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Tesla Files Trademark Application for Restaurant Services The electric car brand's charging stations could become the next generation of rest stops.
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Posted on 06/03/2021 8:28:22 AM PDT by mylife

In January 2018, Elon Musk kickstarted several years' worth of speculation that he was going to enter the restaurant business, and of course he did it in less than 140 characters. "Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA," he tweeted at the time.

In subsequent tweets, he hinted that his Teslafied drive-in would also show clips from the "100 best" movies, and that Tesla drivers may be able to see the restaurant's menu on their cars' touchscreens as soon as they pulled into the joint. Later that year, Tesla applied for a building permit in Santa Monica for a combination restaurant and Supercharger station, but that application—and Musk's brief social media spitballing session—was as far as the restaurant idea went.

That all changed earlier this week, when Tesla filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services [and] take-out restaurant services." According to Electrek, the company applied for a trio of trademarks that include the word "Tesla," its 'T' logo, and a stylized version of the company's name. The application is currently "awaiting examination," and will be reviewed by an attorney sometime within the next three months.

If this actually happens, it will be interesting to see what a potential restaurant will look like, how it's staffed, or even if it's staffed at all. Tesla already operates charging stations that have self-serve lounges that sell coffee and sandwiches.

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To: SaxxonWoods

OK - All modesty aside, I’m not “genius level”, but I’m pretty stinking good. I’m a common-sense Mechanical Engineer (that should be redundant, but often is not...) who’s been screaming what your relative has been saying for as many years as I can remember.

I had a professor who looked at an idea I had one time and said (paraphrased), “If your idea does something that’s already being done, but it’s more complicated and costs more, it’s a BAD idea.”

Funny I saw this thread today. Earlier in the day, a friend asked me as an engineer, what I thought of electrics. Here’s what I told him:

How many Jiffy Lubes are out there? Ready-made infrastructure! If you had a standardized battery pack or fuel cell unit that connected to your car’s undercarriage, you could pull over the pit, have them remove the dead battery(ies), and replace it with a charged one. You are gone in 20 minutes.


41 posted on 06/03/2021 12:53:46 PM PDT by HeadOn (Love God. Lead your family. Be a man.)
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To: Little Ray

After 4+ hours of driving, taking 30 minutes to grab a bite to eat, go to the bathroom, and walk around before getting back in the car for another 4 hours sounds about normal anyway. Regardless of whether I can fill my car’s tank in 5 minutes at the gas pump, my tank still needs something in it and my knees will explode if stuck in a car for that long without a stretch.


42 posted on 06/03/2021 1:03:20 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

When I get out of a car after four hours, sometimes I can barely stand.


43 posted on 06/03/2021 1:11:06 PM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
A Model 3 can get 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes. It takes about 37 minutes to go from 5% to 90%. EPA estimated total range of 353 miles on a charge.

That's not too bad, these things will be the norm in 25 years. Pretty soon there will be a collectors market for gas powered vehicles I imagine.

44 posted on 06/03/2021 1:15:40 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: oldtech; Brian Griffin
<>Without adequate power generating supplies we are screwed.<>

The shortages we've witnessed just months into JoeBlow’s admin are just the beginning. They are assured under socialism and will only get worse.

The internal combustion engine and affordable gas represent unacceptable freedom, freedom that must come under state control.

When EV become the predominant feature of our transportation, rationing of electricity is guaranteed. Just as the Soviets made life less bad in Moscow and miserable in the country, count on more or less sufficient electricity in rat cities and extreme poverty in rural America due to electricity shortages.

45 posted on 06/03/2021 1:17:25 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: mylife

That’s HoJo fried clams. I got sick as hell from eating them once. Three days of absolute misery.


46 posted on 06/03/2021 1:29:38 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Der Impfstoff macht frei.)
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To: 1Old Pro

They’ve dropped charging time by about 50% in the past 10 years. Another 10 years and it’ll probably close to halve again. Most of the challenges are just around preventing overheating in the batteries, so some clever tricks with cooling could probably drop that quite a bit.

