Elon Musk To Traverse The U.S. Using A Model S In 6 Day Trip

Post by bsullivan01 » Thu, Sep 05, 2013, 1:20 PM UTC

flexie wrote: post #14

avar wrote: post #7

> At 1.5 hrs/day, we will only ever need to > charge when stopping anyway to eat or sightsee, > never just for charging itself. I'm all for the development of electric cars but downplaying having to stop at what's effectively a gas station in the middle of nowhere for 1.5 hours per day is pretty disingenuous. You wouldn't get a lot of people buying a normal gasoline powered car if it took 1.5 hrs to fill it up each t…

It's free. If you could get gasoline for 200 miles for free, would you mind waiting for 30 minutes? I guess it's $25-30 worth of gasoline, corresponding to $50-60 per hour of waiting. I could wait. With the battery swap that Tesla is now introducing, you could also chose to swap the battery in a couple of minutes.

Post by mmelin » Thu, Sep 05, 2013, 1:25 PM UTC

vph wrote: post #20

flexie wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's free. If you could get gasoline for 200 miles for free, would you mind waiting for 30 minutes? I guess it's $25-30 worth of gasoline, corresponding to $50-60 per hour of waiting. I could wait. With the battery swap that Tesla is now introducing, you could also chose to swap the battery in a couple of minutes.

charging electric cars ain't free.

Post by omfg » Thu, Sep 05, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

Post by vidarh » Thu, Sep 05, 2013, 1:45 PM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #15

avar wrote: post #7

> At 1.5 hrs/day, we will only ever need to > charge when stopping anyway to eat or sightsee, > never just for charging itself. I'm all for the development of electric cars but downplaying having to stop at what's effectively a gas station in the middle of nowhere for 1.5 hours per day is pretty disingenuous. You wouldn't get a lot of people buying a normal gasoline powered car if it took 1.5 hrs to fill it up each t…

This is PR, so spinning the charge time as nothing more than a good opportunity to grab a bite to eat is smart. One assumes that the charging stations are located in places with a variety of nearby amenities for this purpose? To me the fact that any journey would have to be planned with charging stations as waypoints is more obnoxious than the actual stopping itself.

Post by dredmorbius » Thu, Sep 05, 2013, 1:57 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #17

avar wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, I love stopping at random places when I'm on the road. Having to spend 1.5hr per day at a gas station is not a random stop however, and having to spend 1.5hr per day at one in lieu of stopping somewhere more interesting takes some of the fun out of driving and stopping at interesting places on the road.

Won't the interesting places want to attract people who can afford expensive cars? Won't they start to add charging points?