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c5vr80 | [FEATURE REQUEST] Ability to open close windows from phone app. | My Model 3 is enduring it s first Florida summer very hot and humid. Can t leave the Cabin Overheat Protection on because of the water condensation and mold growth causing smells (known issue in extremely humid climates). Would love to be able to sit in my office and tap my phone to crack the windows a bit in the afternoons tap my phone again if it starts raining (which it does every day at 3:30 PM nearly on the dot). This seems like it could integrate pretty easily into the controls section of the phone app. Gotta love Florida summers! | Gern8 | 2019-06-26 20:55:16 | 113 | es4ehzh | Totally agree. I think they re just worried about pinch points being remotely activated. But to take this idea a little bit further they could combine this with their rain sensor and automatically close open windows if it detects rain. Or couple fan-only cabin overheat protection with a cracked window. | LytHka | 2019-06-26 21:03:45 | 14 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c5vr80 | [FEATURE REQUEST] Ability to open close windows from phone app. | My Model 3 is enduring it s first Florida summer very hot and humid. Can t leave the Cabin Overheat Protection on because of the water condensation and mold growth causing smells (known issue in extremely humid climates). Would love to be able to sit in my office and tap my phone to crack the windows a bit in the afternoons tap my phone again if it starts raining (which it does every day at 3:30 PM nearly on the dot). This seems like it could integrate pretty easily into the controls section of the phone app. Gotta love Florida summers! | Gern8 | 2019-06-26 20:55:16 | 113 | es4euah | A mobile tech recently told me of a firmware upgrade to the fan system to run after A C shutdown to prevent growth on the condenser. Should solve those issues. Or turn off A C for overheat protection. Though you shouldn t need to now. edit: shouldn t | Rev-777 | 2019-06-26 21:07:24 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
902cdf | [FEATURE REQUEST] Door lock error message in Tesla app should be more specific | TLDR: If the car fails to lock via the Tesla app instead of just saying “error” the message should tell you why the car didn t lock. Backstory: Got my Model 3 yesterday. Absolutely in love with the car. I even love that I had this problem and that it can be fixed via a software update! So cool. Yesterday I pulled up to a supercharger plugged in then walked away. My phone key apparently still needs time to “learn” the car so I tried using the app to lock the car. I pressed the lock button in the app then a few seconds later it said there was an error and the car couldn t lock. I tried again and got the same generic message. Turns out my dad who was riding with me didn t close the passenger door all the way when he got out so that s why the car wouldn t lock. But for about 10 seconds I thought my brand new Tesla was “broken” and I d have to call Tesla and it would be a whole big deal just to simply lock my car. The car (and thus the Tesla app) knows which doors are open. So instead of a generic message the car should tell me “passenger door ajar cannot lock car.” So whichever Tesla software engineer is reading this can you please add this feature? 😜 Keep up the hard work! | kittyburritoeater | 2018-07-19 03:37:22 | 47 | e2n8zlf | Awesome idea! Easy way to throw a lot of smarts in :) | 110110 | 2018-07-19 03:53:16 | 5 | Tesla phone key functionality |
dma1q4 | [Feature Idea] Sentinel Mode | Forgive me if this has been brought up before but here s the thought anyway. When a Tesla sentry mode gets activated it signals other Teslas in range to also active their sentry mode. This way if a clear picture of a wrong doer isn t captured by the car getting wronged. Another might be able to catch them. Owners can opt in or out of joining and thus corresponding notifications. Probably could share pics and video shared to the initial car automatically. | eezyE4free | 2019-10-24 02:32:12 | 48 | f4yvzpi | Would still rather have live stream or app playback... | GatorSK1N | 2019-10-24 03:11:48 | 16 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
dma1q4 | [Feature Idea] Sentinel Mode | Forgive me if this has been brought up before but here s the thought anyway. When a Tesla sentry mode gets activated it signals other Teslas in range to also active their sentry mode. This way if a clear picture of a wrong doer isn t captured by the car getting wronged. Another might be able to catch them. Owners can opt in or out of joining and thus corresponding notifications. Probably could share pics and video shared to the initial car automatically. | eezyE4free | 2019-10-24 02:32:12 | 48 | f4z2dvs | When viewed from space the ever outward expanding ripple of Telsa s activating sentry mode was a site to see | Ikeprof | 2019-10-24 04:44:19 | 16 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
dma1q4 | [Feature Idea] Sentinel Mode | Forgive me if this has been brought up before but here s the thought anyway. When a Tesla sentry mode gets activated it signals other Teslas in range to also active their sentry mode. This way if a clear picture of a wrong doer isn t captured by the car getting wronged. Another might be able to catch them. Owners can opt in or out of joining and thus corresponding notifications. Probably could share pics and video shared to the initial car automatically. | eezyE4free | 2019-10-24 02:32:12 | 48 | f4ysx1f | We may need more cars to do that | find_mohit | 2019-10-24 02:34:27 | 13 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
9e4t0u | [Feature Request] HPWC Advanced Interface | I know some people install their HPWC on the exterior of their house. Now most people would never see someone drive up to their house and start using their charger without permission but what about people who install HPWC s at places that are in near public areas? It would be kind of cool to have the ability to pair your Tesla(s) to your personal HPWC so only authorized vehicles are allowed to use it or maybe include a keypad so you can use a PIN to unlock charging at the HPWC and for HPWC s that are internet attached it might be cool to be able to authorize request charging through an app. Was thinking of being able to do this as an add-on module ala Rasperry Pi or something but not sure about how one could establish connectivity between the Pi and the HPWC. | manbearpyg | 2018-09-08 14:48:52 | 16 | e5m4wg7 | An even better idea allow HPWC to access the Tesla billing system to charge an access fee for anybody plugging in (since in the US you can t legally re-sell your electricity in most states). | drdabbles | 2018-09-08 15:23:47 | 9 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
dqb424 | [Feature Request] Turn on Air Recirculation automatically when in bumper to bumper traffic | I would love my car to automatically turn on Air Recirculation automatically when the Tesla detects I m driving in very dense and slow traffic as I don t want the fumes to get in the cabin. The car could use different inputs to recognize such situations (traffic data from the map driving speed going from standstill to 10mph to standstill to 10mph... and of course use the cameras and radars to recognize the car is currently surrounded by many other cars). | Oyinko | 2019-11-01 21:58:07 | 77 | f61u3cs | As someone that lives where windows fog up for the entire winter and most of the spring and fall I d prefer it does what it currently does and cycle between the best modes. Recirculating air in the colder months means you can t see at all in mere minutes. | drdabbles | 2019-11-01 22:24:47 | 5 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
cttzgs | [Follow-Up Rebuttal] Rental company Nextmove reacts to Tesla statement in cancellation dispute | This is purely informative post for the huge controversy discussed in this thread: [https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments cr5daa tesla\_cancels\_major\_nextmove\_order\_eauto\_rental ](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments cr5daa tesla_cancels_major_nextmove_order_eauto_rental ) and made headlines in the news (e.g.): [https: www.bloomberg.com news articles 2019-08-16 tesla-order-breakdown-signals-service-a-risk-in-bmw-s-backyard](https: www.bloomberg.com news articles 2019-08-16 tesla-order-breakdown-signals-service-a-risk-in-bmw-s-backyard) [https: electrek.co 2019 08 16 tesla-loses-model-3-order-rental-company-service-quality-issues ](https: electrek.co 2019 08 16 tesla-loses-model-3-order-rental-company-service-quality-issues ) & #x200B > A few days ago a small East German company made headlines worldwide: Under the headline Service Hell: Tesla cancels our Model 3 the electric car rental company Nextmove turned to the public with a blog post to point out grievances in the areas of quality and service at Tesla. The process was taken up by many media around the world and Tesla published an official statement. In a YouTube video Nextmove now again expressed itself in addition. > > First Nextmove reported that Tesla had cancelled an order for 100 Model 3 because of disagreement over delivery modalities after only 15 vehicles had been handed over to the lessor. Of the 15 Model 3 cars delivered only one in four was faultless according to Nextmove. They then agreed on a new handover process but Tesla resigned after a few hours. When Nextmove failed to respond to an ultimatum for regular delivery Tesla cancelled the rest of the order. > > In the Tesla statement it was stated that the customer himself had cancelled the order was not correct - instead the customer had decided not to accept any further deliveries of vehicles ready for delivery . Nextmove rejected this representation in the new video. To the voucher managing director Stefan Moeller presented again a E-Mail of Tesla in which the cancellation is announced. Obviously this is a question of interpretation: Tesla s cancellation was pronounced but this was a reaction to Nextmove s unwillingness to follow the normal handover process (which was a reaction to the previous bad experiences). > > At the beginning of the new video Nextmove Managing Director Moeller emphasises that there is certainly no lack of goodwill among Tesla s staff - but there is obviously not enough of it at the moment. Subsequently it deals with the individual statements in the Tesla statement which brings however no fundamentally new realizations to the conflict. > > > > For example Moeller did not provide any information on Tesla s statement that the cancellation (by Nextmove) was probably due to an earlier dispute. Unfortunately the company does not reveal which dispute in the service hell it means he said but there were some. The management level of Tesla Germany has been regularly discussed about such problems. Original Source: [https: teslamag.de news nextmove-reagiert-auf-tesla-stellungnahme-im-storno-streit-25087](https: teslamag.de news nextmove-reagiert-auf-tesla-stellungnahme-im-storno-streit-25087) Translated with [www.DeepL.com Translator](https: www.DeepL.com Translator) | fn23452 | 2019-08-22 07:27:50 | 23 | exopr3l | > They then agreed on a new handover process but Tesla resigned after a few hours. I don t follow. | rio517 | 2019-08-22 13:20:53 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
3qndcb | [Future] Model S 95D will have 300 EPA rated miles if launched finally. | Just letting my thoughts fly for a moment. The current 90D pushed the 85D range up 6% from 270 to 286 miles. We only need 5% more range to get to 300 miles which was the initial goal of the Tesla Model S concept. For that we need a 95D (or maybe 96D) It will be of big value for Tesla to cross the 300 EPA mile mark. Marketing wise it just sounds so much better. I am betting Elon is in a hurry to get there. After that a 100D makes sense but they dont have to do it since the 300 mile claim will be good enough to stop chasing higher capacaties for a while. Still they have to go above 100 to push the Model X above 300 miles EPA. | Arxcis | 2015-10-29 02:08:00 | 13 | cwgwli0 | > We only need 5% more range to get to 300 miles which was the initial goal of the Tesla Model S concept. And it met it too! The 85 kWh Model S released in 2012 [got 320 miles of range on the EPA 2-cycle test that the Roadster was certified under.](http: www.teslamotors.com blog model-s-efficiency-and-range) But the Model S was tested under the more strenuous 5-cycle test which has extra tests for hard driving air conditioning and cold weather. That s why it got 265 miles. | Perma_dude | 2015-10-29 06:30:24 | 8 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
