Efter offentliggørelsen af Q4-regnskabet i onsdags var der en times "Q and A" hvor investorerne kunne stille spørgsmål. Den ligger som webcaast på http://ir.teslamotors.com/eventdetail.cfm?EventID=155787.
Der er et transscript på http://seekingalpha.com/...p;p=qanda&l=last
En del af spørgsmålene handlede om Model X.
Elon svarer bl.a. at "The design is done. So it is just a question of tooling and supply chain at this point".
"We got quite adventurious with the X"...
En spørger hvilke vilde ting de har udskudt på Model #, og Elon svarer:
We can’t tell you that. I mean - so yes, this is - yes, with the X we had the Falcon Wing door, which is a first sort of double X rating gullwing door basically we called Falcon Wing door. Getting that right and making sure it works really well and [indiscernible] mechanic, but is a fundamental improvement in utility and aesthetics for cars is extremely difficult. And as a reason, I’ll [do] [ph] when I’ve done this. And then the second row on the Model X is like it is a second row is [indiscernible] of sculptural beauty they’re amazing. They are the nicest second row seats you’ve ever seen in any car ever. That actually might have been harder than the door. And there was some other things about the X that people don’t know about yet.
But those who went to driving schedule [indiscernible] second row seat and the door. So then going to Model 3, we want to - and I think we want to have particularly in super high volume. It’s something that [indiscernible] that for this feature we lose a year of production. That’s - it would make more sense just go with something that we know people are going to love, that’s going to be incredibly beautiful and functional and an amazing car. And then innovate in more, I don’t know, [indiscernible] directions on that platform with future iterations where we are not - we can then put aside any schedule and volume concern.
Og endelig 46-47 minutter inde kommer dette spørgsmål og svar:
Question: "Is there going to be any sort of advanced [...] showing of it [...] ahead of the launch that we should be looking forward to?"
Musk: "You know, because there are these different features that I mentioned -- I'm being sort of intentionally obtuse -- we're not going to show it until it gets delivered."
Om første levering hedder det nu august og kraftig ramp up i produktion i Q4.
Så på den ene side - der er noget fedt at glæde sig til. Og på den anden side: SUK - vi må væbne os med tålmodighed.
