You mean like these?
Posted on 08/24/2016 8:56:28 AM PDT by LibWhacker
“Mine too but I need the flexibility to make long trips periodically. I cannot afford (well, more accurately, justify) a car dedicated to just commuting. “
Depends on the situation. If you drive a bunch of miles every day but less than a charge you can save a bundle and then rent a van for the long trips.
If you are a low mileage driver, you wouldn’t save that much either way.
EVs aren’t yet for everyone, but they make a great second car for a lot of people.
“If it takes me 2 days to drive from NH to DC ... Fagedaboudit.”
Actually, it would probably not take much longer in a Tesla than in a gas-powered car.
Maybe 30 minutes if the lines at the gas pumps are short ...
“so basically it needs to charge overnight to get that 315 miles then needs another 6 hours to do it again.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_station
“so basically it needs to charge overnight to get that 315 miles then needs another 6 hours to do it again.”
Another interesting tidbit:
In December 2014 the company announced a revision to their much-delayed[13][30] plans. A single battery-swap station is to open in California in late-December, where only invited Model S owners may do battery swaps by appointment, as part of a pilot program to assess technical and economic aspects of the service. Demand for the priced service—which is now expected to take three minutes (instead of the 90-second time previously demonstrated)—will be used to determine whether the company will commercialize battery swapping stations more generally.[31] The originally announced plan in the June 2013 announcement explicitly indicated that the company would eventually upgrade all existing Tesla supercharger stations to become Tesla stations, which would offer the battery-pack swap for the Model S in addition to the fast recharge capability that each facility initially opened with.[29]
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11.08 vs 11.92. The Tesla lost.
I’ll hang on to my “66” Shelby GT350. 12’s with 7” wrinkle walls.
From what I’ve read, the cars at supercharging stations might not all draw the full charging current. At a full 8 stall station only 4 of the cars receive the full charging current. The other 4 will charge at a reduced rate until the car in paired stall next to them finishes. Stalls are labeled 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc. If someone is charging in 1A you would never pull into 1B unless all the other A stalls are full.
We had electric cars with a 300 mile range 120 years ago.
“At a full 8 stall station only 4 of the cars receive the full charging current. The other 4 will charge at a reduced rate until the car in paired stall next to them finishes. Stalls are labeled 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, etc. If someone is charging in 1A you would never pull into 1B unless all the other A stalls are full.”
Sort of. Each pair is rated at full capacity and if batteries are about equal will split capacity 50/50. If one is close to full, it will go to a slower charge by design of the battery and the other car will get an increased share.
Thanks for the clarification..
Jay Leno raced a grandma in a Tesla with his Shebly Cobra. He lost, big time. “Jay Leno’s Garage”
Like I said, there’s lots of videos out there. I haven’t watched them all. Driver skill does have something to do with it, so not every Tesla automatically wins.
Assuming there isn't a line at the supercharger.
You mean like these?
Hard to beat that instant torque from an electric.
But don’t forget these rigs aren’t anywhere close to cheap.
If you’re talking 0-60 per dollar value, a Hellcat, etc is way better.
Jeeps are awesome.
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