3qndcb | [Future] Model S 95D will have 300 EPA rated miles if launched finally. | Just letting my thoughts fly for a moment. The current 90D pushed the 85D range up 6% from 270 to 286 miles. We only need 5% more range to get to 300 miles which was the initial goal of the Tesla Model S concept. For that we need a 95D (or maybe 96D) It will be of big value for Tesla to cross the 300 EPA mile mark. Marketing wise it just sounds so much better. I am betting Elon is in a hurry to get there. After that a 100D makes sense but they dont have to do it since the 300 mile claim will be good enough to stop chasing higher capacaties for a while. Still they have to go above 100 to push the Model X above 300 miles EPA. | Arxcis | 2015-10-29 02:08:00 | 13 | cwgqodg | At the release of 90kwh Elon hinted that Tesla will have yearly improvement of battery capacity as they master silicon anode technology. | kazedcat | 2015-10-29 02:48:32 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
3qndcb | [Future] Model S 95D will have 300 EPA rated miles if launched finally. | Just letting my thoughts fly for a moment. The current 90D pushed the 85D range up 6% from 270 to 286 miles. We only need 5% more range to get to 300 miles which was the initial goal of the Tesla Model S concept. For that we need a 95D (or maybe 96D) It will be of big value for Tesla to cross the 300 EPA mile mark. Marketing wise it just sounds so much better. I am betting Elon is in a hurry to get there. After that a 100D makes sense but they dont have to do it since the 300 mile claim will be good enough to stop chasing higher capacaties for a while. Still they have to go above 100 to push the Model X above 300 miles EPA. | Arxcis | 2015-10-29 02:08:00 | 13 | cwh4ih3 | P100D has a nice ring to it. | bobbyducati | 2015-10-29 13:49:52 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
9sw1kv | [General] *Update* Always review your Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement (MVPA) | Here s a link to my [original post](https: redd.it 9s4di9). I just want to share my ongoing experience so we could learn from each other. It s been three days since I addressed the issue with my delivery agent. I received a text from the same number this afternoon saying that they reserved a time slot for delivery this Thursday evening. I was surprised they took care of it fairly quickly. My excitement was back. The first thing I did was check my Tesla Account. Everything seemed okay until I opened the MVPA. They assigned me a different VIN but it s still showing ***New - Previous service demo vehicle*** & with more miles on the odometer — ***3183***?! I called customer service however I was on hold for so long it was getting to be after hours so I had no other recourse but to wait until first thing in the morning. Has anything similar happened to anyone else? I m getting a little frustrated. Who should I be contacting from Tesla to remedy this? I ve read that my local Tesla service center would be better than being on hold with customer service. Our family purchased an S this past summer from Tesla s used inventory & the process was so simple. I didn t expect buying brand new would be this difficult. Trying to be optimistic the only silver lining is my balance reflects $5 000 less probably due to the recent price reduction for the performance model. Advice? I d very much appreciate any kind of help. Edit: Grammar Spelling | ArtVandelayIII | 2018-10-31 05:46:33 | 19 | e8rwiqr | I mean you review your MVPA no matter what car you re getting. Actually you review any purchase agreement of any kind. | tp1996 | 2018-10-31 06:07:12 | 6 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
9sw1kv | [General] *Update* Always review your Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement (MVPA) | Here s a link to my [original post](https: redd.it 9s4di9). I just want to share my ongoing experience so we could learn from each other. It s been three days since I addressed the issue with my delivery agent. I received a text from the same number this afternoon saying that they reserved a time slot for delivery this Thursday evening. I was surprised they took care of it fairly quickly. My excitement was back. The first thing I did was check my Tesla Account. Everything seemed okay until I opened the MVPA. They assigned me a different VIN but it s still showing ***New - Previous service demo vehicle*** & with more miles on the odometer — ***3183***?! I called customer service however I was on hold for so long it was getting to be after hours so I had no other recourse but to wait until first thing in the morning. Has anything similar happened to anyone else? I m getting a little frustrated. Who should I be contacting from Tesla to remedy this? I ve read that my local Tesla service center would be better than being on hold with customer service. Our family purchased an S this past summer from Tesla s used inventory & the process was so simple. I didn t expect buying brand new would be this difficult. Trying to be optimistic the only silver lining is my balance reflects $5 000 less probably due to the recent price reduction for the performance model. Advice? I d very much appreciate any kind of help. Edit: Grammar Spelling | ArtVandelayIII | 2018-10-31 05:46:33 | 19 | e8rz5n9 | My mvpa said the car was a 2017... Kind of annoying. | CashOverAss | 2018-10-31 07:33:34 | 6 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
9sw1kv | [General] *Update* Always review your Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement (MVPA) | Here s a link to my [original post](https: redd.it 9s4di9). I just want to share my ongoing experience so we could learn from each other. It s been three days since I addressed the issue with my delivery agent. I received a text from the same number this afternoon saying that they reserved a time slot for delivery this Thursday evening. I was surprised they took care of it fairly quickly. My excitement was back. The first thing I did was check my Tesla Account. Everything seemed okay until I opened the MVPA. They assigned me a different VIN but it s still showing ***New - Previous service demo vehicle*** & with more miles on the odometer — ***3183***?! I called customer service however I was on hold for so long it was getting to be after hours so I had no other recourse but to wait until first thing in the morning. Has anything similar happened to anyone else? I m getting a little frustrated. Who should I be contacting from Tesla to remedy this? I ve read that my local Tesla service center would be better than being on hold with customer service. Our family purchased an S this past summer from Tesla s used inventory & the process was so simple. I didn t expect buying brand new would be this difficult. Trying to be optimistic the only silver lining is my balance reflects $5 000 less probably due to the recent price reduction for the performance model. Advice? I d very much appreciate any kind of help. Edit: Grammar Spelling | ArtVandelayIII | 2018-10-31 05:46:33 | 19 | e8s8367 | For the purposes of certain EV rebates credits that would be too many miles to count as new even if it was previously untitled. Pretty sketchy. | notsooriginal | 2018-10-31 12:15:38 | 5 | Tesla Delivery Woes |
93lx2d | [General] It s official. The last day to order and get full unlimited supercharging for free is September 16 2018. | Model S Model X and Model 3 Performance: Free Unlimited Supercharging Owners can give five friends free unlimited Supercharging with the purchase of a new Model S Model X or Model 3 Performance. After September 16 2018 full unlimited Supercharging will go away and owners will be able to give friends one year of unlimited Supercharging. | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:46:30 | 58 | e3eb356 | Bullshit it s the last day. | Burntbigtoe | 2018-08-01 05:34:01 | 12 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
93lx2d | [General] It s official. The last day to order and get full unlimited supercharging for free is September 16 2018. | Model S Model X and Model 3 Performance: Free Unlimited Supercharging Owners can give five friends free unlimited Supercharging with the purchase of a new Model S Model X or Model 3 Performance. After September 16 2018 full unlimited Supercharging will go away and owners will be able to give friends one year of unlimited Supercharging. | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:46:30 | 58 | e3em3g5 | Unless they extend it. Again. Like the time before the last time. I think they do this to create FOMO demand and tweak the referral programs. Don t be shocked when they extend it in some new form. | ekobres | 2018-08-01 11:13:42 | 8 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
93lx2d | [General] It s official. The last day to order and get full unlimited supercharging for free is September 16 2018. | Model S Model X and Model 3 Performance: Free Unlimited Supercharging Owners can give five friends free unlimited Supercharging with the purchase of a new Model S Model X or Model 3 Performance. After September 16 2018 full unlimited Supercharging will go away and owners will be able to give friends one year of unlimited Supercharging. | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:46:30 | 58 | e3ejlrm | Tesla is just turning this into the JC Penney business model. Have a “huge” sale every week so people feel like they re actually getting a discount. | TraceySweeney | 2018-08-01 09:56:59 | 7 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
93lx2d | [General] It s official. The last day to order and get full unlimited supercharging for free is September 16 2018. | Model S Model X and Model 3 Performance: Free Unlimited Supercharging Owners can give five friends free unlimited Supercharging with the purchase of a new Model S Model X or Model 3 Performance. After September 16 2018 full unlimited Supercharging will go away and owners will be able to give friends one year of unlimited Supercharging. | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:46:30 | 58 | e3eb2do | All Model 3 Performance orders placed before August 1 2018 will be given unlimited Supercharging no referral required. Best news ever! | ceerz | 2018-08-01 05:33:30 | 6 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
93lx2d | [General] It s official. The last day to order and get full unlimited supercharging for free is September 16 2018. | Model S Model X and Model 3 Performance: Free Unlimited Supercharging Owners can give five friends free unlimited Supercharging with the purchase of a new Model S Model X or Model 3 Performance. After September 16 2018 full unlimited Supercharging will go away and owners will be able to give friends one year of unlimited Supercharging. | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:46:30 | 58 | e3e920u | https: www.tesla.com support referral-program | Blueview | 2018-08-01 04:47:32 | 5 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
8dtltr | [Help: Glitch] My Model S Self Presenting Door Handle Slams Shut Everytime | Hi Everyone Since yesterday I ve been having issue with my self presenting door handle on the passenger side. Every time the passenger door is used there would be some mechanical sound and after a few second the door handle would slam shut. I have never seen this before I only had the car for 4 months but this definitely does not look normal. I googled around but have yet found a solution any help? Here is a video of it happening: https: youtu.be MJsNveCaku4 Thanks! | xuanhu | 2018-04-21 04:36:32 | 10 | dxpx2cl | It s probably just something wrong with the retracting mechanism. Call your SC and have it replaced. Unfortunately door handle failures are pretty normal on the Model S | navinsiri | 2018-04-21 04:40:45 | 15 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8dtltr | [Help: Glitch] My Model S Self Presenting Door Handle Slams Shut Everytime | Hi Everyone Since yesterday I ve been having issue with my self presenting door handle on the passenger side. Every time the passenger door is used there would be some mechanical sound and after a few second the door handle would slam shut. I have never seen this before I only had the car for 4 months but this definitely does not look normal. I googled around but have yet found a solution any help? Here is a video of it happening: https: youtu.be MJsNveCaku4 Thanks! | xuanhu | 2018-04-21 04:36:32 | 10 | dxpxxu6 | WHAP | Doctor_McKay | 2018-04-21 05:05:33 | 9 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8dtltr | [Help: Glitch] My Model S Self Presenting Door Handle Slams Shut Everytime | Hi Everyone Since yesterday I ve been having issue with my self presenting door handle on the passenger side. Every time the passenger door is used there would be some mechanical sound and after a few second the door handle would slam shut. I have never seen this before I only had the car for 4 months but this