Posted on 10/05/2014 6:40:13 PM PDT by ckilmer
Sure thing and I bet they are asking for taxpayers dollars for the build out
I’m fity.
It was in the late 70s and early 80s.
If every passenger car in America ran on plug-in rechargeable batteries, what would that do to demand on electric utilities?
What would that increased demand do to electric rates?
Would the cost of operating an electric car then be cost prohibitive?
(Not to mention what it would do to electric rates for powering homes and offices)
See a Jet Li movie called “The One.” See the last few minutes of the flick. That’s the dream of many of the most influential political constituents. Then ask yourself if it’s a very realistic or desirable goal.
Gullwing doors are a design nightmare. the only car maker I ever saw make it work was Mercedes Benz.
CC
They do have recharging stations and more of them are being built around the country.
The cost is free. That means the car pays for itself when you buy one and with the excellent customer service, you’re going to be a fan.
Elon Musk is a billionaire and he went broke trying to get Tesla Motors on the map. Now he’s worth more than when he sold Paypal to eBay to get it up and running. A smart guy.
Maybe the electric motors are less waste heat. I suppose so, no radiator for cooling.
Turn on the AC or Heater and see how far you get.
Go up hill and see how it does. Face a stiff headwind and see what it does.
I find a lot of exaggerations on both sides, pro and con. Sigh… For instance, Nevada is not losing billions to Tesla, as Tesla is being forgiven taxes that have yet to be generated; no Tesla means no income generated for the state. If Tesla is wildly successful generating much sales, others are calculating "lost" taxes on those sales. The ripple effect will generate maybe 30,000 jobs that will generate taxes.
Anyway, the GRID as you say it, is in poor shape. And electric cars are not green, as the electric power is generated by burning coal and natural gas elsewhere with a loss to transport the electricity. Sure, the GRID may be able to handle 35,000 new electric cars (although with brownouts), but seriously who thinks it can handle 500,000 new electric cars? Tesla was talking about building battery swap stations, where the battery could be swapped out in less than 15 minutes. So where are they? That turned out to be a promise they are not keeping.
Electricity too cheap to meter.....
I already said the gov’t support is an issue, and identified a less obvious way they aren’t paying their way. That said, it’s a pretty cool product, is all I’m trying to get across.
Tesla repaid their loans
Current Tesla owners can recharge their cars for free.
The problem is the lack of convenient recharging infrastructure and recharging the car isn’t any more complicated than filling up a gasoline powered car.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do it. The car has a 245 mile range so what limits it is infrastructure not physics.
As for the mass market, Tesla can’t be as toy for guys with deep pockets. They’re only standing because they do produce a premium electric car with world class quality.
Whether they can bring that to the mass market is the real challenge.
I think hybrid cars are a good thing. But I don't think all-electric cars are ready for primetime. When driving my daughter's hybrid, I press the Start button and silently glide away, very cool. However, flick on the AC or heater and the gas engine comes online. Accessories really do eat power from the batteries. If you do nighttime driving, even more of a drain from headlights and taillights. Add extra passengers and you're pulling around more mass which drains power. At least with a hybrid, you're replenishing the batteries while on the move.
Good luck gramps
‘”The recharging would not necessarily need to take place in the home.”
Your not serious... your going to park your car down at the ‘electric recharging station for 5 or 5 hours?
Like 20 minutes recharging time. Few people will completely deplete their battery.
That's odd. Why?
Who cares if China makes the prices cheaper? The whole point of the giggafactory is to lower the cost of batteries. Either Tesla will do so by itself and reap all the profits (unlikely) or it will induce the market to lower costs and make more money by selling more cars. As long as Musk is right about how cheaply he can make batteries, it's a win-win regardless of what the Chinese do.
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Don't knock it till you've tried it.
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