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Tesla Model 3 will be revealed on March 31st

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greatestjediever

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The only reason I'd put money down this early is because a) it's fully refundable if things go south and b) the federal tax credit is limited. I wouldn't want to be in a situation where I want the car and they become supply constrained that it knocks you out of or into a lower credit rung.
 
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SpecX

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Looking forward to this. Not going to rush out to reserve like some are doing, but I do want to see if they were able to make this an attractive car at this price with still some standard bells and whistles. I'll probably be in the market later this year, but might be able to hold off if this is too good to pass up.
 
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F1Fan said:
He will. With his FAR better range and reliability and lower cost, he will enjoy it driving it. Have fun imaging driving a Model 3 for the next two years lol
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I'll have fun driving my Audi for the next two years, then I'll have fun driving my Model 3 when it arrives. $1000 is not a big deal, and you can always back out.

I don't think the appeal is hard to understand. Tesla has a history of producing cool looking cars with great performance, has a nationwide network of free supercharging stations, and has a range that makes it a viable commuter.

TBF I'm not putting any money down until I see what it looks like, but I can see why people who have been anticipating this car for years would get wrapped up in the excitement and wait in a line.
 
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cbox

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gwarm01 said:
I'll have fun driving my Audi for the next two years, then I'll have fun driving my Model 3 when it arrives. $1000 is not a big deal, and you can always back out.

I don't think the appeal is hard to understand. Tesla has a history of producing cool looking cars with great performance, has a nationwide network of free supercharging stations, and has a range that makes it a viable commuter.

TBF I'm not putting any money down until I see what it looks like, but I can see why people who have been anticipating this car for years would get wrapped up in the excitement and wait in a line.
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Not to mention that some people are buying into the notion of electric cars being the future. This is their first chance to enter the market without having to drive a leaf or volt. That is apparently hard for some people to understand.
 
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ConvenientBox said:
Not to mention that some people are buying into the notion of electric cars being the future. This is their first chance to enter the market without having to drive a leaf or volt. That is apparently hard for some people to understand.
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Yeah but come on man those are better value than a Tesla.
 
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Fenderputty

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Shadow2222 said:
What I think I am going to do when my lease runs out in September 2017 is to just buy a 1-2 grand clunker that will survive at least 5-6 months until I can get my hands on one of these (unless I'm unimpressed by the reveal later). I figure that's the cost of what 5-6 more lease payments on my current car would have been anyways.
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That's .... not a bad idea, man. If the reveal is bad ass I might go this route. I'm hoping I can borrow a truck from my family for a couple months or something if not.


LucidMomentum said:
I was seriously thinking of reserving one but you're right - I have like two years to decide if I even want to switch from my FR-S. I love the thing but it's not entirely practical and if the model E has a 250 mile range that's literally all I'd ever need for driving to my favorite day trips.

Time to go read up on stuff - has an official specs sheet come out yet?
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Nothing official I don't think. Just leaks. The leaks looked very promising though.
 
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cbox

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Cake Boss said:
Yeah but come on man those are better value than a Tesla.
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Yeah but they aren't a tesla. People want in on the Tesla eco system, same way some would rather buy a macbook over an acer.

You have to admit the allure behind Tesla is that much greater than Nissan or GM.
 
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shinshoryuken

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ConvenientBox said:
Yeah but they aren't a tesla. People want in on the Tesla eco system, same way some would rather buy a macbook over an acer.

You have to admit the allure behind Tesla is that much greater than Nissan or GM.
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"eco system"...HAHAHAH..Tesla is really becoming like the iphone of automobile.....
 
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GTI Guy

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Backfoggen said:
Hello how does this car look
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captive

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mcfrank said:
They are probably going to sell 100k today judging by these lines. What we are seeing today is unprecedented and it is foolish to discount it.
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seriously. If you don't understand why Tesla is a big deal and why the Model 3 is a big deal you're either ignorant, or in the pockets of oil.