definitely does not look normal. I googled around but have yet found a solution any help? Here is a video of it happening: https: youtu.be MJsNveCaku4 Thanks! | xuanhu | 2018-04-21 04:36:32 | 10 | dxpy5mj | Dang that went in fast. Wonder how well the anti-pinch functionality works at that speed I would totally test it. | jjwardSD | 2018-04-21 05:12:05 | 9 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8dtltr | [Help: Glitch] My Model S Self Presenting Door Handle Slams Shut Everytime | Hi Everyone Since yesterday I ve been having issue with my self presenting door handle on the passenger side. Every time the passenger door is used there would be some mechanical sound and after a few second the door handle would slam shut. I have never seen this before I only had the car for 4 months but this definitely does not look normal. I googled around but have yet found a solution any help? Here is a video of it happening: https: youtu.be MJsNveCaku4 Thanks! | xuanhu | 2018-04-21 04:36:32 | 10 | dxq5v1i | This is really common. Just a misalignment and they can fix it in a few hours. | scottrobertson | 2018-04-21 10:18:45 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh6kjmp | I have a 5-15 you can borrow if you want to PM me. | devpsaux | 2020-12-27 13:23:22 | 18 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh5ow4s | They sell 14-30 to 14-50 adapters at lowes if you are close. Just make sure you lower the amps when charging. Also double check it isn t 10-30 because I ve done that before. | thinkharderest | 2020-12-27 07:57:08 | 14 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh5r4px | Try posting in local fb group of Tesla over there. You might have more success. Good luck | mudit234 | 2020-12-27 08:18:15 | 9 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh6c7i2 | I just posted to the Tesla TN group. I m over in east TN but there might be someone that way to help. I second PlugShare - there is probably a J1772 nearer to you than The destination and superchargers. | rncole | 2020-12-27 11:54:26 | 7 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh80poz | Folks! Thanks for all the advice. Ended up using u JCannonTech advice and drove the car this afternoon when it was warm. Bob from the LaQuinta Inn on I-40 graciously offered us their destination charger to fill up enough charge to get us going to the supercharger on Park Avenue. We re now all set! | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 21:27:25 | 7 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
kkzpr7 | [Help] Can I borrow a 5-15 travel charger for Tesla Model 3 or a 14-30 to 14-50 converter for a couple of hours in Memphis TN? | Folks wife and I are on a road trip and made a stop at my cousins in Memphis TN. The Tesla has 15miles range and the nearest supercharger is 30 miles away. The closest destination chargers are 15 miles away. I forgot to pack the 5-15 plug for the travel charger :( My cousin does have a 14-30 outlet for a dryer but we don t have a 14-50 to 14-30 converter. Are any of you available in the area to help us out? | sidkash14 | 2020-12-27 07:42:44 | 41 | gh6uv90 | Are you still in need? We can raise friends in Memphis to help. (TeslaTn never lets a member down if we can help it) | throwingwater14 | 2020-12-27 15:15:40 | 5 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
dyrswh | [Help] Unable to Schedule Service Appointment for M3 on Website | Hello fellow Tesla Owners! & #x200B I ve had an issue with my car the last several weeks and finally got around to scheduling a service appointment. I logged in online and all areas for scheduling service seem to be gone for my vehicle. No mention of it anywhere. I went through the site a couple months ago so I know it has worked previously. I currently don t own a phone that supports the Tesla application and if I call the service center I can t get past the automated messages which eventually tell me I need to schedule an appointment using the mobile application. & #x200B Has Tesla removed the service functionality on their website? Is this phone-only now? If so how can I get my car serviced? & #x200B I know this is a bit of a rare problem but I have my reasons for not owning the Tesla app and I m hoping there s still a way for me to get the car I bought serviced. & #x200B Edit: I loaded the Tesla app on a friend s phone and the service option is missing from the app as well. | pussydissapointer | 2019-11-19 22:13:05 | 14 | f831528 | Don t use the website!!! Use the app. I scheduled my first appointment on the website and wasn t able to cancel change or even look up again when it was supposed to be. The App is so much better. | MartyBecker | 2019-11-19 22:22:58 | 5 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
dyrswh | [Help] Unable to Schedule Service Appointment for M3 on Website | Hello fellow Tesla Owners! & #x200B I ve had an issue with my car the last several weeks and finally got around to scheduling a service appointment. I logged in online and all areas for scheduling service seem to be gone for my vehicle. No mention of it anywhere. I went through the site a couple months ago so I know it has worked previously. I currently don t own a phone that supports the Tesla application and if I call the service center I can t get past the automated messages which eventually tell me I need to schedule an appointment using the mobile application. & #x200B Has Tesla removed the service functionality on their website? Is this phone-only now? If so how can I get my car serviced? & #x200B I know this is a bit of a rare problem but I have my reasons for not owning the Tesla app and I m hoping there s still a way for me to get the car I bought serviced. & #x200B Edit: I loaded the Tesla app on a friend s phone and the service option is missing from the app as well. | pussydissapointer | 2019-11-19 22:13:05 | 14 | f832d6w | I can t even get a hold of my service center to order a fucking air filter. | powercorruption | 2019-11-19 22:35:00 | 5 | Tesla ownership feedback and issues |
avx5ev | [How to:] Remove gas savings from Tesla.com pricing | Tesla.com > Design your Model 3 S X Click Estimate Payments at the bottom of the configurator Gas Savings tab then put in 10 miles km. This will now show proper pricing without gas savings included. Hoping the short length of my post will get by the auto mod. I find the website pricing very annoying as it seems like most of you have mentioned on the sub. | Rev-777 | 2019-02-28 22:43:49 | 59 | ehiecuu | or change the payment method to Cash and look at the bottom left of the page footer. | DrumhellerRAW | 2019-02-28 22:45:56 | 14 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
avx5ev | [How to:] Remove gas savings from Tesla.com pricing | Tesla.com > Design your Model 3 S X Click Estimate Payments at the bottom of the configurator Gas Savings tab then put in 10 miles km. This will now show proper pricing without gas savings included. Hoping the short length of my post will get by the auto mod. I find the website pricing very annoying as it seems like most of you have mentioned on the sub. | Rev-777 | 2019-02-28 22:43:49 | 59 | ehiu2b1 | I don t know why I hadn t thought of that before but THANK YOU. I hate that feature . It s fine that they take the tax incentive but 6 years of gas savings ...no thank you. | MoreThan2_LessThan21 | 2019-03-01 01:57:12 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
d3xuln | [IDEA] Sentry Mode Improvement | Quick thought would be nice when you get in the car and see a **Sentry Mode event report** notification you tap it and it tells you which sensors picked up movement or proximity this would make it an actual report saving time. Sometimes I find I have to do a full 360 of the car looking for damage like an over obsessed nutjob as opposed to it telling me the front right detected something. What do you guys think? | tr287 | 2019-09-14 00:02:13 | 53 | f05x6zx | How about a push notification to your app the moment it detects an event. | Godit82 | 2019-09-14 00:53:01 | 26 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
d3xuln | [IDEA] Sentry Mode Improvement | Quick thought would be nice when you get in the car and see a **Sentry Mode event report** notification you tap it and it tells you which sensors picked up movement or proximity this would make it an actual report saving time. Sometimes I find I have to do a full 360 of the car looking for damage like an over obsessed nutjob as opposed to it telling me the front right detected something. What do you guys think? | tr287 | 2019-09-14 00:02:13 | 53 | f05y78l | I don t understand the downvotes. How is improving Sentry Mode not appealing to everyone? | tr287 | 2019-09-14 01:07:34 | 13 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
d3xuln | [IDEA] Sentry Mode Improvement | Quick thought would be nice when you get in the car and see a **Sentry Mode event report** notification you tap it and it tells you which sensors picked up movement or proximity this would make it an actual report saving time. Sometimes I find I have to do a full 360 of the car looking for damage like an over obsessed nutjob as opposed to it telling me the front right detected something. What do you guys think? | tr287 | 2019-09-14 00:02:13 | 53 | f05un53 | 360 snap shot would be awesome! I wish there was a way to take a pic of the rear cam when you need it! Hopefully they will add the rear cam to dash cam and sentry mode soon. | galloway188 | 2019-09-14 00:16:33 | 8 | Tesla Sentry Mode Setup |
eg8j4q | [IMPORTANT] Sign this petition to make EU allow all self driving features to be available in here. | http: chng.it wMcn8XrBFN Tesla can t push full Autopilot features and will not be able to offer FSD to cars in Europe as soon as to other regions due to regulations. Tesla already pushed an updated Autopilot in Europe that scales back on a couple of functions in order to comply with new regulations. The changes require faster lane changes and limit how far you can turn the steering wheel on Autosteer. It had to be dialed back in order to comply with the new UN ECE R79 regulation on driver assistance systems. Customers in EU basically enjoy less features than people across the world and it will only get worse once FSD becomes available even though the cost of those features are not aligned with what you get Together we can make a difference. | Konnarinari | 2019-12-27 08:17:18 | 407 | fc52bt8 | Already signed - Smart Summon in Europe is completely useless. Steering angle (gforce) limitation is dangerous... 😑😑 | jandmc88 | 2019-12-27 09:37:48 | 27 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
eg8j4q | [IMPORTANT] Sign this petition to make EU allow all self driving features to be available in here. | http: chng.it wMcn8XrBFN Tesla can t push full Autopilot features and will not be able to offer FSD to cars in Europe as soon as to other regions due to regulations. Tesla already pushed an updated Autopilot in Europe that scales back on a couple of functions in order to comply with new regulations. The changes require faster lane changes and limit how far you can turn the steering wheel on Autosteer. It had to be dialed back in order to comply with the new UN ECE R79 regulation on driver assistance systems. Customers in EU basically enjoy less features than people across the world and it will only get worse once FSD becomes available even though the cost of those features are not aligned with what you get Together we can make a difference. | Konnarinari | 2019-12-27 08:17:18 | 407 | fc59gr1 | The UNECE workgroups have already identified the necessary changes some of which openly qualify the current regulation as leading to dangerous situations. http: www.unece.org fileadmin DAM trans doc 2019 wp29grva GRVA-04-53e.pptx My guess is it s just a matter of time before some progress happens. Full workshop documents here : https: www.unece.org trans main wp29 wp29wgs wp29grva grva2019.html | AnteusFogg | 2019-12-27 12:30:35 | 25 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
eg8j4q | [IMPORTANT] Sign this petition to make EU allow all self driving features to be available in here. | http: chng.it wMcn8XrBFN Tesla can t push full Autopilot features and will not be able to offer FSD to cars in Europe as soon as to other regions due to regulations. Tesla already pushed an updated Autopilot in Europe that scales back on a couple of functions in order to comply with new regulations. The changes require faster lane changes and limit how far you can turn the steering wheel on Autosteer. It had to be dialed back in order to comply with the new UN ECE R79 regulation on driver assistance systems. Customers in EU basically enjoy less features than people across the world and it will only get worse once FSD becomes available even though the cost of those features are not aligned with what you get Together we can make a difference. | Konnarinari | 2019-12-27 08:17:18 | 407 | fc53x37 | Elon just liked a tweet of someone posting this too so he clearly thinks it s a good idea. | scottrobertson | 2019-12-27 10:17:30 | 12 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
