He seemed to get a bit technical when talking about filters. I wish he had been more clear and described exactly what the use of filters were to normal people. In that when you're in the vehicle, you'll be breathing in less toxins emitted by other vehicles etc.
Tesla Model X Launch event, livestream
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#82Caught the tail end of the event. Elon definitely comes across as genuine and a real person. That said, a little practice in the stage presence / showmanship department could certainly help things flow smoother and amp up the excitement a bit; something this brand and its cars deserve!
Everything is overmarketed these days.
I prefer things underdone.
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#83Curious how much the Whole Foods bags from the frunk cost as a product placement.
I'm sure the crowd would have loved to see a Walmart bag instead.
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#84I 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.
Couldn't possibly disagree more. He comes off as genuine instead of as a script-reading marketing person. He really cares about the product and the end goal and every inch of this originates from him.
This is his version of enthusiasm. Steve Jobs wasn't any more "enthusiastic"....he was soft-spoken and straightforward, too, he just didn't stutter/hesitate the way Elon naturally does, so he came across as much smoother.
If you think not having Elon out front and center for this company would be a good thing, you've really not grasped the symbiotic bond between him and his companies and his customers.
This is just another way Tesla is unique-- they don't overmarket everything, they don't run ads, they don't have some slick super-model announce their products. The main engineer, the guy who designed it, talks about it in his own way. I wouldn't have them change a thing.
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#85Anybody knows the price?
They revealed today that the base model has a 90kWh battery, which is currently the top-of-the-line pack size for the Model S. Thus, it's almost certain that the starting point will be north of 90k and very likely over 100k with a few basic options thrown in.
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#86Caught the tail end of the event. Elon definitely comes across as genuine and a real person. That said, a little practice in the stage presence / showmanship department could certainly help things flow smoother and amp up the excitement a bit; something this brand and its cars deserve!
I enjoyed it a lot.
It had that iPhone/iPad launch (genuine) excitement to it. Those cheers were real even if half of them were Tesla employees. And yeah he should practice more but I also don't think you can fake the kind of charm someone like Steve Jobs just naturally had on stage.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
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".
Tesla's non-commissioned showroom employees are a lot less pushy than commissioned car salespeople. Maybe you prefer the latter.
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#88Anybody knows the price?
If they haven’t already updated the website, it’s priced about $5000 more than a comparable-spec Model S: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/639170376186990592
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#89so who were the VIPs who took possession? I heard that he mentioned "Sergey" as the owner for vin 3. I didnt recognize the others.
Only recognised the last one. It's Steve Jurvetson, from DFJ.
He got the one of the first Model S's. Also invested in Tesla.
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#90The automatic opening front door is cool
Little slow, though. I'd rather wrench open the door manually than wait for that thing. When Musk demoed it he slid in sideways so it wasn't so obvious.
Probably door sensors doing
1: omg is there something next to me?
2: nope! ok..open door a bit more..
3: goto 1