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0 pointsthebluehawk8y ago0 comments

As a Tesla Model S owner, you really don't need to fill your car in minutes. It's a totally different (but not bad) mindset.

Every morning my car is full, because I plug it in in my garage. So if I don't go more than 260 miles that day, it's plugged in the next night. It doesn't matter that it takes a few hours. My gas car was just sitting in the garage each night anyway doing nothing. How many hours does your car sit idle per day? Probably way more than enough to charge it for your daily driving.

For road trips, there are super chargers.

I was a bit worried, after hearing all the fuss about range anxiety and all that. Overall, charging has just been such a non issue.

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erik_seaberg8y ago· 8 in thread

I've never had a private garage, much less a locked one I could rewire. If Tesla wants to go mainstream they need to handle apartment parking.

tazjin8y ago

Here in Norway it's common for apartment buildings that have parking spots to have electric chargers outside and that seems to be working fine.

oblio8y ago

Your population density is minimal, though.

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bradlys8y ago

More like they need to handle street parking. I live in the bay area, live in an in-law unit, and can only use street parking. Even then, this house would need some serious rewiring to be able to charge that car in any kind of reasonable amount of time. The woes of 1930's homes.

BHSPitMonkey8y ago

My apartment offers EV charging parking spaces, though they cost a bit more than the others. I don't think this is a terribly new or radical concept.

puranjay8y ago

There is plenty of incentive for landlords to install charging points in apartment parking. Landlords who do that can lay claim to being "environment friendly" and add a $100 extra to rent, which people will pay because, well, who wouldn't want to be environment friendly?

Honestly, electric cars are sitting in a cultural spot from where they can't lose. You can make all the arguments in the world that electric cars have the same or worse carbon footprint as gas cars, but the public at large is convinced that "gas = bad", "electric = solar = good".

CodeWriter238y ago

One of my neighbors runs an extension cord across the sidewalk to his plug-in Prius. Not sure if he has a surveillance cam trained on it or not.

Tempest19818y ago

A few neighbors have had their outdoor chargers stolen. A visible camera is a good deterrent.

baud1472588y ago

My brother is part of a company building appartement blocks; currently all the new parkings have sockets to charge electric cars.

jonaswi8y ago

After some time of thinking and also talking to some Tesla owners, I decided to buy a Model S.

Sadly I have to say that for me the range and charging is, in fact, an issue for me. The range is just a little too short to get to my holiday apartment so I have to drive to a supercharger which is not directly on my way. All this makes my travel about 1.5h longer than before. I for one would be very happy with a 200KWh battery in my Model S.

chrismcb8y ago

Yes, for a daily driver you don't need to recharge in minutes... But if you go on a trip you do. Super chargers are great, but not everyone wants to take along break every few hours of driving.

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