eg8j4q | [IMPORTANT] Sign this petition to make EU allow all self driving features to be available in here. | http: chng.it wMcn8XrBFN Tesla can t push full Autopilot features and will not be able to offer FSD to cars in Europe as soon as to other regions due to regulations. Tesla already pushed an updated Autopilot in Europe that scales back on a couple of functions in order to comply with new regulations. The changes require faster lane changes and limit how far you can turn the steering wheel on Autosteer. It had to be dialed back in order to comply with the new UN ECE R79 regulation on driver assistance systems. Customers in EU basically enjoy less features than people across the world and it will only get worse once FSD becomes available even though the cost of those features are not aligned with what you get Together we can make a difference. | Konnarinari | 2019-12-27 08:17:18 | 407 | fc5dw0x | Sorry but change.org petitions are not important. | xxvcd | 2019-12-27 13:50:40 | 10 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
d6capx | [Idea] monitor tire wear and grip using the computer so it can alert the driver when they need to replace their tires. | Thinking of a way to let drivers know when their tire tread is low (or other issues) similar to tire pressure sensors. ——— Thought about a camera for a sec before i realized modern Traction Control is so advanced they can chart the grip of each individual tires at all times based on **real world** grip performance. So my suggestion is have the computer algorithmically chart the grip over time and let the drivers know when (or even before) it s deteriorated enough they should inspect replace rotate tires. (even if no visible damage) Might also be useful for winter driving on inappropritate summer tires. & #x200B I m interested to know if this idea may or may not be feasible so I appreciate any and all comments! | zxcsd | 2019-09-19 10:50:38 | 13 | f0rrm1y | That won t work where it snows where roads are unpaved or where it s often raining. | Burntbigtoe | 2019-09-19 11:07:39 | 14 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
d6capx | [Idea] monitor tire wear and grip using the computer so it can alert the driver when they need to replace their tires. | Thinking of a way to let drivers know when their tire tread is low (or other issues) similar to tire pressure sensors. ——— Thought about a camera for a sec before i realized modern Traction Control is so advanced they can chart the grip of each individual tires at all times based on **real world** grip performance. So my suggestion is have the computer algorithmically chart the grip over time and let the drivers know when (or even before) it s deteriorated enough they should inspect replace rotate tires. (even if no visible damage) Might also be useful for winter driving on inappropritate summer tires. & #x200B I m interested to know if this idea may or may not be feasible so I appreciate any and all comments! | zxcsd | 2019-09-19 10:50:38 | 13 | f0s2ex3 | This is a solution for a problem which doesn t exist | chris__bacon | 2019-09-19 12:53:42 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | cofopw0 | I m curios if they ll address the Model X delays and any potential effects on sales this coming year. | oogachaka | 2015-02-09 04:30:56 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coir6uq | His comments about the first version of the Model 3 are very encouraging to me. I m happy they re doing what s necessary to keep their intended schedule. Beyond that I actually really want just a smaller version of the Model S. Though I suppose it s hard to say that with a straight face without having seen their adventurous version. I can always sell my 2018 model a couple years down the line though. :) | Krippy | 2015-02-12 01:10:24 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coillt9 | Letter is up: http: files.shareholder.com downloads ABEA-4CW8X0 3604578526x0x808854 BB31868E-588E-4E95-B72E-729E88E9E932 Q4%2714%20Shareholder%20Letter%20Final.pdf | breser | 2015-02-11 22:17:36 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coilm8p | IT S THERE GUYS **We built 11 627 vehicles in Q4 thus achieving our production target of 35 000 Model S vehicles in 2014.** http: files.shareholder.com downloads ABEA-4CW8X0 3964715760x0x808854 BB31868E-588E-4E95-B72E-729E88E9E932 Q4%2714%20Shareholder%20Letter%20Final.pdf Edit: That after market tho | Frumpiii | 2015-02-11 22:17:36 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coiqm40 | ELON JUST VALUED TESLA AT APPLE VALUATION! he actually said that 700 billion dollar market cap is not unrealistic in 10 years. | yutz23 | 2015-02-12 00:49:04 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coiqn3q | Elon: we re not bullshit profitable. I m eating this up | yutz23 | 2015-02-12 00:49:04 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coiqxza | Heh I love that he said essentially I think our cars are already expensive enough in response to the question of why they don t raise prices if they re supply constrained. What a mensch. | Eseell | 2015-02-12 01:04:00 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | cofy42g | Current SpaceX window is 23:04 UTC tomorrow. Let s say that scrubs and the next window is Wednesday. Does that scrub the earnings call? Or does Elon take 20 minutes of questions and leave? Oh and here comes the FUD. This one is especially awesome in the number of things which are just plain wrong and obviously not to Tesla s benefit. Of course they state it as fact not estimate. My favorite though is they take an estimate of deliveries from InsideEVs of 31 623 as if it were fact but then to ice the cake they state that those deliveries are 10% from 2013. (For the record 22 450 in 2013 so that estimate would be a 40% increase.) http: www.nbcnews.com business autos tesla-facing-headwinds-time-road-trip-n301691 | uselesslogin | 2015-02-09 13:52:00 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
2v95tc | [Live Update and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q4 2014 Earnings | It s earnings week for Tesla. They will post their financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31 2014 after **market close [4pm EST] on Wednesday** February 11 2015. It would be preferable if you could post your questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. Tesla will release 2015 financial guidance in the shareholder letter. The SEC filing and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 4:30pm Pacific Time (7:30pm Eastern Time)** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla needs to have delivered 10 101 cars in Q4 2014 to meet their guidance of 33 000 for the year. Wall Street expects EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.23 billion while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects $0.44 of earnings per share on $1.28 billion of revenue. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP financials should be even more important this quarter since Tesla expected to lease about 3 000 to 3 500 cars in North America during Q4. ______________ **Updates:** **Wed 11th 8:45PM ET**: It s over.Thanks everyone! **Wed 11th 8:41PM ET**: Possible battery upgrade in 5 years for the Model S. **Wed 11th 8:38PM ET**: Gigafactory is going well. They are talking to potential supply chain partners. They are looking into securing supplies of raw materials. Don t hold you breath for announcing partners. **Wed 11th 8:33PM ET**: Musk says they have to control headcount at Fremont because they don t have enough parking spaces. They are looking to increase productivity. **Wed 11th 8:29PM ET**: Next big software update is coming next month. **Wed 11th 8:28PM ET**: Musk says that he has a weapon for demand generation that he may deploy later this year to fight the dealerships. I can t believe I m listening to a earnings conference call... **Wed 11th 8:25PM ET**: Can they keep increasing the demand without dealerships and marketing? Musk: OK for this year. Maybe next year. **Wed 11th 8:23PM ET**: Musk: Even if sales in China this year were 0 I m confident we could still sell 55 000 cars. **Wed 11th 8:18PM ET**: Because of certain features Tesla will not show the Model X until it they will deliver the cars. **Wed 11th 8:16PM ET**: Musk says that there are thing that we don t know about the Model X yet. **Wed 11th 8:11PM ET**: Straubel says that Tesla are talking to almost every utilities about stationary storage. Musk says they will unveil a consumer version of a home energy storage battery pack in a month or 2. Production in 6 months. **Wed 11th 8:08PM ET**: The first version of the Model 3 will not be very adventurous as they want to do with the platform in order to respect the schedule but they will follow up with another version... **Wed 11th 8:06PM ET**: The Model X s design is done. They are focusing on tooling and production supply chain. Musk is higly confident about delivering cars this summer and high volume in Q4. **Wed 11th 8:04PM ET**: Tesla s free cash flow in 2020 will be incredible - Musk **Wed 11th 8:02PM ET**: Drivetrain issue is not that bad - Musk **Wed 11th 8:00PM ET**: Musk says Tesla should be cash flow positive after capex in Q4. **Wed 11th 7:58PM ET**: John from BoA asks to raise the price of the Model S. Musk thinks it s already expensive. He is reluctant to increase the price. **Wed 11th 7:55PM ET**: Jonas asked about raising money. Musk says they don t have plans to raise money (they still have $1.9 billion cash). He counts on operating cash flow. **Wed 11th 7:54PM ET**: Jonas asked about the patents. Musk is hopeful that manufacturers will use the patents. **Wed 11th 7:53PM ET**: Adam Jonas from Morgan Stanley questions China s protectionism. Musk says they are looking into local partnership in China. Still in early stages. **Wed 11th 7:50PM ET**: Musk made 2 references to Apple in 5 minutes. **Wed 11th 7:46PM ET**: Brian Johnson from Barclay want more details on capex (capital expenditure). Musk says they that Tesla s market cap could be as big as Apple in 10 years. Apple s market cap is $700 billion BTW. **Wed 11th 7:44PM ET**: They are again defending non-GAAP vs GAAP. I don t understand why this is an issue since they report both... If they were only to report non-GAAP I would get the complaining but it s not the case... **Wed 11th 7:42PM ET**: They will probably keep their residual value guarantee even though Musk don t think they need it because of the value of the car is strong but just to keep the perception of confidence in the car. **Wed 11th 7:40PM ET**: Sales in Hong Kong are excellent - Musk **Wed 11th 7:37PM ET**: China s demand for the Model S wasn t a high priority for Tesla according to Musk since they are production constraint. They will fix the perception that charging is difficult in China. He put the superchager guy on it. I didn t get his name. **Wed 11th 7:34PM ET**: Andrea from Doherty ask sabout cash flow from 2015. Deepak says that Tesla will be cash flow positive in 2015. **Wed 11th 7:31PM ET**: Webcast is online. Musk Strauble and Ahuja are there. **Wed 11th 6:16PM ET**: Not much more info from the 8K and shareholder letter. Next stop the conference call at 7:30PM ET (4:30PM PT). We should also get some more info from the 10K. Everything seem to have went well with the DSCOVR launch. Vehicle is in LEO orbit. Next burn in ~20 minutes. Stage 1 splashed down. Don t know how well... the feed stopped there. Hope we have an happy Elon for the call! **Wed 11th 5:59PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with $1.9 billion in cash. **Wed 11th 5:52PM ET**: Tesla plan to deliver approximately 9 500 vehicles in Q1 2015. **Wed 11th 5:51PM ET**: Tesla expects to deliver about 55 000 Model S and X vehicles in 2015 - This one bugs me. Last quarter Musk said that they should be able to deliver 50 000 Model S s this year. Either they will deliver less Model S s or less Model X s. I would like to know the expected split. **Wed 11th 5:45PM ET**: Non-GAAP revenue was $1.1 billion for the quarter (GAAP $957 million). Non-GAAP expectation was $1.23 billion. **Wed 11th 5:41PM ET**: They remain confident about the start of production in 2016 for the Gigafactory. **Wed 11th 5:37PM ET**: Tesla: Over 30 Beta Model X vehicles have been built and are undergoing extensive testing. **Wed 11th 5:35PM ET**: Tesla: In Q4 we installed a quarterly record of 125 Supercharger stations and now have 380 Supercharger stations energized globally. **Wed 11th 5:29PM ET**: Tesla s gross margin currently