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At least they haven’t been fired. Yet.

Let's hope someone opens up some charging in Virginia. The only one close is a 2 stall Ford charger in Eveleth. It's maintained my Ford so who knows how long it's going to be operational.

Or ever. They had such good momentum with an experienced team. Even is Elon changes his mind it will take years to build the team back up. Mind boggling move.

Agree. This is hugely disappointing. Basically means the supercharger map won’t change for a long time. We just have to hope other networks start building off the highway corridors.

This doesn't sound good at all. The supercharger network is by far the largest EV charing network in the US. Stopping the supercharger expansion or even delaying it is going to be a disaster in EV adoption. I hope there is a plan behind this and not just Elon being Elon.

Any thoughts on the rumor that Tesla had laid off the majority of their supercharger team? Doesn't bode well for getting new supercharger locations anytime soon.

That's what it looks like. Hopefully we see a couple of permits in the next few weeks.

It's been a couple of months. Any word on new chargers starting up? Permitting? Construction?

The magic dock in Ames Iowa showed the same thing for a week or two so I wouldn't be too worried about it.

Either CCS or NACS would be good with me as soon as Tesla opens up their network. I do t even own a Tesla. Just interested in new supercharger locations since I’ll be able to use them soon.

That will help a ton. Thanks. Hopefully we get some more fast chargers in the area too.

Interesting. I don't see it on PlugShare but maybe I'm missing it somehow.

I head up to Vermilion every year from Colorado and it still amazes me that Virginia doesn't have a working fast charger. The ZEF one has been broken for over a year. The only one near is the one ZEF charger Chisholm. Putting a Supercharger or CCS charger in the Target parking lot of Virginia...

Virginia would be amazing for me too.

I'm guessing some or a lot of people will get batteries since they don't want to burn natural gas. I'll never buy another gas powered device again so my only choice would be batteries. But I only lose power about once a year for an hour at most so I don't have a battery backup.

I have the same thing going. I just asked SolarEdge for an account and access and they gave it to me. Didn't even have to talk to Telsa.

Exactly. A similar sized solar panel system is going to out perform a solar roof. A bunch of the solar roof is probably north facing so not as ideal.

Do you have a solar roof or just solar panels? Am 11kW solar roof will have less production than 11kW of south facing solar panels.

Not sure if this was already said but a gallon of gasoline has about 33.7 KWh of energy. So that's the most you could get if the generator was 100% efficient which we know is not the case. Assuming 20% efficiency that's only 6.75 KWh of energy for your EV. For an EV like a model Y that would...

The other question should be is Tesla going to lower the price of the M3 if the truck comes out with those specs and price! I would assume that the truck has a minimum of 100 kWh battery. Elon must be assuming he can get battery costs down 25% in two years.

That would be perfect. I would fit that profile of mostly commuter and towing a camper or boat a few times a year. That would be the biggest feature for me vs. the Rivian.

Also I think you need to have a number that is bigger for better just like MPG in order for the general public to understand. If they quickly look at 28 vs. 42 they will think that the 42 kwh/100 mi is better. That's another reason why they came up with MPGe.

In Colorado roofs probably last less than 15 years on average due to hail damage. I wonder if the Tesla roof would hold up to hail better than the asphalt shingles.

I asked both Tesla and SolarEdge to give me access to the solar edge monitoring website. After about a month the SolarEdge people gave me access and now I can see per panel production. Tesla didn't want to help at all. And I found that one of my panels is not producing anything but Tesla has...

So BMW, Mercedes and Audi aren't high end? Tesla Model 3 has taken a ton of sales away from the BMW 3-Series. I agree in that the more EVs the better. Need to get some cheaper options in the next few years to finally get the masses to buy EVs.

What's Up Outdoors - The future of outboards Electric fishing boat. Only 40 hp for now but I’m sure there will be bigger ones.

I'm really looking forward to the Tesla truck. I hope they make it in the next few years. I'm not a typical truck person, I really don't "need" a truck but have always wanted one for outdoor activities but have never bought one because of the sucky gas mileage. With an electric truck I will...

If your panels are in different planes (east, west, south) then it probably won’t matter since you aren’t producing over 7600 watts at the same time.

About the same here in Colorado. $3.20 per watt