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> 5. You like gas stations. Teslas mostly charge up at home and Supercharge on the road. You don't actually need gas stations. > 7. You value your time and enj

by Lammy 4y ago

> 5. You like gas stations. Teslas mostly charge up at home and Supercharge on the road. You don't actually need gas stations. > 7. You value your time and enjoy traveling. Road trips take longer as supercharging takes a lot longer than fueling up. You are also tied to select routes that offer charging, and run a non-zero chance of getting stranded. These two seem contradictory. It's very telling how Tesla marketing only talks about superchargers in terms like "add 200 miles in just 15 minutes" because it's bad for the battery if use them too often or charge over 80%. I can "add 450 miles" to my Prius in "just 2 minutes" and don't have to worry about hurting it in the process :p

kadoban 4y ago
Next time you're doing a road trip, time out how long you're stopping for breaks. There's _no_ chance I'd ever spend only 2 minutes gassing up, that's below even just the minumum time to add gas, not to mention stretching legs, getting something to drink, bodily fuctions.
- Eugr 4y ago
  Tesla is a nice road trip car... until it isn't. Supercharging times are OK, especially if you have kids. Sometimes it's not even enough for a proper potty+food break and you have to hurry back to the car to move it to a normal parking spot so you don't incur overtime fees. However, I now avoid traveling in a Tesla during any major holidays. Yes, 2019 SLO fiasco was probably an exception, but I definitely didn't enjoy 3 hours in the line, waiting for the supercharger to become available... My family enjoyed it even less.
  - kadoban 4y ago
    That certainly seems fair. I doubt I'd want to take one on a trip either. It's just not the raw charging time that's the issue.
kirillzubovsky 4y ago
This isn’t discussed very often, but if you have an old model, like we do, the Charging a Tesla takes forever. Out 225 mile range battery takes 1.5-2 hours to get to full charge. Some would say that’s not necessary, but there are certain stretches of the road where we came down to Zero miles, after having full 100% charge. It doesn’t feel great to almost run out of power at midnight with two young kids, in the middle of nowhere.

by Lammy 4y ago

kadoban 4y ago

Next time you're doing a road trip, time out how long you're stopping for breaks. There's _no_ chance I'd ever spend only 2 minutes gassing up, that's below even just the minumum time to add gas, not to mention stretching legs, getting something to drink, bodily fuctions.

Eugr 4y ago
Tesla is a nice road trip car... until it isn't. Supercharging times are OK, especially if you have kids. Sometimes it's not even enough for a proper potty+food break and you have to hurry back to the car to move it to a normal parking spot so you don't incur overtime fees. However, I now avoid traveling in a Tesla during any major holidays. Yes, 2019 SLO fiasco was probably an exception, but I definitely didn't enjoy 3 hours in the line, waiting for the supercharger to become available... My family enjoyed it even less.
- kadoban 4y ago
  That certainly seems fair. I doubt I'd want to take one on a trip either. It's just not the raw charging time that's the issue.

kirillzubovsky 4y ago

This isn’t discussed very often, but if you have an old model, like we do, the Charging a Tesla takes forever. Out 225 mile range battery takes 1.5-2 hours to get to full charge. Some would say that’s not necessary, but there are certain stretches of the road where we came down to Zero miles, after having full 100% charge. It doesn’t feel great to almost run out of power at midnight with two young kids, in the middle of nowhere.