03-15-2019, 04:59 PM | #11 |
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I prefer the Torchinsky box. Having had a swept rear roofline in the Macan, I'm not a fan in a utility vehicle. Give me the shape of the JGC (or something even boxier) any day. The damned X6 may be started this trend.
I'm meh on this car. It seems like they did the right thing and played it safe. The Model 3 is roomy enough to begin with, this shouldn't be so bad. What I don't get is how on earth three rows fit in there. Did I read it wrong? |
03-15-2019, 06:07 PM | #12 | |
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03-15-2019, 08:48 PM | #13 |
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Hideous.
And obsolete in two years when the mainstream automakers all load up in this EV Crossover space. Tesla is the Palm Treo all over again. I’m happy for early adopters who benefit. But I’m happy to wait for a mainstream automaker with a dealer network.
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03-15-2019, 10:00 PM | #14 |
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People have been saying that—wait two years for the mainstream makes to flood the market—at least since I bought my first Tesla, 6 years ago.
Don’t be so sure. Tesla’s battery tech is maybe farther ahead than ppl think. |
03-15-2019, 10:21 PM | #15 |
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03-15-2019, 10:25 PM | #16 |
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Tesla Model Y
It’s not as bad as I thought it would be - just bland. Kind of reminds me vaguely of a Ford - maybe the cmax?
But I don’t think styling is going to make or break it. They just need to demonstrate that can build cars consistently and properly and with maybe less histrionics from the ceo. Their real advantage is the supercharger network imo. Hard to tell yet how well VWs penance network is going to compete. If it weren’t for that I’d get an etron all day over this if I were in the market. |
03-16-2019, 12:01 AM | #17 |
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03-16-2019, 05:18 AM | #18 | |
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Okay. Supercharger network doesn’t change market saturation. We’ve talked about this. You can mop up suburbanites. But you won’t penetrate the urban market in time for the biggies to come with their EVs.
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03-16-2019, 08:03 AM | #19 |
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I don't know. Looking here, it appears that there are a lot of DC fast chargers out there that are not Superchargers. VW has had some problems with Electrify America, but they're still rolling out charging locations pretty fast. It always seemed odd to me that Tesla created a standard that is locked to their cars - they missed a potential revenue stream by not enabling Superchargers to charge other cars.
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03-16-2019, 08:26 AM | #20 | |
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Which isn't to say that there aren't other charging options out there. Just, from a practical standpoint, it's hard to overstate how much better the Supercharger network is for actual travel/use than anything else out there. It's a HUGE advantage for Tesla. |
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