Appreciate the info but there’s still the issue of charging. From cars.com:
Q: How quickly does the Tesla Model S’ battery charge?
A: The Model S offers a choice of lithium-ion battery packs, a standard 60 kilowatt-hour battery or a more expensive, more powerful 85-kwh unit. How long it takes to recharge a depleted battery depends on whether the Model S has one or two onboard chargers and the source of the electricity.
Tesla says the 60-kwh battery provides a range of up to 232 miles (the EPA pegs it at 208 miles), and the 85-kwh battery (a $10,000 option) provides up to 300 miles (the EPA puts it at 265 miles). Here are some examples for recharging times: With a single onboard charger plugged into a standard 110-volt outlet, Tesla says you will get 5 miles of range for every hour of charging. From zero to 300 miles would take about 52 hours at that rate. With a single charger connected to a 240-volt outlet, which Tesla recommends, the pace speeds up to 31 miles of range for each hour of charging, and a full 300-mile charge takes less than 9.5 hours.
Step up to twin chargers on the car and connect to a 240-volt, high-power wall charger (an extra-cost charging unit, not just a 240-volt line) and the charging speed zooms to 62 miles of range per hour, and the total charging time drops to under 4 hours, 45 minutes.
Really in a hurry? Stop at a Tesla Supercharger station and you can top off the tank with 300 miles of range in just an hour, as long as your Model S is configured with Supercharger capability If a Supercharger station is out of reach, most public charging stations can recharge the Model S at the rate of 22 miles of range per hour of charging.
“Tesla Supercharger station” not exactly one on every corner. So the quickest you could ever hope for if there was one available is an hour to charge. Unacceptable IMO. I know this technology is in its infancy, when I gets better I might get onboard but I refuse to backup and have less efficiency than I do now.
As for the 60kwh versus the 85 kwh, even with the $10,000 upcharge for the 85kwh, it is the cheapest if you calculate as miles of range per dollar of cost.
I'm curious, do you live in a home with 110 power? If you have only 110 you can buy 110 wall units to air condition your home but if you want Central you need to bring in more service. I have a hard time seeing people who live in a 110 home as being potential Tesla buyers