Monday, January 5, 2015

Ahead of Reddit AMA Elon Musk Hints At “Solid Metal Snake” Charger

From Clean Technica:
The past couple of weeks have seen Elon Musk make two high-profile announcements via Twitter, first the 400-mile Tesla Roadster battery upgrade, and then the battery swap pilot program. The latest hint for future Tesla upgrades from CEO Elon Musk involves a “solid metal snake” EV connecter that automatically plugs into your car. But, uh, why?

The answer to the “why” question is that it will be usable on all Model S units, not just future ones built after the technology is unveiled. To be sure, the idea of a charger snaking its way out of the wall and plugging into my car is pretty damn cool, and Musk assured his Twitter followers that he was “for realz” about this. The man certainly has a way with words, at least over the Internet, and his appeal to mainstream geek culture has really helped get the word out....MORE
That's just incremental stuff.
Right now I think Bored Elon Musk is more creative: