It was however talking about both a sedan and a crossover like the S & X for the GEN3.
Hmm. With Musk's sense of humor maybe Model M will follow Model S.
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It was however talking about both a sedan and a crossover like the S & X for the GEN3.
I am hoping Model C is a Convertible based on Gen 3 :biggrin:
mercedes benz b class electric will have a 28 Kwh battery pack with a 125 mile range. what will teslas model e have for a range with a 50, 60, or 70 Kwh pack.
mercedes benz b class electric will have a 28 Kwh battery pack with a 125 mile range.
Even though Tesla is making the drivetrain for this car, it isn't getting 125 miles on a 28 kWh pack. I'll bet about 90 miles for that size. I'm sure that Mercedes is driving it at a low speed with little energy fluctuation to achieve 125 miles.
As Elon said, the Model E/Gen III will have a realistic 200 miles. Probably a 50 kWh pack or slightly more.
The only way to achieve better is with a much lighter weight or a very aerodynamic shape. Tesla is not trying to go to extreme measures to gain either. For those type of cars you have to look at Aptera, Edison2's VLCe, and VW's XL1. The Model E is going to be a mass market car and will avoid the odd shapes and expensive ultra light materials.
Nah 100+ miles per charge driving at normal speeds is more than possible for a battery that size.
Elon had it right when he talked about a car with less than 200 mile range being 'compromised'. That doesn't mean useless as many people can use a 70 mile range car for work or daily commute but to sell an exciting EV to the masses it needs to be better. Even if it is 200 ideal Tesla miles, that should give an EPA range in the 160s hopefully.
If we wish for lowest price possible, it should be FWD using front motor from AWD ModelX and ~50kWh battery.rear wheel drive (this is more fun than AWD or FWD)
If we wish for lowest price possible, it should be FWD using front motor from AWD ModelX and ~50kWh battery.
After driving Model S for more than 15K miles, I love it more everyday, but the things that wear on me the most that I'd like updated for GenIII
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4. This might be controversial, but I'd really like to see falcon doors on GenIII. And the car should only have two doors and they should both be falcon. This tech looks to be game changing for ingress and egress into automobiles. I hope TM can make this work.
Discoducky
Interesting idea. The reasoning for Falcon wings on the Model X has always been stated as improved access to the 3rd row seating. That makes sense to me but for GenIII less so. Obviously there will not be a 3rd row and with the goal of keeping the cost down doubtful it would happen. Would you mind elaborating on the ingress and egress problem you're trying to address?
Discoducky
Interesting idea. The reasoning for Falcon wings on the Model X has always been stated as improved access to the 3rd row seating. That makes sense to me but for GenIII less so. Obviously there will not be a 3rd row and with the goal of keeping the cost down doubtful it would happen. Would you mind elaborating on the ingress and egress problem you're trying to address?