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Roadster #512
Anyone have a link to the announcement livestream? I don't see it on: Tesla - Events Presentations
//dan.
//dan.
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Anyone have a link to the announcement livestream? I don't see it on: Tesla - Events Presentations
//dan.
There's no live stream. Elon tweeted that video would be made available around 9:30 tonight.
I imagine that's 9:30 Pacific. I will have to watch in the morning sadly. I hope it goes off without a hitch.
ha! lower cost - yeah right!A huge market for battery swaps will be taxi companies. They run their cars in two or three shifts, which limits the time for refueling. Fuel is their big cost and the price would plummet, if they had a fleet of electric cars with available battery swaps. They could have the swap stations in their own garages and simply circulate their own batteries. It may also result in lower taxi fares, which would increase the demand for taxi rides and therefore a need for more taxies. It's a big win for the taxi companies, their passengers and Tesla Motors.
ha! lower cost - yeah right!
Taxi companies are businesses and must consider the full cost over the lifetime of owning a car. Obviously, the fuel is much cheaper with a Tesla. So is maintenance with a simple electric motor and braking mainly done by taking one's foot off the accelerator and sending energy back to the battery. Those key components should be quite long lasting. The same for the body which is composed of non-rusting aluminum rather than steel. Resale value should be quite high. Even if the battery is degraded, future replacements for the used car owner are likely to be more powerful yet cheaper.
Very often Taxi fare's are set by a commission. Fuels costs are a part of that but I highly doubt we'll see cheaper ride. Taxi companies will simply see increased margins leading to more EV buys.
However, even with battery swap, etc the costs for the Model S, a set of batteries and swap infrastructure probably isn't worth it in terms of savings VS gasoline.
Maybe in 5 years. But it's another piece of nice potential.
However, services like Uber are interesting propositions for this.
Of course in a city like New York with $1 million taxi medallions, the price of a car is almost inconsequential.
Apparently video editing and publishing IS harder than both rocket science and battery swapping. Perhaps Elon needs to start another company for this task.where the **** is the official video....
So they didn't show the 3rd split, but about in line with what I think we all expected here.A "complete" demo would show 3 splits:
1. gasoline with a cutout of the gas gauge
2. supercharger with a cutout of the rated range
3. swapper with a cutout of the rated range
They should synchronize the entry time and "stop the clock" when the swapper driver fastens his seatbelt as he prepares to drive away. At this point, there should be a zoom-in of the gauges and ranges of all 3 vehicles.
where the **** is the official video....