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Just now, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

 

I said you can drive across the united states in an SR plus with no issues. That is true.  What’s your point?

 

Maybe true for you, not true for me.  The wait time for a charge in areas where there is no supercharger (as in the entire state of ND) is an issue.  I'm sorry your reading comprehension is so poor that you don't understand that after repeatedly pointing it out.

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Just now, China said:

 

Maybe true for you, not true for me.  The wait time for a charge in areas where there is no supercharger (as in the entire state of ND) is an issue.  I'm sorry your reading comprehension is so poor that you don't understand that after repeatedly pointing it out.

 

You don’t have to drive across ND to drive across the United States. What’s your point?

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24 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

 

No one was complaining when the government bailed out ford and GM after the banking crisis.... 

 

Pretty sure twa was. 

 

1). It was a Democrat getting credit for mitigating damage he inherited from a Republican. 

2). And it ruined some corporations plans to screw their employees out of pay that the workers had already earned. 

 

But that's kinda off topic. 

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Just now, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

 

You don’t have to drive across ND to drive across the United States. What’s your point?

 

God forbid you live there or want to travel west across country from Minnesota.  Why is it so difficult for you to admit the charging coverage isn't adequate in all parts of the country?

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7 minutes ago, China said:

 

Maybe true for you, not true for me.  The wait time for a charge in areas where there is no supercharger (as in the entire state of ND) is an issue.  I'm sorry your reading comprehension is so poor that you don't understand that after repeatedly pointing it out.

 

To be fair according to Teslas website it shows they have two superchargers opening in ND. Not online yet but coming. 

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3 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

 

You are changing what I said to fit your narrative. 

 

No, you said crossing the country with "no issues."  I'm not changing what you said.  There are many ways across the country.  Some paths would have no issues, but some wouldn't so your claim falls flat unless you only want to go places where there are superchargers.

 

Edit:  even with superchargers, a cross country trip would take many hours longer with a half hour charge every 300 miles.  Again, maybe not "an issue" for you, but I don't want to spend that many extra hours on a trip which is long enough already.

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8 minutes ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said:

 

LOL, Tundra is a good truck, Sequoia has the same chassis.  I ****ing love it.  No way I'd drive a weak ass, little electric ****ing car.  Yeah, I know.......I'm an asshole, environment killing mofo, etc........

 

Dunno.. with my tundra all four tire rims got siezed to the rotors because of the aluminum oxidizing... then  i had to take it up to the dealership 4 times for it draining the battery, still no resolution to that one..... i took it in for an oil change and when i got it back from the dealership there was a loud noise comming from the back tire and they said it was from something that broke but it wasn’t their fault.... ect. ect. Maybe i got a bad one.

11 minutes ago, China said:

 

No, you said crossing the country with "no issues." 

 

Which is one hundred percent true. I didn’t say you could cross every state and every route. 

 

11 minutes ago, China said:

 

I'm not changing what you said.  There are many ways across the country.  Some paths would have no issues, but some wouldn't so your claim falls flat unless you only want to go places where there are superchargers.

 

LOL. Sure thang sweetie.  You can go coast to coast in a model three no problem. QED honey.

 

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Edit:  even with superchargers, a cross country trip would take many hours longer with a half hour charge every 300 miles.  Again, maybe not "an issue" for you, but I don't want to spend that many extra hours on a trip which is long enough 

 

so you don’t have to ever stop in an ICE vehicle? XD.

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5 minutes ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said:

 

LOL, Tundra is a good truck, Sequoia has the same chassis.  I ****ing love it.  No way I'd drive a weak ass, little electric ****ing car.  Yeah, I know.......I'm an asshole, environment killing mofo, etc........

Last full size truck I had was an expedition. That was a beast, my dad and I towed boats to Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina.
 

Nothing could really touch the towing capacity of that thing. I think it was 9,000 lbs, or something ridiculous. If I remember correctly no other full size SUV even came close to that. Had to jump up to an F-250 or something to get comparable. 

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9 minutes ago, China said:

 

I don't know about you, but I'm not stopping for 30 minutes every time I get gas.

 

 

I don’t stop for thirty minutes either.  But 15 minutes would probably get you to the next charging station most of the time.  Tesla’s charge fastest the emptier they are and then slow down as they get topped off. You could go from getting 450mph or range in the first 15 minutes and then getting only 90mph of range as the car tops off.

 

 

Ive taken my tesla and an ice car from VA to SC and i arrived about an hour later than they did. 

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On 5/9/2019 at 4:59 PM, China said:

Of Course Someone Shot a Porn Video in a Tesla Driving on Autopilot

 

It was only a matter of time of course. There’s now a porn video of two people having sex in a Tesla while it was driving on Autopilot.

 

In the video, a man driving a Tesla picks up adult actress Taylor Jackson for a “Tinder date” but about 45 seconds into the rendezvous, the pair decide to have sex in the Tesla. The driver manages to keep a hand on the wheel for some of the initial heavy petting and oral sex, but for much of the three minutes of copulation, the software is in control.

 

Click on the link for the full article

 

An earlier post from China...

