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To: adorno

There are lots of Superchargers, and they are convenient. In the interest of full disclosure, I drive a Tesla Model S. As for battery life, I believe the battery is designed to retain no less than 80% capacity at the 100k mile mark, and is warrantied to 125k miles against failure.


130 posted on 01/11/2019 5:38:08 AM PST by dinodino
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To: dinodino
There are lots of Superchargers, and they are convenient. In the interest of full disclosure, I drive a Tesla Model S. As for battery life, I believe the battery is designed to retain no less than 80% capacity at the 100k mile mark, and is warrantied to 125k miles against failure.

That's not what I've read:

In October 2014, there were 119 standard Tesla Supercharger stations operating in the United States, 76 in Europe, and 26 in Asia. On 31 March 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the number of Supercharger stations would be doubled (from 613 stations with 3,628 chargers) by 2017.

Or what I've seen:

https://insideevs.com/watch-time-lapse-of-tesla-model-3-supercharging-from-0-100/

IN OTHER WORDS...

Not even close (yet) to an ICE vehicle, which can go 300-400 miles before needing refueling, where refueling takes between 2-5 minutes. I can refuel my vehicle in about 4 minutes and I'm good for another 350-380 miles on the highway (I drive an SUV, but not a big one).

BTW, you do realize that you are purchasing your 'fuel' UP-FRONT when you buy an EV vehicle, don't you? And that your 'fuel' will end up costing you more during the lifetime or just the first 10 years, than for a comparably-sized vehicle?
135 posted on 01/11/2019 6:51:22 AM PST by adorno
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