getting AP!

While this is required by law in Germany (and Austria, and possibly other countries), it might be bad practice or even illegal in other areas. So the obvious solution is to add some GPS location awareness and automatically move to the far left (if there is no adjacent lane) or right (if there is...

Cool! Not 25k though. *cough*

According to a post by Elektrinfizierter in the TFF forums, the service center near Munich delivered 45 cars on a single day (Thursday): Rabattschlacht eröffnet ? • TFF Forum - Tesla Fahrer & Freunde I expect great Q3/september numbers :)

This might actually be part of the reason for why the score is lower. Since there is almost no crumple zone at the side of cars, some intrusion might help with reducing forces / deceleration speed. Just guessing though.

CCS is quite common around here, and since a new law mandates that every new fast charging station needs a CCS charger for each stall, that won't change. Even new superchargers are required to have a CCS plug for each stall. So a CCS adapter could be pretty useful quite soon in Europe. Maybe...

Submitted now (I wasn't sure if I should wait until S/X numbers are available, since the form says "next update sept 5").

Germany: 171 cars (up from 53 in May/last quarter and 130 last year)

To the best of my knowledge, this is the current record for 24h distance, set by Horst Lüning and his son Ben: 2,424 Kilometers In 24 Hours In Tesla Model S … On German Autobahn 2424km (measured by GPS) or 2442km (measured by odometer). They booked a hotel room close to the supercharger to get...

I don't care about performance. As long as it takes 10 seconds or less for 0-60mph. I want a Tesla because it is an EV that supports long distance trips. And I want a machine to drive it because I know a machine is able to react faster than I could. It just needs to be programmed correctly /...

That's in 2 hours, right? 19:00 UTC?

Also, the 60D might be more like "64.9D" and the 90D like "85.1D". That makes the high-margin 90D look better. :)

Depending on speed / drag coefficient, driving with AC instead of open windows will actually improve range. Open windows kill the drag coefficient, so at high speeds it's a range killer.

It's quite the risk. What if lots of buyers just buy the S20D without opting to upgrade the battery later on? (Let's assume Audi or BMW want some EVs in their car pool.) Then Tesla sold a lot of software-limited S75Ds for only 60k€, possibly at a loss. They could sell a Model S00 (batteries not...

Wow, that's crazy. Thanks! So someone borrowed some of their shares to short sellers, only to buy them back from the short sellers. Now they own twice as many shares. Cool. :)

I doubt it. Unless the cool tech that will be in part 2 of the reveal is available in Model S/X early next year to prevent Osborne effect.

Estimated delivery time for Germany (S70D) is now late July, i.e. Q3. For reference, it moved from Q1 to Q2 on January 30, 95 days ago. So not sure if this means "all production slots for Q2 are filled" or "although we have some free production slots, even if we start production next week...

Well, obviously some of the newer "S90" models (including pre-facelift ones) are actually S100 but they didn't tell anyone. Discuss. :)

Maybe that really was some kind of software failure leak though. They probably have 100kWh models for internal testing, as we know the firmware already supports it. And they probably have a database table of all the cars, including test cars (so they can use superchargers and mobile apps on a...

This is a jpeg apparently (someone needs to learn how to choose the correct image format for screenshots). JPEGs have artifacts at random all over the place, so you can't tell if it's photoshopped or not just by looking at the noise. Maybe it just has less noise at the bottom because it's closer...

Well, I currently own a five-door hatchback (I think?) and IMHO it's one of the hottest cars out there :) I realize that is not compatible with American tastes, but most people around here like the car. It's a VW Polo 6R (5 doors) and looks like this...