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My brother and I drove to Hickory yesterday. In 95 degree weather, you lose 40 percent of your mileage due to a/c. When we left home the Tesla computer said we had 265 miles in the tank, but in fact we could only go 159 miles. The Tesla Supercharger is fast. In 22 minutes we put enough juice in to travel the 102 miles to home. Cost $14. This was at a big new Sheetz gas station on I40. They have 8 Tesla Superchargers. There is no slot for your credit card. You don't pay the cashier inside. You just plug in. Tesla knows who you are and they bill you.
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To anger a conservative, lie to him. To annoy a liberal, tell him the truth.
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Yep - had it backwards. Sorry about that.
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It's obviously not his strong point. 102 miles @ $7 per mile = $714.00 Gas @ $5.00 gal. @ 20 mpg @ 102 miles = $25.50 Electric = OR $14.00 for 102 miles with AC cranking..
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Wow
Shows what I know bout dem legtrick cars
I thought only Chipotle Diarrhea Bistro was where you charged them and I thought it was a free charge hookup.
Silly negro I am
How much coal has to be dug for a cross country trip and charging? Any little Junior Carnegies wanna turn Rio Bravo off get out the golf pencil for us?
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Padded VA Hospital Rooms for $1000 Alex My ignoree,s will never be Rock Stars on 24 hr campfire.....Like me!!!! What are psychotic puppet hunters?
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Tesla range doesn't impress at 95* wonder how they will do way up North during winter when it's -0*?
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Has anybody calculated how much fossil fuel per mile is burned in a Tesla? It'd be interesting to know.
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You have to stop about every 130 miles down South on a hot day, to charge up. We knew we would run out if juice at 159 miles, but there aren't all that many charging stations, so in fact you will stop on a day like this about every 130, maybe 140 miles.
Bad deal to run out of gas in the Tesla on I 40 on a hot day in Dixie.
I would like to know how it would do in real cold weather.
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It's obviously not his strong point. 102 miles @ $7 per mile = $714.00 Gas @ $5.00 gal. @ 20 mpg @ 102 miles = $25.50 Electric = OR $14.00 for 102 miles with AC cranking.. Don't forget to add your or your employee's salary into the extra 20Min worth of down-time vs. 2-3min gas/diesel fill. Figure anyone making over $60K is falling behind financially. 2080hrs in a "work year". For easy math, call it 2K hrs in a work year. That means .50/hr = $1K/yr. So, @ $60K, you're making $30/hr, There are 3 20-minute portions of an hour so $30/3 = $10. Add that $10 to the $14 the charge cost you and you're @ $24, pretty darned close to the $25.50 paid by someone getting 20MPG.
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Sounds like a town car. Say, 35-50 mile radius of home if home is in Texas and you can charge at home. Depends on traffic too.
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It's obviously not his strong point. 102 miles @ $7 per mile = $714.00 Gas @ $5.00 gal. @ 20 mpg @ 102 miles = $25.50 Electric = OR $14.00 for 102 miles with AC cranking.. Don't forget to add your or your employee's salary into the extra 20Min worth of down-time vs. 2-3min gas/diesel fill. Figure anyone making over $60K is falling behind financially. 2080hrs in a "work year". For easy math, call it 2K hrs in a work year. That means .50/hr = $1K/yr. So, @ $60K, you're making $30/hr, There are 3 20-minute portions of an hour so $30/3 = $10. Add that $10 to the $14 the charge cost you and you're @ $24, pretty darned close to the $25.50 paid by someone getting 20MPG. Moot point, Simon is retired.
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Having given them an honest look, electric cars would work well as a commuter vehicle - if you don’t get stuck in traffic. Their operating costs are pretty cheap thanks to the Brandon administration. They don’t work as a cross country vehicle IMHO per the OP
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Today, a typical EV battery weighs one thousand pounds. It contains twenty-five pounds of lithium, sixty pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds cobalt, 200 pounds of copper, and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel, and plastic. Inside are over 6,000 individual lithium-ion cells. It should concern you that all those toxic components come from mining. For instance, to manufacture each EV auto battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper. All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery. From: https://www.marklevinshow.com/2022/06/13/is-it-ethical-to-purchase-a-lithium-battery-powered-ev/
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Youse math heads fergot to add in the Big Gulp sody pop...who sits around a gas station fer 20 minutes widout buyin' one o' them an a Slim Jim? No, I'm wrong, given the urban sophistication of the Tesla crowd, it's going to be a Smart Water or a Starbucks Latte, and ginseng rice crackers.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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Compared to a Honda Civic that will easily get 40 mpg on the highway the Tesla costs more to operate. I didnt expect that to be honest.
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Is it true Tesla dealerships are now giving new buyers “Save The Whales” bumper stickers?
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So down here in Texas anytime from March to October you couldn’t make it from, say Houston to Austin or San Antonio or Dallas on a single charge. That makes it hard to justify.
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