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There's a lot of handwringing over how long gas will stay relevant, but I really believe that adoption of electric vehicles is going to follow a S curve. I know

by jdhn 7y ago

There's a lot of handwringing over how long gas will stay relevant, but I really believe that adoption of electric vehicles is going to follow a S curve. I know that when I look for my next car in 2 to 3 years, I'm definitely taking electric vehicles into account, especially if the charging times continue to decrease and the range continues to increase.

js2 7y ago
My wife loves her Volt. It’s at 50k miles now. Here’s what a typical month looks like: Fuel Economy: 250+ mpg Electric Consumption: 31 kW-hr/100 miles Electric Miles: 1,538 Gas Miles: 244 Total Miles: 1,781 mi Percentage on Electric: 86 % Estimated Gallons of Fuel Saved: 71 gal Most around town driving is 100% electric but she can also take out of town road trips without worrying about finding a charger. There’s a lot more Teslas around here (Raleigh NC) than there used to be but I still wonder how viable they are for road trips. One of the things that motivated the Volt purchase is the susceptibility of this area’s gasoline supply which relies on a single pipeline that had multiple outages a few years ago[1]. On the other side, I know CA Tesla owners were not having fun during the PG&E blackouts. (Then again, without electricity, gas station pumps don’t work either.) Anyway, the flexibility of dual energy choices has been great for us. I’m sad GM canceled the vehicle and that it and other similar range plug-in hybrids aren’t more popular. 1. E.g. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/critical-east-coast-fuel-pipeline-reopen-weekend-company-says-n797956 https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/critical-...
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  I have driven my Model S about 20k miles in the last year back and forth across the US. No issues, charging only from Superchargers and at home. Happy to share my lifetime drive map from TeslaFi privately if desired, total electrical costs are under $500 for those 20k miles (and I drive "spirited"). I would never purchase an internal combustion vehicle again, and everyone I have loaned my S to had ended up buying a Tesla of some sort (S, X, 3). n=1 https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map
  - Daishiman 7y ago
    How long was your average charge time on the Superchargers?
    - toomuchtodo 7y ago
      15-20 minutes.
- spectrum1234 7y ago
  Yes Model 3's are everywhere here it Raleigh NC now.

by jdhn 7y ago

js2 7y ago

My wife loves her Volt. It’s at 50k miles now. Here’s what a typical month looks like: Fuel Economy: 250+ mpg Electric Consumption: 31 kW-hr/100 miles Electric Miles: 1,538 Gas Miles: 244 Total Miles: 1,781 mi Percentage on Electric: 86 % Estimated Gallons of Fuel Saved: 71 gal Most around town driving is 100% electric but she can also take out of town road trips without worrying about finding a charger. There’s a lot more Teslas around here (Raleigh NC) than there used to be but I still wonder how viable they are for road trips. One of the things that motivated the Volt purchase is the susceptibility of this area’s gasoline supply which relies on a single pipeline that had multiple outages a few years ago[1]. On the other side, I know CA Tesla owners were not having fun during the PG&E blackouts. (Then again, without electricity, gas station pumps don’t work either.) Anyway, the flexibility of dual energy choices has been great for us. I’m sad GM canceled the vehicle and that it and other similar range plug-in hybrids aren’t more popular. 1. E.g. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/critical-east-coast-fuel-pipeline-reopen-weekend-company-says-n797956 https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/critical-...

toomuchtodo 7y ago
I have driven my Model S about 20k miles in the last year back and forth across the US. No issues, charging only from Superchargers and at home. Happy to share my lifetime drive map from TeslaFi privately if desired, total electrical costs are under $500 for those 20k miles (and I drive "spirited"). I would never purchase an internal combustion vehicle again, and everyone I have loaned my S to had ended up buying a Tesla of some sort (S, X, 3). n=1 https://supercharge.info/map https://supercharge.info/map
- Daishiman 7y ago
  How long was your average charge time on the Superchargers?
  - toomuchtodo 7y ago
    15-20 minutes.
spectrum1234 7y ago
Yes Model 3's are everywhere here it Raleigh NC now.