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jordanthompson
2018 P100D Model X
Electric700
Active Member
I know Plugless Power is already working on a system for the Model S and probably the Model X too. You can buy a wireless Plugless Power charger system now for the Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR. May be they are partnering with Tesla on wireless Supercharger technology, which I think would be really great since you could scale up the wireless system to charge things like semi-trailer trucks (BMW already has one that's 100% electric: Here Is BMW's 40-Ton Electric Semi Truck).
thegruf
Active Member
Nope - wont happen. Sorry.
The instant that Tesla authorise the car to take control outside private property, Tesla become liable.
Tesla's insurers will be on indefinite extended vacation at that time
Even now with Summon, and perp. park the driver is in control with the key.
You dont seriously think Tesla will pay up when your MS scrapes down the side of the garage or adjacent vehicle do you?
The instant that Tesla authorise the car to take control outside private property, Tesla become liable.
Tesla's insurers will be on indefinite extended vacation at that time
Even now with Summon, and perp. park the driver is in control with the key.
You dont seriously think Tesla will pay up when your MS scrapes down the side of the garage or adjacent vehicle do you?
Eh, this isn't as big a deal as everyone makes it out to be. The owner is responsible, and insurance policies need to be slightly rewritten to deal with the situation. Tada.
Disagree. The advent of autonomous driving, and it's clear advantages, will result in a change in perception of vehicle "safety". Insurers will realize that autonomous cars are safer drivers than humans are. Insurance rates for autonomous cars will eventually be lower than for non-autonomous cars.
Unlikely, as the gain from Supercharging is that it's DC and utilizes ganged AC->DC "chargers" in the racks outside of the car, where they can be cooled effectively allow up to 8 to be ganged together to allow high amperage charging.
Today's wireless charging is all high frequency AC coupled wire loops (that's how the power "jumps" the gap, it uses inductive and/or RF coupling) which requires an AC->DC "charger" in the car. The chargers in the Model S are either a single 40A or dual 80A (45A and 75A for Model X), so way lower than the 320A+ Supercharging can provide.
McHoffa
CyberOwners
I read that he did say that the automatic "snake" chargers would start showing up at superchargers in a couple years.
BertL
Active Member
Incredible... and sad for us early adopters. My old school pre-AP P85 will be worth about $9,000 in trade by the time this comes outHappy for everyone else though!
Nice to see your generous spirit in spite of missing out for now. But don't forget... you had the Tesla experience earlier and better than many.
No need for Tesla's insurers to stand by--they can just use Google's insurers. They're definitely available and ready to go, because even after over a billion miles not a single one of the Google autonomous-controlled cars has been the cause of an accident.
There's enough statistically-significant driven miles on Google cars to demonstrate that they are indeed much safer than normal cars in not only city driving, but also the extremely simple and non-complex highway driving situation.
The future passed you, and you just haven't even noticed
Volvo is on record for saying they will take responsibility for accidents with their autonomous driving functionality. Tesla will have to follow suit.
No need for Tesla's insurers to stand by--they can just use Google's insurers. They're definitely available and ready to go, because even after over a billion miles not a single one of the Google autonomous-controlled cars has been the cause of an accident.
There's enough statistically-significant driven miles on Google cars to demonstrate that they are indeed much safer than normal cars in not only city driving, but also the extremely simple and non-complex highway driving situation.
The future passed you, and you just haven't even noticed
Until insurers realize autonomous ends up being safer, so they have to raise rates to maintain profit growth.
They will probably use the politicians in their pockets to require 100 billion dollars of coverage.
No need for Tesla's insurers to stand by--they can just use Google's insurers. They're definitely available and ready to go, because even after over a billion miles not a single one of the Google autonomous-controlled cars has been the cause of an accident.
There's enough statistically-significant driven miles on Google cars to demonstrate that they are indeed much safer than normal cars in not only city driving, but also the extremely simple and non-complex highway driving situation.
The future passed you, and you just haven't even noticed
True, but I think the Google miles driven is nearer 2 million, at least, it was 1.7 million last summer.
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