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It's curious that all of this is happening at a time when battery prices have once again dropped, with no end in sight. We are close to the point where BEVs should actually be cheaper to manufacture than ICEs. In fact it's possible parity has already been reached and that manufacturers are just...

Whatever they do, it would have to have a major impact on the price. If the original price points had been hit, that would have heavily dented the market. With the current prices, in this economy, I just don’t see that happening. Hurt further by being the only Tesla car that can’t properly be...

The Middle East uses a range of different sockets (a bit of a nightmare), so that is kind of almost acceptable there. For Korea that is a real hassle and kind of shows they are not putting any serious effort into this at the moment, and not expecting large sales.

CCS is substantially larger and would not fit on the wing. So a more substantial redesign would be needed. Probably not worthwhile unless they start seriously considering sales in Europe and other large CCS markets. And also with prices which would support volume (which the Korean prices at...

Nice post and the videos showed the CT doing some decent work on that rough terrain.

As I mentioned, we have had two Teslas, one of which is in the yard right now. I outlined the reasons for why I’d want CarPlay. If Tesla made a proper media player that connected to a phone (preferably with better audio quality than old BT), I would be much less wanting of CarPlay. Also if they...

We have had a couple Teslas. I’d like CarPlay to play music stored on my phone (music I actually own and cannot disappear overnight from a streaming service, and which gives the artist more money). The BT media player is very poor on Teslas. Also Apple Maps and Waze has ETA sharing which I...

I’m not exactly sure what you are trying to say, but one of the biggest hit cars in Europe right now is the Renault 5, with a starting price less than 30K. It is a great, fun car, which looks super and great to drive. At a great price. Hell, I want one!

I’m mostly pretty happy with the Tesla software experience, even maps and Spotify (the CarPlay version is actually worse!). But the Tesla phone integration is the worst I’ve ever seen in any car with BT, especially for music. I own most of the music I listen to, and it’s on my phone. Not being...

I think you’d be hard pushed to consider this as anything but negative. Tesla has lost all their vehicle programme managers. There seems to be very little activity around developing their core vehicles, not to mention new vehicles. Elon’s pet stuff now is Cybercab (personally I have almost no...

Nice work on pulling the statistics. Indeed, those prices really highlight the issue. The Musso EV is available here too and I kind of eyed it for a bit: the price is good. But the features aren’t quite where they need to be (ground clearance, towing). Also the Korean advanced driver...

Any word on the charging port in I think South Korea is CCS otherwise so if Teslas there use NACS, that would be pretty awkward and a bit odd. But for the Cybertruck the prices are such that sales will probably be single digit monthly numbers so probably not worth any custom work (unless they...

Any word on the charging port?

You probably wouldn’t. I’m from Finland, so posting this. Having said that, if the Cybertruck is ever sold officially in any EU market, it’s quite likely it will be sold in all. The weight was one talking point and the whole of EU is likely to move towards the higher limits for EVs.

Interesting. Hadn’t heard of this project. Prices are, of course, very high, as expected for something done this way. Like 160K euros for a used AWD. But I’m sure there will be a handful of moneyed buyers.

Yeah, I mean the two upright pieces of steel on the left and right of the frunk cover. I almost cut my finger on those when just feeling around! Not a great design for pedestrian safety and unlikely to ever be accepted as-is here within the current regulatory framework.

Finnish MP Eero Heinäluoma posted on FB about this: https://www.facebook.com/heinaluoma/posts/ajokortteihin-tulee-uudistuksia-hyv%C3%A4ksyimme-eilen-parlamentissa-ajokortti-ja-ajo/1201060941842015/ This will likely be replicated throughout the EU. I don't think that's the main barrier to...

Nobody hates how the Hummer looks? Uh, I find it utterly horrible! Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. It looks fat, pretentious, gimmicky and lacking in purpose. Yuck. Then again the only Hummer I actually like is the H1 (and Humvees). It boggles the mind that its sales are increasing, but I...

I think you’re missing the number one key reason: price. Yes, Elon is not helping either. Tesla sales have plunged in several markets and not because they suddenly became bad cars. And the Cybertruck is viewed as the most Elon of vehicles. But I view price as even more key. We are not talking...

Yeah there was some questions about what the Korean one would do. I guess the electricity sockets would be the American ones too then. Too bad no real rest-of-world version has yet been done. I’d hate to have to constantly use an adapter. Even if it was available in Europe (at a more reasonable...