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I'm thinking more about travelers passing through. Even if I owned a Tesla I literally couldn't take it to see my relatives in rural North Carolina, or go camp
by scottLobster 9y ago
I'm thinking more about travelers passing through. Even if I owned a Tesla I literally couldn't take it to see my relatives in rural North Carolina, or go camping in many locations. Right now supercharger station coverage is about as effective as cell service was 10 years ago. It's there, but there are noticeable dead zones that lots of people (although perhaps not people in the HN bubble) will care about. Hopefully Tesla can continue making money and build out the infrastructure further, but right now for anyone on a strict budget, even a Model 3 is paying a large premium for an ultimately less capable vehicle. At their current rate of expansion, maybe in 5 years I'll start thinking about an upgrade. :)
- gertef 9y agoSure, there are many infrastructure products that are different from cities versus rural areas. Tractor maunfactures do awful business in cities, but John Deere is still sucessful. Cities are still half the population.
- gertef 9y agoSure, there are many infrastructure products that are different from cities versus rural areas. Tractor maunfactures do awful business in cities, but John Deere is still sucessful. Cities are still half the population.
- brianwawok 9y agoSure. So EV will not become 100% of cars tomorrow. But I think right now with the current charging infrastructure, EVs could be something like 90% of cars (or at least a very large amount). I could replace both of my cars tomorrow with EVs and be OK. Would it mean I couldn't take it camping to the UP in Michigan? Likely, but I go every 3 years at most anyway. I would just rent a dinosaur bone boner from Hertz for the weekend if I really needed it.