Per P*, the purpose of the slots is for debris to clear.

Issues have been mostly minor and all warranty covered. A bunch of software updates, annoyances with keyless start. The only bigger issue is that my rear brake pads essentially started falling apart and were eating into the rotors around 8k miles. Both rear rotors and pads got replaced under warranty and no issues…

Yup, I have one. Over 16k miles on it already. Utility won’t be any different as an R Design but driving dynamics are on a different level. Over 70 modifications are made from the RD and the majority are done within the chassis and Suspension. It really is all about the Ohlins and the Haldex tuning. It also doesn’t…

It will only have drivetrain changes. It won’t get the Thor lights or any interior updates. New S/V60 on SPA comes in 2018 as a MY2019 car. Does have new wheels...

Oil companies are paying a lot in taxes, like I said in my last post, just not to the US. The taxes they do pay to the US are in the form of Sales tax which they are not pay, you and I are paying. Collecting our Sales tax and passing it along to the gov’t does not make up for not paying income taxes. They pay heavy…

The oil industry pays next to nothing in taxes to the US gov’t. They pay tons to other gov’ts. This article is a few years old but it shows very clearly how little they paid to the US. Because they pay so much in foreign taxes they are allowed to offset their US tax bill and in this case had a federal income tax bill…

You obviously don’t know the difference between a subsidy and a tax credit. A subsidy is what the entire oil industry gets. You are paying tax dollars that are going into the pockets of the oil industry every single day. The true cost of gasoline would be closer to $8-$10/gallon, not the $2/gallon it is now if these…

Only parts of the Roadster “body” that were shared with the Elise were the windscreen and side mirrors. The actual body panels are Tesla designed, made of carbon fiber and built by a French company. The rest of the shared components are within the chassis.

Again, not true. I was running the team configuring the initial 10,00o+ orders and there was no change in pricing for existing orders. The price change only affected people placing new reservations after Jan 1, 2013, price change announcement. There were over 20,000 people in line by that time.

Separate production lines. Model III will be built on its own production line, so your question has no relevance.

Incorrect. The expected price point of Model S never changed. What changed was the elimination of the 40kWh battery option. The price point for the higher battery options was consistent for 3 years before launch. Model X price point was always said to be about $5k more than Model S and guess what it costs, $5k more…

I actually know a ton about auto manufacturing having worked for one and seen it first hand for many years. There is a difference between sourcing some components and sourcing ever single component involved with the EV powertrain as GM is doing with the Bolt. Tesla sources plenty of components for their cars, but all…

Your lack of any argument says it all. It’s sad when a company with over 100 years of history has to rely on others to do their work for them while the companies that are leading the way are doing it by themselves.

First of all until it is in customer’s hands it is nothing. Second and more importantly, none of the EV tech in it comes from GM. “LG will manufacture the Bolt’s electric motor, power-inverter module, onboard battery charger, instrument cluster, and infotainment system. LG will also manufacture lithium-ion cells and…

And your point is what? Model III will be shown on March 31st and will cost $35k without incentives, so cheaper than the Bolt. The Bolt is yet another ugly GM product product that will struggle to find buyers beyond the core ‘Mericans who buy GM everything regardless of how poorly made it is. We shall see how Model…

Tesla already sells full fledged EV’s that are outselling the gas powered competition...

Ummm, you are on the wrong website buddy, I think you are looking for foxnews.com or any other sensationalist site that likes to live in fear rather than reality. The reality is that the Model S is the safest car on the road today and there have been exactly ZERO serious injuries in it.

Range extenders are not an advantage, they are the exact opposite. They are a bridge technology that is used when you do not have good enough EV tech to have a stand alone EV. Sales speak volumes and Tesla sold 25K Model S in the US last year, while GM sold just 15K of the much cheaper Volt.

You can’t be serious. You are trying to blame Tesla for someone driving like an asshat in one of their cars?!? Shall we say the same thing about BMW, Porsche, Audi, Lambo, Ferrari, Nissan, Jaguar, Lotus and every other company that sells a sub 4 second car? A lot of these other companies have a “Race mode” that you…

A) I worked for Tesla for 4 years and had TX as my territory so I’m well aware of the issues there.