[quote=AN]I personally wouldn’t give Tesla the credit of “pushing” the other car makers to speed up their EV. I think the CAFE standard is a much bigger force in pushing car makers to look into other tech. The way I see it is, European are going all in w/ EV while Japanese are going all in w/ Fuel Cell. It will be very interesting to see which technology win out. I’m personally rooting for Fuel Cell due to the speed of fuel up. It’s much easier to pull up into a FC fueling station (like a gas station) and after 5 minutes, you’re back on the road. Both technology uses electric motor to drive the car.
I hope the next model S is as big of a disruption as the current one is. If they can solve the range issue (going 500+ miles per charge), then I’m totally sold. I think you’re giving Tesla too much credit for EV. Model S is not the first all electric. The way I see it is, they take what is done w/ the Nissan Leaf and apply it to a higher end car. Regardless, competition is great. As a gear head and a tech geek, all of this is really exciting. I can’t wait to see which technology win out.
As for the Model X, I think you’ll probably love out it’ll drive. I don’t expect it to drive too much different than the Model S. Just more room. I’m only disappointed that they stuck w/ the 85kWh battery. I love the space design. I actually like the Model X more than the Model S, based on the interior space.
Did you look at all the concept cars from Frankfurt autoshow that’s going on right now? There are A LOT of alternative fuel vehicles, from the cheap low end eGolf to the well over $100k Audi electric sport car. Exciting time is definitely in front of us.[/quote]
Well, I’m not sure if Tesla gets the credit or not but unless I’m mistaken, EV’s before Tesla were really ugly and the performance was nothing comparable. So whoever takes the credit, that doesn’t really matter to me. Ha, ha.
I know Tesla isn’t the first all electric vehicle. It’s just the first really awesome EV that looks great and performs well. As far as I’m concerned the Leaf, Volt and Prius are really ugly. I wouldn’t take one free if you gave it to me.
I definitely don’t see fuel vehicles going away anywhere anytime soon. There will be room for both to coexist along with probably other alternative fuel/energy vehicles.
Definitely I’m sure we’ll love the Model X. I know several people that already put deposits down sight unseen but I’m not the type of guy that can buy something without seeing and test driving it first. But as mentioned, I’m 99% sure I’ll probably buy one once they come out.
I agree it’s disappointing it has the same battery. I was hoping that there would be a faster increase in the battery technology but for our use, it is typically fine. We rarely take road trips but probably will more now that we have the Tesla.
I’m taking the first longer distance trip on Wednesday up to LA for a business trip and back the same day. I’ll hit the Supercharger in Hawthorne and post about it here.
No, I didn’t look at any concept cars. Honestly, I’m not a “car guy”. It is a testament to Tesla that they could get me to spend $125,000+ on a car. I’m not that type of guy typically.
Today, I just got back from taking my car in to the service. As mentioned earlier, I complained about the rear lock latch so they will fix that. Also, I had some paint imperfections and there was a small scratch on the hood of the car.
They gave me another loaner P85 to use until mine is done. They told me they will probably have to repaint the entire hood which will take several days. I told them to take their time.
One thing I also like is they just emailed me within 5 minutes after driving of their lot a list of everything they will do. They included all the service bulletin fixes even stuff I didn’t complain about.
Something else I noticed is they are wise because they limited the ability to go over 80 MPH in it. I know some have complained about the lack of privacy with the tracking but as a father of two young kids……it will be great to take advantage of this when my kids are driving. Also, being able to limit how fast their car can go probably can’t hurt either. LOL.
I agree whether you are an EV, alternative fuel or all around car nut…. the future will be amazing and exciting. I never in a million years thought I’d drop as much money on cars as I did with the Model S and getting the Model X next year.
