Thanks for the clarification. I meant they do not directly charge for electricity.
Sent from my iPad > On Nov 25, 2014, at 8:41 AM, robert winfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tesla does not give it away, you pay either $2,000 (or $2,500 later) to have > the Supercharger enabled so you are "purchasing" energy in advance, for inter > city travel (between cities) > So, will you use 50,000+ miles of prepaid electricity? > (I have spoken with people who have trouble comprehending the differance of > 10-20 seconds at home to plugin to charge vs "Oh boy, free electricity, i'll > drive 40-60 miles (hour), fill up for an hour or half hour at a supercharger, > drive 40-60 miles back (another hour or so)" who dont comprehend the cost to > fill a battery and focus on "free") > > This is EV related in thats it's charging > -------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 11/25/14, Paul Dove via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] OT: status> the newswires are changing, (L1 CORRECTION!) > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 8:53 AM > > I believe that is why > Tesla gives it away to its customers. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:45 PM, Lee Hart via > EV <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Mark > Abramowitz via EV wrote: >>> And with > parking meters charging, becoming bigger and also taking >>> credit cards, I see a potential future > in the merging of the two. >> >> At least in the US, it is normal for > electric utilities to have made it illegal for others to > resell their electricity. They set themselves up with a > legal monopoly way back in the early days when the grid was > first being established. ("If you don't give us the > exclusive rights to sell power, we won't your town on > the electric grid. Sign here...") > >> So you can't legally sell power at > a charging station without the power company's > blessing. >> >> But you > CAN charge for a parking place that just happens to provide > "free" electricity! >> -- >> Don't worry about people stealing your > ideas. If your ideas are any >> good, > you'll have to ram them down people's throats. -- > Howard Aiken >> -- > Lee Hart's EV projects are at http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm > _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use > NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
