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I’m a layman in terms of this, but isn’t it so that the combustion vehicles have this to avoid accidentally igniting fuel outside the engine, while EVs wouldn’t want to ground any wild (and much higher) currents?

«Convoy mode» would make sense, no? It references a cult movie to boot? Volvo has been very vocal about this idea for many years. Pre FSD. Less air resistance too. “Hooking” on to others for segments of your journey, automatically planning and finding next one to “hook” up to, and automatically...

This is what happened on the opening of a 22 stall just down the coast from me. Press was there and the first Teslas could manage to charge by putting the handbrake on after pressing into the wheel stop and using their body weight on the cable to get the handle in the right angle. Somehow the...

Speaking of «collective»; That was an interesting and wholesome *collective* short explanation for someone not versed in aero at all. I’m in trains and there’s barely a throttle. ? Cheers, Cybercollective ?

I can imagine the Volkswagen Group spending millions in Brussels EU HQ these days on “truck safety” to make sure the Cybertruck narrowly does not pass EU regulations while perhaps their own future electric Amarok will. I can see why Tesla wouldn’t bother with that when the main truck market is...

It would be odd if Tesla designed the sail storage with a mechanism that left hinges visible on the outside like a Land Rover, wouldn’t it? It would also be strange if they left out the sail storage in the production version as it gives the silhouette of the car a functional reason apart from...

I’m not an engineer, but wouldnt that most likely be the other way around? Dual-motor vehicles, like my Model 3, can send power to the induction motor when immediate, rapid acceleration is called for, then shift power to the PMSRM as the vehicle gets up to speed. So I assumed the motor “for...

While we have a Model 3, I’m driving my dinged 2008 Nissan Qashqai to the ground or just until I get a CT. I love a car I don’t have to think about the paint on. EDIT: Btw Here are the “beauties” in the spring sun right now! A CT would fit right in here as the beast! (We used to have the...

Yes, I know what objective means, hence the “warning” that my reply was “not non-subjective” and making it clear it was just my personal experience by using “in my experience” several times, exactly in lieu of any existing objective measure. Except for the vague Sandy Munro reference (in which...

They *had*. It’s not non-subjective at all but my early 2019 Model 3 had a back side door that stuck out 0.7cm and a rear light which was much rougher around the edges than the other. Easily visible on close inspection. I’ve bought new cars before and have never experienced anything quite as...

What was said about intrinsic value and market penetration above, plus that the CT is potentially a very high mass market vehicle, of the greatest car market, if the price is right. Then you can split factory costs and R&D on a magnitude more vehicles than you can with the flagship Model S. The...

? I thought you were going to say you’d have to have the solar option, *and* direct sun, to be able to open the door. I don’t think mechanical springs in known materials are very fitting for propulsion of a vehicle with the range and all the (safety) features we are used to today.

I believe Franz covered the loosening of an iced door in the presentation..

Either way I’m sure Tesla is thinking of it and have sketches of a SUV. It’s just a question of where in the future pipeline and the success of the preceding models. Assuming they don’t think SUV is a deadend car type they can replace with other specialty types. I wouldn’t think it’s concrete...

Do you think it comes with a key fob? My Model 3 didn’t. That said, having Bluetooth proximity as the key (aka:Tesla app) is so transparent and convenient. Have installed a similar Bluetooth proximity solution on the house and cabin front door. So now my phone is all my keys, all debit and...

Not “e-hybrid” to start the transition ?

As a paranoid non-native English speaker, are we sure he’s not saying there will be no handles (handle, as in profile name for the users of the CT, car naming, etc.) much like his kid does not have name but just a UUID code? On a serious note, I’m always skeptical when you lose any possibility...

I’m thinking of all posssibilities ? But I’m not sure the CT even fits in a standard shipping container...

We always take the EV (Model 3 LR Dual). It’s more fun, and we do pass a lot of superchargers too. You can choose which ones you stop at. Plus it’s not uncommon that we only stop for 10 mins for a stretch and short fast charge either. As has been said, destination chargers or other charging...

There are popping up electric truck designs all over with more and more features, so maybe something within Tesla’s forte like even more range while keeping it simple? Of “others’ features” I think bidirectional charging is expected on the CT too. I don’t know about accessories.