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I appreciate any help so I can determine the usage and charging patterns for Model S owners. If it falls within a two of those time frames, pick the one in which most charging occurs If you charge multiple times a day, pick the one in which most of your charging occurs.

Tesla has been tweaking the options sightly for some time now and there were some that were not available at the time of delivery. I'm trying to make a timeline when the options came out or were put into production Signature options- June 2012 General production- ???? Grey interior -...

Put this in the Tesla thread because they should really consider having them at car shows. Spent 4 hours just talking about the the car. It was insane the amount of interest. Not even enough of a break to run and get a soda from across the street, cant believe people were that interested.

I plan to publish a paper and want to run this by the Tesla enviromentally minded folks first. Currently LCAs if using virgin materials attribute all the mining/refining/ and other stuff to one end product. This is not technically true and is a failure in life cycle assessements...

So, I got my car in December of 2012 Recently Tesla came out with the P85+ and the backup sensors These are retrofits that were not available at the time of delivery. My way of thinking is that if I want to keep it original, as a historical collectors item (first completely built...

This article was about Kodak a year ago. But, put in GM instead of Kodak and EVs instead of cameras and I think you have a repeat in history How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had Miss 1: Developed the EV1 Miss 2: Failed to innovate (Spark is a retrofit) Miss...

Found out something yesterday and thought it would be useful. Charging at 110 V helps load level the pack, apparently if you use the 110V to charge instead of the 220/240 or 480 the rated mileage will increase. It will not do it during the first charge and will take months to get it, but...

With the current NC anti Tesla bill, i think we should start a site to boycott NC products ans services. If we get enough people i think maybe the citizens of NC will take notice and alert their legislature of their Anti-american business that the NC legislature is passing. I for one...

Thinking maybe we should have a list of which pundits advocated selling/shorting Tesla and what losses you would have had if you listened to them. John Petersen- Always thought Tesla would go down- @$20 share in 2009, now $95 today- if you would have listened to his advice you would have...

I'm trying to get a grasp on this from a financial perspective It looks like an 8 year old 85 kwhr battery will have as much charge, or more than a new 60 kwhr battery Assuming the design and technology does not change drastically, what would you do? To put in perspective A new chassis with...

Here's the reasoning Meanwhile, Bank of America's John Lovallo downgraded the stock to underperform, saying he thinks demand for electric cars will be "tepid" until technology catches up and consumers don't have to "pay a premium or sacrifice convenience". It's a shame that Tesla gets...

I saw the Volt does something with along these lines, They have an electronic award for 50 miles electric on a charge, and 1000 miles driven in pure EV mode. I'm thinking it would be cool for Tesla to do the same thing I'm thinking awards would be like: 10 miles below 250 Wh/mile 10...

What's your best energy usage at high speeds?? Mine is 335 Wh/ mile at 75 mph That was the 15 mile average and that was all highway driving with the 21 inch rims I think I could get sub 300 if I had the guts to draft a truck

Fusion Hybrid won, Tesla Model S was not even a contender. Ford Fusion wins 2013 Green Car Of The Year Here's Mr. Cogan's reason for the exclusion of the Model S "The Tesla Model S offers everything, by all reports. What it doesn't offer are things that are crucial to the Green Car Of...

Just a thought or three here about how EVs can drastically cut down CO2 emissions indirectly There's three fronts of "attack" that EVs can lower emissions Front 1 Decreased number of oil refineries and refinery products. Gasoline and diesel make the lion's share of profits from oil...

So I was thinking the Model S is unique among cars in general and the pricing of the different battery levels lends itself to depreciation and resale value very well. My though is if you get an 85 pack and in a year or 2 decide to sell it, how would its value hold up vs a new 60 or 40 one...

Besides peak oil, we may also have peak platinum. The global production rate is currently 130 tons, most of which is used for jewelry, medicines, and to supply the losses of catalytic convertors. Our current yearly uses are as follows 230 tons total with the following breakdown 35.5...

