Where I live it is 100 miles roundtrip to a bigger town to shop and for services. The Tesla would do that. I’m more concerned about the state of California. One question I have is I always see the price at so much a mile for plug in cars. is this based on the baseline price per KWH and if so do they up your baseline usage allotment in California’s tiered system. I live alone and it is hard to stay in the baseline as it is. If I got a plug in all of the increase would be above baseline. California seems to want to lead in promoting electric cars but in order to do that they are going to have to pull their heads out of their rear ends and update the electrical supply to make that happen.
Yesterday there was a thread about the EPA wanting our refrigerators tied to the smart meter grid so the utilities could restrict your use during peak times. I would have to assume the home charging would also be at the whims of the people that want to control our electrical usage.
Those are good questions. I laugh at the idea of them turning our refrigerators and freezers off too.
What happens when you turn a freezer off? Are they going to reimburse everyone for their hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of lost food?