Badges & Their Meaning

[sp4rk]

The SMALL car?

Hah! Maybe it was in 1978. But I don't recall that coupe body shape being small back then either.

A "regular" car was a Chevy Caprice and it looks the same size.

 

[TEG]

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Funny Googling that term is now putting this thread at the top of searches.

Yeah, sometimes I think TMC has some special stature in the Google ranking hierarchy...

 

[Trnsl8r]

Here's one hoping for badging to be optional once general production gets started.

I like the Model S bit, but 40-60-85 badging I would like to avoid. If I spring for an 85 battery, I don't need everyone at work knowing that I did. Nor do I need the extra theft attraction.

TM, you're listening, right? Please, "no-cost option" would be music to my ears on this one...

 

[NigelM]

Here's one hoping for badging to be optional once general production gets started.

I like the Model S bit, but 40-60-85 badging I would like to avoid. If I spring for an 85 battery, I don't need everyone at work knowing that I did. Nor do I need the extra theft attraction.

TM, you're listening, right? Please, "no-cost option" would be music to my ears on this one...

It's really a 2 minute job to remove them, even if you have to do it yourself.

 

[Trnsl8r]

It's really a 2 minute job to remove them, even if you have to do it yourself.

Yeah I saw your (and others') posts on that elsewhere. Much appreciated. But I guess I'm too much of a nervous nellie to go at my brand new $80-90k car with a hair dryer and floss right away... Also, are we sure that TM simply glues those in place and don't use drill holes or something?

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

I wouldn't mind the - in my case, looking like 60 - badging. Can't give up on "Phase Current Amplification" or whatever other phrase they might put on the general production cars!

It's a talking point too as we could describe battery capacities and ranges to laypeople.

In terms of revealing the price paid for the car, it's no different from the 528i/535i/540i badging on the BMW 5; those badges are mostly left alone?!

 

[Lloyd]

I asked what Phase Current Amplification meant today and got this answer:

Our drive inverter can be described as a gigantic three phase amplifier, so this is basically a lay description of what's happening in the drive inverter. Maybe this will be the "DOHC" or "Fuel Injected" equivalent descriptor of the 21st century

 

[Trnsl8r]

I wouldn't mind the - in my case, looking like 60 - badging. Can't give up on "Phase Current Amplification" or whatever other phrase they might put on the general production cars!

It's a talking point too as we could describe battery capacities and ranges to laypeople.

In terms of revealing the price paid for the car, it's no different from the 528i/535i/540i badging on the BMW 5; those badges are mostly left alone?!

I guess my other point is that I don't care much for the style of the badge. The "Model S" part I think looks classy, but the P85 badge looked a little too much like a... "regular car"? To each his own...

 

[Doug_G]

Yeah, sometimes I think TMC has some special stature in the Google ranking hierarchy...

Since Google ranking is based on links, TMC is probably considered an "authority" by Google because it has thousands of outgoing links.

 

[AnOutsider]

Since Google ranking is based on links, TMC is probably considered an "authority" by Google because it has thousands of outgoing links.

Wouldn't it be incoming links that would make it an authority? I'd assume tons of outgoing links gets you link farm status

 

[doug]

Google may just be tailoring your search results since you visit this site often.

 

[Sousaphil]

Tesla Motors Club: the only car jock forum that includes SEO discussions.

 

[VolkerP]

I asked what Phase Current Amplification meant today. Maybe this will be the "DOHC" or "Fuel Injected" equivalent descriptor of the 21st century

Can I have "Anti Matter Reaction Chamber"? Please?

 

[Doug_G]

Wouldn't it be incoming links that would make it an authority? I'd assume tons of outgoing links gets you link farm status

They do it both ways. Some sites aggregate lots of relevant links; other sites get lots of inbound links. Either or both gets you a high ranking.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Can I have "Anti Matter Reaction Chamber"? Please?

I'd like "Vanadium Redox Cells" (see dpeilow's signature)

 

[daniel]

Yeah, sometimes I think TMC has some special stature in the Google ranking hierarchy...

Personalized search results. You get different results than your neighbor gets, based on which search results you've clicked on in the past. And if you use Chrome and are signed in, they may also know your browsing history (I don't know if this is the case) and can taylor your search results accordingly.

I asked what Phase Current Amplification meant today and got this answer:

Our drive inverter can be described as a gigantic three phase amplifier, so this is basically a lay description of what's happening in the drive inverter. Maybe this will be the "DOHC" or "Fuel Injected" equivalent descriptor of the 21st century

Thanks.

But in this case, it should say "Three Phase Current Amplification" or "3 Phase Current Amplification," not simply "Phase Current Amplification"

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

No more badges apart from the "MODEL S" on the left?! Didn't see any on all the cars (both the test drive ones and the ones delivered to founders) from the Fremont event yesterday.

I want my "Phase Current Amplification"!!

 

[AnOutsider]

So, from the lack of badges on the delivered cars yesterday (well, 2 days ago now), can we assume that they've gotten rid of the P85 badge we saw on jurvetson's, or has anyone saw them on cars? Pics from the event seem to show the Model S badge on the left still, but nada else.

 

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Yup, no other badges for sure (even on Elon's #2 that was used for the test drives today). Wonder if Steve's P85 badge will also come off in short order?!

 

[AnOutsider]

Good. I hope they kill it with fire.