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Lovefest: Tesla Model S Owners More Likely To Recommend The Brand
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| March 30, 2015
| Bengt Halvorsen
Posted on 04/05/2015 5:36:33 PM PDT by LogicDesigner
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For the uninitiated:
The Tesla Model S is an all-electric car that has between a 208 and 265 mile range and costs between $70,000 and $130,000 depending on the options.
The Chevy Volt is an electric car with a gasoline engine backup. The first 40 miles you drive each day are all-electric. If you need to go farther, it turns into a regular gasoline car with a 340 mile gas tank. The starting price is around $30,000 these days.
Both vehicles also qualify for around $10,000 in tax credits, depending on your state.
Want to defund Iran's nuclear program? Buy an electric car.
To: ctdonath2; whodathunkit; DoughtyOne; GOPBiker; Dagnabitt; bajabaja; Goreknowshowtocheat; ...
Electric Vehicle Interest ping. If anyone else wants to be on this list, please let me know either through a reply or through FReep mail.
See my profile page for why I support electric vehicles.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:38:02 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
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To: LogicDesigner; All
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:39:01 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: LogicDesigner
Sure, when you’re making two-grand-a-month payments or whatever, what are you gonna do, walk around admitting you’re driving a piece of crap?
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:39:24 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
To: LogicDesigner
until it comes time to replace the Batteries
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:41:04 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: LogicDesigner
Both vehicles also qualify for around $10,000 in tax credits, depending on your state. Want to support the toys of the rich, that you can't afford yourself? Then support electric cars!
The tax credits on them are the most socially unjust program ever invented: the poor - who often have to commute long miles to get into the Silicon Valley for work - supporting the rich
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:42:33 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
To: LogicDesigner
Both are heavily subsidized by the taxpayers.
The Tesla S is, however, an amazing car. I wouldn’t take a Volt if it was given to me.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:46:58 PM PDT
by
dinodino
To: Yossarian
Makes no sense to support luxury vehicles to “save the planet”. There’s a pretty good chance the owners are thinking of themselves as saviors of the commoners who are subsidizing them. Meanwhile those commoners who drive a beater car are the ones who are conserving resources by keep the old car going.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:47:06 PM PDT
by
palmer
(Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet into FlixNet)
To: molson209
There was a lot of fear-mongering about batteries initially, but it turns out they last a lot longer than people expected. The Volt has been out for four years and owners are reporting virtually no range loss. And there was a study done on Model S cars that I posted an article about a few weeks ago. Here is the spoiler:
Based on 84 data points from the 85-kWh version of the Model S and six from 60-kWh cars, the study concludes that the Model S will retain about 94 percent of its capacity after 50,000 miles, with losses thereafter shrinking to about 1 percent per 30,000 miles.
That means that after 100,000 miles, the typical Model S is projected to retain about 92 percent of its battery capacity and range.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3258415/posts
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:47:45 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
(See my profile for a browser plug-in that shows politicians' money trail while you surf the web.)
To: Yossarian
Teslas are not really standouts in their $100k+ class of vehicles, of which there are quite a few and all very impressive. Any comparison to cars costing only one-third as much is just laughable.
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04/05/2015 5:49:05 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: 9thLife
“Sure, when youre making two-grand-a-month payments or whatever, what are you gonna do, walk around admitting youre driving a piece of crap?” Same could be said for any luxury car but the Model S blows them all out of the water.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:49:29 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
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To: LogicDesigner
If you need to go farther, it turns into a regular gasoline car with a 340 mile gas tank.
Not quite. At that point, the gasoline engine powers an alternator that powers the electric motors. Running on gasoline, yes. A regular gasoline car, no.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:50:58 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: LogicDesigner
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:52:45 PM PDT
by
mojo114
(Pray for our military)
To: Dr. Sivana
“Not quite. At that point, the gasoline engine powers an alternator that powers the electric motors. Running on gasoline, yes. A regular gasoline car, no.” Sure, the internals are different but the important point is that it drives on gasoline at that point, meaning you don't have to worry about range anxiety.
Maybe I could have said that it turns into a hybrid. In gasoline mode it gets 40 mph highway, 35 mpg city, and benefits from regenerative braking.
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:55:28 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
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To: mojo114
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posted on
04/05/2015 5:56:02 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
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To: LogicDesigner
40 mph mpg highway Corrected!
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04/05/2015 5:57:53 PM PDT
by
LogicDesigner
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To: LogicDesigner
“range costs between $70,000-$130,000”
I think Telsa has a nice vehicle. But the average Jane and John Doe can’t afford that. Heck I nearly choked on the cost of my truck that I bought last year.
And correct me if I’m wrong (I’m sure you will) but don’t the batteries have to be recharged using electricity? Isn’t electricity generated (for the most part) by oil? How would that defund Iran?
What if there is a power outage? How would one recharge?
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posted on
04/05/2015 6:01:52 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: LogicDesigner
I know a guy who bought a Tesla S - he really likes it.
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posted on
04/05/2015 6:06:23 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: palmer
Their “green vehicles” are charged with electricity from coal fired power plants, producing more CO2 than a gasoline powered car.
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posted on
04/05/2015 6:07:39 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: berdie
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>> “What if there is a power outage? How would one recharge?” <<
.
This is the salient point WRT electric vehicles!
Each and every one of them will be a coffin on wheels for anyone caught in one in an evacuation emergency.
Whether it is a wildfire, or one of Obingo’s brothers setting off a suitcase nuke in your town, the electric car is death on wheels.
.
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posted on
04/05/2015 6:07:49 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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