14 ms·

Or don't use a Tesla for something it's not really designed for? Cars can be rented pretty cheaply. 99% of the driving I do is within a single charge of say 300

Or don't use a Tesla for something it's not really designed for? Cars can be rented pretty cheaply. 99% of the driving I do is within a single charge of say 300 miles. I might have to rent once a year for longer trips. My sister has an old generation Nissan Leaf with sub-100 mile range. It works fine for her use case and when she makes a long trip she uses her partners car or rents one. No different to how I'd rent a van if I was trying to move a sofa.

thejrk_ 8y ago
We sill need better ways to store energy like OP said.
- VBprogrammer 8y ago
  That's a fair point. If we could come up with battery tech with slightly higher power density and less exotic chemistries all the better.
dotancohen 8y ago
Your last sentence really makes the point. I'll be quoting that, thanks.
francisofascii 8y ago
Exactly. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
ghaff 8y ago
>No different to how I'd rent a van if I was trying to move a sofa. That's true. But, for a lot of people, long weekend roadtrips are a lot more common than moving sofas. There's quite a bit of friction associated with driving to a rental place on a Friday, parking your car someplace, driving the rental home, packing it up, and then doing the process in reverse during the rental place's business hours.
- njarboe 8y ago
  If you are doing a lot of long weekend roadtrips, you will likely want to own a ICE vehicle with the current state of battery tech. Not a big deal. To each their own. But for many people, especially households with two cars, one of those that fills up at home and has a range of 200mi, will be something that saves them time and money. People and society would probably be better off not attaching their identity and group affiliation to the type of car they use. Keep your identity small[1]. [1]http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html
  - ghaff 8y ago
    For a good many years when I was still commuting and otherwise driving locally more than I do now, I had a small 36mpg Honda 2-seater as well as an SUV for weekends and hauling stuff. I actually still have the Honda but it's very old and I'll probably get rid of it because I don't use it much. If a person or family has 2 cars, it makes a lot of sense for at least one of them to be something small and economical and (at least in the near future) EV--assuming home charging.

thejrk_ 8y ago

We sill need better ways to store energy like OP said.

VBprogrammer 8y ago
That's a fair point. If we could come up with battery tech with slightly higher power density and less exotic chemistries all the better.

dotancohen 8y ago

Your last sentence really makes the point. I'll be quoting that, thanks.

francisofascii 8y ago

Exactly. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

ghaff 8y ago

>No different to how I'd rent a van if I was trying to move a sofa. That's true. But, for a lot of people, long weekend roadtrips are a lot more common than moving sofas. There's quite a bit of friction associated with driving to a rental place on a Friday, parking your car someplace, driving the rental home, packing it up, and then doing the process in reverse during the rental place's business hours.

njarboe 8y ago
If you are doing a lot of long weekend roadtrips, you will likely want to own a ICE vehicle with the current state of battery tech. Not a big deal. To each their own. But for many people, especially households with two cars, one of those that fills up at home and has a range of 200mi, will be something that saves them time and money. People and society would probably be better off not attaching their identity and group affiliation to the type of car they use. Keep your identity small[1]. [1]http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html
- ghaff 8y ago
  For a good many years when I was still commuting and otherwise driving locally more than I do now, I had a small 36mpg Honda 2-seater as well as an SUV for weekends and hauling stuff. I actually still have the Honda but it's very old and I'll probably get rid of it because I don't use it much. If a person or family has 2 cars, it makes a lot of sense for at least one of them to be something small and economical and (at least in the near future) EV--assuming home charging.