I bet Elon hadn't thought of that. I'd be surprised if people there are many people that would do that. Maybe by then, more people will have Tesla solar tiles installed and cost of electricity will be practically free for everyone. Also, I thinking that most superchargers will have solar as well, so it'll be less of a burden for Tesla too.
While I see you point, this would limit the number of Tesla owners. Anyone renting or living in a big city without access to a garage would be left out. In London, the city put in charging stations next to residential parking spots in anticipation of EV owners needing them, so I don't see why this couldn't be done here in North America.
Right. There are certainly unique circumstances and situations for every owner.
In my head the idea of
"I live in an apartment and my apartment parking lot doesn't have EV chargers. So I'm going to send out my Tesla every night to go charge itself at a SC and park in the apartment lot so I have a mostly charged up car every morning." - just sounds completely absurd to me.
Imagine the sight of all these zombie (or are they vampire?) cars roaming the streets at night looking for a place to charge. Our pre-industrial ancestors stayed indoors at night for safety from roaming wolves and other predators. We'll have to stay indoors at night to avoid these roaming automaton autos. Freaky.In my head the idea of
"I live in an apartment and my apartment parking lot doesn't have EV chargers. So I'm going to send out my Tesla every night to go charge itself at a SC and park in the apartment lot so I have a mostly charged up car every morning." - just sounds completely absurd to me.
Imagine the sight of all these zombie (or are they vampire?) cars roaming the streets at night looking for a place to charge. Our pre-industrial ancestors stayed indoors at night for safety from roaming wolves and other predators. We'll have to stay indoors at night to avoid these roaming automaton autos. Freaky.
The Alpha Teslas get all the choice charging spots and they get to charge as often and as long as they want. Betas will have to wait until the Alphas are done. Omegas may never get to charge and they'll end up getting stranded when their batteries are depleted; their only hope is that their masters/mistresses have good homes and can offer them a nice place to stay at night and feed them electricity regularly.
Not necessarily. The alpha dog is not always the largest one in the pack.
Ah, but pack size doesn't determine who in that pack will be the leader or alpha. Purely speculative at this point, but I'm thinking the FSDC firmware level of a car will play a role in determining its rank and, thus, its priority in self-charging.
You sound like my wife. She always says that pack size doesn't matter.Ah, but pack size doesn't determine who in that pack will be the leader or alpha.
Besides, we don't yet know what the Model 3 pack sizes will be.
Yeah, probably what's more important is how long your battery, regardless of size, can last on a charge (range) and how quickly you can recharge so that you are good to go again. The latter should help dispel most concerns about range anxiety and forgo the need to rely on artificial aids such as "range extenders" to give you confidence.
