Dual-Motor Tesla Model 3 Possibly Coming In July (electrek.co)

According to Elon Musk, the dual-motor Tesla Model 3 is expected to be released in July. "Musk linked the release of the new Model 3 powertrain with the automaker achieving a production rate of 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week," reports Electrek. From the report: Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla registering 19 Model 3 VINs with dual motor powertrain with NHTSA in the latest batch of new VINs. It happened right after the Tesla Model 3 dual motor powertrain design leaked in the latest design studio update. Then in February, Tesla registered a new batch of Model 3 VINs, including two dozen Model 3 VINs with the dual motor powertrain. It raised Model 3 reservation holders' hope that the new configuration could soon become available, but now Musk confirmed that it is still a few months away in a series of tweets last night. The CEO also linked the timing with the release of the Model 3 white interior. Tesla currently only offers a single interior option with black upholstery. The dual motor Model 3 is expected to deliver a slightly longer range and offer a quicker acceleration than the current single motor rear-wheel-drive version.

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Not worth the electrons its printed on

[fozzy1015]

Musk says a lot of things:

Elon Musk, 2012: "The electricity used by the Supercharger comes from a solar carport system provided by SolarCity, which results in almost zero marginal energy cost after installation. Combining these two factors, Tesla is able to provide Model S owners free long distance travel indefinitely. () The Supercharger system will always generate more power from sunlight than Model S customers use for driving."

Elon Musk, 2013: "Model S is designed to allow a fast battery swap, exchanging your battery for a fully charged battery in less than half the time it takes to refill a gas tank. () Hopefully, this is what convinces people finally that electric cars are the future."

Elon Musk, 2014: "I am confident in the German consumer. I bet that from the end of 2014 onwards, we can sell 10,000 cars in Germany annually () By the end of 2014, we'll have 25 German Service Centres () We'll have 200 maybe 300 cars per week going to Germany (10,400 to 15,600 annually)."

Elon Musk, 2014: "I expect that in the long run, Tesla will build a battery factory in Germany."

Elon Musk, 2015: "The response has been overwhelming, OK, like crazy. In the course of like less than a week, we've had 38,000 reservations for the Powerwall, 2,500 reservations for Powerpack. So, it's like crazy off the hook. Yeah. And it seems to have gone super viral."

Elon Musk, 2015: "I don't want to sort of name specific suppliers, but our biggest challenges are with the second row seat, which is, it's an amazing seat, like a sculptural work of art, but a very tricky thing to get right. The falcon-wing door actually seems to probably not be a critical path item."

Elon Musk, 2015: "We should be able to do 90 percent of miles driven within three years," Elon Musk told the Financial Times in 2013, "The problem with Google's current approach (LIDAR among other sensors) is that the sensor system is too expensive," Musk said. "It's better to have an optical system, basically cameras with software that is able to figure out what's going on just by looking at things."

Elon Musk, 2016: "If you're in New York and the car's in Los Angeles, you can summon your car to you from your phone and tell the car to find you. It'll automatically charge itself along the journey () I might be slightly optimistic on that, but I don't think significantly optimistic that we can do that in two years"

Elon Musk, 2016: "We plan to fund about $1.5 billion in capital expenditures without accessing any outside capital other than our existing sources that support our leasing and finished goods inventory."

Elon Musk, 2016: "So as a rough guess, I would say we would aim to produce 100,000 to 200,000 Model 3s in the second half of next year. That's my expectation right now. Yeah, so that's the thing. () The date we are setting with suppliers to get to a volume production capability with the Model 3 is July 1 next year."

Elon Musk, 2016: "The probability of having an accident is 50 percent lower if you have Autopilot on () Even with our first version, it's almost twice as good as a person."

Elon Musk, 2016: "With your Model S, Model X, or Model 3, your solar panel system, and your Powerwall all in place, you would be able to deploy and consume energy in the most efficient and sustainable way possible, lowering your costs and minimizing your dependence on fossil fuels and the grid. () Culturally, this is a great fit."

Elon Musk, 2016: Musk told analysts the company's current plan "does not require any capital raise for the Model 3 at all."

Re:sound nice

[HornWumpus]

Jesus tits, not this again. Spend a second on wikipedia. 'Unsprung mass'

I know you're AC. But perhaps you don't want to be wrong all your life.