[AT] Tesla Factory (OT)

Mon Apr 25 12:59:20 PDT 2016

Electric cars do have a place, but not everywhere.   If you need a 1 vehicle to do everything a 4 door pickup is hard to beat.

What makes sense for the planet is to have an electric car or hybrid for daily commuting, grocery shopping, and going to choir practice, etc.  Park it and use pickup to pull tractors or boats, haul lumber from Lowe's, drive to Kansas from another state, etc.
To do this there needs to be some adjustment in insurance, taxes, etc.

(Pulling mower back to Texas from trip to Kansas and Oklahoma where I mowed several acres this last weekend. My 2015 Ram EcoDiesel will turn over 100,000 miles in an hour or so.)

Thanks
Dennis

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> On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:24 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Henry,  I'll accept the 30 minute recharge to 80% but what if
> someone else is recharging when you get there and what if others
> are in line?  Also,  I don't really like for the gas tank in my truck to
> get much below half a tank and I can still drive 200 miles on that half.
> I can't imagine being on the road in a car that has to be recharged at
> a limited number of recharge stations and having to worry about getting to
> the next one.
> 
> Don't mis-understand.  I think Tesla is a fine machine.  I just don't think 
> it's
> practical.  Don't forget that electric cars were tried before gasoline and 
> failed.
> Sure the technology is greatly improved but so is liquid fuel technology. In 
> the
> end a Kilowatt is a kilowatt (hp is a hp) no matter how it is fed and every 
> time
> you have to change one fuel source to another one along the way results in
> lost energy.  The whole issue is about fuel portability.  Right now, and I 
> suspect
> for a long time to come, liquid petroleum fuels will be the most efficient 
> all things
> considered. (including government subsidies paid for with your taxes)
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Henry Miller
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 12:47 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group ; Stephen Offiler
> Subject: Re: [AT] Tesla Factory (OT)
> 
> If you mostly make cross country trips the inconvenience is not worth it. Is 
> mostly you drive to and from work, for your one road trip a year it might 
> not be too bad. Or just rent a car for those trips.
> 
> Your doctor really wants you to get up and walk around more often. If they 
> had enough recharging stations that half the range was still doable, 
> stopping at each one for a 15 minute charge is a good idea for your health.
> 
> On April 25, 2016 11:00:53 AM CDT, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Fundamentally good question, Charlie, and something I always wonder
>> about
>> too.
>> 
>> Tesla claims that 30 minutes at one of their Supercharger stations will
>> get
>> you to 80% which is enough to reach the next Supercharger station.  So
>> I
>> guess you bring a laptop and get some work done, or read a book, grab a
>> coffee, maybe a little nap... I guess Tesla wants you to think, hey,
>> there's lots of stuff you can do to fill 30 minutes!
>> 
>> Personally, I'm not a fan of electric vehicles due to this
>> inconvenience
>> factor combined with the high cost of a battery pack that provides only
>> a
>> halfway decent range.
>> 
>> SO
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:59 AM, charlie hill
>> <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> What does he do with his time while waiting at the charging station
>> for it
>>> to recharge?
>>> 
>>> Charlie
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: DDSS, Inc.
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:32 PM
>>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tesla Factory (OT)
>>> 
>>> My son in Chicago has a P85.  That is an incredible car.   There is a
>>> button, I believe it's called the insane/insanity button (cannot
>> remember).
>>> I work for the county.  On one of my son's trips here to Nebraska, he
>>> brought it to the jail and took some of the deputies for a 'ride'.
>> One
>>> deputy said that when my son hit the button and then floored it, he
>> left a
>>> new "tuck" in the naugahyde seat.
>>> 
>>> There are enough charging stations between here and Chicago that he
>> had no
>>> problems.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Spencer
>> Yost
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 11:46 AM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Tesla Factory (OT)
>>> 
>>> Yea.  Very cool.   Everyone's read a lot about their factory and
>> methods
>>> but
>>> the video make its real.
>>> 
>>> Thanks Dave,
>>> 
>>> Spencer Yost
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 24, 2016, at 8:29 AM, Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> as usual , I enjoyed the short film .
>>>> Thanks Dave
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Dave <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> See: http://biggeekdad.com/2013/09/tesla-motors-factory/
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