Posted on 02/16/2013 10:33:20 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
Probably to push the Volt. But Obama has our money on both so you ask a good question.
How does it handle in a Houston year which includes flood water and temperatures over 100 degrees daily throughout the summer (including sitting for 8 hours in a hot parking lot, then making a one hour traffic jam commute ride home)?
Houston's "light rail" can't run in 3-inches of rainfall.
Desperation to finally get moving again? Who in their right mind could relish multiple one-hour-stops to travel a mere few hundred miles, which could easily be done on one single tank filling of liquid fuel?
Clarkson of criticized Top Gear drove a heavy BMW A8 4-litre-V8 turbo diesel sedan from London to Edinburgh -and back!- on a single tank of fuel! 800 miles!
Well, at least Mr. Tesla has confirmed in his own writing that his cars are nothing else but toys for the idle rich (not that there's anything wrong, per se, with toys or the idle rich). Those who can afford to have Jeeves follow them in a real car to drive when the juice runs out...
Nothing like a wrap around windshield.
Elon Musk is an incredible salesman.
My buddy’s daughter put down 5 grand deposit on one of their new SUVs that won’t even be built until 2014, and the closest dealer is 3 hours away.
Probably could use a chop and channel too. ;-)
Uh, maybe because he needed to be someplace and couldn't afford another two hours of charging time? Maybe because there were others waiting in line for the only charger available for miles? Maybe because young urban punks were threatening those waiting for a charge?
When was the last time it took you two hours to pour 20 gallons of liquid fuel into your tank?
Something about Musk doesn’t smell right.
I’m thinking I could build a 10hp electric Suburban/Econoline full of nearly spent/rejuvenated Pb-acid batteries to take my dog and me the 1 mile over and 1 mile back from the park for our morning jaunts. It’d be fun - coasting is just about as good as regenerative braking, if you have the time.
Here’s a story about Musk and Tesla’s rebuttal not being what they claim it is:
and here’s Broder’s own response to Musk’s spin:
Given that my TDIs only hold ~16 gal, it'd take a couple of hours to drop a full tank low enough to install the remaining 4 gallons.
LOL. You’re right...ergo, gas cars have no refueling advantage when trying to squeeze 20 gallons into a 16 gallon tank.
What the NYT story shows is what most people already thought. If you go on a long trip in a electric car it must be a structured trip. Fully charge the car at each station. Don’t deviate from the route. And you should not have any problems.
What Broder did was drive the car like a normal person would. Not fully charging to save time if he thought he could make his next destination. Then underestimating the range the car could go because of cold weather driving. This is not something Tesla should flip out over. It is real life driving.
The Tesla is a $100+k toy being marketed as a status symbol. Nobody is, or ever will be, using this as an everyday driver. Probably has inadequate air conditioning for warm climates.
Well in this case, based on Broders behavior, they should have put a data search on his financial records as it was clear Broder was lying and likely being paid off to fabricate these lies.
If you are driving out west (in the US or Canada) off the Interstate system, it's still recommenced to not leave a town with an open gas station at night without filling up.
How stupid were these people not to realize the test car was totally monitored against fraud.
BTW, there are lot of people all over the place who have a financial stake here and have no desire to see Tesla succeed.
They're going to lose big.
Actually the Tesla S is 52k with a 7.5k taxpayer funded credit.
I’m not saying it’s a good deal....
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