What Tesla is doing is important for several reasons.
1) they're taking on the auto industry who is fighting them in just about every state because they aren't following the stupid, archaic, anti-consumer dealership model

2) they're building fucking electric cars(if you dont understand why this is important i dont know what to tell you) that are fun to drive, and don't look like a piece of shit on the road.

And yes they are pushing cool technology, i may be wrong but i am not aware of any other cars that have a 17" console screen that regularly receive software updates to add new features.
To my knowledge to get "new features" on most other cars you have to buy the newest one.

and oh yea you can "fill up" your battery for fucking free on road trips with the supercharger network.
 
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captive said:
seriously. If you don't understand why Tesla is a big deal and why the Model 3 is a big deal you're either ignorant, or in the pockets of oil.

What Tesla is doing is important for several reasons.
1) they're taking on the auto industry who is fighting them in just about every state because they aren't following the stupid, archaic, anti-consumer dealership model

2) they're building fucking electric cars(if you dont understand why this is important i dont know what to tell you) that are fun to drive, and don't look like a piece of shit on the road.

And yes they are pushing cool technology, i may be wrong but i am not aware of any other cars that have a 17" console screen that regularly receive software updates to add new features.
To my knowledge to get "new features" on most other cars you have to buy the newest one.

and oh yea you can "fill up" your battery for fucking free on road trips with the supercharger network.
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This.
 
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greatestjediever

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captive said:
seriously. If you don't understand why Tesla is a big deal and why the Model 3 is a big deal you're either ignorant, or in the pockets of oil.

What Tesla is doing is important for several reasons.
1) they're taking on the auto industry who is fighting them in just about every state because they aren't following the stupid, archaic, anti-consumer dealership model

2) they're building fucking electric cars(if you dont understand why this is important i dont know what to tell you) that are fun to drive, and don't look like a piece of shit on the road.

And yes they are pushing cool technology, i may be wrong but i am not aware of any other cars that have a 17" console screen that regularly receive software updates to add new features.
To my knowledge to get "new features" on most other cars you have to buy the newest one.

and oh yea you can "fill up" your battery for fucking free on road trips with the supercharger network.
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Just to be specific, they're mainly taking on the dealership associations. During my time working with in the auto industry, there were many people at various OEMs that would love to do the direct-to-consumer model.
 
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mcfrank said:
They are probably going to sell 100k today judging by these lines. What we are seeing today is unprecedented and it is foolish to discount it.
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EV industry could really use that boost, that's almost as many plug-ins that were delivered last year (115k, which is down from 2014)
 
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XGRaViSmOrSX

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greatestjediever said:
Just to be specific, they're mainly taking on the dealership associations. During my time working with in the auto industry, there were many people at various OEMs that would love to do the direct-to-consumer model.
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Yup, the best thing to happen from tesla getting big is the hopeful eventual collapse of the dealer network in america. Bring back direct sales you filthy shits, the rest of the world gets to buy direct. Fuck these dealer clowns.
 
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shinshoryuken

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ConvenientBox said:
Is that a bad thing?
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PhoncipleBone said:
Over the air updates. Great customer service and maintenance. That is a good ecosystem to get into for a car.
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gwarm01 said:
The supercharger network is a very appealing aspect of owning a Tesla. You can't deny that.
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HAHAH...its not a bad thing at all. I just find it funny..

majority of apple fan use the term "eco system" as one of the advantage it has over android. Now its being use for a car...it's so Verge-like...

so, if there's something wrong with a tesla... can you take it to any mechanic or would you have to take it to a "genius mechanic"? lol
 
Mengy

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F1Fan said:
Not really. I simply asked why people & media have to much hype for Tesla. Every answer I got back did not make sense. Argument like its a cool car with technology just seem weird considering there are other cars that are cool and have technology.
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People are excited because Tesla's are awesome cars that are very well designed and built. They are also ahead of the competition with regards to EV's and technology. Tesla is an exciting company to EV enthusiasts.

