Their superchargers are not equipped for any means of payment for use, that wasn’t the goal. Tesla has said however they’re open to others to use them but it would only be fair for that car company to pay them a small one-time fee for each car sold to help with deployment, upkeep and electricity bills. So far, no…

It used to cost $2500 at time of car purchase of the low-end model but it’s now included in all Model S cars. What do you think would happen if they did include it for free in the Model 3 (other than freeloaders at the current stations) ?

It’s not like GM couldn’t have used the patents, Tesla opened them up in June 2014! It was a conscious decision to not partake in Tesla’s charging network probably for 3. reasons: 1. Not invented here syndrome, 2. We don’t want to pay them an upfront fee to help with upkeep, or 3. we don’t want to give a direct…

Won’t be anywhere near that high. It has to be frictionless for uptake, call it $500, $1K tops. It used to cost $2500 for the Model S 60Kwh at the time or purchase but has since been included in the cost when the 70D came out. Model 3 will be sold in much larger numbers so the cost can be spread out a lot more thus…

The factory will be built in stages, equipment and production will increase as car production increases. $4B is the commitment over *time*, not all at once.

You mean this year... PowerWall assembly has already moved to the Gigafactory. Limited Cell production is to begin by late spring. Model 3 will surely use a new 20700 lithium cell format and that production needs to be in place by late 2017 to meet their “expected” Model 3 production start. I have hopes they can meet…

Surely you are *not* paying attention to Tesla properly. The Gigafactory is being built in *stages* as their car production levels increase. You don’t built a $4-5 billon factory sitting idle when the car is not even in production yet, yet alone finished development. Man, people need to go back to school to learn even…

Model S is pure sex. Lots of them around where I live and I watch people’s heads turn inside and outside cars whenever they see one go by.

That’s my fear as well. I experienced it first hand when I wanted to try out a LEAF. (We don’t carry it, can I interest you in a Versa?)

Model 3 is targeted at the BMW 3 series, Audi A4, Mercedes C class etc... It’s not going to be an econo box so the comparisons with the Bolt is purely on price alone. Expect the base price to go up very quickly once you factor in popular Tesla options. The Bolt won’t have many options to push the pricing much beyond…

As far as we know, it’s going to be a sedan with the Model S type liftback. Model 3 will surely be above 200 miles of range, rumours are floating around it might go as high as 240 miles EPA on a base-level battery. The thing here is don’t expect a hatchback from them if you want long-range, the aerodynamics of those…

The Bolt uses SAE Combo charge plugs, not Tesla’s slimmer connector and they can’t use their Supercharger network. Even though Tesla has made their patents available to anyone “in good faith” we’ve yet to see anyone come out with a vehicle that can access them. Partly because Tesla is footing the bill for their…