Tesla: Model 3 News
03-31-2016, 10:38 PM
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03-31-2016, 10:39 PM
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I'm an Apple nerd, so I'm used to hype.
Elon Musk talking about CO2 and how it's bad, global warming, yadda yadda yadda. Just show us the fscking car already.
Elon Musk talking about CO2 and how it's bad, global warming, yadda yadda yadda. Just show us the fscking car already.
03-31-2016, 10:39 PM
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I take it back...he's terrible
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03-31-2016, 10:41 PM
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He is NO Steve Jobs. Appreciate his thought, though.
03-31-2016, 10:42 PM
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03-31-2016, 10:42 PM
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Bu knowing that...he should play to his strengths and keep his presentation short...which he is not.
03-31-2016, 10:55 PM
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kinda like a mini porsche panamera and tesla S had an offspring. I like it.
03-31-2016, 10:56 PM
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Looks good! Like a smaller S. The one on the left with 5 spoke wheels looks hot.
03-31-2016, 10:58 PM
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Orders in last 24 hours are 115,000. They'd better get cranking.
03-31-2016, 11:01 PM
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Looks good.
These will be the BMW 3 series of So Cal.
These will be the BMW 3 series of So Cal.
03-31-2016, 11:01 PM
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The center touch screen is HUUUUUGE
03-31-2016, 11:03 PM
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size matters
03-31-2016, 11:04 PM
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03-31-2016, 11:05 PM
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Let them have accidents.
Elon has paid for two of my rental properties. I can't hate on it.
Elon has paid for two of my rental properties. I can't hate on it.
03-31-2016, 11:08 PM
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03-31-2016, 11:12 PM
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Bakersfield/Palmdale won't have any 
03-31-2016, 11:15 PM
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The two spoke steering reminds me of my 1990 Honda Civic HF, 4 forward gears, 67 HP rice rocket
03-31-2016, 11:22 PM
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03-31-2016, 11:23 PM
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Nope.
Given that all the current LA population already cause plenty of accidents (I will leave the races alone ), given them bigger screen won't matter with further distractions.
Given that all the current LA population already cause plenty of accidents (I will leave the races alone
), given them bigger screen won't matter with further distractions.
04-01-2016, 06:41 AM
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The interior kind of sucks
04-01-2016, 07:23 AM
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04-01-2016, 07:26 AM
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Looks like Tesla came down in its zero to 60 estimate. 6 seconds zero to sixty puts it square in the middle of the $35,000 car range.
04-01-2016, 08:13 AM
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04-01-2016, 08:35 AM
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The front is ugly. I know it doesn't need a grill...but it needs a grill, or something.
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04-01-2016, 08:39 AM
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Not in love with it, but not bad.
Will have to wait to see more coverage on it & see it in person to know for sure.
Will have to wait to see more coverage on it & see it in person to know for sure.
04-01-2016, 08:48 AM
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04-01-2016, 08:56 AM
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Elon doesn't spend days prepping his announcements. He says he's too busy for that, he makes up some bullet points and then goes on stage and wings it mostly and you can tell.
Yeah it's still weird seeing a car without a grill, it looks like a baby Model X to me.
Yeah it's still weird seeing a car without a grill, it looks like a baby Model X to me.
04-01-2016, 09:02 AM
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04-01-2016, 09:06 AM
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It is a concept right? Tesla could very well incorporate a grill by production time??
04-01-2016, 09:15 AM
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That interior 
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Only Apply or Tesla could release a product that sparse and boring and have people messing their pants about it...
If I made something that looked so half-finished, I'd be told I "gave up" and "stopped caring".
File me firmly in the unimpressed camp.
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.Only Apply or Tesla could release a product that sparse and boring and have people messing their pants about it...
If I made something that looked so half-finished, I'd be told I "gave up" and "stopped caring".
File me firmly in the unimpressed camp.
/grumpy old man
04-01-2016, 09:19 AM
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Do they use a traditional Freon based AC system or some sort of fancy Peltier system? Seems like that would be the way to go when you're driving around in a box full of batteries. Wouldn't need forced air cooling like a normal car and they could get away with a bigger heat sink that I'm sure is already designed in. 
04-01-2016, 09:45 AM
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Do they use a traditional Freon based AC system or some sort of fancy Peltier system? Seems like that would be the way to go when you're driving around in a box full of batteries. Wouldn't need forced air cooling like a normal car and they could get away with a bigger heat sink that I'm sure is already designed in.
Johnny Cab!
04-01-2016, 09:48 AM
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04-01-2016, 09:54 AM
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It still has an air intake under the not present conventional grille. The car still needs cooling air for the AC, battery cooling, etc...just not nearly as much air as a combustion engine intake and cooling system need.