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Elon Musk: Tesla network to triple by July, cross country travel by year’s end

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Re: Elon Musk: Tesla network to triple by July, cross country travel by year’s end

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Post by vidarh »

rurounijones wrote: post #5
timdorr wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon has been hinting at faster-than-gas recharging rates for the past few weeks on Twitter. The Supercharger network upgrades are part 4 of a 5 part trilogy they've been running since April. It's widely rumored that part 5 will be battery swapping or something similar to enable ultra fast charging. My guess: Superchargers will remain free as promised and the battery swapping will offer faster charging, but at a cost…

5 part trilogy? He been reading Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy?

He's cited Douglas Adams as one of his favorite philosophers, so probably.

Re: Elon Musk: Tesla network to triple by July, cross country travel by year’s end

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Post by weisser »

ck2 wrote: post #42

Are the chargers going to remain free even for used, 2nd/3rd owner Tesla cars? Because I could see that as a very positive reselling point.

I'd be interested in seeing how they would restrict that.

I think it would be pretty foolish to do though considering how fully-electric cars are a tougher sell due to the need to take some time and recharge as it is.

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Post by joshdance »

ck2 wrote: post #42

Are the chargers going to remain free even for used, 2nd/3rd owner Tesla cars? Because I could see that as a very positive reselling point.

All the published info seems to point to Tesla car = free Supercharger use. Which is a huge reselling point.

Re: Elon Musk: Tesla network to triple by July, cross country travel by year’s end

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Post by joshdance »

baddox wrote: post #11
kiba wrote: post #3

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You're going to complain about taking a 30 minutes break after a 2 hours drive? Also, if you charge your car every night, you should have enough range to drive to work.

Twenty percent of your road time spent not moving? Yes, I would complain about that. I don't think anyone who has taken any considerable road trip would find this strange.

Most car owners, including Tesla owners, don't take that many road trips. You drive in the range you charge it at night. If you do take a road trip, schedule the stop for dinner at the same time as the recharge.

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Post by atwebb »

joshdance wrote: post #47
baddox wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twenty percent of your road time spent not moving? Yes, I would complain about that. I don't think anyone who has taken any considerable road trip would find this strange.

Most car owners, including Tesla owners, don't take that many road trips. You drive in the range you charge it at night. If you do take a road trip, schedule the stop for dinner at the same time as the recharge.

What if I'm driving from the mid-US to a coast? It's around 8-10 hours of just drive time.

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Post by chiph »

pixie_ wrote: post #2

Waiting 30 minutes is still a dealbreaker for a lot of people. How about switching out those batteries like propane tanks. I'll let someone else figure out the technical details of that.

Tesla needs to start talks with quick-serve restaurant chains (McDonalds, in particular) for setting up charging stations at their restaurants. I don't know what a Supercharger draws (30 amps?), but the restaurant probably has enough excess utility power to run 1 or 2 of them.

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Post by goatforce5 »

markvdb wrote: post #31
rdl wrote: post #25

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I can do SF to Vegas without stopping (except for fuel, and in a diesel truck with extra tanks, without stopping). My preference is generally top stop and have a meal at Harris Ranch, too (which, conveniently, is where the supercharger is), or at In-N-Out in Bakersfield, but that's about it. SF to Seattle is the really hard one. SF to Portland is something I can do (without starting absurdly early, or maybe even afte…

Safely driving over 1300km (edit: SF to Seattle) without stopping is impossible. http://drowsydriving.org/about/facts-and-stats/ Please adjust your driving behavior.

Veering off on a tangent, but this once happened:

"The 12th round-Australia motoring event run since the first (1953) Redex, the [largely off-road 18,000km, 14 day] 1979 Repco is now acknowledged as the toughest long-distance rally since the continent-to-continent epics of the first decade of the 20th century. Like earlier round-Australia trials and the London-to-Sydney epics of 1968 and 1977, crews were expected to drive virtually non stop for days at a time with limited rest breaks. Nowadays this would be considered irresponsibly dangerous."

http://repcoroundaustralia.blogspot.ca/

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