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Originally Posted by LTb1ow
Don't travel via car, IE, be a city dweller.
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No, I don't think I will.
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
Tesla supercharging stations can get you about 50% charge in around 20 mins. Longer than getting fuel for sure but certainly not an overnight situation. Range is also in the 400+ range now.
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A Tesla also costs a lot more than I'm interested in spending on a car type vehicle. I use my truck as a truck pretty often. Fast charging beats up batteries with the current technology, and without a 'breakthrough' in electrical storage I don't see how it'll be feasible. Also, there's the whole 'Can the electrical grid handle the loads' problem.
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
Just like anything else these days, few things are built to last a lifetime. There will be a booming market for refurb battery packs and folks who will sell them. I expect, like Tesla's, they will be on the Apple business model (already are really), where there will be a new, better model in short cycles prompting most of them to be leased. First owners won't care about battery longevity or degradation from using superchargers.
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The 'new car every three years' is already a mess with the used vehicle market now, how much worse will it be when there are expensive/hard to replace and/or recycle batteries in the mix?
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Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6
I can appreciate a dream but this person needed some real friends.
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