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Unveiling on Oct 17th
- Thread starter JeffK
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... and for new readers: Elon’s 5 part TrilogyIt could be a 5 part trilogy. It would not be the first time he does that
jgillispie
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He could just announce (with or without showing) the finalized Model 3 design since they were supposed to be pencils down a few months ago.
BluestarE3
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Yeah, in addition to reading Hitchhikers Guide, it also helps to watch Spaceballs to better appreciate some of Elon's inside jokes.
Musk cannot really oversell Model 3 without also enticing S/X owners to buy today. Out of the 350K pre-orders, I am sure a 100K+ are current Tesla owners (what's in an extra $1K pre-order while X/S sales tax itself would be 6-8X more). His job to would be to bring in current model-3 waiters to buy S today. Interesting to see what this would be. Likely a Model Y based on 3 platform?
HumanGenome
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Good points but it's already confirmed to be a product, not a vehicle.
If it is AP 2.0/HUD available for S & X before 3 I think that will convert a lot of Model 3 pre-orders to buy S or X.
If it is AP 2.0/HUD available for S & X before 3 I think that will convert a lot of Model 3 pre-orders to buy S or X.
I think the Tesla Vision/HUD for the 3 (and announced as available for S/X) makes sense. It's a new product, it is consistent with part 2 of Model 3 reveal - interface.
HumanGenome
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Seems like it has to be coupled with AP 2.0 though. The scale in which Elon is hyping this as part 2 of the unveil and a new product it would be a huge disappointment if it were only Tesla glass on Tesla 8.0 with AP 1.0 - why wouldn't they just wait until AP 2.0 is ready to unveil Glass?
Some people have asked where this will be "streamed. This "reveal" is not being streamed. As near as I can tell, at 5PM California time Tesla will issue a press release and a blog post (check for it at Updates | Tesla) and Elon will hold a 30 minute Q&A conference call with some journalists who will instantly post their stories and likely get a lot of things wrong but at least we will have some idea pretty quick. I hope that Tesla posts a transcript of the Q&A but I wouldn't count on it.
My personal opinion is that Elon is going to announce "Tesla Vision" which is a new driver/car interface for Autopilot operation, and the word "Autopilot" will be dropped in marketing materials and replaced with "Tesla Vision". Recall that just after the Model 3 reveal on 3/31/2016 Elon tweeted that the steering wheel shown on the prototype cars was "not the real steering wheel" and that driving the Model 3 would be like "a spaceship".
I think we are about to see the "spaceship" controls introduced very soon on the S and X and then available on the 3 as an option.
Fasten your seat belts...
My personal opinion is that Elon is going to announce "Tesla Vision" which is a new driver/car interface for Autopilot operation, and the word "Autopilot" will be dropped in marketing materials and replaced with "Tesla Vision". Recall that just after the Model 3 reveal on 3/31/2016 Elon tweeted that the steering wheel shown on the prototype cars was "not the real steering wheel" and that driving the Model 3 would be like "a spaceship".
I think we are about to see the "spaceship" controls introduced very soon on the S and X and then available on the 3 as an option.
Fasten your seat belts...
BluestarE3
Active Member
Yes, but if the new product is something really great and it's offered soon on the S/X, some 3 reservation holders may jump to the premium models in order to get this product/feature now, rather than waiting a year or more to finally getting it on the 3.
Elon's not holding an event - I think that should lower expectations appropriately. Expecting everything at once is probably setting oneself up for disappointment.
HookBill
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You bring up a good point regarding the dropping of Autopilot and the renaming to Tesla Vision. Never thought of that but a great upgrade to not only introducing a new product but also silencing all of those critics who have expressed their dislikes for the name Autopilot.
N5329K
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HookBill
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If it does become Tesla Vision, we'll need to stop calling it AP and start using TV (fitting should it include images projected on the windshield).
cgiGuy
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Love how 10 people have voted "Model 3 Part 2" since it was tweeted out by Elon...
JoaoD
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Dstrohl
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TrendTrader007
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So if you get in an accident watching TV.... ?If it does become Tesla Vision, we'll need to stop calling it AP and start using TV (fitting should it include images projected on the windshield).
gavine
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