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The 2014 Tesla Model S Touch Screen, There’s the 17-inch touch screen that is “the centerpiece of the interior,” according to von Holzhausen. The touch screen provides all of the vehicle’s interface components such as climate control and entertainment, but also offers 3G or wireless connectivity for Google Maps, Pandora music, and full browser capability. “It’s the iPhone of the auto industry,” said von Holzhausen. “It’s a huge landscape that we can control and continue to update, and re-skin, and make the car feel fresh and personalized.” The touch screen is a bold step toward a future where car and info technology blend and transform the automotive landscape.
You might expect that a revolutionary list of attractive features would be enough to promote the 2014 Tesla Model S—but as late night infomercial hucksters say, “That’s not all.” 2014 Tesla is suggesting that it could offer quick charging in 45 minutes, and an option to extend driving range to 300 miles. But these things, and a number of other futuristic features, are examples of Tesla getting ahead of itself.
The biggest doubts relate to timing. Unlike the Roadster, which 2014 Tesla heavily relied on UK’s Lotus Cars to create, the Model S is a completely original ground-up design that will be manufactured in-house. The company is promising delivery—from prototype to release—in about 30 months. Neil describes that breakneck production pace as “an audacious timeline that makes many in the car industry roll their eyes…And people inside Tesla are leery.”
You should raise your eyebrows when the 2014 Tesla suggests a 45-minute charging time or the notion that battery swapping might be built in. Don’t count on it. But again, that’s okay. We were already sold at “sleek spacious $50,000 five-seat all-electric sedan.”
You might expect that a revolutionary list of attractive features would be enough to promote the 2014 Tesla Model S—but as late night infomercial hucksters say, “That’s not all.” 2014 Tesla is suggesting that it could offer quick charging in 45 minutes, and an option to extend driving range to 300 miles. But these things, and a number of other futuristic features, are examples of Tesla getting ahead of itself.
The biggest doubts relate to timing. Unlike the Roadster, which 2014 Tesla heavily relied on UK’s Lotus Cars to create, the Model S is a completely original ground-up design that will be manufactured in-house. The company is promising delivery—from prototype to release—in about 30 months. Neil describes that breakneck production pace as “an audacious timeline that makes many in the car industry roll their eyes…And people inside Tesla are leery.”
You should raise your eyebrows when the 2014 Tesla suggests a 45-minute charging time or the notion that battery swapping might be built in. Don’t count on it. But again, that’s okay. We were already sold at “sleek spacious $50,000 five-seat all-electric sedan.”