And you never have to do an oil change or air filter or any other periodic maint. They just run and run and run. Silent, clean, fast, transportation for the more advanced humans....
From: Chuck Hogg Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one? My office is 7 miles away. I go 45 miles round trip to take kids to school each morning. I go another 70 miles round trip for sports after school 3-4 times a week, and another 100+ per day on the weekends going to soccer games. My daily average mileage is typically under 150 miles. I get 19MPG today (in my X5) so it's costing me about $20 in gas those days. That's at least 25 days a month...and damn near pays for itself over 5 years. So I might have to plug in every night, but that won't be that big of a deal. I won't have to go to the gas station either. If I have to go somewhere far away, I still have my BMW. I won't take it on long trips to anyways. It'll be a good daily driver. Now the race is on. Who can make the thing go 600-1000 miles...Once they hit 3-5x the capacity of the batteries today (which they say will be done by 2020), I don't think those arguments will hold any water. Regards, Chuck On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 12:07 AM, Cassidy B. Larson <[email protected]> wrote: Or park it at a charging station and get topped up for free while you eat lunch… When I was in Norway this summer I saw so many Teslas in Oslo. I asked around and basically it’s because the taxes on “electric cars" are less than regular cars. Electric cars also don't have to pay the congestion charges, and all around town they have free charging stations. So in the end, it cost them significantly less than a BMW/Merc to buy. On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: Even if it were 5 seconds that would be more time every two weeks than what I spend at a gas station. Then I have to pay for power anyway... Not a fan of the front end duck bill. The rear has too much Prius. Side looks great. Interior looked unfinished or space aged. 115k preorders for something you won't see in two years, though? Woof. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 31, 2016 11:34 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: It takes 5 seconds to plug in and you wave at every gas station as you pass it. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one? No interest really. Plugging in every time I get home? Yuck. I love the updates they do with the Model S and the API power is really awesome, but I'm more for NA over boost, let alone electric. I saw the website and thought "Who's going to preorder a car that won't be announced for another hour?". IPhone users :P Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mar 31, 2016 10:57 PM, "Simon Westlake" <[email protected]> wrote: One day! On 3/31/2016 9:54 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote: Gerard and I just put our pre-orders in..anyone else? Regards, Chuck -- Simon Westlake Skype: Simon_Sonar Email: [email protected] Phone: (702) 447-1247 --------------------------- Sonar Software Inc The next generation of ISP billing and OSS https://sonar.software
