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Electric Cars (Tesla and Others) (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter WampusCat43
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Forgot to mention this, but when you let off the gas it essentially brakes. It's like downshifting on a manual, only much more pronounced. It takes a while to get used to but you only need to press the brakes to come to a complete stop or in an emergency situation. I'd venture to guess you get twice as much life out of the brake pads in a tesla as compared to another car.
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Rayderr
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NutterButter
Footballguy
After the X, they're said to be coming out with a compact sedan in the 30k price range to compete with the Audi A4 and BMW 3. 30k and 200+ miles per charge; that could be huge.
Otis
Footballguy
Agree -- pics pls! Also how much did you pay for it?
Any other updates? Really curious about these.
Otis
Footballguy
I let my wife have it for the day so I'll post some pics tmrw. My friends and family are lining up to borrow it since they know I'm gonna give it back.
Anything you guys wanna see in particular? I'll post before n afters of the retractable door handles. Some other cool features is the high def back up camera, the GPS is google maps so no need to buy discs to update. I'll take a screen shot of the moonroof controls, it's pretty nifty.
The 50k number is outdated. The one I'm driving is in the 90s, the one on order is over 100 and I got all the options but the $4500 rim package. Kinda bummed as they add a little flare to a somewhat generic looking shape but the only way i could justify it is if they included the stock rims and tires so I could use them in the winter. They wouldn't budge on it.
Rayderr
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NutterButter
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Hawks64
Footballguy
You can turn that off I believe, some roll setting IIRC from what my friend told me. You can also turn on the "creep" function so it will act as if it's a gas motor and move forward when you let off the brake.
Hawks64
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-jb-
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Hawks64
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Normally plates in IL run ~100 this car qualifies as for the electric plates and it's a huge pain in the ### to get them you can get them. They actually cost 27.00 every two years so I was off a few bucks.
Brunell4MVP
Footballguy
There are at least 5 teslas that drop off kids at our school. It is a public school, but definitely in a well to so area. All of them are the 4 door variety. I only know 1 owner. He says its the best car he ever bought. Absolutely nothing goes wrong and the gas savings (unlike his hybrid Tahoe) are huge. The other 4 are owned by Asians and India Indians. So they must have a following in the Asia markets.
Rayderr
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Keerock
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NutterButter
Footballguy
In Montana, it looks like if your car is less than 4 years old, the fee is $217. Holy beejesus.Mine are ~$150 per year in Michigan
Hawks64
Footballguy
That's about where my wife's are, she has personalized plates. And I think both Toyota and one other mfg are going to be using Tesla's drivetrain and motor for 2015 cars. I also was told that there will be a more affordable ie 40k Tesla in 2015/2016. 100% my next car will be an all electric car.Mine are ~$150 per year in Michigan
Rayderr
Footballguy
Guess I'm just spoiled after having paid about $35/year in Ohio and Virginia (which included $10 for personalization)In Montana, it looks like if your car is less than 4 years old, the fee is $217. Holy beejesus.Mine are ~$150 per year in Michigan
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
In AZ, you basically pay something like 1.7% of the value of your car for registration. So, yeah...
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
iirc, my plates just cost me about $500.
Rayderr
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Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
"There is a $4.00 title fee; an $8.00 registration fee; plus an air quality research fee of $1.50; and a vehicle license tax (VLT) assessed in place of a personal property tax charged by other states."
Nugget
Footballguy
I'm following Tesla much more closely - very cool story. I'd like to see better sales reporting - they are currently giving quarterly numbers of deliveries rather than industry standard of monthly. Biggest questions for me are how they ramp up production, set up the battery swapping infrastrucutre, and how they manage without a dealer network for sales and service.
-jb-
Footballguy
The service piece is interesting. They say that 90% of Tesla owners live within 100 miles of a service center. Interesting spin, though. Are people NOT purchasing because they're NOT within 100 miles?
http://www.teslamotors.com/service
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Each year?!? I just paid $60.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Is the battery swapping network that big of a deal? What percentage of car use exceeds the 200+ range on these?
-jb-
Footballguy
You live in Manhattan right? Are there electrical options in the parking garages or would you keep this elsewhere?
Major
Footballguy
Negative...moved to Houston a few years back. Not sure on the electrical options in parking garages but sure they're slowly becoming available.
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ericttspikes
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My buddy got an S a few months ago. Fun car. I'm not a guy who would ever spend that kind of coin on a car, electric or otherwise, but a nice luxury car and the tech is great. I'm curious to see how his battery performs in the winter, but it is a sweet ride.Major said:
The stock is insane. 1/4 the size of Ford? Dunno about that. Fun to watch it though. I was tempted to pull the trigger at 29 but thought 2 B market cap was too big then. LOL. Looks like 2000 all over again. Massive bubble stock. I've heard from more than one person that they wished they put money in the stock instead of on their downpayment. My buddy could of had his car practically paid for during the time he had to wait for delivery. In any event, it's great to see a company do EV right.
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Nugget
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Are these Tesla owned, Tesla dedicated facilities? Can they work on other vehicles? There is not nearly enough volume to be a stand alone, Tesla only service center.-jb- said:
Traditional service customers don't want to travel more than 5 miles to have there cars serviced. Most people who buy these will have other vehicles, and if Tesla does a delivery service with a loaner car for customers, it shouldn't be an issue.
-jb-
Footballguy
Can't speak for the nation, but the image used on the website is the service facility in Fremont. This is also where they're manufactured, taking over a portion of the old NUMMI plant (GM and Toyota shut it down in 2010). The others look like they're located in business/industrial parks.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Tesla co-founder Elon Musk is up to still more new tricks. No details yet, design release scheduled for Aug. 12. Speculation is that it might be a combination of maglev and pneumatic tube transport.
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Yup. Basically eliminating all friction so you can accellerate to ridiculous speeds. NYC to LA in under an hour.
That said, what happens if something goes wrong at 3,000 MPH?
Major
Footballguy
azgroover
Footballguy
If I could just go long Musk, I would. Instead, I'm left with just buying TSLA stock.
roadkill1292
Footballguy
Yeah, I've seen lots of safety concerns raised in comments at various articles about this, which is all kinda speculative since we don't know exactly what kind of system he's proposing yet. Still, whatever disasters we can dream up, he's gonna have to have an answer for all of them.
Interesting times and he's one of the people making them so.
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