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Tesla has been in the news a lot in the last week, with their Model 3 going into production, and their announcement of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage project in South Australia.
The latest news is unofficial, but from generally reliable sources. A website called Teslarati has published screenshots from Kim of the Like Tesla YouTube channel, which seem to indicate that she and other top referrers are now being offered discounts on "a Founder's Series next gen Roadster" as part of Tesla's referral program. If true this would seem to indicate Tesla formally taking a step forward in the level of their commitment to actually going ahead with this vehicle. They stopped producing their original Roadster in 2012, the same year they started delivering their Model S to customers.
There is also speculation online that the Next Gen Roadster will be one of the "few other things" to be mentioned at the unveiling of the Tesla Semi in late September, as alluded to by Elon Musk (Tesla's CEO) at a shareholder meeting last month.
(Score: 2) by Open4D on Friday July 14 2017, @08:21AM (1 child)
Ha! After our previous discussion [soylentnews.org], when I subsequently saw this story I knew I had to submit it to draw this response from you!
Just kidding. In fact, AFAICT, this is the first indication that Tesla has officially made any kind of commitment to making a new Roadster. Elon's tweets (like this [twitter.com]) are one thing. But for Tesla to use their official app to tell some of their most valued customers that in exchange for helping Tesla, they can get a discount on the new Roadster, seems almost as close to an official announcement as you can get (apart from an actual official announcement).
So if by this ...
... you meant that this story shouldn't have been submitted by me or accepted by the editors, then obviously I disagree.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by n1 on Friday July 14 2017, @10:20PM
I really appreciate your comment and the submission in general. It's nice to have a constructive disagreement on the internet!
As I am actually an editor for SN, personally I wouldn't have accepted it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have submitted it or someone else accept the submission.
I probably take the strongest stand on the relevance and validity of stories, defend some, reject others.... But no one has veto power over a story, and I'm happy to go along with consensus but will also share my thoughts in the comments.
my only concern about my rants on this topic is that they can be seen as a dismissal of BEV or alternative fuel vehicles, which they are not, I just have big issues with how Tesla and Musk do business, as someone who has run their own business, I don't see how anyone can replicate the successes or emulate the business model in another sector. It is impossible to teach a lesson or learn from Musk as an entrepreneur and visionary in business and technology.