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Tesla Model S Electric Car
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| 27 Mar 09
| Tesla Motors
Posted on 03/27/2009 2:28:12 PM PDT by NavVet
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:28:12 PM PDT
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NavVet
To: NavVet
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:29:54 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: NavVet
and you can charge it from any outlet, without ever stopping for gas. Duh. Same for diesel and air cars.
How long does it take to recharge from a 110 VAC, 20A outlet?
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:30:13 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
To: NavVet
Does the range go down if you turn the heat on in winter?
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:31:00 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
To: NavVet
“charge it from any outlet”
But,,, once The Dear Leader triples the price of electricity, and installs a “smart meter” on your house,,,,,,,,,,,
To: sionnsar
Hm. 45 minute QuickCharge. That’s a long refueling stop.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:31:54 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
To: sionnsar
It uses a gasoline heater.
Make sure you crack the windows when in use.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:33:17 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
To: NavVet
Not very wise giving a down payment on a car that does not exist to a company that may not exist tomorrow...
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:33:26 PM PDT
by
DB
To: sionnsar
Go down to uhaul, get a trailer hitch. Attach trailer with genset, recharge as you drive.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:34:58 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
To: sionnsar
Hm. 45 minute QuickCharge. Thats a long refueling stop.
5 minute battery change. With 3 batteries you could drive 900 miles and then charge while sleeping if you are back on the road the next day.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:36:57 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: NavVet
They said you can do quick 5 minute battery swap instead of a 45 minute recharge.
LOL! Yeah, that would be great having to swap batteries every 300 miles on my $50,000 car.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:37:56 PM PDT
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: GLDNGUN
How big are the batteries, I wonder? And is that 45-minute charge for the small one or the big one?
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:38:39 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
To: NavVet
Pfffft. The guys on Top Gear reviewed the Tesla Roadster. Gorgeous car. Also electric. Zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds. Handled pretty well. Some serious reliability issues. They didn’t get the 200 miles per charge, averaging about 55 miles, but then they were running it flat out on their track. And it’ll only set you back a cool 190,000 Pounds.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:40:40 PM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
To: Moonman62
Oh yeah? It made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:40:57 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: NavVet
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:41:14 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: NavVet
If this actually comes about, and that is a big IF, I’m going to be very happy.
Tesla Motors is NOT A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CAR MAKER!!!! How is it that the ‘Chevy Volt’ is still not here and we’ve been dumping billions into that program and yet some Silicon Valley retiree decides to start his own car company and he has cut the learning curve down to 12 months and they are going to end up at the same price target but with way better performance and way better style and endurance.
If consumers want electric F’ing cars, let them buy them from companies who aren’t idiots and can make cars that people actually want. NOBODY IS LINING UP TO PAY $40K+ FOR THAT STUPID CHEVY VOLT!!! Yet the US government is loaning tens of billions to Detroit in order to make crap that pleases environmentalist (who don’t even like cars) and politicians but not the people who put 20,000 miles a year on their cars year after year.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:43:41 PM PDT
by
bpjam
(Tell your Rep/Senator to Google: Marjorie Mezvinsky. Yes, it IS a threat.)
To: NavVet
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:46:50 PM PDT
by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: bpjam
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:47:09 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
To: Brett66
$75,000 for additional batteries ;-)))))
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:47:42 PM PDT
by
Deetes
(God Bless the Troops)
To: NavVet
It’s not a bad looking car at all. Slap a real motor in it (and not charge me an arm and a leg) and I might buy one.
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posted on
03/27/2009 2:49:11 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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