<story><title>Tesla Model 3 Sets New EV Cannonball Run Record</title><url>http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17312/tesla-model-3-sets-new-ev-cannonball-run-record-of-50-hours-16-minutes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>InTheArena</author><text>I drove the Model 3 last week. It’s a properly good car in it’s own right - It reminded me of the MOdel 3 from BMS in how it handles, of course the performance curve is totally different. The rethinking of the dashboard is perfect for the cell phone age. It’s Apple Good (back when Apple was good).&lt;p&gt;The performance curve - the instant power at any point is addicting. The seats were comfortable, and the trunk space was ample.&lt;p&gt;The build quality, at least on the unit I saw is _better_ then the S or the X right now. This is primarily due to the simplification of the assembly compared to the S and the X. Honestly, having driven both, I would buy a 3 before buying a S. The only killer feature I see missing is the air suspension, and we know that is coming for the 3.&lt;p&gt;They are going to sell a million of the 3s.&lt;p&gt;For the record, I’m not a EV or a green evangelist. I don’t have a snarky license plate, or solar on my roof. But I will be picking one of these up. It’s perfect for my use cases. People will compare it with the Bolt, but people forget that SUperchargers are Tesla only right now. Want to get from LA to NY? Easy in Tesla. With a Bolt, there are places that you just can’t go.&lt;p&gt;It looks like (judging by VIN allocations, which is not a great method, but also by drone videos) that Tesla hit 1k a week the last week or two of December. Assuming no huge bottlenecks remaining, that takes them solidly half way up their ramp, with one more huge jump - to 3-5k a week - remaining.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>BoorishBears</author><text>The Bolt has DC fast charging, the Volt is a PHEV and would make it from LA to NY with 5 minute stops.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Model 3 Sets New EV Cannonball Run Record</title><url>http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/17312/tesla-model-3-sets-new-ev-cannonball-run-record-of-50-hours-16-minutes</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>InTheArena</author><text>I drove the Model 3 last week. It’s a properly good car in it’s own right - It reminded me of the MOdel 3 from BMS in how it handles, of course the performance curve is totally different. The rethinking of the dashboard is perfect for the cell phone age. It’s Apple Good (back when Apple was good).&lt;p&gt;The performance curve - the instant power at any point is addicting. The seats were comfortable, and the trunk space was ample.&lt;p&gt;The build quality, at least on the unit I saw is _better_ then the S or the X right now. This is primarily due to the simplification of the assembly compared to the S and the X. Honestly, having driven both, I would buy a 3 before buying a S. The only killer feature I see missing is the air suspension, and we know that is coming for the 3.&lt;p&gt;They are going to sell a million of the 3s.&lt;p&gt;For the record, I’m not a EV or a green evangelist. I don’t have a snarky license plate, or solar on my roof. But I will be picking one of these up. It’s perfect for my use cases. People will compare it with the Bolt, but people forget that SUperchargers are Tesla only right now. Want to get from LA to NY? Easy in Tesla. With a Bolt, there are places that you just can’t go.&lt;p&gt;It looks like (judging by VIN allocations, which is not a great method, but also by drone videos) that Tesla hit 1k a week the last week or two of December. Assuming no huge bottlenecks remaining, that takes them solidly half way up their ramp, with one more huge jump - to 3-5k a week - remaining.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vanderZwan</author><text>Comments like this make me think the Model 3 is going to be the Ford Model T of electric cars.</text></comment>