Currently it costs in the USA ~ $684/mo to drive 1000 miles with FSD subscription, insurance and energy costs. This works out to $0.684(0.69)/mile. How odd. Most cars sit around doing not that much, most of the time. As you decrease the number $684, you broaden the available market. Even starting with a couple buying […]
Model 3 Improvements Blog Posts
Tesla’s Success due to “Make it Better” Attitude
When products are developed, there tends to be a point where most workers will state “Good Enough!”. But not at Tesla. The question is always, “How Can We Do BETTER?”. Technology builds upon itself. In order to improve, most look to the latest superficial customer facing issues. But to really improve, to the point where […]
Should I be the #1 TSLA Analyst?
I estimated Tesla would deliver 113,200 cars this quarter. Tesla delivered 112,000 cars. I overshot by 1,200 cars. How did you do Wall St.? My price Target on TSLA is currently $800 in July 2020. Congratulations to Tesla Employees, Elon and congratulations to all new owners! Current predictions for Q1 and Q2 2020 are 171,000 […]
A Self Driving Future
Imagine a future where transportation is quick and even quicker when you plan ahead. You need a car and one shows up instantly to take you wherever you want to go. On a $40,700 Tesla Model 3 leased today, Tesla will collect $6,289 +$2,500 +($399 * 36) = $23,153 for leasing the car to a […]
Tesla Q3 Cars Delivered 97,000, Tesla 2017 Cars Delivered 103,091
Tesla has one more chance this year to post a quarterly delivered results of what they were able to achieve for the entire year 2017. If they do this, they will have quadrupled deliveries since 2017 (or doubled year over year). Meanwhile, the stock price…
Bad Defaults
It happens to the best of us. In development, everything has to land somewhere. There has to be default behavior where a user experience can be optimized. One example of default behavior is Google search results. The result is that you get the exact pages you want on the first page of Google’s results. I […]
How Tesla can Solve Idle Fees
When you park at a Super Charger, you can leave your car to charge while you go grab a bite or do some shopping. At some point though, your car will finish charging. After that, you are taking up a parking spot with your car plugged in. This is where “Idle Fees” kick in. If […]
Profile Detection
My car keeps getting better. One cool feature about the Tesla is the driver profiles. My wife can set it to her profile and the mirrors and seat adjusts to her saved config settings. When I drive the car I could select my profile and have my saved settings. The whole thing is a major […]
Best Model 3 Bass Tracks
Pass the Knife – Cypress Hill Fighting Fire – Breakage