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re: Tesla Supercharging Network: How it started; how it's going
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:23 pm to CaptainsWafer
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:23 pm to CaptainsWafer
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Perfect, I can do my six minute abs workout while I wait.
No one works out in 6 minutes.
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Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:24 pm to rickgrimes
This should be fun. Like most EV threads.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:24 pm to kywildcatfanone
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As long as they put them at bucees, shouldn't be a problem. EV owners can spend hours there.
Bucees stacked with Superchargers.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:25 pm to MightyYat
I own a Tesla, but I 100% agree on the Mandate. As of now, it's only been CA that has put a BS mandate in place for the year 2035. While I disagree with that completely, it's not like you won't still be able to buy a used ICE vehicle in CA and drive that for 15+ years.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:28 pm to rickgrimes
There’s one at the grocery store near me and I tend to only see one certain demographic parked there. Idk if it’s just me though
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:28 pm to rickgrimes
Those maps are bullshite. What dumb bastard is going to drive his Tesla to Australia?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:29 pm to Cosmo
quote:yeah...let me know when I can just pull up and they can replace my nearly dead battery with a fully charged one and I can be on my way in 10 minutes.
Still have to sit around for 20-30 minutes not even to fully charge
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:33 pm to rickgrimes
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rickgrimes
ty kind sir
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Sometimes Tesla runs specials on certain holidays and long weekends where they provide free charging
Wish someone would offer free gasoline fill ups
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:35 pm to Cosmo
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Still have to sit around for 20-30 minutes not even to fully charge
considering it used to be 6-8 hours they have come a very long way in just a few short years so 20-30 minutes is impressive. plug in and go eat lunch, and then you are all charged up and ready to go.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:39 pm to rickgrimes
Have the people who claim to drive 14 hours in a day 20 times per year checked in yet?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:42 pm to keakar
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20-30 minutes is impressive. plug in and go eat lunch
I dont want to do that
I want to fill up in 2-3 min and go
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:43 pm to Cosmo
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I want to fill up in 2-3 min and go
most times you cant even do that at the gas pump
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:44 pm to keakar
You only get your gas at Costco?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:46 pm to Cosmo
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Still have to sit around for 20-30 minutes not even to fully charge
Using electricity derived from fossil fuels (for the most part).
sooooo green!!!
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:48 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Have the people who claim to drive 14 hours in a day 20 times per year checked in yet?
My bro-in-law's daily territory covers Lake Charles to the panhandle towing a 26ft cargo trailer with a GMC 2500 for his pool company. But yeah, let's do away with fossil fuels.
And yes, no matter what EV people try to tell you, this would make road trips a pain in the arse. Again.... ALTERNATIVE, not MANDATE. That's it. The market will take care of the rest.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:49 pm to Lake Vegas Tiger
quote:We don't really need much infrastructure improvement (aside from charger networks as shown in OP) to support EVs. Whatever upgrades the grid needs are needed regardless of EVs.
woah man, i am a firm believer in ICE vehicles until we can make a transition to alternative fuels, but we gotta get power infrastructure in place to ease that transition
I've said this a lot here but I'll say it again:
If every single passenger vehicle in the US switched to EV overnight, we would have to boost electricity production by about 25-30%. That's really not a lot and we have the capacity to do that already. The bigger issue is peak demand, though EVs can actually reduce our peak demand rather than increase it by time-shifting that demand. This requires the majority of chargers to be capable of back-feeding to the grid, but given that it will take multiple decades for EV adoption to come anywhere near 100% I believe this will be a smooth transition with no need to panic about any harm that EVs might cause the grid.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:50 pm to MightyYat
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But yeah, let's do away with fossil fuels.
Who is saying that?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:50 pm to keakar
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most times you cant even do that at the gas pump
Filling my truck up from E to full takes 5 minutes as of about 10 minutes ago.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:50 pm to Klark Kent
This is just Tesla superchargers as well. There are lots of other charging competitors that are available now too. Electric companies have gotten really behind getting these up and running. Now we just need better ranged cars.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 12:51 pm to rickgrimes
Been thinking about getting a Tesla so we'd have one ICE vehicle and one electric. Would be nice for the commuting and shorter trips.
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