They should have a driveable prototype tonight. They seemed focused on having a mass produceable car with the model 3 so hopefully they can really streamline production to meet that late 2017 deadline. I'm not expecting delivery anytime before mid-2018 though.
I believe that means with cars they already sold plus current reservations that should take Tesla over the threshold to reduce the federal tax rebate.
Wish we got more of an overview of the car. Show is the interior and other options available. I like the whole glass top. Didn't like the grill part of the car.
my step-dad reserved one today i'd be in on one if my condo building had ev plug-ins. anyone ever gotten their building to install ev plugs before? seems like a huge hassle...
This is what I'm wondering about. Every building is going to have to add these but I wonder how this will work. My building is older so feel like it would be a huge thing to add them.
Bioweapons Defense Mode was tested. https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/pu..._050216&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social
Just found out my uncle has a Tesla charging station at his business here in downtown Anderson. I've seen quite a few of them down here lately.
Elon Musk @elonmusk 4h4 hours ago Just heard that Norway will ban new sales of fuel cars in 2025. What an amazingly awesome country. You guys rock!!
I've had this conversation multiple times. Him saying there are only two options assumes that we are not the first to come up with a simulation that is indistinguishable from reality. It's unlikely but there are not only two options.
That's no bueno. http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/30/technology/tesla-autopilot-death/index.html Tesla's autopilot probed by government after crash kills driver The crash occurred on May 7 in Williston, Florida, when a tractor-trailer made a left turn in front of the Tesla at an intersection, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Tesla (TSLA) said in a blog post that its autopilot system did not recognize the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake wasn't activated.
oops? I'm not sure how it works, but is there not some sort of radar that will override the visual cues?? Colors should not be a major obstacle to braking when a tractor trailer is in front of the car.
Autopilot is still much better than human drivers at this point. It sucks that the guy died, but youre still instructed to keep your attention on the road when in autopilot mode.
plus when cars turn in front of you, sometimes people are gonna die. If the tractor trailer was a Tesla it would have never made that turn.
It is, but I don't think it will have a big impact on the company's valuation long-term. What does everyone think about Tesla acquiring Solar City? I think it's pretty much a no brainier on Tesla's part, they're already all in on Elon Musk (as am I).
True, but nearly 100 people a day die operating their own vehicles in this country. As for Solar City from a financial standpoint, it's a bit of a head scratcher. They're in debt to their eyeballs and were in rough shape before Tesla bought them. For some analysts it looks like Musk is just throwing a life raft to a drowning company. I've got no problem betting on Musk however and odds are he'll come out of it looking like a genius. Again.
TMB has ruined me to the point that I don't know if this a pun that I'm just not understanding or actual information.
I get that but the general public isn't going to add up drive time by Tesla and compare it to normal drivers. They are going to see "Oh shit that tesla test car wrecked and killed someone. Fuck that!"
Everyone knows it's just a bailout for SolarCity, and I'm not thrilled about Tesla adding another $3 billion in debt to their balance sheet, but Musk knows what he's doing.
Wall Street Isn’t Too Worried About First Self-Driving Tesla Death That’s hardly the company’s only problem right now, though. 07/01/2016 11:47 am ET Spoiler Alexander C. Kaufman Senior Business Editor, The Huffington Post Stephen Lam/Reuters Tesla Motors shares bounced back on Friday morning, a day after the company announced that safety regulators were investigating a fatal crash in a car that was using its “Autopilot” feature. The electric automaker’s stock price rose by nearly 1 percent after plummeting in after-hours trading on Thursday following news of the probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The driver, an Ohio man named John D. Brown, died on May 7 when his semi-autonomous Model S failed to brake after its cameras couldn’t distinguish the white side of a tractor-trailer rig from the brightly lit sky above. The sound of a Harry Potter movie could be heard playing from the car after the crash, according to a report by the Associated Press. The company said the crash took place under “extremely rare circumstances,” and that it was fatal because of where the Model S hit the trailer. It added that Autopilot is by default disabled and that a driver must explicitly acknowledge the technology is experimental before using it. The feature allows for semi-autonomous driving on highways in four states and the District of Columbia, which have laws regulating the technology. Google Finance The Model S tells drivers to keep their hands on the wheel; if they release their grip it alerts drivers and eventually slows down. Of course, a driver who’s distracted for even an instant can cause deadly harm on the road. “The system also makes frequent checks to ensure that the driver’s hands remain on the wheel and provides visual and audible alerts if hands-on is not detected,” Tesla wrote in a blog post announcing the federal probe. “It then gradually slows down the car until hands-on is detected again. We do this to ensure that every time the feature is used, it is used as safely as possible.” About 35,000 people die in car crashes in the U.S. every year, the vast majority of which are caused by human error. Manufacturers of self-driving cars promise to make driving safer. But people are deeply divided on what a driverless car should be programmed to do if an accident becomes inevitable. Tesla argues that, when used in conjunction with driver oversight, semi-autonomous vehicles are much safer “compared to purely manual driving.” Indeed, CEO Elon Musk predicted last year that human drivers would be outlawed once self-driving technology became ubiquitous. Traders on Wall Street, it seems, may agree. But that’s hardly their only beef with Musk’s much-hyped car and battery company. Tesla’s stock price plunged last month after the company announced a bid to buy solar power firm SolarCity in hopes to creating a vertically integrated green energy giant. Investors accuse the company of “burning up cash” while failing to turn a profit as it invests heavily in its own growth. Musk is already the largest shareholder in both companies, and his younger cousin, Lyndon Rive, serves as chief executive of SolarCity. That alone could be, as the Financial Times noted, a “corporate governance nightmare.”
Im all for self driving cars, but im notgonna be in the first phase Also, i know they said the car didn't recognize the white trailer, but maybe the tractor trailer pulled out in front of him
If he was watching a movie he never saw it coming and likely didn't feel a thing. Go under the trailer at fast speed, trailer takes your head off, your dead, car continues until it finally leaves the road and crashes.
It would have been even more tragic and terrifying if the roof of the car had come off from hitting the trailer and the car just continued driving for a long time with the headless corpse of the "driver" still in plain view to every passing bystander and motorist.
The general public wasn't going to be buy a Tesla at this point anyways. Even the model 3 is still being picked up by early adopters who tend to Research the shit out of their new toys.
Solar City will be the sales and muscle to install Powerwall's across the country to Tesla owners and non-Tesla owners. It will help Tesla shift into the next phase of their business model, micro-grid distribution, and they acquired a bunch of resources and assets for very cheap to accomplish that.
Haha, Tesla doesn't need to own Solar City to use their sales force. It makes zero sense, especially at the price paid.
Tesla is trying to grow. Bad press doesn't help that. It's not going to affect current customers that are already sold on it but it does affect some people that are looking at making the switch. I don't know why it's so hard to admit that it's a bad thing for them. I'm not saying it's going to cripple them but it wasn't a positive.