John & Angela wrote:
azdryheat wrote:
There are that many $100k Tesla cars running around to justify so many pumps?
Just under three hundred thousand on the road and that expected to double in the next year. By the end of 2018 there are 350,000 per year and by end 2019 450,000 per year. His view is that the infrastructure needs to be in place for that kind of growth. Right now there are over 1000 locations with over 7000 individual chargers. That number will double within two years. The biggest stations are in China although this one is baker is one of the two biggest in the USA. The other is in Kettleman. Here is a video of that one. Shows the lounge, coffee and area, dog walk area etc. It just opened up last week. It looks like you could get a Model X towing a trailer through the stalls. There are a few people towing small air strea,s and pop ups with them. At many superchargers you have to unhook the trailer from the Tesla but with the drive through you can just go through. Looks tight but I think it would fit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wkc7PUSyR0
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The trailer belows weighs 2350 pounds and the Tesla X pulls it from 0-60 in 5,5 seconds. It is rated for 4000 or 5000 pounds depending on configuration.
That is VERY VERY optomistic. They have been manufacturing cars for 14 YEARS and only delivered 300,000!!!
They haven't even been able to hit there 5,000 per week goal yet, which they were suppose to reach by the end of the year, instead, that has been pushed to March of 2018.
