Nothing Mercedes Benz can't do already. They are just not that dumb to call it "Autopilot".
https://www.mbscottsdale.com/blog/how-do-i-use-active-lane-change-assist-in-my-mercedes-benz/
Henry Ford wrote:
Tesla hasn't sold cars for $49,000 or $35,000 yet because they are not feasible, financially. Tesla had just one quarter with profit. The first one in 15 years. There is nothing there. Tesla is not doing anything the other car manufactures won't do better and cheaper. The are just getting started because the interest was not just there yet.
Musk just knows how to create hype. A car builder he is not.
Spoken like someone who has never driven a Tesla. You really shouldn't be so strident about other carmakers being able to match the quality when you haven't driven one. The whole point is that other carmakers aren't even close to the quality for the price.
For what it's worth, my Tesla stock has paid for my Model 3 over the course of this year. Musk and his company designed, built, and even bought me this awesome car.
webby wrote:
For what it's worth, my Tesla stock has paid for my Model 3 over the course of this year. Musk and his company designed, built, and even bought me this awesome car.
Just make sure to sell your stock now before it tanks.
Trumps tariffs are working. Tired of winning to much?
On a monthly basis for the past year what percentage of Telsa's sales are new orders versus back orders?
Probably close to zero.
They are not selling, they are just parking them somewhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/business/tesla-cars-questions.html
“The company also said on Friday that 44 percent of its third-quarter net profit was from previously undisclosed regulatory credits.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-securities-regulator-subpoenas-tesla-210821575.html?.tsrc=applewf
Tariffs are working wrote:
Trumps tariffs are working. Tired of winning to much?
too*
Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced plans to manufacture 3,000 Model 3 vehicles a week in China in order to cut the impact of tariffs on the company — at a factory that hasn’t even broken ground.
Tesla has reportedly begun developing a plan to produce 3,000 Model 3 sedans a week at its Chinese Gigafactory — which has yet to be built.
CNBC reported in October that Tesla purchased an 864,885-square meter plot of land in the Lingang area of Shanghai where the company plans to build its first facility outside of the U.S. Musk’s company purchased the land for approximately 973 million yuan, or $140 million, on Wednesday. Tesla’s Chinese facilities floor space will span 1.7 million square meters according to property transaction records from the Shanghai-based financial data company Wind Info.
Chinese government regulations state that purchases of all industrial-use land are essentially leases that last for 50 years and can potentially be renewed. Tesla’s facility in Lingang will join a host of other auto manufacturers in the area. The company initially planned to produce 250,000 vehicles and battery packs a year at the Chinese factory, now the company plans to produce 3000 Model 3 sedans a week in order to offset the cost of tariffs imposed by the Chinese government on U.S.-manufactured vehicles.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/02/tesla-model-3-plans-should-reduce-china-tariffs-impact/
squigley wrote:
Tariffs are working wrote:
Trumps tariffs are working. Tired of winning to much?
too*
You are so right. I am surprised that letsrun readers know the difference between to and too.
Tarriff'd wrote:
Elon Musk’s Tesla has announced plans to manufacture 3,000 Model 3 vehicles a week in China in order to cut the impact of tariffs on the company — at a factory that hasn’t even broken ground.
Tesla has reportedly begun developing a plan to produce 3,000 Model 3 sedans a week at its Chinese Gigafactory — which has yet to be built.
CNBC reported in October that Tesla purchased an 864,885-square meter plot of land in the Lingang area of Shanghai where the company plans to build its first facility outside of the U.S. Musk’s company purchased the land for approximately 973 million yuan, or $140 million, on Wednesday. Tesla’s Chinese facilities floor space will span 1.7 million square meters according to property transaction records from the Shanghai-based financial data company Wind Info.
Chinese government regulations state that purchases of all industrial-use land are essentially leases that last for 50 years and can potentially be renewed. Tesla’s facility in Lingang will join a host of other auto manufacturers in the area. The company initially planned to produce 250,000 vehicles and battery packs a year at the Chinese factory, now the company plans to produce 3000 Model 3 sedans a week in order to offset the cost of tariffs imposed by the Chinese government on U.S.-manufactured vehicles.
Musk is always great announcing stuff when he is in trouble.
He should be able to ramp up production quickly. He doesn’t need buildings to make cars. He can continue using big tents. Makes no sense to waste money on infrastructure.
P.T. Barnum wrote:
He should be able to ramp up production quickly. He doesn’t need buildings to make cars. He can continue using big tents. Makes no sense to waste money on infrastructure.
Exactly, that's why Elon is such a genius.
I hope his escape tunnel is ready when the whole ponzi scheme collapse.
The Tesla Model 3's inaugural winter hasn’t really even started yet and already owners are beginning to have issues with their vehicle, according to a new report by pro-Tesla blog electrek. Even though Tesla technically began delivery of its Model 3 vehicles last year, the first few months of deliveries took place in California where there was no notable cold weather. It took some time for the Model 3 to make its way east and to colder climates, but it finally has, spurring a litany of complaints.
The recent cold front coming through Quebec, where temperatures went slightly below freezing for the first time this year, resulted in a number of reports from local Model 3 owners facing issues with things like door handles, windows and charge ports.
Owners are reporting that the Model 3 door handles are becoming extremely difficult to use because of the cold weather. They are usually activated by pressing on one side of them to pop them out. This is usually followed by the corresponding window rolling down slightly, something that other owners are reporting is not happening as it should.
But don’t take it from these reports, take it from the editor of the pro-Tesla blog electrek himself, Frederick Lambert. He decided to do some testing of his own after reading this report and, on a whim, arrived at the exact same problems. He documented his problems on a YouTube video
As you can see by viewing the video, he struggles for about a minute, with his bare hands in the freezing cold, just to get the door handle to pop out so he can open his driver side door. Welcome to the future of automobiles.
He claims that preheating was on for about 10 minutes before he even walked up to his car. Prior to turning on preheating, the temperature outside the vehicle was -7C (19F) and the temperature inside the vehicle was about 1C (34F). The preset temperature for his car was 22C (about 71F). Those temperatures shouldn't be too troublesome, he alludes, because they weren't even cold enough to activate the battery pre-heating feature in the car.
Lambert says he has gotten "a dozen" reports of Model 3 owners having the same types of issues. Some have also complained about the charge port door not opening and closing as it should, despite Lambert being able to do so in his video.
Lambert calls the problems "worrying" because he "doesn't see an easy fix" for it and because "the temperature is just starting to get cold". The fact that it's going to get much colder - and then eventually snow - seems to have him worried about what the winter will hold for his Model 3.
What's his sage-like advice to other Tesla owners? " In the meantime, the best solution is likely to overheat the cabin for a longer period of time before trying to unlock the Model 3. Of course, it’s not really convenient or efficient, but it’s the best I can think of for now." Enjoy your winter in Quebec, Fred.
https://electrek.co/2018/11/14/tesla-model-3-cold-weather-flaws/