The Tesla and other Electric vehicle thread.....

[Clank Plank]

Mrs Plank currently has a 2 year old XC90 T8, and does all her local motoring on electric and hasn't refulled the petrol tank since February, but we're downsizing her car and going full electric with a...

Mini electric. Due for delivery first week of September.

For my own part I still have my olde D5 XC90 and have little inclination to replace it. I have no real need for a car of my own any more so when it eventually dies I shall go carless. I cycle more miles than I drive, so it's difficult to justify the expense when this one finally passes away. Other than as a means of transport cars are of zero interest to me, so my ego won't suffer from the no-car emasculation.

 

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"I love the smell of gasoline in the morning... ...it smells like... ...Extinction!"

 

[Alkali Ike]

Volkswagen CEO's vacation snafu led to a scathing review of a rival to Tesla's supercharging network, highlighting the tough road to electric-car adoption

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess lit into electric-car charging company Ionity on social media.

The company is partially-owned by Volkswagen and was Invalid Link Removed as a joint venture between VW, Daimler, BMW, and Ford. It has been advertised as a rival to Tesla's high-powered Supercharger network, but appears to have fallen short, according to the VW CEO's account.

On Thursday, Diess detailed his experience taking Volkswagen's all-electric ID.3 on a summer road trip. It was "anything but a premium experience," he said, according to Invalid Link Removed

Diess said he faced difficulty finding a working EV charging station during his trip along Brenner Pass, a main thoroughfare that passes through the Alps and connects Italy and Austria.

 

[Alkali Ike]

If you get a Model X, don't do this.

 

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If you get a Model X, don't do this.

I'm surprised it will even move with the door open. They should fix it so it doesn't.

 

[Alkali Ike]

I'm surprised it will even move with the door open. They should fix it so it doesn't.

That's what I was thinking. Apparently it warns the driver 3 times, but the car can still be driven.

Edit: I wonder if there's some NHTSA or EU rule that says a car can't be prevented from moving just because a door is open. Something for passenger egress safety? I dunno.

 

[Alkali Ike]

https://electrek.co/2021/10/25/hertz-orders-100000-teslas-the-single-largest-ev-purchase-ever/

Invalid Link Removed has Invalid Link Removed for a whopping 100,000 Teslas in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car fleet and in the process mainstreaming EVs.

Bloomberg Invalid Link Removed the news a few minutes ahead of the Invalid Link Removed, with sources who asked not to be identified, and said that it represents around $4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla. It will be the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles. The cars will be delivered over the next 14 months from an already tight supply of Tesla vehicles.

Bloomberg points out that the cost of the order implies that Hertz is paying list prices for the Teslas, and is thus not getting a discount for its large order, which car-rental companies usually get from automakers.

Tesla Model 3s will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe starting in early November, according to the source. Customers will of course have access to Superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure.

 

[Stewie26]

https://electrek.co/2021/10/25/hertz-orders-100000-teslas-the-single-largest-ev-purchase-ever/

Invalid Link Removed has Invalid Link Removed for a whopping 100,000 Teslas in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car fleet and in the process mainstreaming EVs.

Bloomberg Invalid Link Removed the news a few minutes ahead of the Invalid Link Removed, with sources who asked not to be identified, and said that it represents around $4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla. It will be the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles. The cars will be delivered over the next 14 months from an already tight supply of Tesla vehicles.

Bloomberg points out that the cost of the order implies that Hertz is paying list prices for the Teslas, and is thus not getting a discount for its large order, which car-rental companies usually get from automakers.

Tesla Model 3s will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe starting in early November, according to the source. Customers will of course have access to Superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure.

Yep and the Tesla stock is going crazy. When my wife purchased her 2015 "S" model it was $40 a share. (adjusted for 5X split) This morning it is at $975 per share.

 

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Yep and the Tesla stock is going crazy. When my wife purchased her 2015 "S" model it was $40 a share. (adjusted for 5X split) This morning it is at $975 per share.
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Ah-yup, it's another happy day 'round these parts.

 

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Tesla breaches $1 trillion market cap

probably going to break $1000 again this afternoon.

 

[Alkali Ike]

There’s a scene in the new streaming show Invasion that made me lol. The show is deadly serious, devoid of humor. Cheating husband who is kind of a doofus and his family are trying to escape the mayhem in their Tesla. The husband is so rattled that he forgets how to “start” the Tesla. The wife takes over and says mockingly to him “You had to buy a Tesla!”. They eventually dump the Tesla when they can’t get on a charger and steal a good old ICE SUV.

Well I thought it was funny, keeping in mind I’m in a VW ID.4 now.

EDIT: Actually I think the husband forgot the key fob. The wife knew how to start the Tesla using the husband’s phone as a key.

