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[giga]

Yeah I don't get how it looks like a mustang at all.

 

[Anion]

Tesla just killed the grille on the S.

Finally they updated the headlights from looking like a Hyundai one to an Audi/Mercedes LED


Also this car no longer looks good in white (well at least in that pic)
Hopefully others realize it and finally buy a car in a color

 

[plagiarize]

Finally they updated the headlights from looking like a Hyundai one to an Audi/Mercedes LED


Also this car no longer looks good in white (well at least in that pic)
Hopefully others realize it and finally buy a car in a color

Disagree. I think this looks much better. Even the white.

 

[giga]

The white pic is from the online customize page. Could be fine IRL.

 

[captive]

If all the cars have the same navigation system, they will all choose the same fastest way, creating a traffic jam. Traffic jams aren't all due to human driving; highways (andnespecially exits) only have a limited throughput.
If zipping is done as you describe, it will create a caterpillar effect.

Anyway, it's all very theoretical, as human drivers aren't going anywhere for at least 50+ years.

This is actually somewhat incorrect. Mythbusters proved what I long suspected. One person stepping on the breaks literally causes a wave of slow down for literally miles.

 

[2MF]

If all the cars have the same navigation system, they will all choose the same fastest way, creating a traffic jam.

Not really. Navigation systems with online capability can dynamically adapt to traffic conditions, so they'd stop choosing the same way as soon as it became too slow compared to other routes.

 

[Technosteve]

I want a tesla i am tired of driving myself to work every day.

 

[mcfrank]

guy let's his mom use auto pilot.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

guy let's his mom use auto pilot.

At least I know what the "Put your hands back on the wheel" noise sounds like now.

He should have put it into Rainbow Road mode to make her more comfortable.

 

[forknknife]

The 3's already grille-less. I do like the logo placement better on the new S than on the 3, though.

I bet my ass that the model 3 will end up having a similar front in order to have a more coherent design family. Next generation of cats, however, could have a fully no grill image once people start to get more used to it instead of being such little bitches about it! (jk)

 

[exmachina64]

Tesla just killed the grille on the S.

This looks much better.

 

[Bboy AJ]

After reading this thread

 

[Unknown Soldier]

After reading this thread

This is a really bad use of that meme, like it completely ignores what the meme is about

 

[Bboy AJ]

This is a really bad use of that meme, like it completely ignores what the meme is about

I found it on Reddit so that explains it.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Someone had to eventually make the video, so here it is:
http://captiongenerator.com/85370/GM-reaction-Hitler-to-Tesla-Model-3-Unveiling

Where's twinturbo2 now I wonder
The Model 3 is approaching 400k preorders btw, it might break half a million before Reveal Part 2 even happens

 

[Makki]

After reading this thread

Dangers of copy pasta

 

[twinturbo2]

Someone had to eventually make the video, so here it is:
http://captiongenerator.com/85370/GM-reaction-Hitler-to-Tesla-Model-3-Unveiling

Where's twinturbo2 now I wonder
The Model 3 is approaching 400k preorders btw, it might break half a million before Reveal Part 2 even happens

You called?

For the record, GM doesn't need preorders. He says it right there, GM's balance sheet is excellent. Also, the Model X is being recalled because of issues with the third seat.

 

[duderon]

You called?

For the record, GM doesn't need preorders. He says it right there, GM's balance sheet is excellent. Also, the Model X is being recalled because of issues with the third seat.

Yeah, there's no need for pre-orders when you can only produce 30k cars a year. At least Tesla does voluntary recalls, unlike GM. They'd rather wait until people die in their cars before doing a recall.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

You called?

For the record, GM doesn't need preorders. He says it right there, GM's balance sheet is excellent. Also, the Model X is being recalled because of issues with the third seat.

LMAO, so we're pretending the GM hasn't filed 2 bankruptcies and wasn't bailed out by American taxpayers? Yes, GM's balance sheet is excellent after the latest bailout which cost taxpayers $11 billlion. How much will the next bailout cost after GM is driven to bankruptcy again in another decade or two?

And yeah, GM is notorious for only recalling cars after people are killed in crashes. Wasn't GM responsible for that ignition switch defect that killed over 100 people and they decided NOT to recall them for more than a decade until they got sued? Oh wait, yep. That's GM. Sterling untarnished safety record there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls

 

[twinturbo2]

LMAO, so we're pretending the GM hasn't filed 2 bankruptcies and wasn't bailed out by American taxpayers? Yes, GM's balance sheet is excellent after the latest bailout which cost taxpayers $11 billlion. How much will the next bailout cost after GM is driven to bankruptcy again in another decade or two?

