The ultimate TOAD...but you'll have to trailer it. Tesla

turbojimmy wrote:

rk911 wrote:
we'll look into an electric car when re-charging or replacing the batteries takes about the same amount of time as filling up the tank and I can get 400-miles on a charge with some charge left over. did the Tesla dealer give you any insight into when that might be achieved?

good luck with your search.

With a 200-mile range, the Model III would be great as a toad. How far beyond your RV are you realistically going to travel in a day?

The downside is recharge time. At 120V it could take a couple of days to fully recharge the batteries from fully depleted.

A couple of friends of mine have Chevy Volts and love them. Not a huge range on them, but there is the gasoline engine backup. One of them just filled up his tank for the first time since May. They're good commuter cars, and as such probably good toads as well. Decent looking cars, too, IMO, unlike some other options out there (Tesla aside).

Our smart electric only has level 2 charge capability so it is 6 or so hours for a charge from empty. We tend to only use level 1 charging at home though. (Even longer). The reality is we only go 50 or 60 km max a day so we just plug it in at night or every second night. We kind of treat it like a cell phone. Plug it in at night. The smart has lots of Jam too but nothing like that Tesla. Wow.

rk911 wrote:
we'll look into an electric car when re-charging or replacing the batteries takes about the same amount of time as filling up the tank and I can get 400-miles on a charge with some charge left over. did the Tesla dealer give you any insight into when that might be achieved?

good luck with your search.

With a 200-mile range, the Model III would be great as a toad. How far beyond your RV are you realistically going to travel in a day?

The downside is recharge time. At 120V it could take a couple of days to fully recharge the batteries from fully depleted.

A couple of friends of mine have Chevy Volts and love them. Not a huge range on them, but there is the gasoline engine backup. One of them just filled up his tank for the first time since May. They're good commuter cars, and as such probably good toads as well. Decent looking cars, too, IMO, unlike some other options out there (Tesla aside).

rk911 wrote:
we'll look into an electric car when re-charging or replacing the batteries takes about the same amount of time as filling up the tank and I can get 400-miles on a charge with some charge left over. did the Tesla dealer give you any insight into when that might be achieved?

good luck with your search.

We talked extensively about whats in the pipe for the next two years but beyond that it was too dificult to speculate. The model 3 will have 200 plus miles of range and 30 minute charge to 80 percent. But then again, so will the 2017 leaf. So although a little ways away it is pretty close now. The car we test drove had 275 miles of range but if its anything like our smart it may be underated. Our smart is rated at 134 km but 150 is easy to achieve around town and really 170 kmh is not uncommon for the smart.

The tesla has amazing software fir trip planning. All you do is type in your destination and it figures out your stops and even hotels. Most mainstream hotels and many restaurants have the 30 minute chargers now.

Range requirements are very personal and vary from person to person. Anything over 150 kmh is pretty much a waste for us. Many leaf owners put 25000 miles a year on their cars and they only have an 80 mile range.

Very fun cars though. Can't wait to get rid of our last tail pipe. :).

we'll look into an electric car when re-charging or replacing the batteries takes about the same amount of time as filling up the tank and I can get 400-miles on a charge with some charge left over. did the Tesla dealer give you any insight into when that might be achieved?

good luck with your search.

Hi,

Now if they would let us tap into the main battery of the Tesla for boondocking.....That would be oh so nice!

Okay. I put it on youtube instead. Should work.

K Charles wrote:
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Aw mann. Give me a minute.

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