So a Tesla has reached sweet trinidad

[gfbl]

rumoured at 700k

[SR]

The one brought in was an older model

[nixonliketheprez]

700k for a US35k vehicle???

[pete]

Lol @ Pete

How they charging that?

You can buy a home charging station

Thanks Habit. This is what I was hoping to hear.

These have on board charging and have a plug that works with a normal 115V outlet. Or you can get a faster charger etc.

@3:25

[pugboy]

So nobody knows the taxation scheme on it ?

[pete]

"Soon all taxes will be removed"

So I guess it hasn't been done yet. Brought in something electric and we had to pay MVT this week as well. (not a car)

These are 66-75kUS not 35k.. :\

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

[nixonliketheprez]

"Soon all taxes will be removed"

So I guess it hasn't been done yet. Brought in something electric and we had to pay MVT this week as well. (not a car)

These are 66-75kUS not 35k.. :\

Oh yea thats for the model 3

[Habit7]

The owner should play he sleeping and put on the auto pilot, freak some people out.

jus wanna know if a tesla smart enough to know Trinidad have roads. Some roads don't even have lines on them lol

You won't mind if I surprise you by saying that in the US and UK there are roads without markings as well? The autopilot uses Google Maps and visible white lines where available, don't see why it can't work here.

[jones81]

At one time I used to repair electric forklifts , was the smoothest running vehicles that you could get , battery used to hold charge for a long time as well , trinidad is well suited for such vehicles , charging twice per week might just be enough , or just a top up in the night should be fine , will not see too many people converting to SR , might actually see more people converting to electric in the near future an sharing licks to IC engine

[rspann]

Just cross 80 kmh with it and you getting charged.

[viedcht]

If only it was positive charge... instead ah negative charge...

[killersuzuki]

I would love to own one. I hope the price won't be ridiculous...

[drchaos]

I would advise not to buy from this company unless officially sanctioned by Tesla motors. No history in T&T, they can sell you a car and fold up tomorrow. Also Tesla is well known for refusing to sell through dealerships, they only sell directly to customers.

These cars are too highly technical and software and hardware wise for me to trust some third party seller to do any repairs.

[A172]

ppl hv to actually buy for that to happen so that company aint hv nun to worry abt

[screwbash]

all these electric tings with a brain will soon rise up and kill us all.

[jones81]

the technology to run this car is probably less complicated than your average fuel injected car , not sure how complicated tesla has made it but there was far less sensors and gadgets to monitor performance on electric forklifts . with all the bells and whistles removed this technology is reasonably simple will still have to do diagnostics though.

[SR]

The vehicle will require a certified mechanic to work on.......this aint your regular 12volt system and the batteries cannot be bought over the counter. It has way more technology in it than an electric forkflift

[jones81]

The vehicle will require a certified mechanic to work on.......this aint your regular 12volt system and the batteries cannot be bought over the counter. It has way more technology in it than an electric forkflift

Mechanic certified or not should not even go near that , either electronic technician or men who trained in variable frequency drives , forktrucks were 48 V dc system converted back to three phase running through induction motors with the necessary IGBT"s and oscilloscope cards and voltage converters and optional programming features to regenerate the battery , simple stuff for a good technician.

[Kinday]

It's a great car nonetheless. I paid a visit to a Tesla display in London last year and got a few pics. It was the best I could do after the sales rep quoted £55000. I guess he saw my withdrawal and offered that they were working on a hatch type with a lower price point too lol. That turned out to be the Model 3... Glad to see that it's finally here with the options for purchase. It should suit Trini fine....**Goals [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

[A172]

trinis doz run from cvt & 4wd dey go buy electric?
same thing when govt mention hybrid exemptions d other day all these pests harassing ppl abt it & dey aint buying sheit

[Ronaldo95163]

But they so boring
Can't even drive proper manual with that

[drchaos]

But they so boring
Can't even drive proper manual with that

Manual transmission? Was dat?
Sounds like something from the Jurassic period, extinct.


What next, you go be telling us about joys of shoveling coal into a steam engine?

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

But they so boring
Can't even drive proper manual with that

Manual transmission? Was dat?
Sounds like something from the Jurassic period, extinct.


What next, you go be telling us about joys of shoveling coal into a steam engine?

Manual transmissions should stay for IC engines I find. Top bad they getting phased out.

[viedcht]

The ting with these electric is the silence and the acceleration. Electric doh even need to change gears. Smooth fuh so. Plus yuh disable the speaker effect and yuh on stealth mode, only tyre noise.

[drchaos]

Electrification is the future and with that manual transmissions done. Norway already planning to ban cars with IC engines and EU soon gonna implement ban for pure IC cars in cities.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Electrification is the future and with that manual transmissions done. Norway already planning to ban cars with IC engines and EU soon gonna implement ban for pure IC cars in cities.

Great for tree huggers. Not if you actually care about driving though.

[nervewrecker]

I dont understand how we can remove taxes on something that uses our subsidized electricity to charge. We use gas to make electricity and removed the subsidy on gas for IC engines but encouraging vehicles that take advantage of out electricity subsidy.

[jones81]

Yup , the motors are constant torque, really no need for a transmission , the motors are reversible as well so you dont even need a transmission for reverse.

[jones81]

Maybe if petrotrin cud keep the cost of refining down we could stick to IC , but nat gas is burnt directly in the gas turbines that produce power an everyone has power at home , no need to refine nat gas,an we have plenty, so it cheaper.