Tesla has announced an upgrade that will provide a 400 mile range on a single charge for its Roadster EV.
CNN - Tesla Now, that's what will make an EV work for me.
Tesla EV - 400 Mile Range
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That for sure - plus a lower price of admission.
Would really love to ditch one of our gas burners.
Would really love to ditch one of our gas burners.
Fortunately, Grandma has a 240V outlet, and you can recharge your Roadster while you're having Sunday dinner. 
http://insideevs.com/tesla-announced-roadster-3-0-upgrade/
http://insideevs.com/tesla-announced-roadster-3-0-upgrade/
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Problem is that if I want to head due east, say to Idaho I would be SOL with an all electric vehicle. The major cities and freeway corridors are getting charging stations, but not the heartland.
Thanks for the reminder woodgeek. I forgot grandma had a welder in her metal shop.
Thanks for the reminder woodgeek. I forgot grandma had a welder in her metal shop.
Not much better out east. On the 100 mile road between the two biggest cites on the east coast....NYC and Philly, there are exactly 2 (reliably working, non-Tesla) fast DC chargers. And both of those are crummy 22 kW units (on a standard that allows up to 80 kW), and not easy-on easy off to the highway. 
And none between Philly and Baltimore/DC.
Maryland and CT each have more than a dozen.
And none between Philly and Baltimore/DC.
Maryland and CT each have more than a dozen.
I'm really looking forward to the model E that they are anticipating will hit the market around 2017. I'm really interested in an all electric vehicle for my next car. If they can meet the price point of about 35K with 200 mile real world range, i'm sold.
I think $35k and 200 mile ranges are further out than that, at least for a vehicle that's drivable for me. I sat in Model S not too long ago and left a puddle of drool in the front seat. I'd be in at $50, or maybe even $55k for that car. Elon is an amazing man whose name will be long remembered.
Esp if he can stick his landing on Friday morning....
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astr...t_to_land_booster_on_a_floating_platform.html
Remember, building EVs is Elon's hobby, building a Mars base is his passion.
That's a great read. I didn't realize they were already on their fifth resupply mission or that they are ready to try a first stage recovery. That's WAY cool.
I have to say though, he's not any less passionate about EVs than he is about Space travel and settlement. He's just passionate about changing the world.
I knew they were doing wet landing recoveries, but didn't realize they were ready to try a dry landing already. This is a pretty good illustration of a major difference between public sector and privet sector thinking. Public sector = This is going to be expensive to do, let's find some more money and keep the program going. Private sector = This is too expensive, let's find a way to make the program more efficient and keep it going.
What happens to that range should you turn a heater or air conditioner on the car?
On my last electric bill I paid .21 per kWh. I don't see electric cars around here anytime soon. Much of that cost is the $17 base charge, if I used more electricity the cost would be spread out over more kWh, but electricity is a killer up here.
On my last electric bill I paid .21 per kWh. I don't see electric cars around here anytime soon. Much of that cost is the $17 base charge, if I used more electricity the cost would be spread out over more kWh, but electricity is a killer up here.
Strikes me as somewhat odd that a full EV is judged by the same standards as a gasoline vehicle. I remember when cars did not have AC and heaters were fairly dismal in performance. I understand the desire for all the bells and whistles of modern vehicles, and likely that will be required to satisfy the whims and wants of today's traveling public. At the same time I heat the house with a wood stove in the living room, the shop with a wood gasification boiler, and these have no bells or whistles compared to today's LP or NG furnaces/boilers, and they both have all the inconveniences and labor of CSS wood, loading, ash removal, clean-up, along with the benefit of tremendous $$$ savings. "Suffering" some moderate inconvenience with a full EV, fueled by PV, would be a winner for me. A dependable 200 mile range probably would satisfy at least 75% of my driving, 400 mile range about 98% of my driving, leaving 2% for driving trip vacations. And for that 2% a spare gasoline powered vehicle left to age gracefully, or a rental vehicle, would be fully satisfactory. I expect our next car to be full EV.
The cost of electricity for me is now 6x the cost of natural gas per btu. If people were smart enough to do the math and had a source of NG they would go NG long before electric.
As the infrastructure ages and the demand for electricity goes up, I can't see it getting any cheaper.
And im waiting to see those new specs for the 2016 model ,supposedly out at 9Pm Jan 11 2015.
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