Recent content by T3slaOwner

You are right. I should have said struggling and not even able to break even.

Please tell me what the model 3 has that no one else can touch? What will make my friends who think my experience with Tesla is a bad one (having to drive to another city for service for example) makes the other choices so bad?

They aren't watch makers. They can see that ICE is on the way out. Do you not understand that Tesla has awakened a sleeping giant? It's not like the car makers don't know this. That is part of why they aren't coming out with more models right now. GM is working with a supplier in Korea as...

Actually, you are more right than he is. It is very unlikely Germany would have defeated Russia even without US help on the western front. By the same token Germany tried to win an unwinnable war by building vastly superior weapons since they knew they couldn't build larger quantities...

You mean the company that has the highest executive turnover anyone has seen? The facts are that while there can be new pardigms in the market, the big players always adjust. Literally this is a market where small competitors just don't have the muscle to continue to compete year after year...

I was actually referring to some of the projections of the Tesla truck. The model 3 is pretty vanilla other than the missing grill which makes it look more like a Karmann Ghia. I guess I forgot about the Ghia mustache. How many 3s have those wide whitewalls? Wouldn't this be rad with a...

That's probably true since no major auto maker has said they would have significant EV models until 2022 or so. So it has been true and will continue to be true until they produce the cars.

That's why the 4 hour requirement. I don't know anyone who wants to drive more than a tank of gas without food. No, not true, I know people who travel on energy bars and coke/coffee. Not me, I want a real meal with no rush. An hour is good. What market. There's virtually no choices. Do...

I'm thinking of getting mine replaced. It's just a matter of spending the time and dealing with the details. Then there is the nuclear option...

That "games"? The auto makers give the people what they want same as every other manufacturer (by that I mean what sells). What you call "games" is how the dealers get people to buy cars. That won't change either since it sells cars too. People have always had choices. In the 70s they...

Yeah, in 5 years or so virtually every destination, including local shopping and movies, etc will have enough level 2 chargers for everyone. It might not be free, but will be about the same as parking if not part of parking. Funny how people complain about the "high cost" of third party...

When you talk about singles or duals, I believe you are talking about the old, 50 kW fast chargers. No one is using those for trips unless they are desperate. Check Plugshare. I did and found at least 4 chargers at each of the 11 stations between Jacksonville, FL and Houston, TX. Each one...

By net profit improving you mean the loss was less, yes, that is true. It was still very significant with no clear explanation of why it was such a surprise. There clearly should have been a warning to expect losses in 2019 before 2018 had ended. I don't believe that is correct...

There still aren't many service stations.

Yes, if you are buying an EV today the Supercharging network makes Tesla the only real choice. But going forward that will diminish and in three to five years, about the time every car company is selling EVs, the fast charging network will no longer be dominated by Tesla.