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No amount of cool cars entering the market would quickly change the un-availability of chargers, and the price of electricity

Here's our special electrical rate for EV in the San Diego area. Unless you charge in the middle of the night between midnight and 6 am, the cost is roughly 50-75 cents per kWh. With a Tesla battery (most common size) 75 or 100 kWh the electricity cost to
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Let’s recap a little bit…

When it comes to things like policy there is always a huge influence of various parties, let’s call them lobbyists, to stay polite 😊 After 2015 two things happened in parallel. First of all, the diesel scandal. And while apart from VW no one paid signific
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EVs are "rich people cars"

...or at least upper middle class vehicles. Maybe a controversial statement, but let me explain. (And if you know the US housing market it makes a LOT more sense) Until you can *satisfactorily* solve for multi-dweller units (MDUs) like apartment builds, c
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Are EVs running out of gas?

Volkswagen Plant in Chattanooga, TN Axes Production of EV Model, Will Focus on New Gas-Powered SUV Lineup Instead Volkswagen announced a shift in its U.S. production strategy on Thursday, confirming it will end assembly of its all-electric Volkswagen ID.4
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In some ways it’s one of the last bad new cars in existence…

And I choose the wording carefully. It is fully fit for purpose for replacing an old school Defender or Land Cruiser and is excellent off road. However no concessions have been made for driving on road as a consequence - it is an old school body on frame.
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By: EinPA
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Totally.

The only way Tesla survives and thrives financially long-term is if the self-driving infrastructure is successfully commercialized to the fullest extent, and a significant part of that is commercial trucking at all scales. I'm not at all inclined to ever
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Jay Leno on Tesla Semi Truck

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Nice machine!

Microfiber headliner too! Very important to have a nice headliner material. I can't get used to the "fishnet" material in my Tesla Model 3. My previous car had the nicer Alcantara headliner. The designer of the car used to frequent our website. Luc D. And
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All the car companies market their batteries as being module replaceable.

But this really isn't something customers are asking for. This is really something insurance companies are asking for and warranty companies. Consumers think they want this, but I can tell you less than 1% have actually done this - partially because batte
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Mine is a December 2018 build and a 2018 model year.

The battery has definitely aged; and I could never get the original advertised range on the highway (not even close). I'd say it's lost about 20% (or slightly more) of its original capacity in about 5.5 years. According to the Tesla degradation charts, I'
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