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the hype for the model 3 you need to be like a combination of like iPhone 8 hype and like galaxy s 8 hype like combined into one tech loving car enthusiast machine but there's something coming next from Tesla after the model 3 and that is the model y they're smaller than Model X crossover with the Falcon wing doors that Elon Musk had said was coming sometime late 2019 early 2020 he had said it's going to be built on a brand new architecture not using the model 3 platform even model 3 underpinnings which made very little sense so on yesterday's quarterly earnings call Elon Musk said and I quote upon the counsel of my executive team who reeled me back from the cliffs of insanity much appreciated the model I will in fact be using substantial carryover from the model 3 or to bring it to market much faster he also added I want to thank the executive team for stopping me from being a fool so there's a lot to read into that I think when you think about Tesla I oftentimes think about it it's just Elon Musk but he's surrounded by really smart dudes you got JB Straubel Franz on hold Houston who did all the design really smart guys you probably thought that building a brand new platform does not make much sense specially from a business standpoint so you look at the model 3 right now we've got about 450,000 reservations at $1,000 each if they were going to use a brand new platform for the model one only would it complicate the assembly line platform for a new company it also would probably push back the date of delivery and if you figure that 2019 2020 date is now going to be earlier for the model why a lot of us didn't give a date but would assume now probably late 2018 maybe early 2019 that means Tesla could have jumped started almost another half a million reservations at $1,000 each there was a lot of money they're bringing to the table earlier you're probably wondering why musk would even try and build a new platform for the model why it goes back to the Model X and allegedly just the damn disaster that car was for Tesla it's based on the Model S but they couldn't get the engineering right it was delayed by almost a year they had quality problems the cars for shipped almost through a year after shipping a lot of tributed to the Falcon wing doors so we said you know what screw it we're able to brand your platform with this design in mind and they certainly backed off from that so a few things refresh you on the model why it is going to Falcon wing doors give me about the same size to think of a BMW x3 or the Audi q3 store the smaller crossover there won't be a third row seat it'll have a Franck and I'll have a hatchback in the back of course and the last thing about the model Wyatt can be the first card can do away the 12-volt batteries addition to having that big old battery injected car every Tesla still has the old school lead acid battery in there so the model y is going to do away with that so made a ton of sense I give much credit for backing off I'd expect to probably see a model Y announcement towards like the early part of 2018 and then do a big date with the model 3 have another announcer on their ready to ship and then deliveries probably a year later so I love talking about Tesla it's a credible story the mayor came manufacturing it's brilliant engineering it comes from the mind I think of one of the greatest visionaries that we've seen in almost the past hundred years it's a passion of mine I hope you guys don't mind me chatting cars over now then especially electric cars kind of cool to chat about but before I end I do want to thank audible for making this video possible you guys probably know who audible is that a leading purveyor of audiobooks and actually sponsor this video and actually I reached out to audible to try and be a sponsor because I legitimately use their service on a daily basis to go to audible.com slash techno you'll get a free audiobook but you can keep even if you cancel and you also get free 30 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