in mid to high twenties depending on the strength of the dollar. **Wed 11th 5:28PM ET**: Tesla entered 2015 with over 10 000 orders for Model S and almost 20 000 reservations for Model X. **Wed 11th 5:26PM ET**: Tesla delivered 9 834 vehicles and produced 11 627 vehicles in Q4 2014 **Wed 11th 5:25PM ET**: After market is not too hard on TSLA probably because of 2015 guidance. **Wed 11th 5:20PM ET**: I m back. Tesla report a non-GAAP loss of $0.13 a share completely missing Wall Street s expectations of a gain of $0.31 a share. **Wed 11th 5:05PM ET**: Racing home. I ll be back in 15-20 minutes. **Wed 11th 4:55PM ET**: Tesla just sent out a correction the webcast will be at 7:30PM ET: As previously announced Tesla management will host a live question & answer (Q& A) webcast at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the company s financial and business results and outlook. **Wed 11th 4:25PM ET**: Still no sign of the results so probably at 5:00PM ET. Although Tesla sent another [PR release](https: finance.yahoo.com news tesla-releases-fourth-quarter-full-210500470.html) now saying that the webcast will be 5:30PM ET. I don t know if it s just a copy of the original PR release or if they really changed the time again after SpaceX cancelled the landing attempt (the launch is still on). **Wed 11th 1:45PM ET**: I just realized that Tesla seems to not only have pushed the conference call but also the release of the financial results to 5:00PM ET (2:00PM PT) from the original market close (4:00PM ET - 1:00PM PT). I ll be reporting if there s anything up until 5:00PM ET but I ll be unavailable from 5:00PM to 5:30PM if they release the result at that time. **Wed 11th 1:25PM ET**: Less than 3 hours until Tesla releases Q4 results. TSLA is still down 2-3%. Most articles are about Musk s leaked email and the 120 sales in China in January . **Wed 11th 8:20AM ET**: TSLA traded up Tuesday with the market until Reuters reported on [an internal email from Musk](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 2vgg51 exclusive_tesla_ceo_threatens_firings_after ) about cutting cost in low volume markets. TSLA lost its Tuesday gain and now it is trading down 2% in premarket. **Tue 10th 8:45PM ET**: Tesla pushed the conference call to 7:30PM ET. I assume it s because of the SpaceX DSCOVR launch which has been pushed to Wednesday due to weather concerns. **Tue 10th 1:05PM ET**: According to an [analyst at Stifel](https: secure.marketwatch.com story tesla-to-miss-2014-delivery-goal-stifel-says-2015-02-10?siteid=yhoof2) Tesla will fall short of its goal to deliver 33 000 and deliver only 31 750 cars. **Mon 9th 8:40AM ET**: TSLA is down 1% in pre-market. WSJ s automotive analyst published a confusing [What to Look for in Tesla s Earnings](http: blogs.wsj.com corporate-intelligence 2015 02 06 what-to-look-for-in-teslas-earnings ) article saying that Wall Street expects a non-GAAP **loss** 31 cents per share instead of a gain. Their own [website](http: quotes.wsj.com TSLA research-ratings) show a gain for the consensus. **Sun 8th 9:00PM ET**: Start of the live update and discussion thread. ______________ | FredTesla | 2015-02-09 01:53:04 | 53 | coiqzkh | Excellent live summary! Thank you for doing this Fred | rabidchinchilla | 2015-02-12 01:04:00 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0r2a0 | I just wanted to get this down: there are two different configurations for Tesla energy: - the daily cycler which uses an NMC cathode and is capable of about 5000 cycles 15 years estimated lifetime. - The peaker which is optimized for a higher power output using an NCA cathode (same as in the car) and is designed for 1000 - 1500 cycles 70 - 80 cycles per year. Also Elon said that they could expand the 50 gwh planned production at the Gigafactory by 50% or more just to supply the demands for stationary storage. Said that they could probably use the entire gigafactory for stationary storage (but obviously they will prioritize cars). Long term transitioning to a sustainable energy economy will need 2 billion powerpacks. 1 3rd of those will be for transportation. Elon: hoping to show off the Model 3 in March of next year. 85D is a big hit in Europe. Establishing big casting foundry and machining facility in Lathrope intended to support Freemont factory. Straubel: Starting to hire operational people at the Gigafactory. Configuration for X will probably be available in July. | Quality_Bullshit | 2015-05-06 22:21:52 | 14 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0pl01 | Holy shit 38 000 powerwall reservations and 2500 reservations for the powerpack? | Quality_Bullshit | 2015-05-06 21:41:20 | 12 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0pkl4 | Sweet jesus. 38k residential powerwall reservations and 2500 industrial. I can understand why Elon says it is crazy. Assuming 30% 7kWh 70% 10kWh mix of orders that is 346MWh. Industrial is another 250MWh s. So in total it is ~600MWh s. That is very strong about 7000 85kWh Model S . | FoxhoundBat | 2015-05-06 21:41:20 | 9 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0f9qi | Upvoted because of UTC. :P I kid i kid. | FoxhoundBat | 2015-05-06 17:31:44 | 8 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr09pfj | Busy day for Elon. | DirtFueler | 2015-05-06 15:06:40 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0niqn | 40 minutes to go. Conference will start 22:30 UK time. This is how you can listen live: 1. Click here:http: edge.media-server.com m p hdd83nv6 2. Enter some random info to login. See image: http: i.imgur.com 7SfOudP.gif | TeoTeslaFan | 2015-05-06 20:50:08 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0mtkc | Produced 11 160 vehicles Delivered 10 045. I like how all the bears were complaining that the only reason deliveries were good in Q1 was because of the 1 000k vehicles in transit from Q4. Happening again into Q2 which kind of makes the criticism moot. | jonjiv | 2015-05-06 20:33:04 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
351ukd | [Live Updates and Discussion Thread] Tesla Motors Q1 2015 Earnings [4PM ET- 8PM UTC] | It s earnings week for Tesla! They will post their financial results for the first quarter 2015 after **market close [4PM ET] today 05 06 15** - **8PM UTC** It would be preferable if you could post your articles and questions related to the financial results in this thread. The sub gets crowded with those and articles about the earnings around this time. The SEC filings and the shareholder letter will be available here: http: ir.teslamotors.com Tesla management will hold a live question & answer **webcast at 2:30PM PT (5:30PM ET - 9:30PM UTC )** to discuss the Company s financial and business results and outlook. Generally Musk is on the call with Deepak Ahuja Tesla s CFO and JB Straubel Tesla s CTO. You will be able to access the webcast here: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm Tesla already confirmed they delivered 10 030 cars in Q1 2015. The focus should be on Q2 guidances and the level of confidence on 55 000 deliveries guidance in 2015. **Wall Street expects EPS loss of $0.52 on revenue of $1.04 billion** while [Estimize](https: www.estimize.com tsla) the crowd analysts estimation website expects a loss of $0.22 per share on $1.1 billion of revenue. ______________ **Updates:** **T + 2 hour - 18:47 PM ET** : Call is over. **T + 2 hour - 18:28 PM ET** : we are doing advance work on the Model 3 very early prototypes show of Model 3 in march of next year **T + 2 hour - 18:20 PM ET** : significant deliveries of the Model X should start 2 to 3 months after the first deliveries. **T + 2 hour - 18:02 PM ET** : Straubel: we looked at every possible chemical configuration **T + 2 hour - 18:00 PM ET** : no one has a pack quite like ours **T + 1 hour - 17:40 PM ET** : Musk: 38 000 reservations powerwall - 25 000 reservations powerpack **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon: we don t see demand as a problem **T + 1 hour - 17:35 PM ET** : Elon says that 55 000 depends on how well the Model X ramp up goes. **T + 1 hour - 17:30 PM ET** : I m back. Call starting. **T + 55 minutes - 16:55PM ET** : I ll be back before the call in about half an hour. **T + 40 minutes - 16:40PM ET** : In Q2 we expect to produce about 12 500 vehicles We plan to deliver 10 000 to 11 000 vehicles in Q2 **T + 32 minutes - 16:32PM ET** : We remain confident in our ability to deliver approximately 55 000 Model S and Model X vehicles combined in 2015 **T + 29 minutes - 16:29PM ET** :Our Q1 non-GAAP net loss was $45 million or a loss of $0.36 per basic share based on 125.9 million basic shares while our Q1 GAAP net loss was $154 million or a loss of $1.22 per basic share. **T + 28 minutes - 16:28PM ET** : it s out: Total non-GAAP revenue was $1.10 billion for the quarter up 55% from a year ago while GAAP revenue was $940 million. We achieved a Q1 total company gross margin of 28.2% on a non-GAAP basis and 27.7% on a GAAP basis. **T + 25 minutes - 16:25PM ET**: still nothing... **T - 0 minute - 16:00PM ET**: Market close. Results should be available here any minute: http: ir.teslamotors.com events.cfm **T - 33 minutes - 15:27PM ET**: TSLA is now down 2%. Still nothing to report ahead of earnings. **T - 3 hours - 12:41PM ET**: TSLA has been trading sideways today coming up to the results. Nothing new to report. **T - 7 hours - 8:20AM ET**: r teslamotors s live update and discussion thread goes live! ________________ | FredTesla | 2015-05-06 12:20:16 | 51 | cr0q6y5 | Tesla needs another gigafactory for stationary storage applications. | paulwesterberg | 2015-05-06 21:58:24 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8o3crj | [Long Read] Fascinating look at model 3 battery | http: evtv.me 2018 05 tesla-model-3-gone-battshit | throwaway-ram | 2018-06-02 20:28:03 | 85 | e00dlin | Hearing Jack speak is a pleasant experience but due to his very low rate of articulation an over a hour long video is quite tiring. That s the first time I ve read him and it s quite a revelation. | Lagomorphix | 2018-06-02 20:57:09 | 13 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
8o3crj | [Long Read] Fascinating look at model 3 battery | http: evtv.me 2018 05 tesla-model-3-gone-battshit | throwaway-ram | 2018-06-02 20:28:03 | 85 | e00tlg2 | The mystery logo reminds me of the Super-bottle logo. Super-bottle was a project to combine many elements of the thermal control system into one container. https: old.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 8dzz9j m3_easter_egg_on_battery_coolant_bottle Could this indicate the existence of an electrical equivalent a Super-jar project combining the battery charger DC-DC junction box ? edit: Oh duh. it s Battman and Robin just like [Munro & Associates said](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 8dhxwq sandy_munro_discusses_his_teardown_of_the_model_3 ) (thanks u Tempsla). Note the letter on the cape is halfway between a 3 and a B . | spacex_fanny | 2018-06-03 02:11:30 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
b39r88 | [M3] Why is the light in the frunk a button? | What s it do? I hear the sound of an motor whirring when I press it. I am continuing to type for the purposes of filling out the minimum character requirement. You can stop reading now. This is in the model 3. Is it 400 characters or 140? Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick? Brevity soul wit. More less. less more. I always had this problem in school I know the audience you don t need excruciating detail ok I m done. | workrelatedstuffs | 2019-03-20 09:08:38 | 50 | eiy22tc | It s an emergency release in case someone gets stuck in there. It s a federal requirement to have a release in a space of a certain size. | Kaelang | 2019-03-20 09:11:33 | 52 | Tesla Model 3 Audio Experience |
b39r88 | [M3] Why is the light in the frunk a button? | What s it do? I hear the sound of an motor whirring when I press it. I am continuing to type for the purposes of filling out the minimum character requirement. You can stop reading now. This is in the model 3. Is it 400 characters or 140? Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick? Brevity soul wit. More less. less more. I always had this problem in school I know the audience you don t need excruciating detail ok I m done. | workrelatedstuffs | 2019-03-20 09:08:38 | 50 | eiy27kr | I believe it s so then if a person is trapped inside then they can escape it s a button to open the drink from the inside present on all Teslas | DomT177 | 2019-03-20 09:15:31 | 8 | Tesla Model 3 Audio Experience |
