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The answer is, Not very often. I rented a Corolla once. Im not renting a Prius. You have to have a line.
If you think I'm compensating for something, how do you explain women who wouldn't be caught dead in either a Corolla or a Prius? What are they compensating for?
I'm down for removing most any form of government intervention, let the market decide which method works best. It is kind of silly the idea that you can create a product but aren't allowed to sell it consumers yourself.
The Shop
It’s a dumb concept anyway. Microsoft can sell to customers. Apple can sell to costumers. Virtually every manufacturer of anything sells direct to customers. Why have special rules for autos???
Also, agreed on the antiquated dealer network. It’s the “good ol’ boy” way of doing things to where the masses are forced to line the pockets of the most privileged few. Time to move on from that model.
Their argument that an average car salesman wouldn't be able to fully represent their products adequately is probably true, in my experience......
Payroll, inventory and parts, adverstising, insurance, and other overhead for hundreds of dealerships and service centers across the globe.
It makes sense that if millions of teslas are sold the same overhead costs for dealerships will end up in the final price.
And how long are they claiming that these homes would be powered for? 5 seconds? 5 minutes? 5 hours? 5 days? 5 weeks? 5 months?
Pretty much the same article from the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/f5593480-d29a-11e7-8c9a-d9c0a5c8d5c9
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/ultra_fast_chargers
Tesla power packs are made up of large numbers of small batteries. If the charging distribution is set up to distribute the charge it shouldn't matter how large the pack is, the charge time would be the same. And he did say that in 30 minutes the pack could be charged up to 400 miles of the full 500 mile capacity. According to the article you have to slow the charge rate after 70%.
I've been watching a lot of videos on some new battery technology (non Lithium) on the horizon and I think we're on the verge of a big step in technology. The claims were significant improvement in every area over Lithium (density, weight, charge time, charge capacity, safety, etc). But I'll remain skeptical until more details are known.
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/11/17/tesla-semi-8-charger-holes-800-kwh…
Tesla said the semi would use less than 2kwh per mile so they are figuring you would need 800kwh to go 400 miles which would take a charge rate of 1.6 megawatts to pump that 800kwh in 30 minutes. Say an average home uses 24kwh per day that would mean in 30 minutes it would use only 0.5kwh. That would be the equivalent of the rate of power that 3200 homes would use in 30 minutes. It sound like a lot but if you took the amount of energy that could be generated from 400 miles worth of diesel fuel and it might come out very similar. I'm not exactly sure what point they are trying to make regardless. I assume the average home electricity usage must be a little lower than 30kwh to come up with 4000 homes. I know my dad just put in a solar system a couple of weeks ago and he uses over 40kwhs per day in his old farm house.
Pit Row
That article offers a possible explanation:
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