I just returned home from the event in my new MSP. First time I could really go fast on the Autobahn (hit top speed of 215 km/h and could drive it for a few minutes). Awesome car (in case you didn't know).
I am glad I went (220 km drive one way). There were some folks who had driven their MS 450 km one way on a single charge to attend.
I would estimate there were 200+ people in the room, about 50 were identified as members of the German Tesla Freunde Forum.
Anyway these were my point I took home from the Elon Musk talk:
Three things he wanted to annouce:
1) High Speed Upgrade for free, retrofit for free for all delivered cars (in Germany I guess, not sure what that encompasses)
2) 40 SCs in D, highest per capita # of SC by end of 2014, 6 of them in 2013, locations to be announced on thursday (if your going fast, you will need more power --> closer placement of SCs)
3) Navigation update to optimize travel time (including SCs and wind speed in the calculation), this included in the upcoming december update
Other things I learned:
Tesla is planning Service Centers within 100 km distance from the customers. Elon asked for applications of anyone wanting to work for Tesla in Germany.
He makes a salary of 1$ (hey good, so I make many thousand times as much as he does) and he'll be the last one to sell his shares of TSLA stock
Gen III at least 320 km range, first prototype in about 12-15 months
Significant ramp up next year, 200 per week to Germany, 400 per week US; Germany an important market for Tesla (though not the largest, but perhaps the largest per capita, the largest being America and China)
Open Apps for third party developement possibly by end of next year
Thinking about an android emulator for the screen unit
80 % of the time he uses for Tesla go for the expansion of production capacity und Model X developement
Panasonic is to triple capacity by end of next year, meaning 1200 to 1500 cars per week will be possible end of next year
Samsung and LG as second source battery suppliers
Electric folding mirrors retrofit will come
Press Release will come on thursday
ACC, Lane Control and blind spot detection will come eventually, not sure if they can be retrofit.
At one point he said, just get another car, if you want the best and the newest.
Any Hotel that puts a HPC in an exposed location, he will give one for free
New seats in development, softer seats in production now, new seat in developement probably in 9 months
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Sorry I couldn't capture everything, but these were some of the important topics I can remember. This post is based in memory and my comprehension of what he sais, so please don't be harsh if I misunderstood something.
Exiting times.