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Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by gesman »

greglindahl wrote: post #66
gesman wrote: post #55

I'm on the market for a car in Bay area and was considering Tesla until met with somewhat uninspiring people at Tesla dealership delivering conversation in kind of "Yes. No. Thank you" manner leaving me with impression that they were busy with something more interesting than my presence and hoping i won't keep asking these stupid questions about tesla cars. Were i suppose to make an appointment to avoid being an intr…

Sounds like you want to buy from salespeople on commission.

I don't mind paying for good service, whatever way it was delivered.

Good service followed by the good product seems like a win win, unless of course some links in this chain are not "as good".

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by 36erhefg »

IBM wrote: post #63
dmcginty wrote: post #52

I admire Tesla as a company, but I can't help but wonder why they still have Elon Musk do the entire presentation himself. Sure, he's their superstar, but he comes off as a very underprepared public speaker. I wish they had him do an introduction, and then have a spokesperson do the bulk of the talking. Instead, he's showing off these new and amazing products with nearly no charisma and enthusiasm.

Made me cringe when customers came up to drive off with their cars. Really felt like a Samsung tier presentation.

In contrast to an uptight corporate event, it felt genuine and realistic. You know, like that time you got your keys, for the car you bought, from a normal human being.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by greglindahl »

36erhefg wrote: post #67
greglindahl wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's claiming they did better than 5 stars, similar to what Tesla claimed about Model S. Tomorrow, you can bet that the feds will be complaining.

Can you source that actual claim about Model S?

Tesla press release:

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130820005458/http://www.tes...

(Edit: I had to link to the wayback machine because Tesla subsequently removed the press release. Alternately, there's also the blog posting that you yourself pointed to elsewhere in this thread, with the same language: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-model-s-achieves-best-...)

The feds pushed back that 5 stars is the max, and there's no such thing as doing better than 5 stars.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by butwhy »

dmcginty wrote: post #52

I admire Tesla as a company, but I can't help but wonder why they still have Elon Musk do the entire presentation himself. Sure, he's their superstar, but he comes off as a very underprepared public speaker. I wish they had him do an introduction, and then have a spokesperson do the bulk of the talking. Instead, he's showing off these new and amazing products with nearly no charisma and enthusiasm.

Tesla are building a great brand and part of that comes from the presence of a visionary like him. I think a lot of people respect the fact he doesn't allow a PR person to BS the audience. But hey, they've come this far doing it this way so I don't see a need to change now.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by yongelee »

dmcginty wrote: post #52

I admire Tesla as a company, but I can't help but wonder why they still have Elon Musk do the entire presentation himself. Sure, he's their superstar, but he comes off as a very underprepared public speaker. I wish they had him do an introduction, and then have a spokesperson do the bulk of the talking. Instead, he's showing off these new and amazing products with nearly no charisma and enthusiasm.

Because it matters. Would you rather hear about any Tesla news from elon musk or some random pr person they hired?

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by abalone »

dskhatri wrote: post #25
36erhefg wrote: post #23

The doors opening in that narrow space; crowd went insane. Livestream link: http://livestream.com/accounts/4186560/events/4387735/player

In the tight parking spot scenario, how does the driver get out of the car?

As many of us know, it's still possible in many situations if you can get the front door open just enough to squeeze through. The reason why you want to engineer something better for the rear door is for families, mainly. You need a bigger aperture to help kids in and out of car seats, for example. That's a huge use case for the Model X.

If you have kids and you watched this you are going bonkers right now.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by the8472 »

dmcginty wrote: post #52

I admire Tesla as a company, but I can't help but wonder why they still have Elon Musk do the entire presentation himself. Sure, he's their superstar, but he comes off as a very underprepared public speaker. I wish they had him do an introduction, and then have a spokesperson do the bulk of the talking. Instead, he's showing off these new and amazing products with nearly no charisma and enthusiasm.

If your product is good enough you shouldn't need showmanship.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by 36erhefg »

greglindahl wrote: post #73
36erhefg wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you source that actual claim about Model S?

Tesla press release: http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130820005458/http://www.tes... (Edit: I had to link to the wayback machine because Tesla subsequently removed the press release. Alternately, there's also the blog posting that you yourself pointed to elsewhere in this thread, with the same language: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tesla-model-s-achieves-best-... ) The feds pushed back that 5 stars is the max, and…

And where is the claim, I can't seem to find it in your link.

Edit: My comment is still valid, there was simply no such claim made.

Re: Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream

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Post by karpathy »

dmcginty wrote: post #52

I admire Tesla as a company, but I can't help but wonder why they still have Elon Musk do the entire presentation himself. Sure, he's their superstar, but he comes off as a very underprepared public speaker. I wish they had him do an introduction, and then have a spokesperson do the bulk of the talking. Instead, he's showing off these new and amazing products with nearly no charisma and enthusiasm.

I think I like it better with Elon, than if there was some random sales pitch person with a perfectly rehearsed and forcefully over-enthusiastic presentation. It's a combination of respect for the man, and a sense in which we're geeking out over the features together in an informal and relaxed manner. Something like that.
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