Dodge going Electric

[Carguy49]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

The Tesla Charging Station take about 20 minutes to charge to 50%, 40 minutes to charge to 80%, and 75 minutes to 100% on the original 85 kWh Model S. Stop have lunch and drive on.

Thanks for that info. I have 2 vehicles that suit me just fine for now. I have a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer that only has 65,000 miles, Very comfortable on trips and should last me about 8 to 10 more years with normal maintenance. Mid 20's for mileage on the road and no payments -it's mine. My other is a 2007 Kia Optima, was my wife's car, kinda hard to part with this one. It has over 150,000 miles is is basically trouble free. It gets mid 30's plus and is nice to drive. Again no payments - it's mine. I will stick with these vehicles until they need major work and then decide what to do. I am starting to put money away for their replacement, but that will probably be at least 5 years away. Just my 2 cents, but having fun anyway.

[Eddies66]

Originally Posted by Carguy49

Thanks for that info. I have 2 vehicles that suit me just fine for now. I have a 2006 Chevy Trailblazer that only has 65,000 miles, Very comfortable on trips and should last me about 8 to 10 more years with normal maintenance. Mid 20's for mileage on the road and no payments -it's mine. My other is a 2007 Kia Optima, was my wife's car, kinda hard to part with this one. It has over 150,000 miles is is basically trouble free. It gets mid 30's plus and is nice to drive. Again no payments - it's mine. I will stick with these vehicles until they need major work and then decide what to do. I am starting to put money away for their replacement, but that will probably be at least 5 years away. Just my 2 cents, but having fun anyway.

Same here, just not ready to jump on the bandwagon. Took one for a test drive....impressive. As I mentioned earlier, my daughter loves it.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

The Tesla Charging Station take about 20 minutes to charge to 50%, 40 minutes to charge to 80%, and 75 minutes to 100% on the original 85 kWh Model S. Stop have lunch and drive on.

And just how far can you go on a 50% charge? I don`t know about you, but when I gas up my truck, I don`t fill it to 1/2 a tank. Maybe you are fine with taking a 75 minute lunch breaks every time you need to charge an electric car (assuming that there is an available charging station waiting for you to arrive. Can you make a reservation in advance to secure a charger?) While you are knoshing on your gluten free, organic tofu quiche, waiting for your planet savers batteries to charge, I will be another 80-100 miles toward my destination.

[bubski]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

And just how far can you go on a 50% charge? I don`t know about you, but when I gas up my truck, I don`t fill it to 1/2 a tank. Maybe you are fine with taking a 75 minute lunch breaks every time you need to charge an electric car (assuming that there is an available charging station waiting for you to arrive. Can you make a reservation in advance to secure a charger?) While you are knoshing on your gluten free, organic tofu quiche, waiting for your planet savers batteries to charge, I will be another 80-100 miles toward my destination.

Now that is for real !! Bubski been in and out of power generation for years . Nothing is "free" Nukes got a little city to run them and the enormous toll on the earth in mining and processing fuel and the energy thats required !! not to mention the waste !! coal and gas aint no picnic either !! Wind and solar are WEAK !! Just like racing and life without getting "enhancements " for whining !! It is what it is for now and theres no way around it !! Until someone figures out how to plug an extension cord into the ground for "free" electricity !! Unfortunately energy comes at a cost !! Easy to point at pollution that the mainstream tells you!! and ignore the pollution hidden in the process !! Bubski would now like to enjoy his monkey poop, free range mocha latte !! And a small serving of Paleo snacks !!

[Eddies66]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

And just how far can you go on a 50% charge? I don`t know about you, but when I gas up my truck, I don`t fill it to 1/2 a tank. Maybe you are fine with taking a 75 minute lunch breaks every time you need to charge an electric car (assuming that there is an available charging station waiting for you to arrive. Can you make a reservation in advance to secure a charger?) While you are knoshing on your gluten free, organic tofu quiche, waiting for your planet savers batteries to charge, I will be another 80-100 miles toward my destination.

My daughter bought the extended range, 322 mile. The S model gets 402 mile range. Was reading an article where Tesla service stations are planned. In 15 minutes, you will drive in and the battery in automatically exchanged...plug and play.

[jmcarter]

Eddie, thanks for taking the bullet for us closet EV owners...

[Mark Ugrich]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

My daughter bought the extended range, 322 mile. The S model gets 402 mile range. Was reading an article where Tesla service stations are planned. In 15 minutes, you will drive in and the battery in automatically exchanged...plug and play.

Have her check the range with either the heater or A/C on.

[blkjack]

Talking about 300-400 mile range on a charge. I'm sure that's in flat states. Mountain states I'm sure that would drop in half. Spending a half hour in a charging station wouldn't fly with most. The wait time to get a charger should be interesting too.

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Eddies66

My daughter bought the extended range, 322 mile. The S model gets 402 mile range. Was reading an article where Tesla service stations are planned. In 15 minutes, you will drive in and the battery in automatically exchanged...plug and play.

I was a fork lift mechanic for 25 years. We had a fleet of 60 trucks, half gas and half electric. The gas (propane) trucks took about ten minutes to fill. The operators did it their selves. Had to take the tank off the truck, fill it, then replace the same tank they took off. The battery powered trucks were charged two ways. The drivers scheduled the recharge's around their break times and lunch, or between shifts. Or, if they ran out of electric during peak demands, they drove their trucks into our battery shop and we swapped out battery's. Took ten minutes. Sounds awful similar to me Eddie. Even with all the modern emission controls and management, those electric trucks were 10 times harder to work on than the gas powered ones. Their a complicated SOB. Your run of the mill mechanic is going to struggle. They rarely have issues and are quite trouble free, but finding intermittent drivability issues is a real challenge. I'm sure the factory's will get a handle on it, but there is most certainly going to be a learning curve, and the American public is going to be the lab rats ...

[Eddies66]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

I was a fork lift mechanic for 25 years. We had a fleet of 60 trucks, half gas and half electric. The gas (propane) trucks took about ten minutes to fill. The operators did it their selves. Had to take the tank off the truck, fill it, then replace the same tank they took off. The battery powered trucks were charged two ways. The drivers scheduled the recharge's around their break times and lunch, or between shifts. Or, if they ran out of electric during peak demands, they drove their trucks into our battery shop and we swapped out battery's. Took ten minutes. Sounds awful similar to me Eddie. Even with all the modern emission controls and management, those electric trucks were 10 times harder to work on than the gas powered ones. Their a complicated SOB. Your run of the mill mechanic is going to struggle. They rarely have issues and are quite trouble free, but finding intermittent drivability issues is a real challenge. I'm sure the factory's will get a handle on it, but there is most certainly going to be a learning curve, and the American public is going to be the lab rats ...

Kind of like the good ole days when you pulled back on the reins and said whoa to stop and getty-up to go. Until that young fella, Henry, I think that was his name, came ago with the internal damnation called the horseless buggy. Ran the buggy people out of business and now we have all these useless horses and the crap to contend with....what is this world coming to.


Jeff, the only thing that I didn't like about the car was the size of the computer monitor, it was large and a little distracting. Comfortable seats, no center hump, lots of head room and too quiet, you actually hear the tires.