That would be my plan as well. Charge at home, charge at work.When I had the Audi, I plugged in every night. I wanted a full battery the next day.
Heck, I plug my two ICE cars in if I know they're going to sit for more than two days.
That would be my plan as well. Charge at home, charge at work.When I had the Audi, I plugged in every night. I wanted a full battery the next day.
The Audi batteries are sandbagged from what I recall and 100% is not actually 100% SoC to:It is not beneficial to BEV's to keep them at 100% all the time as it is hard on the batteries and causes them to degrade faster, some more intense BEV fans limit their charge to 80% to preserve battery life. I don't go that far and I still charge to 100% but run it down to 10-15% before I plug back in. Apparently EV batteries happy resting spot is between 10-80% SOC.
Regardless - the car will stop drawing power once it is full so its not like running a dryer full bore all night long.
Until the load shifts and that period is no longer low demand, that's what's inevitable if things get back to normal and people want to charge at home. Not an issue if you've got a fleet of nukes, much more of an issue if you want to try and depend on solar.
I wonder how long a shift in use like that takes?
..and we dont have a fleet of nukes. Our nukes? compared to your program our feels lacking.
Giant assemblies installed backwards, continuous shutdowns...
On charging the teslas Ive driven default to 80% you manually over ride that if you want to take a full charge like prior to a road trip.
Looks like the new Tesla 'tabless' cells are going to be able to take the heat considerably better. This should speed up charging and is known to increase output rate considerably. Ever faster EV's!!!
Unfortunately, the specific energy is improved only incrementally, the additional range and battery ouput is (at least partially) from ever larger and heavier battery packs. Musk says that the capacity is above 100KWH and that it is a larger battery pack.
There is no question the Model S "plaid" will be fast. There is also no question that at $140,000, only a select few of us can afford it (I certainly can't) . That's 3 years take home pay for the average American worker. The idea that a capable, long range EV will be affordable looks as distant as ever.
There are 2 cars with a 500 mile range and neither are released. The Lucid Air ($160K) and the Model S Plaid ($140K).
The cheapest Model 3 is $38K and the range is about 250 miles. Still too expensive for many people and not enough range for many situations.
You could almost buy 2 Honda Civics for that price. And their range is what, 400 miles on a tank of rag?
Yesterday I drove my grand niece's 2013 Civic LX from Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base (San Diego) to our house in Silicon Valley, about 440 miles.
Pretty much made it on 1 tank and in a little over 6 hours. That would never happen in our Model 3.
The wheels of progress turn slowly...
Dave - We were dropped off at Camp Pendleton just before 11:00 AM. The 2013 Civic LX had 1/4 tank. We drove for maybe 1/2 hour and gassed up at an Arco in San Juan Capistrano. Drove straight to Gilroy and stopped for gas, but could have made it to Los Gatos. We brought water and trail mix. Home a little after 5:00 PM.How many stops do you make ?
I have about the same regulalr drive I make about 10 times a year - la to penn valley about 460 mi.
I stop twice, one combo stop where I get a meal, fill up and bio - and usually one more quick stop for bio break.
Tesla gave me a 2 stop route plan, maybe adds 15 min to what I do anyway- might be net neutral between the two stops if I go in a resturant for one meal.
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Wow.Superchargers aren't free, but they are good deal comparatively.
With E/A once you actually get to one - you might as well be pumping gasoline from a cost perspective- it might even be a worse value on a per mile basis compared to an ICE vehicle.
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You should go check one out. When I picked up my Touareg I got to play around with the ID.4. It's a great looking and great driving VW.Now make a proper e-station wagon and I'm in.
You should go check one out. When I picked up my Touareg I got to play around with the ID.4. It's a great looking and great driving VW.
I love the car itself but a few key items need to change before I can seriously consider one. I want AWD, and I need a steering that isn't white.
Even still, if it had a third row I could probably get over those two things. I would also consider PPF on the front of the ID.4 a must-have. It has a completely vertical/flat front end.
That is my understanding as well. Here's hoping!AWD is coming and is higher performance (300HP IIRC).
Yeah that white steering wheel is a huge miss. I called this past weekend and inquired with the ID.4 salesperson and he had a great laugh when I told him I am not interested at all in the white steering wheel, he told me its either a love it or hate it based on feedback he has received but he said most people are not a fan. Sounds like the non-1st Edition models will have normal black/charcoal wheels and stalks/controls.
Talking with a Tesla owner, he has a problem with rotors rusting on the friction surfaces from unuse. He commutes 50 miles per day and doesn’t baby it. He tells me that brake pads are a known frequent replacement item on Tesla’s because of this. Apparently they do a really good job of capturing regen. I wonder if the closed nature of drums reduces rusting.I read that it has drum brakes in the rear. Didn't get a chance to read the article that explained why.