Drivers waiting in hour-long queues to recharge batteries: "No more long trips on Tesla." (fast food, Iran)

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

Nonsense....Who might "they" be?

They would be the city planners who propose solutions like no free parking, "road diets" the removing of automobile traffic lanes to add bicycle lanes and public transit only lanes, or no driving days linked to the last digit on a license plate.

[scarabchuck]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

There are lots of charging stations, and they are easy to find..

These are just the Tesla stations.... https://www.google.com/search?q=ev+c...0V4_zkiSGcK-wM

While I figured finding a charging station would be that big of a deal, I just searched for stations along the route we took over the Thanksgiving holiday to visit family out west. We would have been SOL. We could have made it about 3/4 of the way their but that is all.

Had a limited amount of time, so had to do the drive there in one day and back in one day. Detroit MI, to El dorado KS, 972 miles , 13hrs 50 minutes.

[cruitr]

Originally Posted by Hoonose

We and many of our neighbors have clay tiled roofs, relatively fragile. The roofers simply lay plywood down to spread their weight when necessary.

Thanks. I'm seen it done here. But that method does not work on Tesla glass roofs. You need to hire a Tesla technician to walk on their glass roof.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by cruitr

Thanks. I'm seen it done here. But that method does not work on Tesla glass roofs. You need to hire a Tesla technician to walk on their glass roof.

Any idea why that won't work? Too slippery?

[bentlebee]

Originally Posted by eastriver

Earth to 'enviro'-gadget heads: Wishing doesn't make it as practical as liquid fuel.

https://www.infowars.com/video-tesla...tric-vehicles/

Add the power outage in CA that was intentional and how great to have a Tesla without power.

[kishac]

I drive my Tesla for more local trips, and my gasoline car for longer trips that exceed 100 miles one way. The longer trips happen maybe 2x a year. The reality is most american families have more than one car so this supercharger issue is a bit overblown.

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by bentlebee

Add the power outage in CA that was intentional and how great to have a Tesla without power.

Gas pumps need power too ya know.

[Corrie22]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

Technology is moving fast....Try to keep up.

Installing solar panels on your home helps combat greenhouse gas emissions and reduces our collective dependence on fossil fuel.

https://www.tesla.com/en_CA/solarroof

why would anyone choose to be that stupid?

The US just became a net fossil fuel exporter.....let that sink in for a min

(someone else is buying it and burning it)

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

why would anyone choose to be that stupid?

The US just became a net fossil fuel exporter.....let that sink in for a min

(someone else is buying it and burning it)

Did you just call me stupid?

Since the US has exported so much of their manufacturing and CO2 emissions to China and other countries it needs much less fossil fuel. That and the growth of renewable energy accounts for the surplus of fossil fuel.

https://www.c2es.org/content/renewable-energy/

Renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy source in the United States, increasing 67 percent from 2000 to 2016.

[Biker53]

Perhaps its already been brought up in this discussion but how is an EV going to have any value a few years down the road when the owner has to incur a substantial cost to replace the battery & pay to dispose of the old one?

When the batteries are good for 1,000 miles on a charge and will last for 100,000 miles then I might be interested. I will add I am talking an F150 type pickup truck.