F1Fan said:
When Tesla sells millions of car every year, like BMW, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, Audi then we will talk.
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WTF? What kind of comparison is that? I don't think you know what you are talking about...

F1Fan said:
Tesla have done extremely well in that segment, no-one is saying they haven't but the segment is small and the number of sales reflect that.
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Their sales in their market are actually pretty good, and the EV market is growing every year. Tesla is extremely well positioned to dominate in the EV market in the very near future.

Are you ignorant of the topic, or just trolling to be antagonistic? Because I can't tell which is the case with you....
 
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captive said:
2) they're building fucking electric cars(if you dont understand why this is important i dont know what to tell you) that are fun to drive, and don't look like a piece of shit on the road.

And yes they are pushing cool technology, i may be wrong but i am not aware of any other cars that have a 17" console screen that regularly receive software updates to add new features.
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They're very good at marketing that's for sure.
There are other not ugly ecars though, see the e-golf, which looks just like a normal golf.
There are also more risk friendly; other OEMs had electric car ready for a long time, they just didn't want to take the risk to bring them out.
For the 17" screen though, I find it more of a distraction and in rare cases unpractical than anything else (yes I have driven a model S, albeit not for long).

Over the air updates is their biggest bonus for me, though we'll see how long it goes well with more and more models introduced.
 
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HeartlessNobody213

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shinshoryuken said:
HAHAH...its not a bad thing at all. I just find it funny..

majority of apple fan use the term "eco system" as one of the advantage it has over android. Now its being use for a car...it's so Verge-like...

so, if there's something wrong with a tesla... can you take it to any mechanic or would you have to take it to a "genius mechanic"? lol
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Tesla sends someone to you to take a look at it. If it's something major, they take your car and loan you another. Doubt that will happen with the Model 3 though.
 
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captive

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shinshoryuken said:
HAHAH...its not a bad thing at all. I just find it funny..

majority of apple fan use the term "eco system" as one of the advantage it has over android. Now its being use for a car...it's so Verge-like...

so, if there's something wrong with a tesla... can you take it to any mechanic or would you have to take it to a "genius mechanic"? lol
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HAHAHA..... why do you keep starting your posts off like this? Its ridiculous and brings nothing to the conversation and makes you look like a troll.



Jisgsaw said:
They're very good at marketing that's for sure.
There are other not ugly ecars though, see the e-golf, which looks just like a normal golf.
There are also more risk friendly; other OEMs had electric car ready for a long time, they just didn't want to take the risk to bring them out.
For the 17" screen though, I find it more of a distraction and in rare cases unpractical than anything else (yes I have driven a model S, albeit not for long).

Over the air updates is their biggest bonus for me, though we'll see how long it goes well with more and more models introduced.
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eh its still a golf. And this is coming from someone that drives a VW passat.

HeartlessNobody213 said:
Tesla sends someone to you to take a look at it. If it's something major, they take your car and loan you another. Doubt that will happen with the Model 3 though.
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Yea and theres a lot less to break on the car given you dont have a internal combustion engine and everything that comes with that.
 
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Jisgsaw said:
They're very good at marketing that's for sure.
There are other not ugly ecars though, see the e-golf, which looks just like a normal golf.
There are also more risk friendly; other OEMs had electric car ready for a long time, they just didn't want to take the risk to bring them out.
For the 17" screen though, I find it more of a distraction and in rare cases unpractical than anything else (yes I have driven a model S, albeit not for long).

Over the air updates is their biggest bonus for me, though we'll see how long it goes well with more and more models introduced.
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German makes are far behind when it comes to EV tech, not to mention VW/Audi has already said that Tesla has been doing everything right as well. Tesla is building nationwide EV infrastructure and is actually making people want to buy a new kind of car, whereas the egolf struggles to get sales and comes from VW and their cheating diesels. VW's marketing has their work cut out for them that's for sure
 
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East Lake said:
https://twitter.com/BharathNA/status/715580466393296896
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Jesus christ.