4zottw | [META] Model 3 gift sticky | We see a lot of model 3 gift posts. I think it s still interesting for most people to see where they live (and when they reserved) so maybe instead of 3-4 posts a day which all get heavily downvoted could we create a sticky for people to post that information (and delete repeat posts)? Especially since other countries have started to receive their gifts I don t think we re going to stop seeing these posts pop up constantly. Or fold it into the current Model 3 sticky somehow (creating a new post most likely)... Those of us who browse here way too often are kind of sick of the posts but it s understandable for the people who don t visit frequently to not know about the frequency of gift posts. Or we keep going the way it is now and every single gift post gets downvoted into oblivion leaving the poster who s excited by their gift disenchanted with this subreddit. | Paleran | 2016-08-26 14:20:15 | 23 | d6xo2wt | I got my gift yesterday I ordered online about 10 minutes before the unveiling event started and I live in Montreal Canada. I was pretty happy because I thought the gift would only be sent to US reservation holders but it seems to give a good indication on just how long it would take for me to get the model 3 once they start producing it! | kakarotoks | 2016-08-26 16:21:21 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
810t4t | [META] Our German trolls lost another... u citebaeidkcuf suspended by admins. | Yet again the same person (or group) got caught trying to post here on an alt. This time u citebaeidkcuf. Several of us noticed it almost immediately (thank you to those that mod mail d us!) and user was immediately reported to admins. Now user is suspended by admins for ban avoidance. This makes it at least 4 caught and suspended in a month! Dear German user group dumb-fuck(s): at least use a VPN so admins can t catch you! It s getting too easy to pick out your terrible copy-paste arguments and comparisons to german automakers. It s kind of getting sad. I mean it is fun to call you out... but at least make it challenging! New german troll accounts being made in 3...2...1... ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:44:03 | 61 | duznonq | Can we push all these to a meta thread? I mean somebody cares about it but it s really just noise. | Schnort | 2018-03-01 00:24:53 | 13 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
810t4t | [META] Our German trolls lost another... u citebaeidkcuf suspended by admins. | Yet again the same person (or group) got caught trying to post here on an alt. This time u citebaeidkcuf. Several of us noticed it almost immediately (thank you to those that mod mail d us!) and user was immediately reported to admins. Now user is suspended by admins for ban avoidance. This makes it at least 4 caught and suspended in a month! Dear German user group dumb-fuck(s): at least use a VPN so admins can t catch you! It s getting too easy to pick out your terrible copy-paste arguments and comparisons to german automakers. It s kind of getting sad. I mean it is fun to call you out... but at least make it challenging! New german troll accounts being made in 3...2...1... ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:44:03 | 61 | duzli06 | Side note: [this is how I had the user tagged. lol](https: imgur.com a Tyv6o) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:45:42 | 12 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
810t4t | [META] Our German trolls lost another... u citebaeidkcuf suspended by admins. | Yet again the same person (or group) got caught trying to post here on an alt. This time u citebaeidkcuf. Several of us noticed it almost immediately (thank you to those that mod mail d us!) and user was immediately reported to admins. Now user is suspended by admins for ban avoidance. This makes it at least 4 caught and suspended in a month! Dear German user group dumb-fuck(s): at least use a VPN so admins can t catch you! It s getting too easy to pick out your terrible copy-paste arguments and comparisons to german automakers. It s kind of getting sad. I mean it is fun to call you out... but at least make it challenging! New german troll accounts being made in 3...2...1... ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:44:03 | 61 | duzugf3 | You can actually get admins to help you? A troll stole my startup company s subreddit because I didn t log in to the account for two months. | ElonWarriorPrincess | 2018-03-01 02:27:27 | 11 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
810t4t | [META] Our German trolls lost another... u citebaeidkcuf suspended by admins. | Yet again the same person (or group) got caught trying to post here on an alt. This time u citebaeidkcuf. Several of us noticed it almost immediately (thank you to those that mod mail d us!) and user was immediately reported to admins. Now user is suspended by admins for ban avoidance. This makes it at least 4 caught and suspended in a month! Dear German user group dumb-fuck(s): at least use a VPN so admins can t catch you! It s getting too easy to pick out your terrible copy-paste arguments and comparisons to german automakers. It s kind of getting sad. I mean it is fun to call you out... but at least make it challenging! New german troll accounts being made in 3...2...1... ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:44:03 | 61 | duznuoe | I noticed it but figured it was so obvious I didn t bother with the modmail. | LouBrown | 2018-03-01 00:27:58 | 7 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
810t4t | [META] Our German trolls lost another... u citebaeidkcuf suspended by admins. | Yet again the same person (or group) got caught trying to post here on an alt. This time u citebaeidkcuf. Several of us noticed it almost immediately (thank you to those that mod mail d us!) and user was immediately reported to admins. Now user is suspended by admins for ban avoidance. This makes it at least 4 caught and suspended in a month! Dear German user group dumb-fuck(s): at least use a VPN so admins can t catch you! It s getting too easy to pick out your terrible copy-paste arguments and comparisons to german automakers. It s kind of getting sad. I mean it is fun to call you out... but at least make it challenging! New german troll accounts being made in 3...2...1... ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-28 23:44:03 | 61 | duzmvf5 | Just want to say thanks for doing that! That is all. | Tcloud | 2018-03-01 00:10:08 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
6hqq38 | [META] There have been a ton of how will Autopilot handle < thing that it is not designed to do> threads lately. Is there anything we can do to improve general knowledge of Autopilot? | Considering the ongoing controversy about the use of autonomous and Autopilot I think we should maybe add a big sidebar icon or sticky thread to help people understand what AP can do and shut down any misinformation. | ch00f | 2017-06-17 01:22:53 | 42 | dj0lawe | I gotta say that Tesla has not learned at all from confusion. I do not own one but try to keep up interested from start and today I was totally fooled. Received the official email update lists all the new Autopilot Updates features. And a video link. Not one I d seen before. Was BLOWN AWAY. Total self drive on smaller streets not just highway. Forwarded to a few friends. Blown away. Then slowly find out maybe that is old demo last fall and maybe just what car some day will do not what does do with new rollout. Although could sworn last video had car go into lot and park not parallel park out front. So is this my fault or Tesla for not totally getting it? And again note my general level expertise. Anyone less so will be totally wrong. Tesla is doing this on purpose and they know it. Turns me off and I don t give a shit to help them clarify. | nocrustpizza | 2017-06-17 04:31:21 | 12 | Tesla Autopilot Performance Review |
8cxmdn | [Mass Effort] Supercharger Etiquette Cards | I m trying to organize a group of people to fund and manage a large batch of something I m calling *Supercharger Etiquette cards*. These cards would be used at supercharger stations to notify ICE cars that they are parked in a EV-only spot. Offending vehicles would be tagged with a business card (tucked between the driver s side window and door frame). Keys ideas: * Would **politely** remind ICE drivers to park in non-charging spots * Could be Supercharger-specific or for mass-EV crowd * Final design would be voted upon by participants * Cards could should be bio-degradable * Price per card could be $0.02 - $0.03 or lower * This is **not** for profit. Numbers would be transparent * Cards could be available for purchase through this subreddit TMC etc ... * Potentially waterproof or laminated (per u rpm001) * Small Box envelope small enough to keep in a glove box (per u rpm001) Is anybody else interested in buying in to spearheading the organizing of a mass-produced Supercharger Etiquette card? Thanks for your thoughts. | tesrella | 2018-04-17 15:57:27 | 34 | dxinav9 | Could these be printed on biodegradable paper? I have a feeling a lot of these are going to be thrown on the ground. | reefine | 2018-04-17 16:41:32 | 19 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8cxmdn | [Mass Effort] Supercharger Etiquette Cards | I m trying to organize a group of people to fund and manage a large batch of something I m calling *Supercharger Etiquette cards*. These cards would be used at supercharger stations to notify ICE cars that they are parked in a EV-only spot. Offending vehicles would be tagged with a business card (tucked between the driver s side window and door frame). Keys ideas: * Would **politely** remind ICE drivers to park in non-charging spots * Could be Supercharger-specific or for mass-EV crowd * Final design would be voted upon by participants * Cards could should be bio-degradable * Price per card could be $0.02 - $0.03 or lower * This is **not** for profit. Numbers would be transparent * Cards could be available for purchase through this subreddit TMC etc ... * Potentially waterproof or laminated (per u rpm001) * Small Box envelope small enough to keep in a glove box (per u rpm001) Is anybody else interested in buying in to spearheading the organizing of a mass-produced Supercharger Etiquette card? Thanks for your thoughts. | tesrella | 2018-04-17 15:57:27 | 34 | dxilvdl | The card should just say looks like you want to buy a Tesla with a picture of a supercharger and a website address. | ElonsMonkey | 2018-04-17 16:20:15 | 12 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8cxmdn | [Mass Effort] Supercharger Etiquette Cards | I m trying to organize a group of people to fund and manage a large batch of something I m calling *Supercharger Etiquette cards*. These cards would be used at supercharger stations to notify ICE cars that they are parked in a EV-only spot. Offending vehicles would be tagged with a business card (tucked between the driver s side window and door frame). Keys ideas: * Would **politely** remind ICE drivers to park in non-charging spots * Could be Supercharger-specific or for mass-EV crowd * Final design would be voted upon by participants * Cards could should be bio-degradable * Price per card could be $0.02 - $0.03 or lower * This is **not** for profit. Numbers would be transparent * Cards could be available for purchase through this subreddit TMC etc ... * Potentially waterproof or laminated (per u rpm001) * Small Box envelope small enough to keep in a glove box (per u rpm001) Is anybody else interested in buying in to spearheading the organizing of a mass-produced Supercharger Etiquette card? Thanks for your thoughts. | tesrella | 2018-04-17 15:57:27 | 34 | dximii4 | Did you see [this topic](https: np.reddit.com r electricvehicles comments 63lj3x it_was_suggested_on_rteslamotors_for_people_to ) from over a year ago? It has some nice sample cards. | huppie | 2018-04-17 16:29:58 | 6 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8cxmdn | [Mass Effort] Supercharger Etiquette Cards | I m trying to organize a group of people to fund and manage a large batch of something I m calling *Supercharger Etiquette cards*. These cards would be used at supercharger stations to notify ICE cars that they are parked in a EV-only spot. Offending vehicles would be tagged with a business card (tucked between the driver s side window and door frame). Keys ideas: * Would **politely** remind ICE drivers to park in non-charging spots * Could be Supercharger-specific or for mass-EV crowd * Final design would be voted upon by participants * Cards could should be bio-degradable * Price per card could be $0.02 - $0.03 or lower * This is **not** for profit. Numbers would be transparent * Cards could be available for purchase through this subreddit TMC etc ... * Potentially waterproof or laminated (per u rpm001) * Small Box envelope small enough to keep in a glove box (per u rpm001) Is anybody else interested in buying in to spearheading the organizing of a mass-produced Supercharger Etiquette card? Thanks for your thoughts. | tesrella | 2018-04-17 15:57:27 | 34 | dxiqc11 | Your car could be full by now if it was electric. Here is my referral code for lifetime free supercharging if you decide for a Model S or X: ... | skrylll | 2018-04-17 17:25:19 | 6 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
