Bought a Tesla Model S Plaid
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Teslas, and I assume other EVs, can be set to home charge at off peak rate/use times.
I'm guessing Texas grid failures, like Michigans, had more to do with poor management/upkeep than with the influx of EVs.
Joe
I am certain my friends 3 is NOT doubling his electric bill. He definitely would NOT accept that. I don't think he can give direct percent increase due to his solar changes, however, the info is available, and electric costs/usage is quite easily calculated.
Think of this....even if charging the EV from 20% to 80% is the same as the cost of a days electric use for a home, nobody is charging that much EVERY day.
Joe
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I have no professional opinion on this point. Being a resident of Austin and seeing year after year concerns for the system/ infrastructure not able to meet peak demand. I don't know if the other large metroplexes see the same increase. In Austin they are adding dozens of large apartment complexes to the grid every year. That does not take into account the subdivisions that are growing year over year for the last 15 years. It's not upkeep. It's that infrastructure can't keep up with demand. My gf's son is a lineman. He's been busier that shit for the last 3 years.
Sorry if my thoughts are not cohesive. I'm into the vodak.
Teslas are nice cars, and fun.
Hybrids are the WORST of both worlds.
A $3000 repair is not a "minor" water leak.
Teslas are nice cars, and fun.
Hybrids are the WORST of both worlds.
A $3000 water leak is not "minor".
Yugos were....well anyway.
I agree with regard to tax breaks.
Joe
You can take a look at Nurburgring track times for a list of vehicles that can beat it. The z06 corvette has done better for years. Hennessy motorsports builds zl1 Camaros that are comparable in the 0-60 and 1/4 mile and will crush it around the track. Even the factory zl1 is quicker around the track. People have twin turbo mustangs and corvettes that are as fast or faster in the 1/4.Charging DEFINITELY adds substantial and measurable strain to the grid and can cause or exacerbate (that means make worse) grid problems.
California Is Facing An Electricity Crisis. But It Has Also Mandated A Switchover To Electric Vehicles
California is banning new gasoline cars by 2035 and many states are following its lead. EV switchover will work only if households can charge their cars 24X7. This requires policies to build up transmission lines and new generation capacity for uninterrupted electricity supply.www.forbes.com
Race to zero: Can California’s power grid handle a 15-fold increase in electric cars?
California officials insist that the grid can provide enough electricity. But that’s based on a lot of assumptions that may not be realistic.calmatters.org
Still interested in seeing the vehicles you claim can out perform a S Plaid at its price-point as you claimed earlier.
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It’s kind of interesting though, because people used to criticize the domestics for not being able to handle well, now they put more of a focus on that, people, and once tesla comes into the picture, people only care about straight line performance again. Although it seems that’s mostly among people who weren’t car people before Tesla came around.
Wrong, bad guess. Growth, with diminished reliance on reliable fossil fuels has reduced the historically solid margin.
Wind and solar without obscenely expense storage systems is wholly unreliable.
I’m not an electricity expert by any means, but I believe my two family members that have teslas in their household probably charge theirs together.
Because it was 65 degrees today and there is not high demand.
Correct, because EV’s make up less than half a percent of registered vehicles in Texas last I checked. If they made up a significant percentage then it would have most certainly pushed us over the edge during hot days in the summer and cold days in the winter.
People with EV’s will need to charge their cars whenever they have the time, whether it’s during off peak hours or not.
Hybrids are probably where the auto industry will settle, at least for quite a while. They are more practical and a better value for most consumers.
That’s dealer pricing. The entire pack doesn’t go bad, usually just a few cells. Lots of places specialize in these repairs.How much is the replacement battery in the Tesla when it does fail? Are the current EV batteries still considered toxic waste?
Lexus says about $20k to swap batteries on their hybrid:
‘My jaw dropped’: Car owner shocked by $20,000 price tag to replace hybrid battery
Lucas Turner was told by a dealership that he would need to pay roughly $20,000 for a new hybrid battery.www.nbc15.com
Hybrids offer the best value to the first and maybe the second owners. There are two power trains, with added complexity and more points of possible failure. They will nickel and dime the later owners in repairs (or folks like me who keep their cars for many years). What ever happened to the Chevy Volts? I’d see them on the road 10 years ago, but not now.
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Wrong. If I were to buy one, any day I drive in to my office I would put 160 miles on it. And that's if I only go straight there and straight home. Would that not require a recharge before the next trip in? But my reply that you jumped on was mostly addressing the assertion that everyone suddenly charging EV's overnight would not affect the power grid. Increased demand does affect it - there's no way for it not to. If everyone using their air conditioners in the summer time puts a strain on the grid, then there is no way in hell charging a vehicle over night - one that even uses a fraction of the house's total daily use - does not put more strain on it. It's an asinine assertion that flies in the face of logic.
Also, the whole "charging at home" requires hiring an electrician to come out and install one of those charging stations in your garage...but oh, wait, what if you don't have a garage? Are those things weather proof? And how wonderful that purchasing an already expensive car comes with an immediate expense of up to $6500 (according to Tesla's own website) to install equipment. And my understanding is that recharging a mostly drained battery in one can take from 8 to 24 hours, even with a 240 volt charger.
None of this encourages me to get on the EV bandwagon. I'm not telling you they're wrong for you, but they have a long way to go to be good for me. It appears that, in your logic, I'm "nobody".
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A level 2 charger is approximately a 7200 Watt, 30 Amp load. This is several times the load of an AC unit. Most homes have 100-200 Amp service.
