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Home Posts tagged "Tesla Model 3"

Tag: Tesla Model 3

Tesla Model 3 arrives in China with dual charging ports

November 12, 2019 November 12, 2019

In China, Tesla built the Gigafactory 3 in 10 months, which may cause some in the USA to slam policies here about environmental reviews and the like. Be that as it may, the Tesla Model 3 is now manufactured in China, fulfilling a long-term goal of Tesla to have a…

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Tesla Model 3 achieves 1000km in 10 hours on Ionity chargers

October 31, 2019 October 31, 2019

Some of us want to take road trips with electric cars. Thanks to ever-more-powerful fast charging systems and ever-larger battery packs electric car road trips are increasingly possible. A year ago a friend in Romania informed me he would not consider an electric car until it could go 1200 kilometers…

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Tesla’s cars are the most patriotic car an American can buy

June 8, 2019 June 8, 2019

In some circles Patriotism is a big deal, and it seems Patriots are routinely bashing electric vehicles, solar power, and this sort of thing. The video below is by an American living in North Carolina, who makes YouTube videos about hunting with guns and arrows, and presents himself as a…

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No, Tesla is not phasing out the J1772 adapter

April 17, 2019 April 17, 2019

Recently on Facebook a claim has gone around that Tesla is phasing out the J1772 adapter. This adapter is required for a Tesla car to charge at a regular charging station, since Tesla cars have a Tesla-specific charging port. There is a lot of history behind why Tesla has a…

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Tesla almost kills $35k Model 3, launches lease program, still shows misleading pricing

April 13, 2019 April 13, 2019

The latest step in the marketing/sales chaos that is Tesla has the company on the one hand making it almost impossible to buy a $35,000 MSRP Tesla Model 3, on the other hand starting a lease program, while still continuing to display misleading pricing on the Tesla website. This follows…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk giving flawed charging advice on Twitter

April 11, 2019 April 17, 2019

Over the weekend Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a bunch of tweets including the above charging advice. At least these tweets did not get him in trouble with the SEC, as he has done so many times over the last year. But this particular advice seems (to me) to not…

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Elon Musk claims Tesla Autopilot drivers less mentally fatigued after long drives

March 26, 2019 March 26, 2019

How much is “peace of mind” worth on your daily commute? If you arrive at the office well rested, or arrive home well rested, even after a 50 mile grind through logjammed traffic, is that “well rested” state justification for paying a premium price for a car? Tesla’s CEO Elon…

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Tesla plans to keep more stores open, re-increase prices, backtracking on previous plan

March 11, 2019 March 11, 2019

Is Tesla operating by a plan, or by whim? A couple weeks ago Tesla announced they would be closing most of the stores, and convert many stores to be “galleries” in a move that would supposedly decrease costs and therefore allow Tesla the profit margin required to start selling the…

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Tesla closes stores to raise cash to pay off convertible bonds?

March 5, 2019 March 5, 2019

Last week Tesla announced they’d start selling the $35,000 MSRP Tesla Model 3, and achieving that goal required shifting sales to an online-only model and closing all Tesla retail stores. We were told to believe the shift in sales strategy meant Tesla would have enough profit margin to begin selling…

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Tesla does end-run around states prohibiting direct car sales, and starts shipping $35k Model 3

February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019

The long-awaited $35,000 MSRP Tesla Model 3 now is available via the Tesla website. This is the affordable mass production electric car Tesla has promised for several years, and it is now available. But was Tesla satisfied solely to reach that milestone? Nope, the announcement contained a nugget that I…

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Cameron Rogers retakes Laguna Seca electric car laptime record with Tesla Model 3 Performance

September 16, 2018 September 16, 2018

The electric car lap time record at Laguna Seca International Raceway is changing hands like crazy this summer.  On September 14, 2018, Cameron Rogers took a Tesla Model 3 w/ Performance Package to Laguna Seca, seeking to reclaim the lap time record he’d set earlier this summer.  Subsequent to Rogers’…

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Tesla no longer a boutique car maker, is outselling major manufacturers like Porsche

September 13, 2018 September 12, 2018

In May 2014 I asked “what happens when Tesla Motors’ sales equals that of major traditional car makers like Porsche?”  At the time I saw a Porsche press release with quarterly sales numbers where Porsche had sold 55,000 cars worldwide for Q1 2014, for an annualized sales rate of 165,000…

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What electric car would I buy today, on the occasion of canceling a Tesla Model 3 order

September 11, 2018 September 11, 2018

On March 31, 2016, I stood in line with thousands of other people to give Tesla Motors $1000 in hard-earned cash to reserve the ability to buy a Tesla Model 3.  The telecasted announcement was that evening, and over 100,000 of us (myself included) had put down a $1000 deposit…

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Lucid Motors definitively smashes Laguna Seca lap speed record with production-intent car

September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018

In early August, Lucid Motors brought a Lucid Air prototype to Laguna Seca International Raceway and definitively smashed the standing lap-speed records set with the Jaguar I-Pace, Tesla Model S and Tesla Model 3.  The record was set during testing sessions at the race track, it was driven by a Lucid…

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands accused of believing his own press releases

August 18, 2018 August 18, 2018

Is Elon Musk going insane?  Or has Elon Musk started believing his own press releases?  Those suggestions come from two different news articles analyzing the fallout from Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s suggestion to take Tesla private, and his subsequent interview with the NY Times in which he admitted this year…

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