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I posted this a while back and your "45-60 minutes" to charge reminded me. If you find the right charger, there's no reason to charge that long.
A lot of the charging times are misleading. There is a charging curve for EVs. You're going to get the fastest charge when at a low state of charge. As the state of charge increases, the charging rate tapers.
So, if you're in a cannonball run, you want to charge at as low a SOC as possible and then unplug at around 80%. Going from 5% to 70-80% might take ~20 minutes depending on the vehicle and charging speed. If you insist on "topping off", going from 80% to 100% would also take ~20 minutes because of the charging taper. Long story short, if you're concerned about time, don't charge to 100%.
Personally, I have no issues with stopping every 3 hours for a brief charge. I'm not in a race and I find it makes the drive easier. No road fatigue, especially using Autopilot for the highway miles. Tesla superchargers are right off the highway, and every one I've visited has had food, drink, and restrooms available.
Each to their own. I still don’t get why people try to tell other people how they should feel about the inherent (charging time) and/or potential delays (when there’s a line for chargers) in mid-trip charging.
I hear you and I’m getting there myself. But a pee stop is only 5 minutes. And there’s always the bottle method. 😀
And of course, if you work at NASA and are on a cross-country trip intent on murder, no issues with poopy breaks either lol.
This is part of the real world experience that gets reported and gives people pause. It’ll get way better, and pretty quickly I think. I‘m content to wait.
Right. They have their bodily functions down to a science at NASA. 🙂
That would be helpful. But not sure if the finances would make sense within the various different business models across those different chains.
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According to the charge stats on my Tesla app, my gas savings is $112 in the last 31 days.Kelley Blue Book says the cost to own a Tesla Model 3 over 5 years is $16K less than the competition
Kelley Blue Book (KBB) has named the Tesla Model 3 as the most cost effective choice in the luxury electric vehicle (EV) market segment over a five year period.
That could be Tesla’s slogan… Tesla - a great car for saving money.
One of the advantages of Tesla's disdain for paid advertising is their not needing to pay absurd advertising fees to concoct campaigns with vapid and meaningless slogans such as “the ultimate driving machine“, “never follow”, et al.
Just find it funny that so many Tesla owners hang on to every tweet by Musk think everyone else is easily manipulated. Do you own Dogecoin?
No. I don't follow Musk's Twitter nor do I speculate in Dogecoin or any other cryptocurrency. I did invest in Tesla three years ago (based on what I had discovered about Musk's entrepreneurial wizardry and contrarian spirit), the first individual stock I'd purchased in 25 years. I also purchased a Tesla Y two years ago, based on YouTube reviews and a test drive.
I believe I explicitly stated above that most all humans are influenced by these emotions, whether Tesla owners or those who use laughing/crying emojis to punctuate their feeble attempt at 'gotcha' humor.
Our leaders are proclaiming "just buy an electric car" to deal with high gas prices!!
Tesla is not really a luxury vehicle. It is just conveniently lumped in with luxury vehicles.Tesla Passes BMW in US Luxury Sales - BimmerFile
The day has come that BMW isn’t fighting Mercedes and Lexus for the luxury crown but Tesla. And as of January Tesla is winning....www.bimmerfile.com
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Hate to break it to you. YouTube is there to influence you. Also, Tesla is a status purchase. Again, find the irony funny.
Everybody wants to get in on the profiteering made possible by a global pandemic and a war in Ukraine. Why should Tesla be any different?
So just expensive, not luxurious.Tesla is not really a luxury vehicle. It is just conveniently lumped in with luxury vehicles.
"We'll start by saying that many people, including those on the Tesla team, don't consider its cars luxury vehicles, but that's not the point here.
Tesla calls its cars "premium," since they're more expensive than most competing vehicles and arguably more "premium" than many mainstream, non-luxury cars. Nonetheless, Tesla's cars are lumped into the luxury category by automotive reviewing websites, as well as almost all automotive rankings and awards."
Tesla Passes Audi To Become Fourth-Largest Luxury Brand In U.S.
Many people, including the Tesla team, don't consider its cars luxury vehicles, but that's not the point here. Tesla is making a clear push toward the top.
We looked hard at buying an EV for our oldest kid, the one who will drive the car from NJ to Wisconsin this summer for an internship (and then back to NJ). We are buying the car as a gift, and we could not justify spending an additional $8-10K for a non-Tesla electric car with sub 300 mile range and an unproven/sketchy charging network. To move up to Tesla, the price point would have been $20-25K (including the tax incentive), and we did not even need to break out the calculator to determine if it was worth it.
This is true. A Mercedes GL450 is a good example of a "standard" luxury SUV (i.e. very luxurious but not a Rolls Royce or whatever). A Tesla Model Y is a perfectly fine car that, according to all objective reports, is not as luxurious feeling as a Kia Telluride's top trim (which is often compared to the Merc).Tesla is not really a luxury vehicle. It is just conveniently lumped in with luxury vehicles.
"We'll start by saying that many people, including those on the Tesla team, don't consider its cars luxury vehicles, but that's not the point here.
Tesla calls its cars "premium," since they're more expensive than most competing vehicles and arguably more "premium" than many mainstream, non-luxury cars. Nonetheless, Tesla's cars are lumped into the luxury category by automotive reviewing websites, as well as almost all automotive rankings and awards."
Tesla Passes Audi To Become Fourth-Largest Luxury Brand In U.S.
Many people, including the Tesla team, don't consider its cars luxury vehicles, but that's not the point here. Tesla is making a clear push toward the top.
Consider using more emojis. A picture being worth a thousand words and no risk of sloppy wording. 😉
But to be fair, while somewhat expensive, they're not really luxury car expensive either. They start out priced well below the luxury automotive segment and only the highest model Teslas (e.g. Model S Plaid) get into the luxury automotive range - and are priced more for performance than luxury, I guess.
