donganaaK Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 The new Tesla P85D is AWD and goes 0-60 in 3.2. Perspective: As fast as a McLaran F1 and faster than a Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 Tesla D is, as expected, an AWD Model S but new autopilot features surprise At Reveal Event, Crowd Loves Autopark, Autoarrive Tech By Sebastian BlancoRSS feedGoogle+ Posted Oct 9th 2014 11:49PM 9563 Comments66 To say that the Internet was excited about the mysterious Tesla D before tonight's official announcements were made is a terrible understatement. Amid a bunch of excited Tweets and frustrating attempts at getting a live stream from the event, USA Today published the first story that described some of the new D's features.Automotive News followed suit, but both of those articles were quickly taken down. On site at the Hawthorne airport in Los Angeles, CA, our friend Zan Dubin-Scott Tweeted about an overheard comment before Musk took the stage, "What he's about to say - you need to feel, not just hear about." The 'he' here is Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Yeah, people were ready for something big. But the news didn't quite live up to the hype. How could it, really? People wanted to see the first glimpse of the Model 3 or even the production Model X, but all they got were improvements to the current Model S. Thankfully, these are interesting improvements. Here's what Elon's D is all about: The new all-wheel drive Model S – the "D" – will get 10 more miles of range to a max of 275 miles thanks to increased overall efficiencies in the powertrain that Musk called, "a huge improvement." All Model S EVs that have AWD will be designated with a "D," so the P85 "performance" model will become the P85D when it has AWD, for example. The D models will also have a higher top speed and a decreased 0-60 time of just 3.2 seconds. "Literally everything improves about the car with dual-motor," Musk said. The "something else" is the "A," which is the other letter that Musk said he was glad he didn't tease when he said he would "reveal the D." The A is a suite of Tesla autopilot autonomous driving technologies and it's been in production for the last two weeks (no kidding). The new technological bits include a long-range forward-looking radar, a camera with image recognition that can read things like signs and know where pedestrians are and a 360-degree, long-range sonar. This will all be integrated into the GPS, navigation and real-time traffic, which means that the car is now capable of being autonomous. But Musk said that there are not enough safety redundancies built in to the vehicle quite yet, so it's really just a tremendously advanced active safety system. Unfortunately, the new bits cannot be retrofitted into earlier Model S vehicles. These autopilot dohickeys mean that the car will also be able to autopark or drive up to where you are waiting for it (as long as you're on private property). If you have the calendar programmed correctly, the car can even come meet you on time. What makes all of this possible is the electric powertrain, Musk said. People at the event were loudly excited about all of this autopilot stuff, which makes us think a lot of them must have tremendously long driveways. Musk said that the next thing he wants the car to do is automatically plug itself in, and he announced that, "we will probably do something like that." He made no mention of wireless charging or how much all of this new tech would cost. Viewed from afar – a huge thanks to Seth for his bootleg livestream – the event included a robot arm swirling a skateboard Model S powertrain around in the air and Musk looking loose and enjoying himself. Referencing some of the Internets jokes about Musk's Tweet about revealing "the D," Musk started out his speech by saying, "You'll notice my pants have velcro seals. But that may have mixed appeal." His improved car, though, will likely be enjoyed by pretty much everyone.
iamlegend Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 making of another Steve Jobs mania. steve jobs is nothing compared to tesla atleast tesla is riding new frontiers for humanity and open sourced hard researched patents while mofo apple sued for swiping screen changes on samsung for money LMAO
gargicau Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 steve jobs is nothing compared to tesla atleast tesla is riding new frontiers for humanity and open sourced hard researched patents while mofo apple sued for swiping screen changes on samsung for money LMAO yeah Musk takes crazy risks. what did he open source btw?
iamlegend Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 yeah Musk takes crazy risks. what did he open source btw? documentries chusina pratodu cheptadu crazy risks ani whats new in your analysis? tdp to find out what he open sourced visit tesla . com LOL either you are biased and chose to turn blind on world with ignorace! i heard ignorance is a bliss but proved a fail in your case LOL
donganaaK Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Posted October 10, 2014 yeah Musk takes crazy risks. what did he open source btw? Not exactly open sourcing but this http://fortune.com/2014/06/13/the-one-asterisk-on-teslas-patent-giveaway/ its pretty big i suppose
iamlegend Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 Not exactly open sourcing but this http://fortune.com/2014/06/13/the-one-asterisk-on-teslas-patent-giveaway/ its pretty big i suppose http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/06/12/tesla-goes-open-source-elon-musk-releases-patents-to-good-faith-use/
gargicau Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 documentries chusina pratodu cheptadu crazy risks ani whats new in your analysis? tdp to find out what he open sourced visit tesla . com LOL either you are biased and chose to turn blind on world with ignorace! i heard ignorance is a bliss but proved a fail in your case LOL lol okay. calm down.
iamlegend Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 lol okay. calm down. LOL now start with stitching the loose end
gargicau Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 LOL now start with stitching the loose end what loose end? what are you blabbering? I don't follow Tesla or auto market. I just hear everybody rave about him. Anyway giving away patents is not some act of benevolence. It is tactical. ARM did it successfully and revolutionized the mobile/tablet space. ofcourse ARM licenses it for a price, unlike Tesla's give away.
iamlegend Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 what loose end? what are you blabbering? I don't follow Tesla or auto market. I just hear everybody rave about him. Anyway giving away patents is not some act of benevolence. It is tactical. ARM did it successfully and revolutionized the mobile/tablet space. ofcourse ARM licenses it for a price, unlike Tesla's give away. well that is your trait and suits you well.Dont worry about things you dont understand aight? so you dont follow or dont read shyt but formulate opinions based on what you randomly hear about in bits! bravo end of the topic.
gargicau Posted October 10, 2014 Report Posted October 10, 2014 well that is your trait and suits you well.Dont worry about things you dont understand aight? so you dont follow or dont read shyt but formulate opinions based on what you randomly hear about in bits! bravo end of the topic. I haven't seen you make any technical points here to give you your assumed superiority over me in the auto sector. I've already pointed out that giving out hardware patents may be a first in the auto sector, but is quite common in electronics. The only thing unique about Elon Musk is that he seems to be taking risks others are not willing to. If you have anything else to add, do. also, I'm not obliged to follow everything. I don't have that much time, beyond being focused on my work, unlike you overpaid IT coolie.
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