FANGO
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Long-Term Fundamentals of Tesla Motors (TSLA)
When the power goes out, you can't get gas. Gas pumps need electricity.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/electric-car-owners-unfazed-by-storm/
@mario: of course your degradation is less from cycles on a huge battery pack, you're spending tens of thousands of dollars to drag around hundreds of pounds of batteries you never use...you're basically buying two battery packs and dragging them around at the same time, just making the car worse in the meantime...which is why we have no 500mi car now. You still have age degradation though. also, Discontinuing the 60 would make no sense long term. Reintroducing the 40 well could.
You're right, the reasons for 300 mile range in a gas car are different.
Range is important in an EV for any number of reasons, not just long trips:
1. When the power goes out for a day or three. (That seems to be happening more often.)
When the power goes out, you can't get gas. Gas pumps need electricity.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/electric-car-owners-unfazed-by-storm/
@mario: of course your degradation is less from cycles on a huge battery pack, you're spending tens of thousands of dollars to drag around hundreds of pounds of batteries you never use...you're basically buying two battery packs and dragging them around at the same time, just making the car worse in the meantime...which is why we have no 500mi car now. You still have age degradation though. also, Discontinuing the 60 would make no sense long term. Reintroducing the 40 well could.
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