Meanwhile, the top end Tesla has an EPA rating of 412 miles on a charge. I can see that reaching >500 miles easily within the next 10 years. Combine that with a fully functioning autopilot (and 10+ years additional development, I can see that), and your road trips probably have mom, dad, and the kids playing Monopoly together while the car deals with the traffic and navigation. Whole different world.

I’ll hang on to my fun gas cars until I’m dead though. Even if they start restricting where I can drive them, I like fast cars and engine noise. Probably get an electric car at some point as a daily driver.


47 posted on 06/03/2021 1:52:10 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Brian Griffin

You just wait when a charging station breaks down, and travelers cannot get back on the road for days or a week! Let the “protesting” begin.


48 posted on 06/03/2021 2:25:10 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Delta 21

More aptly—StuckEE!


49 posted on 06/03/2021 2:28:23 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Delta 21

“You would think that all the braniacs out there creating things that need infrastructure would be thinking about that.”

There’s been much talk of building the chargers into or along the highway, so that power coupling occurs while you drive. I bet that’s in Bidet’s Infrastructure bill.


50 posted on 06/03/2021 2:31:00 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Would charged roads lead to more road kill? Then you could take your pickings to the Tesla restaurant and get it cooked up “your way”. Sounds like a win win win!


51 posted on 06/03/2021 2:50:58 PM PDT by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: Little Ray
Might as well be a rest stop, since ‘fast charging’ takes an hour and a half

The guy in the video linked below decided to see if he could drive 1000 miles in a day in a Tesla Model 3. He averaged 24 minutes per charging stop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxA8Y69R6uM

He says he traveled 973 miles in 16.5 hours. (He stopped at his hotel instead of finishing the 1,000 miles.) That was divided into 14 hours 6 minutes of actual driving and 2 hours 24 minutes of charging. He kept the battery between 20% and 80% charged. He made six stops to charge, averaging 24 minutes each.

He says the actual practical range of the car for non-urban driving is about 250 miles, not 310 as claimed.

Total cost of electricity for the trip: $88.72.

52 posted on 06/03/2021 3:13:32 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Bernard

No, because the road itself would not be electrified. It would be some form of inductive charging, like how a wireless phone charger works or how an electric toothbrush charges. It requires proximity between the device being charged and the platform or surface doing the charging, but no cables and no risk of electrocution like a subway “third rail”.


53 posted on 06/03/2021 3:19:25 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: mylife

‘Hot Shoppes’, call them Spark Shoppes.


54 posted on 06/03/2021 3:19:55 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Bernard

If’n ya like yer roadkill extra crispy well done.


55 posted on 06/03/2021 3:57:55 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: SgtHooper

Great. Now the interstates will be like driving 70’s slot cars when I was a kid.


56 posted on 06/03/2021 4:07:34 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: Brian Griffin

Yes, but what about the infrastructure to deliver all of that juice?


57 posted on 06/03/2021 4:10:54 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: TChad

He averaged ~59 mph, which is probably better than I would have, given that I’m a slow driver.
I would have had to refill 3-4 times but it wouldn’t have taken 24 minutes even with a visit to rest room. Of course he could have hit the john and eaten a snack while waiting to charge, which I can’t do when filling the tank.
Depending on the location, my gas would have cost about the same as his electricity.
Overall, his trip was easily comparable to same thing in my poor ol’ Hyundai.


58 posted on 06/04/2021 6:34:10 AM PDT by Little Ray (Corporations don't pay taxes. They collect them.)
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To: Little Ray
Overall, his trip was easily comparable to same thing in my poor ol’ Hyundai.

Your poor ol' highly efficient Hyundai. Matching that efficiency with a 500HP car is not easy.

It won't win me friends on FR, but I was impressed with the Tesla's performance. Like you, I thought it took much longer to charge.

59 posted on 06/04/2021 6:27:37 PM PDT by TChad
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To: 1Old Pro

Audi, VW, Hyundai / KIA and Porsche all currently support 800v super chargers and 1000v 400 amp is on the way in 5 years or less not 25. 800v are 250 to 300 kw charging rates that’s under 10 min for a 5 to 80% of a 60kWh pack.

https://electricrevs.com/2018/03/21/j1772-updated-to-400a-dc-at-1000v/


60 posted on 06/04/2021 6:35:29 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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