And yeah, GM is notorious for only recalling cars after people are killed in crashes. Wasn't GM responsible for that ignition switch defect that killed over 100 people and they decided NOT to recall them for more than a decade until they got sued? Oh wait, yep. That's GM. Sterling untarnished safety record there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls

I'm rolling my eyes so hard at this. SMDH. Let's not judge the car by its merits, let's go back to what GM was. /s

Yeah, there's no need for pre-orders when you can only produce 30k cars a year. At least Tesla does voluntary recalls, unlike GM. They'd rather wait until people die in their cars before doing a recall.

The max capacity is 50K, and they're going to sell the car in Canada, and in Europe as an Opel.

Nice try, though.

 

[giga]

Comes into a Model 3 thread and mentions some recalls for the Model X. Gets called out with GM's own, much more severe recalls. Cries foul and says to judge a car by its merits. 💯

 

[Glasshole]

Comes into a Model 3 thread and mentions some recalls for the Model X. Gets called out with GM's own, much more severe recalls. Cries foul and says to judge a car by its merits. 💯

For the record, I know no poster in this thread personally by any extent.

But that poster you mentioned is either paid by GM, or should rethink their life because they should be paid by GM for spouting such illusionary nonsense.

There's militant fanboys for everything I guess. Inb4 personal attack, I had a GM Opel that I loved.

 

[Jisgsaw]

This is actually somewhat incorrect. Mythbusters proved what I long suspected. One person stepping on the breaks literally causes a wave of slow down for literally miles.

Hum, yeah, that's exactly what I was saying... ?

Not really. Navigation systems with online capability can dynamically adapt to traffic conditions, so they'd stop choosing the same way as soon as it became too slow compared to other routes.

And when does it get too slow? When there's a traffic jam. So... yeah, you need central control to pre-emptively avoid traffic jams, else you'll only react to traffic jam to diffuse them as quickly as possible, only to generate a new traffic jam on the alternate route pretty fast.
(Edit: my initial post was a response to someone saying autonomous driving will make traffic jam non-existant. Your response shows it won't be the case, as the only time the navigation route would be changed is when there is already a traffic jam, whose non-existence was the subject of my post)

And yeah, GM is notorious for only recalling cars after people are killed in crashes. Wasn't GM responsible for that ignition switch defect that killed over 100 people and they decided NOT to recall them for more than a decade until they got sued? Oh wait, yep. That's GM. Sterling untarnished safety record there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls

Hey now, that was old-GM, not new-GM that was bailed out. New-GM would never do that, promised!

 

[duderon]

I'm rolling my eyes so hard at this. SMDH. Let's not judge the car by its merits, let's go back to what GM was. /s



The max capacity is 50K, and they're going to sell the car in Canada, and in Europe as an Opel.

Nice try, though.

Yeah, let's not judge what happened in the past year. That's ancient history!

And GM hasn't officially said what the Bolt's production capacity will be. It's a glorified compliance car. LG will have to expand battery production capacity before they ever dream to sell over 30k Bolts sold a year.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

you guys still being trolled by twinturbo2?

 

[Jack Scofield]

Tesla Model 3 prototypes spotted in the wild.

That matte black!

 

[captive]

Hum, yeah, that's exactly what I was saying... ?

not at all. if you have a road full of autonomous cars, there's much less likely for some jackass that isnt paying attention to step on the brakes. Much less likely to have some asshole cut someone else off, causing them to step on the brakes. Thus the chain reactions are minimized or non existent.


in completely unrelated news.
Tesla Model s autopilot avoids asshole in cherry picker truck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=9I5rraWJq6E&app=desktop

 

[tiredheadcrab]

I pre ordered mine. I cant wait. Its going to be a long time till 2019 isnt it?

 

[cbox]

The more I see the 3 in the real world, the more the front grows on me.

 

[Tugatrix]

Damn I like the car a lot, but my country has a network of recharging very focused on big urban centres so I'm fearful to invest on a car with 300km of range, which for my day to day use of a car is more than enough but sometimes I have to go to farer distances

 

[Neo C.]

Model 3 being step 3 of Tesla's plan, did Musk already tease what step 4 would be like?

 

[giga]

Model 3 being step 3 of Tesla's plan, did Musk already tease what step 4 would be like?

Printers.

 

[East Lake]

Model 3 being step 3 of Tesla's plan, did Musk already tease what step 4 would be like?

Not necessarily part of the plan but he has said in various places that he wants to build a truck.

