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As a Tesla owner who occasionally drives long distance, I've always had superchargers on my route and it never takes "hours" to use them. Keep in mind that mos
by greglindahl 9y ago
As a Tesla owner who occasionally drives long distance, I've always had superchargers on my route and it never takes "hours" to use them.
Keep in mind that most people mostly don't drive most places -- they drive relatively popular routes between cities, which are well-covered by the supercharger system.
- ams6110 9y agoThere are two superchargers in my state, according to tesla.com. And neither are anywhere near my normal driving destinations. There is a gas station at nearly every interstate exit anywhere.
- greglindahl 9y agoAnd what's your estimate of the % of the US population who's in your situation?
- ams6110 9y agoWell, at least the entire population of my state.
- greglindahl 9y agoSo, you're going to complain endlessly about this being an important issue without any interest in quantifying the issue. Gotcha. Great HN discussion topic.
- alphapapa 9y agoIs your attitude typical of Tesla owners?
- greglindahl 9y agoThat depends on what you're guessing my attitude is. I suspect most Tesla owners might be a bit miffed when told supercharging takes hours -- it never does -- and then are told that it's unlikely that trips outside major cities will have any superchargers available -- when they are for the most popular routes. I totally get that not every route has coverage. But these are questions of fact: unlikely is < 50%, and Tesla passed that level of coverage several years ago.
- alphapapa 9y agoI'm observing that your attitude is defensive, as if the assertions you're refuting are personally insulting to you, as if they imply that you shouldn't have bought a Tesla. I don't understand why this is so.
- todd8 9y agoTesla is very popular here in Austin and I'm seriously considering buying one myself. There are a couple on my small street of just a dozen houses. However, the Tesla would only be for use in the city and I would still plan on having a second car for driving around the state. Texas has, I think around 16 Superchargers; that's one Supercharger for every 1.7 million people in the state, about a thousand times less than the number of gas stations. There are extremely large portions of the state without Superchargers and inter-city driving wouldn't really be practical. Even in a gasoline powered vehicle the distances between stations can be over 100 miles (I'm thinking of the highway that crosses the King Ranch, but that's not the only long stretch).