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Old 01-06-2019, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ADias
I loved Tesla when it started here in Silicon Valley, eons ago, as a an EV 'skunk works' enterprise. It all went down to hell when Elon took over, stealing it from its founder, and making it a cult enterprise with all the ills misplaced-cults have.
Haters gonna hate.

It's pretty clear you've never driven a Model 3. Stop fighting the future and go see for yourself.
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Originally Posted by andy92782
If you're worried about the $0.000001 extra cost the Volta chargers add to your kombucha you can always go to Sprouts instead of Whole Foods.
Let's not be silly. It's the principle that counts.
Old 01-06-2019, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by andy92782
Haters gonna hate.

It's pretty clear you've never driven a Model 3. Stop fighting the future and go see for yourself.
I have driven Teslas and I would not trade any of my 911s for one, at any price. I am not a dragster fan; that is not what a 911 fan is after.
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Toyota seems to be really hedging their bet on electric cars.......

At about 2:30 , the head of Toyota NA estimates that between 2025 and 2030 about 4-6% of sales will be full electric. Until then it seems gasoline engines will dominate whether or not they have an electric hybrid system on board.



https://finance.yahoo.com/video/toyo...132800277.html
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i wonder how the car junkyard of the future looks like with all these Tesla's and other electric cars and their big *** batteries. Are the tree huggers unwittingly building a future Chernobyl for all of us ?
Old 01-07-2019, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by gulshan
i wonder how the car junkyard of the future looks like with all these Tesla's and other electric cars and their big *** batteries. Are the tree huggers unwittingly building a future Chernobyl for all of us ?
In theory, most of the components are recoverable and recyclable. But, in actual practice, most things that are recyclable end up in landfills. Maybe some day...
Old 01-07-2019, 07:24 PM
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Mercedes...

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Originally Posted by Bruce In Philly
Mercedes...

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https://youtu.be/BKBmlfscKoo
Sure this and Taycan and Audi's and VW's versions. They will eat Tesla for breakfast, with far better quality and price competitiveness.
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Wife has a Model S. It is so boring. I'd might as well be driving a golf cart with an ipad pro duct taped to the dash. And you can only punch it off the line a few times before you realize that's also boring.
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Originally Posted by gulshan
i wonder how the car junkyard of the future looks like with all these Tesla's and other electric cars and their big *** batteries. Are the tree huggers unwittingly building a future Chernobyl for all of us ?
The GM EV1 comes to mind.


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If you don't like electric cars you are literally Hitler.
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[QUOTE=
2. If everyone charged their cars at night the US power grid would collapse unless an enormous amount of money is spent to substantially upgrade the system.[/QUOTE]

Is that a fact ?
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2. If everyone charged their cars at night the US power grid would collapse unless an enormous amount of money is spent to substantially upgrade the system.

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Is that a fact ?
What really would happen is that the power companies will start seeing a change in demand that will ramp and they will project and then adapt. No issue in the real world as almost nothing just "happens". without warning and ramp up.

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Not a big fan of Tesla. The model 3 quality issues in the final push for 2018 should not have happened. Within the next few years competition for electric cars will heat up and more choices for better quality cars. The charging grid will be substantially better. A $60-70K Model 3 is not the solution for a local run errands car.
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Originally Posted by Austin997.2
If you don't like electric cars you are literally Hitler.
Really? But then we are driving German cars. LOL


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