What If Tesla Announces Model 3 Tomorrow, Who Will Order?

[jvonbokel]

Model S is using EyeQ3 SoC from Mobileye for Autopilot features such as Traffic Sign Recognition. Mobileye has said that it currently recognizes 250 signs in 50 countries. By the end of the year, it is supposed to be 1000 signs in 100 countries. (Also, traffic lights will be added at some point this year.) See this video for more info.

Thanks for sharing that video. Very interesting stuff. I'm going to have to watch the rest of it as well. For anybody looking for insight into the path to further "auto-pilot" functionality, take a listen to what Professor Amnon Shashua has to say.

 

[igotzzoom]

Actually, Elon has been quoted as saying it will NOT look like either the S or the X.
GH

As long as it doesn't look like the i3.

 

[Candleflame]

igotzzoom. I remember that I was quite exited when my dad told me about the BMW ActivE as it seemed like a nice car with a relativly big (32kwh) battery pack. So a bit less than half the range of the the Model S60 as the car was less efficient. I figured it was only a matter of time until they crammed a larger battery in the car, made it more efficient and worked on BMW Fast chargers (my idea back then of a tesla supercharger i guess)

Should have seen my face when the car ended up looking like this and had a 30% smaller battery...

 

[Twiglett]

Should have seen my face when the car ended up looking like this and had a 30% smaller battery...

Thats the definition of a weird mobile right there !

 

[jgs]

Thats the definition of a weird mobile right there !

I realize I'm in the minority around here, but I don't object to the way the i3 looks. It's no Model S, mind you. I do think it looks better in person than it does in photos. Oh well, to each his own.

 

[Candleflame]

I see an i3 every once in a while on commute to work. I think it looks even worse in real life. Particularly the blue plastic frame around the "grill" looks rediculous.

 

[igotzzoom]

No offense to i3 drivers on this forum, but I witnessed an i3 being driven in a colossally douchey manner this morning on the 405 freeway. I thought to myself, "So much for the i3 changing the BMW driver stereotype."

 

[Johann Koeber]

Sure I would order asap.
want to keep my Tesla collection complete

Really will be a hard time deciding what car to get rid of then. 3 cars for a 2-person household is more than enough.

 

[Candleflame]

I'm willing to sarcrifice myself Johann and will take your roadster. xD

 

[Twiglett]

The i3 & i8 both look like two designers had a fight and both designs got put into the final car. Each designer got to pick the color for their part of the car.
The rear of the i8 looks like it swallowed a Porsche whole. If you haven't seen it look again, you can't un-see it
http://jalopnik.com/the-bmw-i8-ate-a-porsche-911-1307154852

 

[jvonbokel]

I realize I'm in the minority around here, but I don't object to the way the i3 looks. It's no Model S, mind you. I do think it looks better in person than it does in photos. Oh well, to each his own.

I agree. I'm more than happy with my Model S, but I find the i3 looks fairly normal in person. And I think it looks much better in a darker color, where it doesn't contrast so much with the black hood and other accents.