Most recently I have noticed the following arguments against EVs and would like to put them all to rest and to see if people can put it more eloquent than I can. This way we can just copy/paste are arguments with facts to back it up. 1. Your EV is powered by coal and is dirty than a “normal”...

How many people are going to also purchase the solar cells? In that case, either you could buy solar cells (either option 1 or 2) and put them somewhere or purchase your energy from a renewable source (option 4)

I think I may have finally got Peterson and out thought him and exposed him- I don't think he has any logic left- his logic has so many holes you can drive a freight train through it. His last comment was about how we do not have enough resources to give to everyone to make e-bikes, EVs...

I noticed in the design studio they have some things that will delay production Gray interior- November 2012 60 kwhr battery- November 2012 40 kwhr battery- December 2012 Standard suspension- Jan 2013 Is this changing anyone's decision? Personally I was kind of disappointed, due to the gray...

Mens Health looks to set coast-to-coast electric-vehicle record in Ford Focus Electric They are using a Focus EV with a 76 mile range and a long charge time and it looks like they are going to be averaging less than 20 mph (if you include the miles traveled (1 hr) & charge time (2-3 hrs))-...

I know Fisker is doing something similar by offering something similar with their EcoChic package. (The leather thing in the Ecochic is meaningless, you can have a chemically nasty process and use 90% of the leather, or have a chemically benign process and use 50% of the leather) I think...

I plan to put my Model S in some local shows, just to show what a ground up electric car is capable of being to try to change people's minds. Hopefully it'll be ready in time for the show

Don't know if I should post this in the Tesla or under more anti-EV gibberish On the podcast on 2-24-12 around the 23 minute mark they mention Tesla and to quote "the super high end buyers the 1% of the 1% who are going to buy Teslas" Congratulations for all of us being the top 1% of the 1%...

I wonder how the Model S will handle tire changes either from an accident or a routine tire replacement. Will a special jack be provided to disperse the load more evenly? Will normal car jacks or the car lifts at tire places damage the car or the battery? I don't think it will, but I want to...

I'm curious about the 40 kw battery buyers. With the alternative EVs coming out this year and next year, will you still be getting the Tesla, or going with another car? Please, only those planning on the 40 kw battery answer the poll so the results aren't skewed

I don't think anyone's pointed if it's made from water, consider the reaction H20 -> 2H2 + O2 Now consider a day with no wind. You'll have areas with higher O2 concentrations which could have a detrimental property and environmental effect; flammability (more O2 in the air means greater...

Torn between Carbon Fiber and Banana Leaf The carbon fiber makes it exclusive The banana leaf makes it a sleeper and looks more classy

I tend to run alot of marathon type races and noticed that they give out Dodge, GM, Ford shirts at these events and I see a few people wearing them during the race. Do you think Tesla would have a problem if I made my own shirt that said: "Tesla Model S ALL-ELECTRIC 0-60 in 4.4...

Ford C-Max Energi wins 2012 Green Car Vision Award I don't know how 12 cubic feet and 20 miles of plug in has more utility than 36.8 cubic feet and 300 miles

We all know about the 7,500 federal tax credit, but getting the information about what to do for state tax breaks/credits may be a little difficult. Personally I had to call 3 times in order to get the correct information (2 of the people said there was none for NJ) For New Jersey...

Did Ford Just Crush Tesla Motors? - DailyFinance This has to be a joke How many people would drop out of getting a Model S to get an Energi? I for one would not buy anything else except a Model S.

Do you think the range will decrease slightly due to the high performance inverter? My way of thinking is that the inverter should have more wattage so it should be slightly less efficient driving from point A to point B, but provides enough for a surge (increased 0-60). If it weighs a...

I've been thinking about this and here's some justification for getting the 300 mile battery 1. Resale value: If you sell it after 1 degradation cycle, (70% of max left), it's about equal to the 230 mile battery pack +/- 20 miles. Based on the Panasonic charts for the rumored battery...