Tesla Model 3 preorders exceed 325,000 within the first week. In the week since it was announced, more than 325,000 people have pre-ordered the electric sedan, amounting to more than US$14 billion in projected sales for a car that Tesla won't even start making until late next year.
>>14810735
Chevy Bolt BTFO
That is a lot of cars for a vehicle that has not been made yet. I hope they are able to make that many and more in the future. The Chevrolet Bolt has the same range but costs a little more. The Bolt has - IIRC - an advantage since there are way more Chevy dealers / repair places than what Tesla has.
>>14810735
>Model X ain't out yet, model 3 in 2017???????
http://www.gizmag.com/tesla-model-3-preorders/42706/
what blows my mind is how big those windows are compared to the usual trend.
is this intentional?
do they want it to look lighter?
there's something fishy.
>>14810793
probably just a gimmick
vertical visibility doesn't help much on the road
also if one breaks have fun replacing that shit
>>14810735
Stop using this picture
>>14810808
no, I mean the side windows.
they made the windows actually bigger than the trend dictates at the moment.
>>14810793
>>14810808
>Teslahatefags literally will bitch about bigger windows
r u srs nigga
>>14810735
>everybody pre-ordered a car made by a company that has very few vehicles on the roads
>they have to rush the construction and spout tons of poorly put together shits that keep having mecanical and software issues
>100 000 refunds one year after production starts
>mandatory "y-you just weren't ready for the future!" response
>my fucking face
>>14810830
if you weren't retarded you'd have realized that I wasn't bitching about it at all.
I'm surprised that they go this way.
>nearly 300,000 people cancel preorders after two years as they're only trickling out of the assembly line
FIX THE FRONT END. MODEL 3 DESIGN TEAM, IT'S SO EASY TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD
>>14810793
since there's no engine you can use big chunks of the front frame as major bracing for the roof frame, meaning they don't need to be as thick, shrinking your A and C pillars, it's pretty cool
>>14810848
why did you post a Porsche?
>>14810819
>?????
>>14810848
fuck, you're right.
maybe the lightness of the 80's and 90's cars will return as e-cars.
one can hope
>>14810735
This fucker has a new type of battery, one that the Gigafactory does'nt make???
Sony plans to boost battery performance 40 percent by 2020
http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/219729-sony-plans-to-boost-battery-performance-40-percent-by-2020
How much money do you have to put down to get on that preorder list? I mean is it for sure that 300k people are going to buy one of these?
>>14810935
Only $1,000, and you can get a refund at any time.
>>14810898
possibly, depends on how small batteries can get
honestly, if charge times can get down to 5 minutes and charging stations can be even half as ubiquitous as gas stations, you really don't need more than 200 miles of range, maybe not even more than 100, considering you can "fill up" at time each night.
such low requirements on battery sizes means cars can keep getting lighter and lighter without sacrificing power
>>14810944
what's funny is i don't see people backing out any time soon, considering if you're preorder number 200k or less you at least have a chance of getting your car before like 2020
then again, that massive preorder list looks really fucking delicious to investors, so tesla might get the cash infusion they need to ramp up production really quickly
>mfw Silicon Valley idealists will ruin the car industry with vehicles just as fickle as iPhones with all of Apple's proprietary bullshit
I really like electric vehicles; I just don't like the future Tesla is poised to bring into reality
>>14810848
true.dat
it looks a bit like a 3D printed car
>>14810753
They have already made it.
Arnold shawzenegr say not long ago what you rather do? Spend a hour in a room with running car or car with electric engine.
Guess what people say. They don't want I be poisoned!!
So I don't care if global warming is real or not. I just want to do what feels right and getting away from the poison gas is what we need to do. Time to stop burning everything. Gas is do uneconomical. Not. It wastes all it energy into heat.
Electric needs to happen it needs to happen. I will yet one.
>>14819151
Would you rather put both hands across the battery leads from a Tesla or a gas tank? Proof that internal combustion is safer and better.
>>14810785
i saw a model x driving around yesterday
>>14813916
i dont see the problem here.
>>14810735
> $1000 pre-order down payment on an item that you do not know the final cost of.
idiocy defined
>>14819550
a 325 million interest-free loan at the very least lel
>>14818748
they made some hand-built prototypes for scooting auto journalists around at the press event and for testing systems
>>14810735
>>14810926
Completely discharging a Li-ion battery is bad for it. Try to never let your battery go below 20% except in rare circumstances.
SO P85 will only ever use 68kw of it's battery?
I read that Tesla allows their batteries to discharge lower than industry standards?
How long until you have to have the front end repainted due to the retarded grill (lack there of) on the model 3?
>>14815510
Dude, Apple as a maker of essentially a single model is pretty damn ubiquitous as a standard in and of itself. Tesla would probably be the same. Stations would have the equivalent of micro usb as well as a tesla specific plug.
As for fickle Apple has some of the best customer satisfaction ratings, longest model cycles, and longest support for legacy models. If anything the electric car industry should follow Apples model.
>>14819499
Why are you looking for one?
>electric cars
have fun blowing tens of thousands of dollars on a new battery when the old one barely lets you go 100 miles on a full charge
>>14823306
Cool early 2000s post Bro!
>>14819151
>>14819170
Retard gets btfo by a tripfag
>>14810785
Model X started shipping in really low numbers last year.
Telsa has part supplier problems.
>>14810822
It is to make the cabin feel more spacious than it is.
>>14821295
no electric car lets you use the entire battery.
LEAF has a 26 kw/h battery but you only get about 20kw/h of use from it.
