Recent content by mattjn

and that is something that happens, I will not spend 80K dollars on a car I can not use 100% of the time. Other people think the same way, I don't understand why people on this forum get so defensive about that.

Why are you all so up in arms about topics like this? Some people don't want to stop for 30 minutes every 200 miles on a road trip, and they would be correct in my opinion. That is too long of a wait, even if there were superchargers everywhere I needed them. I get it, you all love the Model...

I wonder when the IIHS will conduct their crash testing of the Model S?

Where are you finding battery swap stations in a Dallas to Florida route? I hope you didn't lie to them just to sell a car, they aren't going to find battery swaps in that area of the country in a long time, if not ever.

Doesn't having to replace tires at under 10K miles seem counter productive to the whole less maintenance cost that an ICE? Not only are you paying a premium for an electric car, your tires won't eve last 1 year?

I'm all for addressing the reasons people aren't buying electric cars, but let's be real. The reason people aren't buying electric cars isn't that it takes longer to charge than to fill a gas tank, it's because it costs 60K dollars. When we have electric cars that are 30K, then Elon can get...

Q: When you return the battery pack, do you have to pay again for the swap? And next question - how is this technology better than Better Place's? Elon: Yes, by the time you get pack you get your own pack back fully charged, and you pay again for the pack swap. No one has noticed this little...

Pretty weird that the best car in the world requires someone to do something like this just to get air conditioning in the back seats.

Not to mention the whole 2 door thing. I imagine a mass adoption car will need 4 doors.

yeah, that's not creepy or anything. I don't think limiting your charge based on where you live fits with the whole free charging thing. Free charging, but wait we see that you live within 50 miles of this charger, so no electricity for you. Just go ahead and charge everyone then, if you are...

How exactly are you going to determine if the person using the charger is local or on a trip? Are you going to ask everyone where they live before they start charging? Like it or not, if charging is free you can't do anything to stop anyone with a Model S from charging there.

It has range. I love how everyone on this forum acts like an ICE car is so bad. Can buy 2 Prius and enough gas for 10 years for both or a Model S, hmmmm I wonder why some people aren't ready for an electric vehicle yet.

Yes, but like was said earlier, 250 mile range while empty is going to be significantly reduced if loaded or towing. If they get a 250 mile range while fully loaded and towing a mid sized trailer, I'll eat my arm.

I'm just wondering how big the battery would have to be and how much the truck would weigh. Model S is over 4000 pounds with an 85kw battery, they'd need something a lot bigger than that to tow and have any kind of range. Maybe some of those battery improvements will help.

Claiming that a Tesla truck will crush all other half tons is a big task. With a properly configured F150, you can tow up to 11,000 lbs and have a payload capacity of 2000 lbs, and still have a range over 400 miles in one fill up. I just don't see any way for an electric truck to do that. For...