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Tesla's Supercharger Network in Australia officially costs more than gas fill-up Puts an end to years-long claims that recharging its vehicles offered savings
wnd.com ^ | 11/16/2020 | Tyler Durdin

Posted on 11/18/2020 7:37:30 AM PST by rktman

(ZEROHEDGE) -- Using the Tesla Supercharger network, it is now costlier to recharge your vehicle than it is to gas up at a traditional gas station, according to a new report from Australia-based WhichCar.

The news came as a result of a "recent price increase" to use the Superchargers and - stop us if you've heard this one - "incorrect fuel figures on the Tesla website".

This, of course, puts an end to Tesla's years long claims that recharging its vehicles offered savings versus traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climageddon; ecowankers; greenmeanies
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I got it right.


61 posted on 11/18/2020 10:01:44 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: MomwithHope

Nuzzlin’ joe and superspreader carmela will want to bring that to a screeching halt. No coal for you! Guess they’ll be the coal naughtZees?


62 posted on 11/18/2020 10:03:09 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: PGR88

The power-train and battery technology incorporated in the Tesla branded vehicle is applicable in other venues. An electric storage battery substitution for a straight gas turbine peaker-plant appears to have become competitive. Any opinion of the valuation trend of Tesla from the non-automotive perspective?


63 posted on 11/18/2020 10:04:41 AM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Someone on facebook argued that more people are employed in solar than coal. 250,000 currently. Coal mining employs 53,714. Coal produces 30% of U.S. electrical power (plus other forms of energy to spare) solar, a mere 1%. That means it takes 250,000 x 30/53,714 ~ 140 more times labor to produce a kWh with solar than with coal.

This could be the defining example of a modern luddite. By that reasoning outlaw petroleum fueled farm equipment, and we could go back to the halcyon days when 90% of U.S. labor was engaged in agriculture.


64 posted on 11/18/2020 10:09:50 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ("Women's intuition" gave us the Salem witch trials and Kavanaugh hearings. Change my mind.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I didn't realize how dependent the Australians were on coal for electrical generation.
I knew that one of their major trading partners was China, who wanted their coal.
When the Chinese got chastised about the covid virus by Australian authorities,
they got huffy and threatened to buy their beef and coal elsewhere.
I don't know if that has come to fruition yet,
but I now realize that coal is one of their major exports.
65 posted on 11/18/2020 10:10:15 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Lonesome in Massachussets :" ..By that reasoning outlaw petroleum fueled farm equipment, and we could go back to the halcyon days
when 90% of U.S. labor was engaged in agriculture."

Right !
Those were the 'horse and buggey days' , as I recall.
When vendors and horse drawn wagons went up and down the street calling out their wares.
That fits in with the Democrat party slogan.

66 posted on 11/18/2020 10:14:12 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: MomwithHope

There is a new approach in electrical generating plants fueled by natural gas and/or coal, which will bring efficiency and clean operation up to the highest tier. The first commissioning of a coal fired commercial plant could occur by 2026. A NG fueled facility presents less development and could be available in the 2022 to 2023 period.

https://www.powermag.com/300-mw-natural-gas-allam-cycle-power-plant-targeted-for-2022/

https://netl.doe.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/8-Rivers-Capital-Final-Pre-FEED-Report-Allam-Cycle-Coal-%208924331RFE000015-Public-Version-May-19.pdf


67 posted on 11/18/2020 10:31:59 AM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: Truthsearcher

Can’t even touch it.
The saddest part is when the batteries need to be replaced. Greenies make more, and more expensive, problems than they solve. They don’t actually solve anything, just rearrange the furniture creating other problems.


68 posted on 11/18/2020 10:36:32 AM PST by oldvirginian (Behind enemy lines in the Old Dominion)
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To: lightman
Factor in the cost of replacing the battery system.

And the disposal of the old batteries.

69 posted on 11/18/2020 12:35:27 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: glorgau
It doesn’t factor in the value of feeling morally superior. THAT is priceless!

Makes me feel better all over than any place else.

70 posted on 11/18/2020 1:54:46 PM PST by dearolddad
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To: rktman

Fuelwatch here in WA (Western Australia)


71 posted on 11/18/2020 2:29:46 PM PST by JosephW (Mohammad Lied, People die!)
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To: JosephW

Bought 98 octane (premium) yesterday in Perth at 1.15/liter.

That is .84 USD/litre
3.785 l/gallon (US)

I paid 3.18 per gallon of premium fuel in US Dollars

BTW 98 octane here is the same as premium there. It was effectively Mobile/Exxon as that is what Costco carries here.


72 posted on 11/18/2020 2:45:08 PM PST by JosephW (Mohammad Lied, People die!)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Which suddely reminded me of when Anklepants blocked a large planned coal mining operation in the southwestern US to placate his chinese masters...


73 posted on 11/18/2020 2:48:52 PM PST by snuffy smiff (Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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To: rktman

Keep in mind that shrimp-on-the-barbie - land is one of the most expensive places on earth to purchase electricity. Of course the superchargers (no, not that kind) are going to cost more to top off than gasoline.


74 posted on 11/18/2020 3:42:18 PM PST by Company Man (THEDONALD.WIN is the #1 site in support of our President! Visit today! THEDONALD.WIN)
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