http://electrek.co/2016/03/17/tesla-model-s-tuning/ Tesla Model S tuning gone too far? MARCH 17 2016 Fred Lambert
[image https://electrek.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/tesla-aue.png (will.i.am’s Tesla-S EV with a iamauto body-kit) ] Quite a few aftermarket car tuners are now offering Tesla Model S modifications. There are a few accessories and maybe some light modifications, like aftermarket wheels, that are worth looking into, but for the most part, I wouldn’t recommend changing much of anything on the Model S for multiple reasons. Not the least of which is aesthetic. Of course that’s just my personal opinion, but the stock Model S design is simple and elegant. It also has a segment crushing drag coefficient. I wouldn’t dare change that. But some do dare. Here’s a recent tuned Model S from @teslamotors_uae on Instagram: A photo posted by Teslamotorsuae (@teslamotors_uae) on Mar 16, 2016 at 9:41am PDT If you listen very carefully while looking at the picture, you can hear Franz von Holzhausen (Tesla’s Chief Designer) weeping. What are some modifications that you have on your Tesla or you would be willing to make if you had one? Update: Christian Roy suggests that it could be Will.i.am’s car: [share https://twitter.com/TeslaTaxi/status/710563883904339968 Christian Roy @TeslaTaxi https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdwdndOW8AEX2RG.jpg @ElectrekCo Its @nickystanaj who took this shot in Hollywood! Nothing about Emirates.. Its @iamwill's car!! 1:30 PM - 17 Mar 2016 ] It would explain a lot… [comments: ... Aaron Labertew ... bodykit != tuning ... ] [© electrek.co] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_tuning#Body_tuning ... body modifications ... of non-functioning scoops, wide arches or other aesthetic modification ... rarely improve a car's performance. The majority, in fact, add weight and increase the drag coefficient of the vehicle, thus reducing its overall performance ... ... https://www.google.com/search?q=tesla+bodykit tesla bodykit / tuning https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tesla+tuning http://electrek.co/2016/03/22/will-i-am-modded-tesla-model-s/ A better look at Will.i.am’s completely modded Tesla Model S (Video) [video (watch 7:55-9:24min of 19min vlog) https://youtu.be/H2YtmyzO0Uk ... SUPER CAR CONCEPT Lance Stewart Mar 15, 2016 ] ... Tesla Taxi driver Christian Roy [@TeslaTaxi] pointed out, is actually Black Eye Peas singer Will.i.Am’s car ... Will.i.Am owns a car tuning/body kit company called I.Am.Auto, which he launched back in 2012 ... ... [dated] http://www.autoevolution.com/news/william-goes-into-carmaking-iamauto-41813.html Will.i.am Goes into Carmaking: IAMAUTO 13th January 2012 ... i want to bring jobs to the ghetto that I come from, so why not invest? ... ... https://www.google.com/search?q=IAMAUTO Will.I.Am's Extremely Illegal DeLorean Impounded By Police Jun 18, 2012 http://www.autoevolution.com/news/william-drives-a-tesla-model-s-not-even-its-mother-would-recognize-105825.html Will.I.Am Drives a Tesla Model S Not Even Its Mother Would Recognize 23rd March 2016 ... The IAMAUTO Tesla Model S is virtually completely changed, with not one exterior panel appearing to be carried over from the original ... ... http://ecomento.tv/2016/03/23/elektroauto-tuning-extrem-will-i-ams-komplett-umgebautes-tesla-model-s-video/ Elektroauto-Tuning extrem: Will.i.ams komplett umgebautes Tesla Model S (Video) [German>translate.google>English] 23/03/2016 ... Will.i.am has frequently caused by extreme alterations of automobiles of various design sensation. That his tuning projects in the public regularly provide spiteful comments, the artist does not seem to disturb: With I.Am.Auto he has operated since 2012 his own company to "car tuning" ... [comments: ... Tom thinks 23.03.2016 When I see these people ... I think of the movie Idiocracy spontaneously. (Wenn ich diese Leute sehe… muss ich spontan an den Film Idiocracy denken.) ] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy ... the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Will-i-am-s-Tesla-S-EV-with-a-iamauto-body-kit-make-over-v-tp4681161.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
