Definitely I see Tesla pushing the other car makers to speed up their EV’s. Audi has fired their guy that was formally in charge of EV’s. My good friend works at Audi and a sales manager there. He recently went to a national conference and the head executives told the staff their biggest thread in the future is NOT BMW, Mercedes or Lexus. it’s Tesla!
My close friend runs one of the largest dealerships in Southern California and he also said that once the Generation 3’s come out from Tesla it’s going to be interesting. This guy has been in the car business 30 years and he test drove my car last week and was blown away.
I do think kids these days are aware of the environment. My kids are still too young to fully appreciate the green aspects of electric vs. gas but they do recognize and understand no more gas stations with the Model S (except to go rent Red Box movies). Such a GREAT feeling just avoiding gas stations now.
I let my kids plug the car in at the end of the day and they think it’s cool.
I have NO doubt that the future generations of cars will all be impacted by this technology and Tesla. It will be amazing when they can get these batteries up to about 500+ miles or more.
Now that we have the dedicated EV meter from SDGE I think we will definitely go with the Model X. I still need to test drive it but my wife LOVES all that room. We are talking about having another baby next year so we’d welcome the room.
It was funny in that video when they used an Audi Q7 for comparison and showed how little room you have after you fold the 3rd row seat up and it’s true. There is almost NO room at all. But in the Model X wow is there a lot of room.
I’m actually not crazy about those doors because it prevents the use of adding a roof rack. I use the roof rack on my Audi Q7 when we drive to Lake Tahoe so that part doesn’t thrill me but everything else looks great. And I love that it still has the power, speed and performance of the Model S.
Interesting times indeed.
FlyerinHI,
That’s great that you are doing all of those changes. I was thinking about getting the house automated. I already switched out a lot of the lighting to make it more energy efficient. I know a lot of companies have gotten into the home automation space. Do you recommend one over another based on your experience?