8cxmdn | [Mass Effort] Supercharger Etiquette Cards | I m trying to organize a group of people to fund and manage a large batch of something I m calling *Supercharger Etiquette cards*. These cards would be used at supercharger stations to notify ICE cars that they are parked in a EV-only spot. Offending vehicles would be tagged with a business card (tucked between the driver s side window and door frame). Keys ideas: * Would **politely** remind ICE drivers to park in non-charging spots * Could be Supercharger-specific or for mass-EV crowd * Final design would be voted upon by participants * Cards could should be bio-degradable * Price per card could be $0.02 - $0.03 or lower * This is **not** for profit. Numbers would be transparent * Cards could be available for purchase through this subreddit TMC etc ... * Potentially waterproof or laminated (per u rpm001) * Small Box envelope small enough to keep in a glove box (per u rpm001) Is anybody else interested in buying in to spearheading the organizing of a mass-produced Supercharger Etiquette card? Thanks for your thoughts. | tesrella | 2018-04-17 15:57:27 | 34 | dxivyqp | Honestly think Tesla should just have traffic cones for each spot that let Tesla owners know they can move them when the spot is needed and to put them back when done. Traffic cones are surprisingly powerful deterrents for the lazy ICErs | one_pump_trump | 2018-04-17 18:45:52 | 6 | Tesla Model Travel Experiences |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | ervkzn6 | ICE d spots new purchases and pictures of miniscule dents asking what should be done are like 80% of this sub. | DiachronicShear | 2019-06-23 19:35:10 | 23 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | ervjqmn | While we are at it can we stop posting every new Tesla purchase? Put it in a daily thread not it s own thread. | JFreader | 2019-06-23 19:19:49 | 19 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | ervog3s | > My suggestion for discussion is can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this? Don t mess with our tribalism. Feeling persecuted and oppressed is how we cloud our judgement! | analyticaljoe | 2019-06-23 20:17:28 | 7 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | ervrcf2 | Who says its something we can t change? | bitchkat | 2019-06-23 20:52:01 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | erwaulz | New Tesla owner here- I think part of the problem is that most people don t understand what is allowed expected at charging stations. I didn t know until I bought a Tesla and many people probably just don t think about it. I know there are signs at some Superchargers but until people understand that they aren t supposed to park there and that they could be royally screwing someone over by taking the spot I don t think anything will change. ICE drivers are generally not bad people they just don t understand Supercharging. | D-RO24 | 2019-06-24 01:03:12 | 6 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
c48l1n | [Meta Post] Request - Can we stop posting images of ICE cars in Tesla charging stations etc? What is their purpose other than causing anxiety anger and judgement at something we cannot change? | As I combed through new r teslamotors threads this morning I came across 1-2 posts per page of a photo of an ICE car in an electric charging spot or a Tesla parked but not charging. My suggestion for discussion is **can we as a community move to collectively rise above the temptation to share content like this**? At the end of the day there are only two reasons why someone would park their gas car in an electric spot: Ignorance or calousness. We still live in a world where the vast majority of drivers are new to electric charging. Maybe the person who parked there simply thought This spot is for either gas or electric cars . Or maybe the person who parked there is a sociopath who thinks it s cool to throw a middle finger up at electric cars like ours. In either case what is gained by sharing a photo of this action? The former will only be changed by gently educating them the latter is a problem that is ingrained and likely unsolvable. When we see photos like these it triggers specific responses. We all get anxiety that it could happen to us some day. We get aggravated at ICE drivers everywhere. We judge people from certain parts of the country with Oh typical Texas Southern [Wherever] asshole drivers! . Sharing photos like these contributes nothing positive and spoils the overall happy and forward-thinking posts that keeps me coming back to this subreddit. And for those of you who see this happen in person - If you get the opportunity to speak with the driver speak with an open heart and seek to educate them in a positive way. Maybe you ll turn them into a Tesla driver one day! If you don t get the opportunity to speak with them relax and just look forward to the next opportunity you have to educate someone when the subject comes up at work or with friends or family. Thank you all for listening and considering. I m off to the grocery store in my amazing future car that drives itself makes the world a cleaner place and has an easter egg that makes fart noises and there s nothing that can take that away from me! ❤️⚡️🚘 | Mr_Viper | 2019-06-23 17:57:13 | 134 | erw3rwd | 100% in agreement. Mods should force them to the daily thread I don t get the point of posting it over and over again. | ninjasenses | 2019-06-23 23:26:58 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
3f3nus | [Meta Thread] - New Rule and let s talk about sharing referrals on the subreddit | Hi everyone By now you probably know that Tesla announced a new [referral program](http: www.teslamotors.com support referral-program?elq=4c8f5765b4bf49aabd10b02c1e2b9989& elqCampaignId=4334& elqaid=4957& elqat=1& elqTrackId=b7cddc40f88b4cf781d0125a9f238c1b) in trial until October 31st. Here s the [thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 3f2fd9 tesla_to_offer_1k_referral_discount ) about it if you missed it. The mod team talked about it and we quickly came to the conclusion that referral links on the sub should be label as spam. I don t think Tesla created this program for people to just share their referral links on the web and hoping someone would use it. I think it s more about owners showing their cars and maybe giving test drives or something like that. Maybe even places where Tesla employees can t give test drives? I don t know. As you can see over just an hour we already have 4 threads about sharing referral links: https: i.imgur.com 2C0refZ.png?1 We are curious to know what you guys think but right now it feels like it would simply fall under spam. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-07-30 00:46:56 | 79 | ctkzvvc | I agree with treating referral links as spam on the subreddit. It s also being discussed over at tmc after someone suggested a rotating system to match buyer and seller one at a time. This is gaming the system to some degree and some are now taking about banning referral links on the site altogether though I don t know that it will actually happen. | rabidchinchilla | 2015-07-30 00:53:20 | 21 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
3f3nus | [Meta Thread] - New Rule and let s talk about sharing referrals on the subreddit | Hi everyone By now you probably know that Tesla announced a new [referral program](http: www.teslamotors.com support referral-program?elq=4c8f5765b4bf49aabd10b02c1e2b9989& elqCampaignId=4334& elqaid=4957& elqat=1& elqTrackId=b7cddc40f88b4cf781d0125a9f238c1b) in trial until October 31st. Here s the [thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 3f2fd9 tesla_to_offer_1k_referral_discount ) about it if you missed it. The mod team talked about it and we quickly came to the conclusion that referral links on the sub should be label as spam. I don t think Tesla created this program for people to just share their referral links on the web and hoping someone would use it. I think it s more about owners showing their cars and maybe giving test drives or something like that. Maybe even places where Tesla employees can t give test drives? I don t know. As you can see over just an hour we already have 4 threads about sharing referral links: https: i.imgur.com 2C0refZ.png?1 We are curious to know what you guys think but right now it feels like it would simply fall under spam. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-07-30 00:46:56 | 79 | ctl4kpj | +1. Thanks Fred and FUCK SALEEN! | cloudone | 2015-07-30 03:05:36 | 19 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
3f3nus | [Meta Thread] - New Rule and let s talk about sharing referrals on the subreddit | Hi everyone By now you probably know that Tesla announced a new [referral program](http: www.teslamotors.com support referral-program?elq=4c8f5765b4bf49aabd10b02c1e2b9989& elqCampaignId=4334& elqaid=4957& elqat=1& elqTrackId=b7cddc40f88b4cf781d0125a9f238c1b) in trial until October 31st. Here s the [thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 3f2fd9 tesla_to_offer_1k_referral_discount ) about it if you missed it. The mod team talked about it and we quickly came to the conclusion that referral links on the sub should be label as spam. I don t think Tesla created this program for people to just share their referral links on the web and hoping someone would use it. I think it s more about owners showing their cars and maybe giving test drives or something like that. Maybe even places where Tesla employees can t give test drives? I don t know. As you can see over just an hour we already have 4 threads about sharing referral links: https: i.imgur.com 2C0refZ.png?1 We are curious to know what you guys think but right now it feels like it would simply fall under spam. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-07-30 00:46:56 | 79 | ctl077y | I think it s clearly spam and should be treated as such (although leniently since the posters probably don t mean any harm). Regardless of how the program is meant to be used cluttering up the place with the links isn t productive. | mikeash | 2015-07-30 01:01:52 | 14 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
3f3nus | [Meta Thread] - New Rule and let s talk about sharing referrals on the subreddit | Hi everyone By now you probably know that Tesla announced a new [referral program](http: www.teslamotors.com support referral-program?elq=4c8f5765b4bf49aabd10b02c1e2b9989& elqCampaignId=4334& elqaid=4957& elqat=1& elqTrackId=b7cddc40f88b4cf781d0125a9f238c1b) in trial until October 31st. Here s the [thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 3f2fd9 tesla_to_offer_1k_referral_discount ) about it if you missed it. The mod team talked about it and we quickly came to the conclusion that referral links on the sub should be label as spam. I don t think Tesla created this program for people to just share their referral links on the web and hoping someone would use it. I think it s more about owners showing their cars and maybe giving test drives or something like that. Maybe even places where Tesla employees can t give test drives? I don t know. As you can see over just an hour we already have 4 threads about sharing referral links: https: i.imgur.com 2C0refZ.png?1 We are curious to know what you guys think but right now it feels like it would simply fall under spam. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-07-30 00:46:56 | 79 | ctl0byl | Agree. Aside from the obvious issues of cluttering the subreddit with potentially HUGE numbers of referral link threads it isn t really in the spirit of the program. | lonnie123 | 2015-07-30 01:06:08 | 11 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
3f3nus | [Meta Thread] - New Rule and let s talk about sharing referrals on the subreddit | Hi everyone By now you probably know that Tesla announced a new [referral program](http: www.teslamotors.com support referral-program?elq=4c8f5765b4bf49aabd10b02c1e2b9989& elqCampaignId=4334& elqaid=4957& elqat=1& elqTrackId=b7cddc40f88b4cf781d0125a9f238c1b) in trial until October 31st. Here s the [thread](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 3f2fd9 tesla_to_offer_1k_referral_discount ) about it if you missed it. The mod team talked about it and we quickly came to the conclusion that referral links on the sub should be label as spam. I don t think Tesla created this program for people to just share their referral links on the web and hoping someone would use it. I think it s more about owners showing their cars and maybe giving test drives or something like that. Maybe even places where Tesla employees can t give test drives? I don t know. As you can see over just an hour we already have 4 threads about sharing referral links: https: i.imgur.com 2C0refZ.png?1 We are curious to know what you guys think but right now it feels like it would simply fall under spam. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-07-30 00:46:56 | 79 | ctl0yau | Thank-you thank-you thank-you! | paul_d_carter | 2015-07-30 01:23:12 | 9 | Issues with Tesla Referral Program |
