Tesla Battery Gossip cut n paste
As Florida residents fled Hurricane Irma over the weekend, some Tesla owners got a little surprise from the auto maker to help them get out of the danger zone. On Saturday, Tesla began pushing a so...
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I still think a lot has to do with marketing. I want an electric vehicle and I have this much money and I need it to go 300 KM max. I can afford a S60 so I buy one. If my economic situation improves later I can upgrade to a 75. Or if my vehicle needs change later and I need a longer range I don't need to buy a whole new car. Just fork over X thousand dollars and I have the range I need. This works for us. Our car has a max range of 200 KM. We really only need it to do about 120 to 150. If there had been a 400 KM range version available at the time we would have paid exactly zero dollars more for it because...you know... we never need more than 150 KM of range. Even if we occasionally go on longer trips of 400 or 500 KM the fast charging infrastructure is fairly good in our area and I can afford the extra hour of charge time to get there. This hasn't really happened that much for us but I suppose it could. Buy what you need or what you like. Choices are good. I suspect that has a lot to do with the thought process behind the marketing for TESLA. And it seems to work as they have no problem selling S's.
On a side note, I think one of the reasons Teslas do and will continue to be more expensive is the facility of the supercharge network. For those on really long commutes or even long trips this is obviously a huge advantage. For us it would be again, buying something we don't need so paying a premium for this service wouldn't make sense...or least on our budget. This also may change over time as provinces and states are seeing the non tesla fast charge infrastructure grow with both private and public money so although I think Tesla will probably have an advantage here for the next decade the advantage will diminish. Remember, a Telsa can charge on any system by using adapters. A non Tesla can not access any Tesla charging facilities. Not a thing for us but I'm sure there are non EV owners driving past superchargers every day with envy in their eyes. :)
On a side note, I think one of the reasons Teslas do and will continue to be more expensive is the facility of the supercharge network. For those on really long commutes or even long trips this is obviously a huge advantage. For us it would be again, buying something we don't need so paying a premium for this service wouldn't make sense...or least on our budget. This also may change over time as provinces and states are seeing the non tesla fast charge infrastructure grow with both private and public money so although I think Tesla will probably have an advantage here for the next decade the advantage will diminish. Remember, a Telsa can charge on any system by using adapters. A non Tesla can not access any Tesla charging facilities. Not a thing for us but I'm sure there are non EV owners driving past superchargers every day with envy in their eyes. :)
