Oh I’m sure this will be like the Zonda - in a couple months they will announce a new P1 but not P1 Oye Oye Oye Edition to celebrate their English Heritage. And then a year or so later we’ll get the P1 Fish & Chips Edition with a Union Jack paint job. The cycle will repeat for the next several years.

I can’t speak for current owners - if I had an affected model I would be concerned about what the fix would do to my car in terms of performance/efficiency, so I may not be all that incentivized to get the fix. Now once the fix is announced, I imagine states that have emission testing requirements for registration…

Here are my thoughts - a couple concepts with an option on each end of the spectrum:

It sounds like a supercharger that’s not connected to an engine!

This is purely conjecture, but my thinking is that if Michigan played ball, Tesla could reveal the Model 3 at the show. I mean, It wouldn’t be out of the question for Tesla to push up the reveal by a couple months.

BMW i3, Tesla Model S, or any other electric car really.

It’s highly unlikely that consumers will have these chargers installed in-home. Just like today, DC Quick Chargers of this variety will be commercially installed like Tesla’s Superchargers.

We’re probably talking about somewhere around 190 amps to reach the 150kWh Charge rate at 800V.

I’m really excited that Porsche is moving forward with this, but to call it a Model S Killer is a bit of a stretch. 4 years is a long time - Tesla already has a product and all they need to do is iterate on their current car.

Pretty sure that’s a Bugatti, dude.

2nd & Neutral: Let’s be clear, Tesla is not participating in the show for reasons other than ‘product cycle differences’. This is a strategic political/business move they made. In regards to the Detroit Auto Show:

A couple concerns:

See previous reply:

Just not a company I want to support with (any more of) my dollars.

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I feel like Competitor B actually beats Volvo, but the Volvo’s car is just longer on the chart.

At least for me it’s “Bow-tie = No Buy”.

I don’t know about their profitability, but if it’s sales they want, it’s sales they’ll get:

Sure - as a hyper-miling technique, that works - but it takes significant effort and a bit of skill to pull off successfully (I have a Hybrid and an EV, so I’m very familiar with Pulse/Glide).

Truth - also constant pedal modulation (speeding up and slowing down) leads to poor fuel efficiency as well. I see tons of people fluctuate between 50 and 60 mph for no good reason. All that accel/decel leads to crappier than advertised MPGs. Not to mention that it is one of the most irritating things one can…