Tesla Model Y

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Ares

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11,000 posts

128 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Thumbing through Autocar at the airport.... Tesla Model Y, small SUV. Launches next year, 75% component share with Model 3.

kambites

68,524 posts

229 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Ares said:
Thumbing through Autocar at the airport.... Tesla Model Y, small SUV. Launches next year, 75% component share with Model 3.
We'll be lucky if the Model-3 launches in the UK by next year at this rate!

anonymous-user

62 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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kambites said:
We'll be lucky if the Model-3 launches in the UK by next year at this rate!
So available from 2022?

Ares

Original Poster:

11,000 posts

128 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Combining the Anti-SUV rhetoric of PH, with the equally strong Anti-EV rhetoric, there'll be no demand anyway wink

ChemicalChaos

10,536 posts

168 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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To be honest, I wish they'd hurry up and make their promised pickup truck with 3. 5 ton towing capacity, long range etc. It (or the equivalent Rivian) might be the only thing to tempt me out of my LPG Yank SUVs

gangzoom

6,811 posts

223 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Ares said:
Combining the Anti-SUV rhetoric of PH, with the equally strong Anti-EV rhetoric, there'll be no demand anyway wink
smile

anonymous-user

62 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Ares said:
Combining the Anti-SUV rhetoric of PH, with the equally strong Anti-EV rhetoric, there'll be no demand anyway wink
Anti Tesla, not anti EV. I’m sure it’ll be widely adopted when the proper manufacturers turn up.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

262 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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It's the car I'm waiting for but depending on time lines might get a 3 this year.

Hopefully they'll keep it simple, no gull wing doors etc, then should be easy to make.

anonymous-user

62 months

Friday 22nd February 2019
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Ares said:
Combining the Anti-SUV rhetoric of PH, with the equally strong Anti-EV rhetoric, there'll be no demand anyway wink
I haven’t noticed any ‘anti’ rhetoric towards either SUVs or EVs, in all honesty.

There is some criticism of the current EV offerings as being overpriced and/or poorly built, but not without some justification.

I doubt there are many on here who wouldn’t have an EV if it was conpetitively priced, well built and had a suitable range.

I certainly would but they’re not here yet.

gangzoom

6,811 posts

223 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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RobDickinson said:
Hopefully they'll keep it simple, no gull wing doors etc, then should be easy to make.
Go and wash your mouth out and have a long think of what you said.....

The giant windscreen, and powered doors are two features on the X I love the most. It's amazing how lazy we are as human beings, having to manually open/close doors these days seem so tiresome.

Not sure I can ever buy another car without powered doors and an uninterrupted view of the world, it's like driving in a convertible but without having to worry about rain/wind/cold, look up and all you see is sky biggrin.






gangzoom

6,811 posts

223 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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yonex said:
Anti Tesla, not anti EV. I’m sure it’ll be widely adopted when the proper manufacturers turn up.
You mean like Audi? Looks like they did a better job than JLR, but still cannot more range from a 95kWh battery than Tesla does on a 75kWh battery, despite been a smaller/slower car?

https://insideevs.com/autobahn-range-tesla-model-x...

Or Mercedes who still haven't delivered a single EQC yet, how long has the Model S been on sale for? Remind me please, I thought it was 2012, because according to lots of 'experts' on here building EVs is really easy is it not? Isn't 2012 like nearly a decade ago??

https://insideevs.com/mercedes-benz-delays-eqc-del...

Maybe Toyota will get it right when they build their EV, afterall Audi and Merc arent really proper manufactures compared to Toyota. Let's see when their first EV is due......



......any ideas when that will be?

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

262 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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fk Toyota and their self charging bullst.

Heres Johnny

7,479 posts

132 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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The Model Y was the car they should have built and not the M3. The number of saloon cars that sell well compared to hatches speaks for itself. You’d have thought it would be just a reconfig of the rear of the M3 and run them both down the same production line like every other manufacturer does.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

262 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Theoretically most buyers should be in the saloons instead of the cuv/suv versions, a good chunk more efficient when you dont need the size etc.

But yeah I agree the Y should have been first. Hopefully wont take long to get it going considering the sharing with the 3, and the tricky bit (battert, tech, drivetrain) already done.

gangzoom

6,811 posts

223 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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Heres Johnny said:
The Model Y was the car they should have built and not the M3. The number of saloon cars that sell well compared to hatches speaks for itself. You’d have thought it would be just a reconfig of the rear of the M3 and run them both down the same production line like every other manufacturer does.
I really hope the Y isn't just another boring hatchback body, I get plenty of people want boring hatchbacks, but that's not what Tesla have built their brand image on. Leave the boring stuff to Hyundai/Kia/Nissan/VW.

anonymous-user

62 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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gangzoom said:
RobDickinson said:
Hopefully they'll keep it simple, no gull wing doors etc, then should be easy to make.
Go and wash your mouth out and have a long think of what you said.....

The giant windscreen, and powered doors are two features on the X I love the most. It's amazing how lazy we are as human beings, having to manually open/close doors these days seem so tiresome.

Not sure I can ever buy another car without powered doors and an uninterrupted view of the world, it's like driving in a convertible but without having to worry about rain/wind/cold, look up and all you see is sky biggrin.

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“Not sure I can ever buy another car without powered doors....”

Surely you’re not that sad?

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

262 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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He might be.

Ok they are cool feature but the single biggest mechanical disaster on the X, hugely expensive, always going wrong and stop you using a roof rack.

If you want them then why not buy the x?

anonymous-user

62 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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gangzoom said:
You mean like Audi? Looks like they did a better job than JLR, but still cannot more range from a 95kWh battery than Tesla does on a 75kWh battery, despite been a smaller/slower car?

https://insideevs.com/autobahn-range-tesla-model-x...

Or Mercedes who still haven't delivered a single EQC yet, how long has the Model S been on sale for? Remind me please, I thought it was 2012, because according to lots of 'experts' on here building EVs is really easy is it not? Isn't 2012 like nearly a decade ago??

https://insideevs.com/mercedes-benz-delays-eqc-del...

Maybe Toyota will get it right when they build their EV, afterall Audi and Merc arent really proper manufactures compared to Toyota. Let's see when their first EV is due......



......any ideas when that will be?
I’ll wait. The option of giving Mr Musk a single penny isn’t a great alternative.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

262 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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oh yeah right yonex your queueing up for an EV and especially a tesla rolleyes

kambites

68,524 posts

229 months

Saturday 23rd February 2019
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REALIST123 said:
“Not sure I can ever buy another car without powered doors....”

Surely you’re not that sad?
I guess it's just the next step on from "must have keyless entry", which was a step on from "must have electric windows", etc.

I'm not overly bothered about any of that sort of thing personally, but cearly plenty of people are.