 

[Fishheadjoe]

Apparently Hertz has ordered 100,000 new cars from Tesla. Both stocks are going up!
Fishheadjoe

 

[Stewie26]

Tesla breaches $1 trillion market cap

probably going to break $1000 again this afternoon.

Wow!!! You called it. I expect the day traders to take some profit b4 the market closes today and the stock will slip a little.

 

[Mike N]

https://electrek.co/2021/10/25/hertz-orders-100000-teslas-the-single-largest-ev-purchase-ever/

Invalid Link Removed has Invalid Link Removed for a whopping 100,000 Teslas in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car fleet and in the process mainstreaming EVs.

Bloomberg Invalid Link Removed the news a few minutes ahead of the Invalid Link Removed, with sources who asked not to be identified, and said that it represents around $4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla. It will be the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles. The cars will be delivered over the next 14 months from an already tight supply of Tesla vehicles.

Bloomberg points out that the cost of the order implies that Hertz is paying list prices for the Teslas, and is thus not getting a discount for its large order, which car-rental companies usually get from automakers.

Tesla Model 3s will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe starting in early November, according to the source. Customers will of course have access to Superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure.

Wonder what the cost to rent one will be?

I predict there will be several people that rent one for a trip to a local dragstrip, just to see how quick they really are.

 

[D M C]

Wonder what the cost to rent one will be?

I predict there will be several people that rent one for a trip to a local dragstrip, just to see how quick they really are.

If I had to guess, I'd say that anyone interested in renting a car to take drag racing would not bother renting a Tesla. It'd be more likely that they'd rent a loud, vibrating, testosterone inducing, fire-breathing, gasoline gulping, rubber burning, oil spewing, ICE machine.

 

[JKos]

Wonder what the cost to rent one will be?

I predict there will be several people that rent one for a trip to a local dragstrip, just to see how quick they really are.

They will undoubtedly have full telemetry available. It would be really easy to charge extra fees if certain behaviors were observed. It would also be quite easy to limit/eliminate certain behaviors via software.

 

[Mike N]

If I had to guess, I'd say that anyone interested in renting a car to take drag racing would not bother renting a Tesla. It'd be more likely that they'd rent a loud, vibrating, testosterone inducing, fire-breathing, gasoline gulping, rubber burning, oil spewing, ICE machine.

Who rents a Hellcat?? My guess is nobody.

Electric cars have a near flat torque curve and from the few I've driven, it's impressive. I'd almost be tempted to rent one to flog down the 'ol 1320.

 

[Stewie26]

Wonder what the cost to rent one will be?

The business plan for Hertz is to start up and operate the worlds larges auto driven taxi/ride share service with the 100.000 Tesla's. Hertz also plans to expand the Tesla network super charging stations. I did some research today and Hertz projections are over five billion gross profits per year once up and operating. Yep, I did buy some of their stock today as it could be a great long term, (5 yrs or more) investment.

 

[Gaolee]

https://electrek.co/2021/10/25/hertz-orders-100000-teslas-the-single-largest-ev-purchase-ever/

Invalid Link Removed has Invalid Link Removed for a whopping 100,000 Teslas in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car fleet and in the process mainstreaming EVs.

Bloomberg Invalid Link Removed the news a few minutes ahead of the Invalid Link Removed, with sources who asked not to be identified, and said that it represents around $4.2 billion of revenue for Tesla. It will be the single-largest purchase ever for electric vehicles. The cars will be delivered over the next 14 months from an already tight supply of Tesla vehicles.

Bloomberg points out that the cost of the order implies that Hertz is paying list prices for the Teslas, and is thus not getting a discount for its large order, which car-rental companies usually get from automakers.

Tesla Model 3s will be available to rent at Hertz locations in major US markets and parts of Europe starting in early November, according to the source. Customers will of course have access to Superchargers, and Hertz is also building its own charging infrastructure.

This is going to make a huge difference. Imagine a Tesla Model 3 becoming the white Ford Taurus of the '20s. That's an amusing thought.

 

[Gaolee]

If I had to guess, I'd say that anyone interested in renting a car to take drag racing would not bother renting a Tesla. It'd be more likely that they'd rent a loud, vibrating, testosterone inducing, fire-breathing, gasoline gulping, rubber burning, oil spewing, ICE machine.

Actually, if you are going bracket racing, it's the most consistent car that usually wins. I knew of a guy who would rent a very specific, very unexciting sedan every time he wanted to go racing. And, because he knew exactly how fast that specific model of car was, he could dial it in quickly and knew that there would be no surprises all night. He usually did very well even though it was slow. I bracket raced my '73 Chevy van at one point, and probably could have gotten pretty good at it. The van was good for a 20.5 second quarter mile at 64 mph nearly every time. Get the reaction time sorted, and it would have been hard to beat.