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Tesla to make "exciting announcement on Thursday" (correction Tuesday)
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I've got dibs one some retail food or hotel chain that signed up with tesla to offer supercharging. The retail outfit already has the location and signing a contract with them will help deploy chargers everywhere starting with the critical locations needed to enable intercity and coast to coast travel. This would be a win-win situation. Tesla wins because of quicker and possibly cheaper deployment of SC network. The Retail outfit wins because it'll draw all Tesla customers there and bring more "high end" business to them. What are you going to do when charging 15-60 minutes anyways? It would be too crazy imagine mcd's... by maybe cracker barrel? (but isn't that east coast only?). Walmart? Target? National gas station brand? Whatever it is it needs to be national and most stores situated near interstate exits. I really hope they're thinking what I'm thinking...
Guys did you know where MOST of the internet is routed through? I've heard it's routed through railroad properties... it's existing "infrastructure." Reusing it to deploy modern tech needs makes sense. Likewise Tesla doesn't need to go trying to buy land for themselves to put charge stations - just strike a deal with existing locations
Guys did you know where MOST of the internet is routed through? I've heard it's routed through railroad properties... it's existing "infrastructure." Reusing it to deploy modern tech needs makes sense. Likewise Tesla doesn't need to go trying to buy land for themselves to put charge stations - just strike a deal with existing locations
Elon likes to tweet. He knows, as in this case, the positive expectations surrounding his teasing tweets sometimes boosts the stock price.
When Broder issued his infamous article Elon tweeted. His followup was merely a blog post followed by another tweet. Most Tesla communications are blogs or website updates. Only a few communications are worthy of an event. Currently Tesla is counting its pennies, an expensive event may have to wait a bit. TESLIVE?
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Guys did you know where MOST of the internet is routed through? I've heard it's routed through railroad properties... it's existing "infrastructure." Reusing it to deploy modern tech needs makes sense. Likewise Tesla doesn't need to go trying to buy land for themselves to put charge stations - just strike a deal with existing locations
I'm not sure about "MOST of the internet", but there is a bunch of fiber that was installed along the Southern Pacific Railway rights of way by SPRINT, which is an acronym for Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications.
Sprint Nextel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nope. The HPWC can be installed on the following circuits and will yield the following charge rates:
100A->80A (for twin chargers, othwerwise 40A)
90A->72A (for twin chargers, othwerwise 40A)
80A->64A (for twin chargers, othwerwise 40A)
70A->56A (for twin chargers, othwerwise 40A)
60A->48A (for twin chargers, othwerwise 40A)
50A->40A
40A->32A
The charge rate is set by dip switches inside the unit. As you can see, 70A is not amongst the possible charge rates at all.
It requires a twin charger to get the full charge rate, one can always charge at 40A without the twin charger option. But there's really no need for that much current at an overnight destination, 40A is sufficient. Plus, using a standard, J1772 connector is more attractive for a public hotel chain since it won't be limited to one vehicle type. Roadster, Model S, Volt, Leaf (if they can make it) customers would all benefit.
Anyway, it's tough to say what the announcement would be and, like the other guesses, this is pure speculation. After 28 pages here it will be tough for Tesla/Elon to match the hype.
EDIT: Sorry, jkirkebo, missed your post there.
Here's another angle.
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Can You Guess Tesla’s Big Mystery Announcement? (AAA Might Have The Answer)
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After all the posts this seems to most logical along with Tesla increasing the pace of the supercharger network. It seems odd how little activity there has been expanding the supercharger network. Lots of talk but no action. Why? There have been hints of improved Supercharging technology so I'm betting they have been holding back until it is finally ready. So now would be a perfect time for:
1. Elon exercises his share of Tesla Stock
2. Improved Supercharger technology announcement
3. Elon's helps to fund the actual expansion with expansion finally more than talk.
And one that hasn't been mentioned support for the Panasonic NCR18650B 3400mah Batteries for the MX. (probably the least likely though)
McDonalds has actually really improved their act over the last few years. I don't go there, but the health options are a ton better than in many comparable places. The problem with any fast food partnership is that you're supposed to be in and out really fast - no time to charge, and they depend on the quick turnover to make up their volume. If you buy $10 worth of food there and then occupy a parking space for an hour, that's a significant loss to them during a rush period like breakfast or lunch compared to the number of times they could have had a customer use that space.
I agree that a hotel agreement would be a big deal.
Tesla model s sales exceed target: 40 kwh battery cancelled
http://www.teslamotors.com/about/press/releases/tesla-model-s-sales-exceed-target
I hope this is not an aprils fools joke. Elon tweeted this on April 1st.
Update: I replied to the tweet and Elon said, "To be clear, Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool's yet! Also, some may differ, but imo the Tues news is arguably more important"
http://www.teslamotors.com/about/press/releases/tesla-model-s-sales-exceed-target
I hope this is not an aprils fools joke. Elon tweeted this on April 1st.
Update: I replied to the tweet and Elon said, "To be clear, Tesla is in California, so it is not April Fool's yet! Also, some may differ, but imo the Tues news is arguably more important"
Oh.my.god!! I was starting to think this is going to be one of those times when you get all exited and then he announces something that would have been awesome (like some stock related stuffs) but we spent all this time talking about it and we get our hopes up. I guess this seals it!! IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME!!
FYI: I don't think I've read anyone mention it in the thread but what are the possibilities of him announcing a bigger battery option above 85 kwh or an AWD option? I eliminated these earlier because of the Model X delay but this makes me think it has to be pretty big for Elon to continue to hype it up like this.
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PLEASE ANNOUNCE WIRELESS (PROXIMITY) CHARGING!!!! (Like how you put a powermat compatible phone on top of a powermat or a table/surface with powermat embedded inside, and the phone just starts charging!)
I hope he announces that the wire connection is no longer necessary cos' he's gonna put the charging loop under each parking spot at the supercharger so you can just drive right up and the car starts charging straight away until you pull out of the lot! You don't even have to get out of the car and you can see the miles increasing automagically!
And then, a retrofit kit for garages to install this wireless proximity charging loop right under your garage so no more having to pop open the cap to charge your tesla!
*cross fingers*
A thought
People have suggested that a possibility is that Musk is going to take up his options and invest more.
But, if he has "cheap" options, then taking them would just be him making out like a bandit. What if instead the big announcement is that he's NOT going to take up his options and instead is going to WAIVE them?
Since they're already on the books, Tesla could instead sell them in a public offering, get more money and use it to pay down the DoE loan. That both reduces the debt interest burden and help rid Tesla of the "picking winners" political albatross. Just using the capital to reduce debt while there's a profit instead of covering operating expenses also avoids implications of weakness since it's not hiding losses.
Musk would still be investing by virtue of turning down free money but this way the IRS wouldn't be getting a large cut.
People have suggested that a possibility is that Musk is going to take up his options and invest more.
But, if he has "cheap" options, then taking them would just be him making out like a bandit. What if instead the big announcement is that he's NOT going to take up his options and instead is going to WAIVE them?
Since they're already on the books, Tesla could instead sell them in a public offering, get more money and use it to pay down the DoE loan. That both reduces the debt interest burden and help rid Tesla of the "picking winners" political albatross. Just using the capital to reduce debt while there's a profit instead of covering operating expenses also avoids implications of weakness since it's not hiding losses.
Musk would still be investing by virtue of turning down free money but this way the IRS wouldn't be getting a large cut.
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