Men's Health Model S Review

[ToddRLockwood]

Tesla Model S Review | Men's Health

The spirit of Tesla, summed up in two words, "Why not?"

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UPDATE: From the brainstorming dept... How about if we adopt "why not" as the TMC slogan? I can see shirts, jackets, hats...


Why not?

 

[VolkerP]

glowing. :smile:

 

[Objective1]

Best written review yet! The author gets the "We want a better future (and by better, we don't just mean greener or poorer)" attitude behind Tesla.

 

[ElSupreme]

I think this article best sums up why I got a Model S. Why not? Yeah I'll take that.

And from the article: "The difference is that with three-year-olds, “Because I said so!” is generally a sufficient enough answer, when pressed."

Well I remember as a small child me not letting that phase me. I pretty much always followed up with "That isn't a real answer." Now that I am an adult I disagree with my 4 year old self. "Because I said so," is a perfectly adequate response.

 

[Cattledog]

Seriously...BEST REVIEW EVER!

Gotta go read it, this guy GETS IT!

 

[Iz]

Silicone Valley’s nerdy, sci-fi obsessed cadre of visionaries, hackers, and code monkeys

Fits most of my characteristics... except location. :biggrin:

 

[brianman]

I like this one:

Furthermore, why do our replacements for those dinosaurs—the slowly spreading landscape of electric vehicles—have to continue the same trajectory of incremental improvements as all the other cars? Why can’t you just start at awesome?

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This is the second time I've seen:

but powering up a battery this size takes time, up to six hours from empty via a 240v home charger

The charge times I'm aware of are:

• 110V/12A - Forever.
• 220V/40A - 8-9 hours
• 220V/80A - 4.5 hours
• Supercharger - ~90 minutes (I think)

Where is the 6 hour number coming from?

 

[Al Sherman]

Yeah. I love the "Why can't you just start at awesome?"

 

[brianman]

Yeah. I love the "Why can't you just start at awesome?"

It's especially fitting with the "no launch control, full throttle from 0" EV experience.

 

[dsm363]

This is the second time I've seen:


The charge times I'm aware of are:

• 110V/12A - Forever.
• 220V/40A - 8-9 hours
• 220V/80A - 4.5 hours
• Supercharger - ~90 minutes (I think)

Where is the 6 hour number coming from?

Some automotive journalists seem to frequently either make up times or confuse multiple factors when they quote times (depends on the battery pack size too). That guy at The Detroit Bureau website refused to revise this charge times even after Tesla's calculator was online.

This seems like a well written, researched review so they might have just mixed up the charge time for the 60 kWh pack or something.

 

[brianman]

so they might have just mixed up the charge time for the 60 kWh pack or something.

I was mulling over that theory as well, but -- until recently -- there weren't any 60 kWh vehicles around for them to get that number from anyway.

 

[vfx]

I too loved "Why can't you just start at Awesome?"


But he forgot to mention Superchargering across the country is free.

 

[bd7349]

Great review... makes me want a Model S so badly. Hopefully only a few more years.

 

[Sans Gas]

I too loved "Why can't you just start at Awesome?"


But he forgot to mention Superchargering across the country is free.

At least that's the plan. It doesn't exist unless there are pictures of all the sites.