What Are You Doing Right Now
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@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver said:
My wife was heading up north today (as she does most days) and she had to turn around as most of the higher elevation roads hadn't been touched yet.
hahah...... just not putting any thought into that statement sounds like she's going up into the mountains to make moonshine. LOL.
More like WHERE they make moonshine
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@Minion-Queen said:
@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver said:
My wife was heading up north today (as she does most days) and she had to turn around as most of the higher elevation roads hadn't been touched yet.
hahah...... just not putting any thought into that statement sounds like she's going up into the mountains to make moonshine. LOL.
More like WHERE they make moonshine
Pretty much... she works with farmers.
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I might buy one of these...
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@DustinB3403 said:
I might buy one of these...
I was looking at that when they announced. The next model in the series will be on my short-list. I really want the charging stations to be more available before I jump on it.
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Aww man I didn't even look at one of those when I just got a new car. And I spent close to that! Oh well my new baby looks pretty sweet.
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The 215 mile range is rough. We regularly drive twice that (once or twice a month).
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There are no charging stations in my city, I'd have to drive at least an hour out to charge. (and then back to go home)
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@DustinB3403 said:
There are no charging stations in my city, I'd have to drive at least an hour out to charge. (and then back to go home)
You can install a charging station at your house. I think they can also charge over 110v albeit a bit slowly.
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@coliver said:
The 215 mile range is rough. We regularly drive twice that (once or twice a month).
Oh yeah that makes a non-option for me. I regularly drive 500+ miles in a day
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@coliver Yeah I know about the in house charger (I assume an in-house charger is included minus any cost for an electrician)
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https://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger This is the supercharger that the Model 3 is compatible with.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver Yeah I know about the in house charger (I assume an in-house charger is included minus any cost for an electrician)
I doubt it is for some reason. Not at that price... but I don't think they mentioned one way or the other.
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@DustinB3403 said:
I might buy one of these...
Rant warning
I like how Tesla is pushing the tech forward, but just don't understand the pure electric car. I could just imagine myself getting one and getting stuck in between work and home in the middle of winter. Batteries + running heater + normal terrible efficiency at cold temps = me wondering what the real range would be. Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator and now we've got something very intriguing. Cargo ships and trains have adopted the electric drive with on board generation model for decades now because of the combination of range and efficiency it offers, why is nobody miniatureizing the same sort of system for road vehicles?
end rant
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@travisdh1 said:
@DustinB3403 said:
I might buy one of these...
Rant warning
I like how Tesla is pushing the tech forward, but just don't understand the pure electric car. I could just imagine myself getting one and getting stuck in between work and home in the middle of winter. Batteries + running heater + normal terrible efficiency at cold temps = me wondering what the real range would be. Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator and now we've got something very intriguing. Cargo ships and trains have adopted the electric drive with on board generation model for decades now because of the combination of range and efficiency it offers, why is nobody miniatureizing the same sort of system for road vehicles?
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Because you have to store fuel.
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@travisdh1 said:
Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator
Chevy volt, toyota prius....
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@MattSpeller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator
Chevy volt, toyota prius....
I'll give you the Volt, but not the Prius. The Prius was never designed to run only on battery.
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@JaredBusch said:
@MattSpeller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator
Chevy volt, toyota prius....
I'll give you the Volt, but not the Prius. The Prius was never designed to run only on battery.
It's a bit of an aside but one of my favourite youtube shows did it... briefly...
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@MattSpeller finally! something a Prius is good for! (I am fervently anti-smugmobile, but equally pro-Tesla).
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@JaredBusch said:
@MattSpeller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator
Chevy volt, toyota prius....
I'll give you the Volt, but not the Prius. The Prius was never designed to run only on battery.
Apparently I'm FAR from the only one that has forgotten about the Volt. I don't remember how the Volt worked, but the Prius does not actually work the way I'm thinking. In a Prius the motor can directly power the front wheels. What I really want to see is pure electric drive. Even if nothing else you eliminate all the gearing in the transmission and differential, which is normally larger than the accepted 15% rule (Engineers, I tell ya.)
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@travisdh1 said:
@JaredBusch said:
@MattSpeller said:
@travisdh1 said:
Now give me something like a Tesla with a small on board generator
Chevy volt, toyota prius....
I'll give you the Volt, but not the Prius. The Prius was never designed to run only on battery.
Apparently I'm FAR from the only one that has forgotten about the Volt. I don't remember how the Volt worked, but the Prius does not actually work the way I'm thinking. In a Prius the motor can directly power the front wheels. What I really want to see is pure electric drive. Even if nothing else you eliminate all the gearing in the transmission and differential, which is normally larger than the accepted 15% rule (Engineers, I tell ya.)
Volt is only electric assist and only once in a while. It's pretty crappy design. We looked into it when I was commuting in Texas and discovered that for us it would only be using electric to get up and down the driveway, once you hit a real road it is a gas driven car again. Not impressive at all. Calling that even a hybrid was stretching things, what a joke it was.
