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Anybody own a Tesla?

#21
danesdad said:
I don't own one, but a convenience store locally put in the chargers beside their gas pumps. Talking to a guy that was using a charger for his, he said it takes about an hour to an hour and a half to go from nearly depleted to full charge at the store, but takes something like 10 hours at home. The home charger takes a 220 hookup and uses a lot of juice. So, it's not the three minutes it take to fill up a gasser, no matter how you charge it. This particular guy didn't pay anything at the store charger (apparently an option you could buy from Tesla) except time.
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Yeah, free supercharging was a thing at one time, but it's mostly going away any more. (I never qualified, fwiw, have always paid to charge.)
 
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#23
I just watched the live-streamed reveal of the new Mustang Mach E. It's three things that all other Mustangs are not
  1. Four door
  2. Crossover
  3. Battery Electric with range up to 300 miles
2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E: Here's The Car, Price And 0-60 Times Before You're Supposed To See It
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#26
MJ5150 said:
That looks like a Tesla. Disappointing.
Not that I dislike the Tesla, just that it's a copycat.

-Mike
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Interesting. Other than the nose blister I don't really see a Tesla resemblance. Actually looks closer in profile to the ID.4 that OldDog52 posted. I think both look better than the Model X. Not sure wrt the Model Y, which both are most likely to compete head-to-head with.
 
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malthumb said:
Interesting. Other than the nose blister I don't really see a Tesla resemblance. Actually looks closer in profile to the ID.4 that OldDog52 posted. I think both look better than the Model X. Not sure wrt the Model Y, which both are most likely to compete head-to-head with.
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Crazy how our eyes work.
I thought the VW was a rip off of the Tesla X/Y too.

-Mike
 
#30
5544 said:
Considering how gas powered cars have issues starting in the winter due to a bad battery, chances of an electric car being dependable in winter doesn't look that great.
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EV batteries are completely different technology from lead-acid. They do lose some capacity in cold weather, but it only affects range. A full charge might take you 235 miles in extreme cold, vs 300 miles in summer. They don't have the starting issues ICE cars have. The number one EV in Norway was the VW e-Golf until Tesla landed there this year. E-Golfs built for cold climate markets like Canada and Norway have de-icers in the windshields and heat pumps to heat and cool the cabin.
 
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#31
Out here a lot of employers and shopping centers have charging stations. There are 4-5, maybe more (I don't have an e-car so I don't count 'em) at every building where I work.
Drive to work, charge the car while you're there. The time factor isn't an issue in that case.
 
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#33
I don't own one, but my girlfriend and I have driven a couple (including the ultra rare Lotus built Roadster).
Sadly, Canadian rural areas have not caught up infrastructure wise for me to own one, but DAMN are they fast. Truly a joy to drive, and both of us, as certified petrolheads, would own one in a second.
 
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#34
Paulabass said:
I don't own one, but my girlfriend and I have driven a couple (including the ultra rare Lotus built Roadster).
Sadly, Canadian rural areas have not caught up infrastructure wise for me to own one, but DAMN are they fast. Truly a joy to drive, and both of us, as certified petrolheads, would own one in a second.
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They're just building out the first coast-to-coast supercharger links in Canada now, after that's complete, I'm sure they'll start filling in the blank areas. I was in a bit of a "supercharger desert" a year and change ago when I bought mine, since then, at least 4 more have opened in just the right spots to "fill the gaps".
 
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bholder said:
They're just building out the first coast-to-coast supercharger links in Canada now, after that's complete, I'm sure they'll start filling in the blank areas. I was in a bit of a "supercharger desert" a year and change ago when I bought mine, since then, at least 4 more have opened in just the right spots to "fill the gaps".
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Most of that is complete, but get 30 miles off the Transcanada highway and you may be out of luck. Another friend, who drives Toronto>Chester N.S. four times a year has done extensive research and says that even a long distance Tesla still can't do it, since New Brunswich is years behind the rest of Canada getting their share of the infrastructure together.
 
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#38
Ahh, yes, the onset of the long-awaited "Tesla killers". We'll see. But keep in mind what Tesla's corporate goals are - not to beat Detroit, so much as to force them to change. That is to say, this is exactly what Tesla says they want to accomplish.
 

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