Charging the Tesla
Yesterday I drove down to Atlanta, from the NC mountains, with my brother in his Tesla, for the family Christmas party. It is 205 miles. That's the magic number, because the Tesla will only go 170 miles when running the heater. We had to stop at Gainesville for a recharge.
This is a brand new charging station with 15 chargers. This station just opened 3 days ago. The recharge took 30 minutes.
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Since their inception over a century ago, electric cars have always been "town" cars. They fill that bill well, but are not and have never been suitable for cross country driving. Or any other heavy duty use like towing or hauling, for that matter. Office workers and grocery getters only.
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Electric cars remind me of air rifles. They SEEM like they could be a game-changer, but they just might have a natural limit (batteries/range) that’s tough to overcome for a long time, if ever.
Lewis and Clark had an air rifle on their Corps of Discovery journey in 1804, and killed big game with it. Here we are 220 years later. We have fancier air rifles that can still kill big game, but they ain’t doing it at 500 yards.
Just like the air rifle is unlikely to replace powder-based cartridges for long-range hunting/shooting any time soon……electric cars are unlikely to replace combustion engine vehicles for long-range driving anytime soon.
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I love how the greenies never mention, or want to know, just exactly where the electricity comes from, or how it is actually made.😖
To be sure.......they do NOT want it made offshore of their Nantucket vacation mansion......by an overgrown/overdollared windmill.😱
They want the windmill in YOUR backyard.😡
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Rocky Raab: 29993620082203/comments/29993617290779
Since their inception over a century ago, electric cars have always been "town" cars. They fill that bill well, but are not and have never been suitable for cross country driving. Or any other heavy duty use like towing or hauling, for that matter. Office workers and grocery getters only.
And if they are not convertible to dual exhaust with glass pack mufflers that rattle windows, raised and lowered, convertible to big wide low profile tires and rims that cost more than the vec they are going to be a hard sell for the in car crowd.
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The electricity comes from trees that produce big leaves and little leaves that we can all shoot at.
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gp52555: 29993620082203/comments/29993589546011
Charging stations seems like the perfect place for bad guys to hang out, easy pickings for robbery.
I don't know why this is not more widely thought of and known.
Every time I see a charging station I think of an ATM and look for lurkers.
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slinger: 29993620082203/comments/29993607426715
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I don't know why this is more widely thought of and known.
Every time I see a charging station I think of an ATM and look for lurkers.
I left out "NOT".
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The Paradox of Lithium
The clean energy transition depends heavily on lithium, but mining this element is not “clean.” We must not fall into the same traps from which we are trying to free ourselves.One of the uglier sides of EV's that many ignore.
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Great article Susie, thanks for posting.
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Yes. Lithium is the "Dirty Little Secret," that the Greenies do not want to discuss/address in regards to EV's.
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jimdeere: 29993620082203/comments/29993617228059
Back during the second Arab oil embargo, gas guzzlers sold cheap. I bought a 1973 Lincoln Mark IV for $600.
It got 6 miles per gallon, but it got it in STYLE!
My parents had a 1976 Mark IV in the early 1990s, black with plush red interior and a 460ci. That was a smooth ride.
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It is too cold in SD for an electric car unless you keep it within a few miles of charging station. Friend has one and he was surprised when he got 70 miles to a charge.
It pains me to say this since I am a big fan of Henry Ford and his products but I was my local small town Ford dealer and they had a new Mustang Mach E in the showroom. Very small place with only room for one car inside. I made a remark to the owner of the place I would like to take it for a drive just to check it out. He says it isn't going anywhere and he is trying to get Ford to take it back. It is dead and won't wake up/recharge. Just a giant block of plastic and battery garbage stuck in the middle of his showroom.
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I went up to Ely Minnesota one January. The high was five and the low 25 below. I was talking to my brother about that, and wondering how far you could get at those temps. I told him he wouldn't get 70 miles.
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The tires on a Tesla are nothing special. Owners can buy tires just about anywhere for one. You can buy a $100 Vercelli or a $500+ Michelin to fit one.
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