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They pick it up and drop off the loaner. They also have a mobile fleet that can take care of most service in the field. So they fix it in the parking lot while you're inside at your desk working. I get it, people want to find reasons to naysay, but they are quickly running out as Tesla knocks the arguments against them out of the water. Hell, this is what they can achieve with today's battery tech. Right now. Once every auto manufacturer in the world has gone full EV by 2025-2030, the rate at which battery tech will improve will be ridiculous. The gains of even meager battery energy density improvements are immense. |
If nothing else, I love that Tesla is pushing everyone else to get better. Hopefully they can figure out their production issues sooner than later.
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Exactly! Too many years where the car companies looked at electric cars as these loathsome vehicles.
https://i1.wp.com/www.automark.pk/wp...size=710%2C334 |
Seems to me they should be viewing batteries as an interchangeable unit rather than a fixed piece of the vehicles. A Tesla station should have fully charged battery packs ready to switch out when you arrive. That may make design more of a challenge but would improve one of the big drawbacks, especially for trucks. You don’t own the batteries, but exchange them when you need a new charge. Battery replacement also seems like a huge sustaining capital cost that never gets figured in when looking at the costs. What is the lifespan? Maybe a few years if you are lucky?
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I do agree that that would take care of the issue of having to sit around for an hour or two while it recharges. That said, battery lifespan on the Teslas at least doesn't appear to be a huge concern. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gb_i4ihsJ1w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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I can't imagine what the insurance is like on these cars. Those things are all aluminum and they get a couple panels with dings on them and they can total them out.
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0-60 in 1.9 seconds?
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Tesloop is operating a Model S with over 300,000 miles on it so far in just 2 yrs(?). School has over 90% capacity. Tesla has brought in the world's leading battery excluded Jeff Dahn to try and help achieve some improvements. One of the goals was you double the battery life. I think it was intended to be a 5 year protect. I think they double the expected battery life in a few months. The completely arbitrary of 10 years is been assigned to the lifespan of the battery packso the soonest, we can infer that teslas battery packs may live above 80% capacity for I'll to 20 years. In 10-20 yrs, the cost of knew batteries should be negligible compared with the savings in other maintenance and fuel savings. |
What's the price tag for that semi?
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Don't believe they've said. Just that operating expense is cheaper day one. For heavy users I'm sure.
I'd imagine savings on fuel and maintenance would be immense. Not to mention the value of certainty that comes with a known cost of operation. I'd take a guess of $350-500k. |
https://electrek.co/2017/11/17/tesla...ectric-trucks/
Orders already piling up. Truck expected on road in 2019. |
when I drove OTR, I think I averaged about 6mpg.
2x 100gal tanks, and I was told by our safety team that "when you hit 1200 miles, you'd better know where you're getting fuel". I never ran it to the point of being super low on fuel, but when I'd hit 1200 miles, the needle was definitely flirting with "E". |
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Comsumer Reports "Ford also claims that body-repair costs won't be any higher than for a steel-bodied truck." |
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