Almost everybody that posts on this site wants Tesla to win the battle against big oil, the legacy car manufacturers, the dealership associations, the people who spread FUD, the state govts and politicians who illegally ban Tesla, and all the haters in general.
I used to spend tons of time on the WSJ articles trying to "teach" people the truth - facts. But, I realized that people don't wan to hear anything that would mean they would have to leave their blissful place of ignorance. People will explain away the truth in their minds just to keep from having to accept they've been believing a lie. Truth is, no one is going to change these people. they just have to get run over by the truth, or just fade away and get old (and die).
So I started thinking, how could we Tesla lovers TRULY make a difference. And I believe we could do much better if we found ways to fund superchargers and started campaigns to get more hotels to install destination chargers. I live in South Georgia and the last 2 weekends I have taken road trips. While I never experience range anxiety, I've had to jump through hoops to charge. Last weekend I had to beg a bed and breakfast to let me charge, and this weekend in Atlanta, I had to drive 20 miles across Atlanta to charge before I headed back to Savannah.
I wanted to drive from Atlanta to Clemson, SC Saturday to see the football game there, but I would have had to detour to Athens, GA to charge enough to make it back. There simply are no places to charge in Clemson. I didn't go.
Simply put, everyday Joe isn't going to go to this amount of effort. We stayed in the Homewood Suiites Atlanta Airport North Friday and Saturday night. We had to have a suite due to some circumstances of the trip. This hotel did not have a destination charger. So I checked all Hilton hotels in the area, and none of the others had one either. I couldn't believe it. I had no choice but to head to the Atlantic station parking garage and charge.
So, while we can always figure out a place to charge, it simply is NOT as convenient as it easily could/should/will be. There's no reason why there can't be 10 times more destination chargers. And it would also be nice if there were a ton more supercharge stations and stopping to charge could be an afterthought like stopping for [the g word]. I have a hard time believing that we can't put our heads together and figure out a way to make both of these happens.
As a Tesla community, we need to join together an boycott hotel chains that don't have destination chargers. We need to write them letters. We need to send them petitions. We also need to find a way to help Tesla fund superchargers. I'm not sure how we do that. I wish Tesla would accept donations, sort of like other fund raisers - donate $100 - get a brick with your name on it in the parking sports. Donate $500, get a plaque or bigger brick. Donate $5000, get a stall named after you. Donate $50k, get the entire station named for you. And any donation $500 or more receives free charging at that station for life.
There's some smart people on this board. Surely we can make this happen. Ideas?
I used to spend tons of time on the WSJ articles trying to "teach" people the truth - facts. But, I realized that people don't wan to hear anything that would mean they would have to leave their blissful place of ignorance. People will explain away the truth in their minds just to keep from having to accept they've been believing a lie. Truth is, no one is going to change these people. they just have to get run over by the truth, or just fade away and get old (and die).
So I started thinking, how could we Tesla lovers TRULY make a difference. And I believe we could do much better if we found ways to fund superchargers and started campaigns to get more hotels to install destination chargers. I live in South Georgia and the last 2 weekends I have taken road trips. While I never experience range anxiety, I've had to jump through hoops to charge. Last weekend I had to beg a bed and breakfast to let me charge, and this weekend in Atlanta, I had to drive 20 miles across Atlanta to charge before I headed back to Savannah.
I wanted to drive from Atlanta to Clemson, SC Saturday to see the football game there, but I would have had to detour to Athens, GA to charge enough to make it back. There simply are no places to charge in Clemson. I didn't go.
Simply put, everyday Joe isn't going to go to this amount of effort. We stayed in the Homewood Suiites Atlanta Airport North Friday and Saturday night. We had to have a suite due to some circumstances of the trip. This hotel did not have a destination charger. So I checked all Hilton hotels in the area, and none of the others had one either. I couldn't believe it. I had no choice but to head to the Atlantic station parking garage and charge.
So, while we can always figure out a place to charge, it simply is NOT as convenient as it easily could/should/will be. There's no reason why there can't be 10 times more destination chargers. And it would also be nice if there were a ton more supercharge stations and stopping to charge could be an afterthought like stopping for [the g word]. I have a hard time believing that we can't put our heads together and figure out a way to make both of these happens.
As a Tesla community, we need to join together an boycott hotel chains that don't have destination chargers. We need to write them letters. We need to send them petitions. We also need to find a way to help Tesla fund superchargers. I'm not sure how we do that. I wish Tesla would accept donations, sort of like other fund raisers - donate $100 - get a brick with your name on it in the parking sports. Donate $500, get a plaque or bigger brick. Donate $5000, get a stall named after you. Donate $50k, get the entire station named for you. And any donation $500 or more receives free charging at that station for life.
There's some smart people on this board. Surely we can make this happen. Ideas?