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16 hours ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

 

 

Ive taken my tesla and an ice car from VA to SC and i arrived about an hour later than they did. 

 

Battery technology is certainly improving but many people don't see EV as a current alternative because of this limitation. An hour later isn't *horrible* but it's not ideal either. 

 

IMO here's a couple things that will likely happen in the future as EVs become more widely adopted:

 

-Universal chargers. No reason every vehicle manufacturer should need their own charging network. It's just electricity guys. You don't go to different gas stations based on whether you drive a Ford or GM. 

 

-Subscription based vehicles. IMO this will be a big thing in the future. You pay for the miles you drive (or, are driven). Simply order a car from your phone app like you would an Uber, it comes to pick you up (no driver), you hop in and it takes you to your destination. If you are going 1000 miles and there's only a 400 mile range or whatever, it automatically takes you to a station where you switch vehicles for a freshly charged one. The spent one gets plugged in and it's ready to go for someone else in an hour or two. 

 

Beyond that... maybe figure out a way to do "wireless charging", and then put major high voltage electric lines in the median of interstate highways so the EV can re-charge and/or operate just on the electricity being put off from the road. Makes your longhaul trips far more feasible. Better than gas actually, the only thing you have to stop for is bathroom breaks. 

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I doubt wireless charging will ever be feasible. High transmission levels and safety have a physics problem to over come.

 

Tesla does offer leasing where you do not have an option to buy the car and that is sort of the same as the pay per mile. I’m not really sure a lot of people would be into car swapping.

 

I agree with the universal chargers. Tesla tried in 2008 to get everyone in the same page but bigger automakers had no real interest in development of a standard so they didn’t work with Tesla.

 

I think once you experience waiting around for your Tesla to charge while you take a short break from driving 8 - 9 hours you will find the experience refreshing. I found it surprisingly relaxing, especially since the car offers video games and Netflix to tide you over while the car charges.

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EV's will continue to grow because the vast majority of trips don't require people needing to recharge their vehicles. How many people are doing 300+ miles in a day without stopping and doing this as daily travel? 

 

100% agree that charging stations need to be universal. I believe Tesla already shares all their tech so other companies should latch on. As of now, companies sell converters to customers so they can use Tesla stations. Just another way to make more money off people. 

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11 minutes ago, Hersh said:

EV's will continue to grow because the vast majority of trips don't require people needing to recharge their vehicles. How many people are doing 300+ miles in a day without stopping and doing this as daily travel? 

 

Agree with you that most people don't take the kids to Yellowstone every week.  

 

I drive an F-150.  I actually load cargto in the bed maybe 1-2 times a month.  Rest of the time, it's a big ass, low-MPG, commuter car.  

 

But I do occasionally want a pickup.  I might migrate to a commuter car and keep the F-150 in the driveway.  But now you're trying to talk a driver into keeping two cars, for different missions.  

 

And there's the "who wants to pay $70,000 for a commuter car that can't do anything else?" factor.  

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On 11/24/2019 at 6:38 PM, Larry said:

 

And now you get to the problem. Ok, let's assume there's a charger every 100 miles. 

 

Don't know about Cowgirl, here. But I think a cross country trip that consisted of 

 

     Drive 90 minutes.

     Spend 30 minutes filling the gas tank.

     Drive 90 minutes.

     Spend 30 minutes filling the gas tank.

 

would get irritating real quick. 

 

Tesla has a route planner here.  https://www.tesla.com/trips

 

I plugged in San Jose to LA.  When I drive to LA normally I stop twice over 6 hours. 

 

With the Model 3 its still 2 stops and 6 hours. 

 

 

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Tesla on Autopilot slams into police cruiser, driver claims he was checking on his dog

 

A Tesla on Autopilot slammed into two vehicles on Saturday, one of which was a Connecticut State Police cruiser, officials said.

 

The driver of the Tesla told police that he put the car on Autopilot because he was checking on his dog in the backseat, according to a statement from Connecticut State Police.

 

The incident happened in the early morning hours Saturday on Interstate 95 in Norwalk.

 

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Business Insider: Elon Musk appears to have mowed down a traffic sign in Tesla's new Cybertruck over the weekend

 

 

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Elon Musk took Tesla's new Cybertruck out for a spin in Los Angeles over the weekend.

TMZ published a video of the billionaire chief executive taking out a "right turn only" sign as he departed a restaurant in Malibu on Saturday.

The truck appeared to have manufacturer plates intended for vehicle testing.

 

 

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On 11/25/2019 at 2:44 PM, skinsfan_1215 said:

Subscription based vehicles. IMO this will be a big thing in the future. You pay for the miles you drive (or, are driven). Simply order a car from your phone app like you would an Uber, it comes to pick you up (no driver), you hop in and it takes you to your destination. I

This is where it’s going

 

when you realize how much a single vehicle sits idle (compared to when it’s doing what you paid for it to do) this whole thing opens up a lot. 
 

you can use more expensive vehicles when you’re only paying for a fraction of the vehicle and the vehicle is in use (making money) nearly constantly. 

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