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stevesreed wrote: » Sorry, my statement was "entirely accurate". Bluetooth support is not "iPhone integration". I did not say there was not way to play any music. iPhone integration includes selecting songs, playlist support, shuffle, album art…
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stevesreed wrote: » For some things maybe, but not for playing music from an iPhone. There is currently no iPhone integration support at all on the Tesla. Not entirely accurate because there is bluetooth integration. Once connected you can play…
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liuping wrote: » Boy is that an understatement! Tesla Voice supports 3 commands. "Navigate [to a location]", "play [a song] and call [a number from your phone's address book]. There are variations like "dial" instead of call, but it can do only…
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bobschlob wrote: » Don't mean this as a pump for CarPlay. (What I've seen so far doesn't exactly blow me away), but Tesla's system is a clusterF... It's basically 50% driving a car, and 50% screwing around with a computer (As it is, they might as…
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solipsismx wrote: » • http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/03/02/the-apple-tesla-connection-fun-and-reason-with-numbers/ It's a good argument and definitely makes more sense than Apple buying Tesla outright. I really do hope Apple is one of the partn…
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SpamSandwich wrote: » Regrettably accurate. I'd love to go all-electric, but I don't own a home so a hybrid would be my only real alternative to consider. You don't need to own a home. 4 months after I got my Model S I sold my home and moved to…
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solipsismx wrote: » As previous noted but another poster a great many people live in home that don't have private garages. Even affluent people with nice homes and cars can commonly use street parking. It's what I use so how would I reasonably cha…
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solipsismx wrote: » I don't think anyone is questioning whether the supercharger stations are convenient for Tesla owners near such a station, but in terms of where automobiles are used to today the paltry numbers are just not good enough for the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Why wouldn't you want to count what people potentially do with a car? My parents didn't need a station wagon for the family except for the infrequent road trips but they bought one with that in mind. My f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX So these 92% never travel more than 70 miles in a day? You're changing the topic now. You went from discussing 'most daily trips' to what a driver occasionally does. The majority of the time 92% of com…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I understand that most daily trips are well under 120 miles but for an assumption to made that 120 mile roundtrip range of transportation is good enough for the "vast majority" you need to be sure the "va…
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Quote: That has the catch-22 problem. Who can justify the expense of lifting up every road in order to satisfy the small portion of owners? Maybe if public transport switches entirely too. There has only been 25,000 Tesla S models sold worldwide in …
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wizard69 wrote: » I would have to say that is a pretty strong statement on Musks part and frankly I wish he was right. However this is a nut that science has been working on for decades now and we only get very modest increases in capacity every…
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wizard69 wrote: » You hit upon the critical issue with Electric cars. Battery based electric vehicles will never be more than commuter cars. Not that that is a bad thing, but I just don't see reliable battery technology on the horizon. Espec…
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solipsismx wrote: » In case it wasn't already posted: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/blood-pressure-should-be-taken-in-both-arms/ I have no issues with Google Maps as a general rule and use on the desktop but I'm not sure I'd be happy w…
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fxgpv wrote: » My opinion is that their meeting may have centered on batteries. The Tesla uses the same type of battereis that we find in Apple devices. In order to significant lower the cost of them, Musk already said that Tesla would proba…
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d4njvrzf wrote: » Doesn't Tesla already use google maps for its navigation software? What sort of "greater integration" are you looking for? Yes it does use google maps, but it doesn't give multiple route options and doesn't estimate the travel…
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iqatedo wrote: » Whatever Apple does, however it becomes involved with Tesla which would in my opinion be a very good move, Musk's fundamental involvement must be maintained. A partnership would be more productive than outright purchase. Tesla and…
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As a Model S owner for slightly over a year I'd love to see Apple and Tesla work together in some capacity. The Model S is very Apple like in it's design and Tesla already has several ex-Apple employees anyways.
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App ratings are based purely on customer expectations. Given the preponderance of rubbish in the Google Play store it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that many android users have lower expectations for their apps.