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Its interesting that some parts did not burn/melt.
I'm guessing the seat frames, like in most cars, are steel therefore did not melt. And it would seem the A-pillars are steel too as they are the only other things sticking out above the door line. I wonder if the aluminium roof and door sheets actually burned? Last edited by Goran; 16th January 2016 at 03:31 PM. |
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Quote from today's Tesla Q4 2015 Earnings call
(Tesla's) "Model S was the only vehicle in its class with growing sales last year. Even on our competitors’ home turf and in countries without government incentives to purchase electric vehicles, Model S is winning.
For example, in Switzerland, Model S outsold the Mercedes Benz S-Class, the BMW 7-Series, the Porsche Panamera and the Audi A-8 combined for the full year, and also outsold the Mercedes Benz E-Class. In Germany in Q4, Model S outsold the Porsche Panamera. Finally, across all of Europe last year Model S outsold the Audi A8 and A7 combined and the BMW 7-Series and 6-Series combined" In fact the only car of the "traditional" big 3 that seems to have (relatively) stable comparable sales volumes is the Mercedes S-class with 21,934 units sold in 2015 (Model S units sold 25,202) compared to 25,276 units in 2014 (Model S units sold 16,689). |
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Wow. That reads like a death knell.
The big ICE producers have been slow to respond again. Let's hope they do respond, as they ought to, before too long.
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I didn't realise the big exec car sales were being hit that bad by the Model S.
Lets hope that kicks them into action to make some decent pure electric versions of their big models. None of this over complicated hybrid stuff or the energy efficiency bankrupt hydrogen cars. |
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Very interesting article on Tesla'a autonomous driving tech.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/6...sla-autopilot/
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It's not a bad article, but a bit out of date now, as Tesla have now released the next version of Autopilot in the UK, which includes their "Summon" feature, that allows you to call the car to you, without you being inside the vehicle.
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Haha! - you mean like this? http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/02...ummon-a-tesla/
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Wow! The future is here!
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