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California New Car Dealers Association requests a probe into Tesla's advertisement and marketing practices.

Months after the confusing announcement of Tesla's lease-like financing program, the electric vehicle maker could face an advertisement probe that has been requested by the California New Car Dealers Association, Automotive News reports, which claims that consumers are being mislead by advertised monthly payments that are lower than what most people would experience.

The ordeal can be traced back to April 2, when Tesla made an announcement specifying tiered monthly payments for the three versions of the Model S assuming a 66-month term. But then Tesla revised the numbers upward overnight because, it claimed, it meant to say it offered a 63-month finance term, not a 66-month term. The automaker also claimed that factoring in the "true cost of ownership" of a Model S compared to a conventional fuel-burning car could drive monthly costs to below $500.

In May, it added an available finance term of 72 months, which, factoring in only gasoline savings, the company said could lower monthly payments to $580. But the underlying issue at hand is that the means which can potentially lower monthly payments from $1,000+ dollars (depending on the model) to under $600 can't be realized by the majority of Americans, the CNCDA says.

Tesla provides an online calculator that does the payment math for you. It takes into account the $7,500 federal incentive and $2,500 California incentive (state incentives differ) for EVs, what your time is worth, how much time and money are saved away from the gas station, shortened commuting time with carpool lane access (in participating states), and even business tax benefits. But the "packed external incentives," as the dealer association calls them, don't apply to everybody. Most people can't realize monthly payments below $500 unless they have the right mix of true-cost-of-ownership deductions. CNCDA also claims that only 20-percent of Americans can claim the full $7,500 federal incentive, which is based on findings by the Congressional Budget Office, according to Automotive News.

Brian Maas, president of the dealer association, sees Tesla's advertisement strategy in this way: "It's misleading. If you checked every box on their true cost of ownership series of inquiries, they claim you can get a Model S for $114 a month, which is lower than the cheapest [new] car available in the United States, the Nissan Versa - which would cost you, with a lease deal, about $139 a month," Automotive News reports.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013, 07:45 pm

Apple expands iOS Maps' 3D Flyover coverage of CaliforniaBy AppleInsider Staff

In a recent update to its iOS Maps app, Apple added Flyover support a large swath of California, including popular tourist attractions like Disneyland in Anaheim.

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Apple's Flyover view adds numerous California cities, including Anaheim (Disneyland shown on left).
The service now spans from San Bernardino to Santa Monica (right).
First spotted by AppleInsider reader Mike M., the additions show Apple is actively updating its mapping assets after the much maligned service was introduced in September of last year. The company has been continually hiring new recruits to address issues with the service, including erroneous location data and 3D rendering problems.

The new support includes San Bernardino, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Moreno Valley, among others. With the additions, Maps offers nearly unbroken Flyover coverage of cities from San Bernardino to the Pacific Ocean.

It is unclear if the California cities are the only additions to Apple Maps, though it is possible that other states, or even countries, were added to the list with the latest update.

Earlier in May, Apple added Flyover to Paris, while an update in March brought the 3D mapping feature to 15 major metropolitan cities.

As Apple builds out its Flyover capabilities, Google's competing Google Earth service is also slowly evolving. A report on Wednesday showed that the Internet search giant is having problems with 3D rendering akin to what Apple experienced in iOS Maps, including buckled roads, visual distortions and misplaced buildings.
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Wheres the link to see this expanded coverage?

sflocal2013/05/23 07:55pm

Apple comes out with their first maps attempt, the media and fantards get their tighty-whities in a bunch and scream doom!

Google, with 10+ years of maps experience is blundering all over place with their maps view... yet not a peep from anyone. ?Is it really that people have such low standards of the quality coming out from Google? ?Is Apple the only one held to such a standard?

noelos2013/05/23 08:03pm

I only wish some (any) effort was being applied to improving the service in my region - Australia. The maps are great but the POI data is shockingly bad and reporting errors is a waste of effort. Stuff I reported 7 months ago is still not fixed.

cashxx2013/05/23 08:22pm

Quote:Originally Posted by noelos? View Post

I only wish some (any) effort was being applied to improving the service in my region - Australia. The maps are great but the POI data is shockingly bad and reporting errors is a waste of effort. Stuff I reported 7 months ago is still not fixed.

I would email Tim Cook and bring that to his attention and ask him what the problem is......tcook@apple.com

isaidso2013/05/23 08:33pm

Well why not?

It is a small world (after all).

digitalclips2013/05/23 09:04pm

Quote:Originally Posted by isaidso?

Well why not?
It is a small world (after all).
ROFL

digitalclips2013/05/23 09:07pm

Quote:Originally Posted by sflocal?

Apple comes out with their first maps attempt, the media and fantards get their tighty-whities in a bunch and scream doom!

Google, with 10+ years of maps experience is blundering all over place with their maps view... yet not a peep from anyone. ?Is it really that people have such low standards of the quality coming out from Google? ?Is Apple the only one held to such a standard?
I could be wrong but I assume Google is moving from those funny little 3D boxes made in Sketchup to meshes created from something similar to the technology Apple bought from SAAB, hence their newly found problems. Anyone know the facts on this?

aaarrrgggh2013/05/23 09:18pm

Quote:Originally Posted by noelos?

I only wish some (any) effort was being applied to improving the service in my region - Australia. The maps are great but the POI data is shockingly bad and reporting errors is a waste of effort. Stuff I reported 7 months ago is still not fixed.
You might try to report POI data to Yelp instead; they are the source of much of the data.

anakin19922013/05/23 09:32pm

hoover dam nevada

look for dam area, not couple of other locations.?

the bridge across the hoover dam canyon used to "collapsing into water" in flyover view. now it is fine

pooch2013/05/23 10:25pm

Quote:Originally Posted by anakin1992?

hoover dam nevada

look for dam area, not couple of other locations.?

the bridge across the hoover dam canyon used to "collapsing into water" in flyover view. now it is fine
that's been fixed for a while now ... at least since march ...

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