It’s like everyone forgot when deliveries were supposed to begin. Fall 2017 for the availability of the base model is actually ahead of time. July was a stretch goal from the beginning. The goal was for deliveries to start by the end of 2017 which everyone said couldn’t be done. When the base model comes out…

Again, were any of those sources Tesla, the only source that matters? I’ll answer that for you, the answer is no. Tesla never said anything about what cars would come out first so it would only make sense to follow the history of the company. Model 3 is not a divergent at all. Model 3 is the next step in the plan…

Wow Ryan, did you just start covering the Auto industry today? Can you come up with a more misleading title? Have you not followed Tesla’s launch of the Model S and X where they came out with the fully loaded versions first? Did Tesla’s timeframe actually change or do you just have a hard time remembering what…

Widely said by who? Not by Tesla. The first cars have gone to Investors and employees. These people do not want base cars. Do you know how things went with Model S and X? The first ones were all fully loaded and then they introduced base versions later. They are doing the exact same thing so any who thought they…

This is not unique to performance cars. On average, 17 cars catch on fire in the US every single hour, http://www.businessinsider.com/17-cars-catch-on-fire-every-hour-in-the-us-2013-11! To say this is a Lambo thing or a Ferrari thing is really disingenuous as it’s really just a car thing.

Fires were never an issue on the Countach. It wasn’t until the Aventador with flammable sealant in the engine bay and the SV with a stupid ass exhaust system that leave fuel it for exhaust “pops” that fires started becoming an issue. Ferarri’s on the other hand have a much longer history with fires.

Nope. They had this sitting outside for a long time along with another fiberglass bodied neon green car that no one could ever identify. That thing looked like a mix between a Countach and a 12 yr olds drawings. The red car always looked like a legit Countach but never trusted it as one based on the shop and how it…

The car was owned by a place that builds replicas and is a body shop, so this was most likely a fiberglass replica. They’ve had it sitting out front for a long time. I used to live around the block. Articles have been incorrectly saying it was owned by Hertz because they have a Hertz location in their building.

That’s wrong. It was owned by a body shop that also has a Hertz at the location. I used to live around the block and used that gas station always. This was in Redwood City, 30 minutes south of SF. Based on the place that owned it, this was a fiber glass replica.

Mom and Pop shops?!? Do you not have any clue how dealers operate these days? The majority of dealers are multiple BILLION dollar corporations. These are not little locally owned Mom and Pop stores. Lets look at some of them.

Apparently you have a problem reading. My exact words were: “So not a big deal for this thing but will be when this drivetrain ends up on the sedans and people think this translates to true performance cars.” Maybe this is why you are still in the grays. Also, it really takes 420+HP to pick up groceries?!?

Steph, you miss a very important detail about this car. It loses all of the power of the E-Motor around 90mph. The Macan GTS has all of its power all the way until its top speed. So not a big deal for this thing but will be when this drivetrain ends up on the sedans and people think this translates to true…

What alternate reality are you living in? Tesla produces cars at its factory in CA and has been doing so since 2012 and is already producing batteries at its plant in NV. Tesla is a publicly traded company with all of its financials publicly available. You’re going to have to try harder to troll.

That’s funny. Jalopnik has been talking crap about Tesla since the company was founded. They only changed their tune when they released how much money Tesla was able to make them with “clicks”. This article is just again another misunderstanding of how Tesla operates. There was a production issue with the P100D…

You are confused here. All this means is that the will be moving forward with their T8 drivetrain which includes their Twin-Charged setup. They will also be adding EV’s as well. The T5 and T6's will go away, that’s it.

Those people need a reality check. Jalopnik has essentially been trying to use the Tesla cash cow model and apply it to any new startup EV maker and pump out articles like they are going out of style. For what FF has actually accomplished they deserved a total of 3 articles. One for their original trainwreck at…

You should take a trip back in time and go look at their coverage of early Tesla. You would think Elon had punched one of their moms in the genitals or something.

Have I seen a Roadster?!? I think so. I worked there for 4 years, including the early Roadster days. The Roadster shared a total of 7% of parts with the Lotus, so you must not have been paying much attention when you were “deep inside” them.

Agreed! In Tesla’s early days this site did nothing but talk shit about them on a daily basis and didn’t change their tune until everyone else in the world was gushing over them after Model S was winning every award imaginable. Now they want to constantly talk about FF that has done nothing but show incompetence…

Except that Elon has both been producing actual cars since 2008 and has shown multiple times that Tesla can turn a profit. You’re going to need to try harder if you’re going to troll.