 

[Lmo911]

Not necessarily part of the plan but he has said in various places that he wants to build a truck.

A truck seems logical for an earlier vehicle just because you have more space for batteries and the fact those electric motors are instant torque. The truck market is a fairly loyal bunch though, so it would be a hard nut to crack. Toyota was able to pull it off but Honda didn't fare as well. I think Elon would know how to package it properly. Costs wouldn't be as much of an issue either now that trucks and suvs are practically luxury vehicles.

 

[BlastProcessing]

You called?

For the record, GM doesn't need preorders. He says it right there, GM's balance sheet is excellent. Also, the Model X is being recalled because of issues with the third seat.

Dude sounds like a Blackberry executive circa 2008. "We don't need people preordering our phones!"

When one of your executives proudly states that they don't need excited, engaged customers,that's a good sign, right?

 

[iceblade997]

Model 3 being step 3 of Tesla's plan, did Musk already tease what step 4 would be like?

There seems to be some speculation that a Model Y would be like the Model X - a crossover based off of the Model 3. I don't know of anything that Musk himself has said though, but it would likely fit and by that point be relatively cheap (compared to now) to produce.

 

[GTI Guy]

More savings for Model 3 customers in Washington state. YES!

http://kuow.org/post/electric-car-incentives-washington-state-expanded-more-models

 

[Unknown Soldier]

More savings for Model 3 customers in Washington state. YES!

http://kuow.org/post/electric-car-incentives-washington-state-expanded-more-models

Yay less sales tax!

Now can you please pass an exemption to allow EVs to drive in the damn HOV lanes already?? You're really behind on this Washington!

 

[Doodis]

Yay less sales tax!

Now can you please pass an exemption to allow EVs to drive in the damn HOV lanes already?? You're really behind on this Washington!

We don't get the extra break on sales tax in Utah, but we do have HOV access for EVs. As a Volt driver (and a Model 3 reserver), I gotta say, it would be a tough call if I had to straight-up pick between the HOV access and the tax break. Hopping into the HOV lane to/from work everyday is pretty damn sweet.

 

[duderon]

Motor Trend Model 3 photo shoot at the Gigafactory.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-3-behind-the-scenes

 

[hateradio]

Motor Trend Model 3 photo shoot at the Gigafactory.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla...ind-the-scenes

I added these two images to my wallpaper rotation.

 

[Ashes]

A bit late, Tesla topped the driver power survey this year, if any Brits are in this thread.

 

[sfedai0]

Are the headlights HIDS? I cant tell or even make out projectors or not.

 

[mf.luder]

Canadian dollar is back up to 79.50 cents! Keep climbing, we have until 2018 for parity!

 

[SteveMeister]

Are the headlights HIDS? I cant tell or even make out projectors or not.

The Model S just moved to LEDs, which the X also has. I imagine the 3 will have either HID or LED headlights, maybe an option for the latter on higher end models.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Guys, the Big Three aren't convinced!

http://jalopnik.com/how-a-boring-finance-call-shows-that-the-big-three-will-1773268524

And then there’s Sergio Marchionne, delusional head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, who claimed that he could build a Tesla Model 3 competitor and get it on the market within 12 months, if he felt like it. This makes a lot of sense, much in the same way that I can hit a home run at Comerica Park, I just don’t want to embarrass the professionals on the Detroit Tigers.

Spoiler

Lol.

 

[Heretic]

hahaha

 

[Doodis]

It's not just limited to the Big 3. Here's Volvo chiming in on autopilot:

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/27/11518826/volvo-tesla-autopilot-autonomous-self-driving-car

"[Tesla's Autopilot] is more of an unsupervised wannabe."

 

[Sky Chief]

Motor Trend Model 3 photo shoot at the Gigafactory.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-3-behind-the-scenes

Tesla really needs to improve the front of the car because it's fucking ugly. I have a preorder but I already have a really badass car that I think is beautiful. Honestly the front of the Tesla looks so bad I couldn't buy it if that's the way the production model looks. The rest of the car is great but the front is hideous. Hopefully I can afford a Model S by then and it's a moot point.

 

[sc0la]

Tesla really needs to improve the front of the car because it's fucking ugly. I have a preorder but I already have a really badass car that I think is beautiful. Honestly the front of the Tesla looks so bad I couldn't buy it if that's the way the production model looks. The rest of the car is great but the front is hideous. Hopefully I can afford a Model S by then and it's a moot point.

Musk already replied to a tweet that it is being tweaked. How significantly and if you will even think the outcome is an improvement is unknowable until you seeing obviously.