3l17fx | [Meta Thread] Frankfurt Motor Show and Rules Reminder | Hey everyone The Frankfurt Motor show is starting and we will get to see a lot of new electric cars which is great but I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone about rule #2. Most of you realize it by now but each time a new electric vehicle concept is introduced the headlines are always A new Tesla killer or X announces a new car to compete with Tesla . eg. https: imgur.com 0wkGuLc we are talking about a concept car that Porsche never said when or even if they plan to bring to production. These will be removed under the rule #2. Publications simply add Tesla in there because they know they will get more clicks than if they only have BMW or Audi in the headline. It s as simple as that. It always the same thing anyway when these get posted. Someone says good that s exactly what Tesla wants and someone else says yeah but 3 years too late . As this is r teslamotors we would like to keep the focus on Tesla. We are trying to push the rest of the posts about EVs to r electricvehicles but it will never happen if they all get posted and discussed here first. So if a post is not primarily about Tesla or at least half the post is focused on Tesla like for a comparison of a Tesla model with a competitor s model then the post will be removed under rule #2. Please subscribe to r electricvehicles if you want to follow other electric vehicles and like we said when we first introduced the rule we still welcome comparisons between Teslas and other cars but they have to be in-depth comparisons not just Tesla in the headline and a few lines to justify the headline these are clearly just clickbait techniques. To be clear I m not saying no post about Frankfurt. It s possible that some things will have a direct link to Tesla. I know that [Musk will be in Germany](http: electrek.co 2015 09 11 tesla-ceo-elon-musk-will-be-in-germany-during-the-frankfurt-motor-show ) during the show so who knows. Also if you want to discuss any suggestion on how to improve the sub this thread would be the right place to do it. There are a few tjhings that people have brought to the attention of the mods lately like removing low-effort posts possibility of weekly posts about sightings and such. We would like to hear your thoughts on the possibility of implementing those. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-09-15 12:09:36 | 34 | cv2c62z | I love hearing Tesla-Killer . I probably shouldn t but it only reminds me of when people said Could this next Galaxy device be the iPhone Killer?? ... yeah I don t think Tesla is going anywhere. | 110110 | 2015-09-15 14:19:44 | 8 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
3l17fx | [Meta Thread] Frankfurt Motor Show and Rules Reminder | Hey everyone The Frankfurt Motor show is starting and we will get to see a lot of new electric cars which is great but I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone about rule #2. Most of you realize it by now but each time a new electric vehicle concept is introduced the headlines are always A new Tesla killer or X announces a new car to compete with Tesla . eg. https: imgur.com 0wkGuLc we are talking about a concept car that Porsche never said when or even if they plan to bring to production. These will be removed under the rule #2. Publications simply add Tesla in there because they know they will get more clicks than if they only have BMW or Audi in the headline. It s as simple as that. It always the same thing anyway when these get posted. Someone says good that s exactly what Tesla wants and someone else says yeah but 3 years too late . As this is r teslamotors we would like to keep the focus on Tesla. We are trying to push the rest of the posts about EVs to r electricvehicles but it will never happen if they all get posted and discussed here first. So if a post is not primarily about Tesla or at least half the post is focused on Tesla like for a comparison of a Tesla model with a competitor s model then the post will be removed under rule #2. Please subscribe to r electricvehicles if you want to follow other electric vehicles and like we said when we first introduced the rule we still welcome comparisons between Teslas and other cars but they have to be in-depth comparisons not just Tesla in the headline and a few lines to justify the headline these are clearly just clickbait techniques. To be clear I m not saying no post about Frankfurt. It s possible that some things will have a direct link to Tesla. I know that [Musk will be in Germany](http: electrek.co 2015 09 11 tesla-ceo-elon-musk-will-be-in-germany-during-the-frankfurt-motor-show ) during the show so who knows. Also if you want to discuss any suggestion on how to improve the sub this thread would be the right place to do it. There are a few tjhings that people have brought to the attention of the mods lately like removing low-effort posts possibility of weekly posts about sightings and such. We would like to hear your thoughts on the possibility of implementing those. Cheers Fred | FredTesla | 2015-09-15 12:09:36 | 34 | cv2dnbg | I was trying to parse out some of the technical details from the IAA Frankfurt announcements. It seems like this is a summary: * **Porsche**. Mission E. The most significant thing out of this announcement was the charging. Doing some math they probably need a 90-100 kWh pack to get 500km range. If they re charging with 800V and they can do like 80kWh in .25 hrs then the charger must be at a rate of ~320kW? So this implies a current of 400A? For context ~~I think we know the supercharger is 120kW and 400V (implying 300A)~~. u FoxhoundBat clarified below the dynamics of the supercharger- it s actually a lot more subtle than I thought. See his reply below. Does anyone have any ideas on what this means for thermal management and battery life? There s also the question of what kind of transformer chargers need to be installed to set up one of these charging stations. I m sure there s a physics reason why JB picked the current rate of Supercharging. * **Audi**. E-tron Quattro. Only thing I could really get out of this is the battery pack size is 95kWh. Man that exterior is ugly. * **BMW**. Will continue to electrify entire product line over the next 10 years. (This isn t news although for some reason for BMW electrification means Plug In Hybrids) * **Mercedes**. Will have an electric vehicle with 400-500km range by the end of the decade. | swiecki | 2015-09-15 15:00:16 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
90k46t | [Meta-Discussion] Should we have a mega-thread for Model 3 order updates? | Lots of people are excited that their orders are finally turning into cars after a very long wait and even more people who are still waiting are excited to read these updates. The mods seem to be aggressively deleting order update posts which is understandable but also disappointing for those of us who are interested in seeing them. In the interest of giving people a place to share order updates without clogging up the subreddit with lots of repetitive posts would it make sense to create a mega-thread for this topic? | IBFT | 2018-07-20 21:46:54 | 37 | e2r0nus | It s like people don t read... *puts head down in disappointment* - [Experience Megathread](https: reddit.com r teslamotors comments 80wbgi active_megathread_links ) - r TeslaLounge | 110110 | 2018-07-20 21:58:19 | 11 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
90k46t | [Meta-Discussion] Should we have a mega-thread for Model 3 order updates? | Lots of people are excited that their orders are finally turning into cars after a very long wait and even more people who are still waiting are excited to read these updates. The mods seem to be aggressively deleting order update posts which is understandable but also disappointing for those of us who are interested in seeing them. In the interest of giving people a place to share order updates without clogging up the subreddit with lots of repetitive posts would it make sense to create a mega-thread for this topic? | IBFT | 2018-07-20 21:46:54 | 37 | e2qzzig | Yes please. It s like spam central here with all those updates. | ShinjukuWard | 2018-07-20 21:47:59 | 6 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtsubpx | lolz Nice work | dirtyfries | 2018-02-06 01:36:14 | 22 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtsys6p | This is equal parts hilarious and sad. Guess the Germans are really getting worried. | BlargyMcBlargFace | 2018-02-06 02:57:02 | 17 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dttgizz | To be honest- we have even on the German forum massive problems with these paid shills. Now that da Germans definitely fell behind and especially after the Roadster Semi event they woke up and are now investing massively into counter PR via paid lobbyists. VW group in particular. Opposite wind is now also formed by the various lobbies which are (trying) to form the upcoming fast charging infrastructure. As You know they snatched one of the main Tesla guys who rolled out the current SuC grid they now feel entitled to bent it their way...Jumping in every opportunity diluting watering down or redirecting discussions. Rarely exposed and banned. Good to witness that You guys here are quicker to react. | tray_loader | 2018-02-06 11:58:22 | 17 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtsvy04 | Kill zem all! | purestevil | 2018-02-06 02:05:39 | 6 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtsxpku | paging u JimLafleur102 | dubsteponmycat | 2018-02-06 02:37:37 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtsxref | Heh good work :) | EragonShade98 | 2018-02-06 02:38:33 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtt8pq0 | I notice that German comments in German forums outside tff are particularly toxic when it comes to Tesla. There seems to be a collective contempt towards US car companies and Tesla in particular. Part of that is echoed in German news media articles that seem to find particular pleasures in detailing all things wrong about Tesla. It s pretty sad to see. There was a time when German engineering was not about cheating and gassing apes... | NewAppForReddit | 2018-02-06 06:47:23 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7vjq8r | [Meta] Another ban-avoiding user JimLafleur101 reported and suspended. | Apparently my [last post](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7sizgv meta_user_glauner_was_an_alt_caught_evading_ban ) about catching someone evading the ban and new German alts being made was spot on. A alt was made almost immediately. I and another user u MacGyverBE noticed immediately - [I reported and made a hinting comment](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7umqnb investor_dave_morin_tesla_model_3_is_by_far_the dtlwda0 ). The alt s response to the other user s comment: Do you guys have a persecution complex? A bit amusing there. The admins messaged me this morning stating action had been taken. And now if you try to see that user s page it says its suspended. So yet again the German alt-making trolls are too stupid to use a VPN buy an old account or stop copy-pasting their common responses. Pick up your game trolls! I shouldn t be able to catch two of you within 2 weeks! Come on now at least make it challenging. | dieabetic | 2018-02-06 01:15:52 | 102 | dtttc5x | I am currently living in Germany working for a huge auto parts supplier. I have a weekly meeting with the entire executive team where I run the presentation. My back ground is a Model 3. They do NOT like it. The running joke is “I wonder how many cars they didn t build this week”. | Vol16 | 2018-02-06 16:32:14 | 5 | Evolution of Tesla Subreddit |
7xk2k6 | [Meta] Another one bites the dust... PetrolHead99 | [Tried to be coy this time](https: www.reddit.com r teslamotors comments 7wtcjc very_honest_balanced_discussion_on_tesla_vs_rest du35vvk ) But clearly didnt use a VPN.... [When will they learn?](https: www.reddit.com r RealTesla comments 7wn1rm anyone_have_good_data_on_model_x_reservation du359kr ) | dieabetic | 2018-02-14 18:21:19 | 39 | du8vy8r | A bit of context please? I am dead curious now. :) | thiagogaith | 2018-02-14 18:49:51 | 5 | Miscellaneous Tesla Topic |
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