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 <c...@infowest.com> 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 <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > 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" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> It takes 5 seconds to plug in and you wave at every gas station as you >> pass it. >> >> *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:02 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *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" <simon@sonar.software> 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: simon@sonar.software >>> Phone: (702) 447-1247 <%28702%29%20447-1247> >>> --------------------------- >>> Sonar Software Inc >>> The next generation of ISP billing and OSS >>> https://sonar.software >>> >>> >
