Except for the people on this very forum who reported getting 300. Anyone familiar with EV's should know that estimated range is only achieved in certain conditions, especially with Tesla who uses the most positive correction factors for EPA testing.
I don't need to, maybe you do, and please post the part where the word "promise" was used. Anyone following Tesla for as long as you claim to have been knows that goals are aspirational and not always met. It's beyond obvious that battery energy density for the 4680 pack fell far short of what...
May cause a dip but they've done this a few times in the past, Elon thinks regular staffing cuts are needed to avoid bloat, he's probably correct.
Elon:
Over the years, we have grown rapidly with multiple factories scaling around the globe. With this rapid growth there has been duplication of...
My take is the extra space is for impact protection in a vehicle that is likely to go off road and over hard obstacles. That allows an impact to deform the bottom quite a bit before impacting the cells and is a good safety feature. I would not expect that space to be filled with more/larger...
Any vehicle can have rail dust or other surface contaminants which need to be physically removed. There is a reason clay bars and buffing compounds are sold. There are good reasons to have second thoughts about purchasing a CT but this is not one of them.