Welcome to Tesla Motors Club
Discuss Tesla's Model S, Model 3, Model X, Model Y, Cybertruck, Roadster and More.
Register

Search results

  1. Zzzz...

    Perfect new tech for Tesla motors to differentiate itself?

    Adjustable black autotint with high reflectivity that could be made fully transparent or adjust color temperature coming from the outside. Low-cost, window tintings | KurzweilAI
  2. Zzzz...

    Will economics of new Tesla PowerWall product will work for you?

    Will economics of new Tesla PowerWall product will work for you? 10 kW/h battery pack cost $3500, inverter cost $1000 and installation $500. How fast such $5k system pay for itself, assuming it stores 10kW/h buying them at cheapest(night) rate and lower your consumption during peak rate by 10 kW/h.
  3. Zzzz...

    2014 Tesla Model S - how could you even get into crash like this? (NSFW)

    Salvage 2014 brown Tesla Model S with VIN 5YJSA1H1XEFP35649 on auction by Wednesday, October 08, 2014 | AutoBidMaster Well driver and front seat passenger most likely had a very little chance of surviving...
  4. Zzzz...

    Deliveries are now pushed back? Q4 already had a very optimistic delivery projection.

    Deliveries are now pushed back? Q4 already had a very optimistic delivery projection. But all those slippages I quoted below are alarming. I wonder if we are about to hear bad news? Supplier issue or new assembly line need redesign or something like that? May be Tesla will lower Q4 guidance...
  5. Zzzz...

    Wit.ai is coming to Teslas?

    Was checking what Y Combinator choosing nowdays, and while researching Wit.ai I noticed that there is a car company among those who subscribed to it services. And Wit.ai basically parse natural language queries and return "intents" that are actionable. Like turn off lights or put on ESPN...
  6. Zzzz...

    Could TMC make investor specific 30 min interview with Elon to happen?

    I always felt that financial medias do not ask right/deep enough questions. And here we have got a community of people who vigorously follow every Tesla related development/news. I do feel like interview with questions from Dave would be more interesting to read than 99% of what is published out...
  7. Zzzz...

    JB talk

    It is quite old(September) video, but very interesting one. Slide of four wheel drivetraine, statistic that total li-ion industry produced 27GWh in 2012 and Tesla alone expect to consume 40GWh batteries in five years. And nice life-cycle comparison of Model S vs S class in terms of CO2 or kWh...
  8. Zzzz...

    Interview with Tesla's Chief Designer

    DESIGNING AN ELECTRIC CAR F... on Livestream
  9. Zzzz...

    Tesla Motors Seeking To Hire An Engineers To Develop Autonomous Driving Technologies

    Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Seeking To Hire An ADAS Controls Engineer To Develop Autonomous Driving Technologies | eFinance Hub
  10. Zzzz...

    Tesla outsells Fiat, Buick, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mitsubishi

    In California for now, but CA is a biggest market in US. And California's economy is the 12th largest economy in the world (2012). Plus not only that, but Tesla got market share of 0.6%, which is quite huge. Hybrids Take 7% of California Market, Tesla Outsells Buick, Fiat
  11. Zzzz...

    Watch A Model S Being Built

    Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Video: Watch A Model S Being Built EDIT: Opps, sorry, this post link to video already posted around. Mods, please delete it.
  12. Zzzz...

    "Few months ago the first rechargeable polymer battery was put on the market"

    The subject is a quote from latest issue of Scientific American magazine. And from the context it talks about plastics/polymers. So it is about battery made without use of metals, like lithium/lead/nickel etc... So it is not about li-poly, which is obviously longer on a market then few years...
  13. Zzzz...

    4,000 miles EV

    There are half a dozen threads around about 1,000 miles EV. But that is boring and unimpressive:rolleyes: Here is the guy who envisions 4,000 miles EV, now we are talking!:smile: Electric Car Battery that charges off grid | Living Off the Grid: Free Yourself - - - Updated - - - QUOTE: two...
  14. Zzzz...

    Student Project: Steel wheels for Tesla car

    Ford Police Interceptor Sedan and Terradyne Gurkha seems to be a real cars. Could Tesla Motors Model L be also real? So student had an access to some preliminarily design of some Tesla vehicle? http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/steelmarket-institute-idUSnPnDE76730+160+PRN20130314
  15. Zzzz...

    Who the heck

    moved Detroit Electric thread to conversion? I do not care about conversions and I have created thread about production car. Could you please move it back. Or Tesla Roadster also belong to conversions?
  16. Zzzz...

    TED. Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity

    Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ... | Video on TED.com
  17. Zzzz...

    Wind power in Spain produces more electricity than any other source for 3 months

    Wind power in Spain produces more electricity than any other source for 3 months May be not exactly "news" - it was published 3 weeks ago but I just came across it and really got impressed. Spain also is a one of the leaders in Solar, more then 5% of electricity produced on yearly basis comes...
  18. Zzzz...

    Roewe E50, mass production car, 118mi/190km range, $37k

    Made by SAIC, China's largest automaker, partner of GM and VW. Gone on sale in China in November. Rebates/incentives could lower $37k price by up to half. Top speed is 120km/h. Range is 190km (some sites claim 180km). Google translate: "As of the end of December 2012, the Roewe E50 in the...
  19. Zzzz...

    Some Mind Blowing Facts About Tesla Motors

    What Are Some Mind Blowing Facts About Tesla Motors? - Forbes
  20. Zzzz...

    Real wholesale price of kWh li-ion cells, at the end of 2012/start of 2013.

    In the third quarter of 2012, however, the weak demand from the 3C industry drove the prices of 18650 cylindrical li-ion cells to US$0.12-US$0.2/Wh (watt hour) So this translates to $120-$200 range per kWh. If company is willing to place sizable orders, price most likely would be at the lower...
  21. Zzzz...

    Political - Degrading Freedoms

    The ridiculous society we are living in... Man arrested for posting image of burning poppy on Twitter - Telegraph Dose that "crime" justify handcuffs? And arrest? Really? Ok, that is what happening in Europe... But America getting closer too to those standards unfortunately. I think this...
  22. Zzzz...

    Tesla will introduce few "other variants of Model S" next year.

    Elon Musk said the following: “There are a few other variants of the Model S that we'll come out with next year that I think are going to be pretty exciting, in addition to, of course, really getting into the Model X and starting the initial design work of the third-generation mass market...
  23. Zzzz...

    Could not view any threads... "The connection was reset"...

    Is this problem on my side or something wron with the site? Can create threads in the meantime. At least looks like it.
  24. Zzzz...

    Some insights on Robot tech Tesla Motors is using, NYTimes

    NY Times Advertisement Not much, but still interesting. Anyone know total number of robots in that factory?