So you can only pre-order in person?

Ugh, this was like the worst timing for me. I really need to replace my car by the end of the year, and I don't see this coming out in 2017 when the gigafactory isn't even finished. With no numbers on initial output and such, and them saying the highly priced ones will likely be made first.....probably wouldn't even see it till 2018 :(

If it comes out as being spectaular the pain will hurt more. That's okay I guess, I'll just wait for the better 2nd revision by the time I shopping again :D
 
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Jisgsaw said:
They're very good at marketing that's for sure.
There are other not ugly ecars though, see the e-golf, which looks just like a normal golf.
There are also more risk friendly; other OEMs had electric car ready for a long time, they just didn't want to take the risk to bring them out.
For the 17" screen though, I find it more of a distraction and in rare cases unpractical than anything else (yes I have driven a model S, albeit not for long).

Over the air updates is their biggest bonus for me, though we'll see how long it goes well with more and more models introduced.
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Yeah, other OEMs have been trying to get into this market for awhile, but none have been able to capture the mindshare that Tesla has with the Model S (which, itself, didn't fare nearly as well with the Roadster). It's impressive that a newcomer has been able to rise up so quickly in that segment given how long well-known competitors like BMW, Lexus, Audi have been trying to take that D/F-segment. I mean, some of these guys have spent a TON of money trying to capture market share via tv/digital/print ads, conquests and other methods from MB and none have been able to do what Tesla has with as little as Tesla spends on tv/digital/print.

In the case with the e-Golf and Audi e-tron, the cars were built with the existing platform in mind, so it limits the freedom you have with optimizing your design to fit with an efficient EV platform. You can see it now with the Bolt, which uses a similar floor battery that Tesla uses, whereas with the e-tron a large chunk of the battery is situated in the trunk and runs along the driveshaft.

HeartlessNobody213 said:
Tesla sends someone to you to take a look at it. If it's something major, they take your car and loan you another. Doubt that will happen with the Model 3 though.
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It will be interesting to see how Tesla tries scaling up and out their services. They're either gonna have to make the Model 3 bulletproof, or have an extensive supply of loaners if they want to maintain the type of concierge-level service they do now.
 
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Damaniel

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DirtyManos said:
Jesus christ.

So you can only pre-order in person?

Ugh, this was like the worst timing for me. I really need to replace my car by the end of the year, and I don't see this coming out in 2017 when the gigafactory isn't even finished. With no numbers on initial output and such, and them saying the highly priced ones will likely be made first.....probably wouldn't even see it till 2018 :(

If it comes out as being spectaular the pain will hurt more. That's okay I guess, I'll just wait for the better 2nd revision by the time I shopping again :D
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Online pre-orders start either tonight or tomorrow morning, after the reveal announcement. Going by the in-person reservation, their website will probably be hammered for a while.
 
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shinshoryuken

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captive said:
HAHAHA..... why do you keep starting your posts off like this? Its ridiculous and brings nothing to the conversation and makes you look like a troll.



eh its still a golf. And this is coming from someone that drives a VW passat.

Yea and theres a lot less to break on the car given you dont have a internal combustion engine and everything that comes with that.
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well yup....every single post in this thread is a gold mine of information.
 
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Jisgsaw

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German makes are far behind when it comes to EV tech
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Like BMW with their i-series? Or mercedes with the tech they got from... Tesla?
Audi also has the tech (had it for a couple years, and was used for the egolf), they just aren't willing to take the risk.
And the problem of the egolf is marketing more than anything else.

Tesla was willing to take the risk and to build the infrastructure, which is great. I'll be happy to follow how they intend to keep the edge (several mass market ecars are comming for 2018).
I just immensively dislike the typicall us hype based marketing (see also google's marketing of autonomous vehicle).
 
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