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    My 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance

    in Electric Vehicles

    Posted

    On 4/10/2024 at 10:01 PM, Ashley P said:

    John, I think the issue with charging around here was finding a charger that did not have 50 cars waiting to charge.  There were SO many people in W KY that I24 eastbound was clogged for over 6 hours after totality.  Friends of ours from Knoxville hit that road about 20 minutes after totality and it took them about 4 hours to get to Nashville (normally about 2 hrs.)

     

    That had to make the news if true. Link?

    I'll say this.... Not everyone is smart enough to own an EV.

    If you're waiting in a long line for a charger in the snow (in extreme weather) with 2% battery, that's your fault. It's no different than when people wait in lines for gas when extreme weather hits and run out of gas in ICE cars. Stupid!

    You have to think ahead.... The car, if you put it in the trip, will map you to your destination and tell you exactly how much battery you'll have left and it is accurate. It'll also map you to a charger on the way if you need to charge on the trip. How people get stranded or drive until the battery dies and then blame it on the EV or charging network, blows my mind. SMDH....

     

    My 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance

    in Electric Vehicles

    Posted

    On 4/9/2024 at 6:10 AM, mstrpth said:

    I traveled yesterday to shoot the eclipse. There was an older couple there from NC in an EV. They said they had no  problems other than the whole experience was just really stressful worrying about finding working chargers.

    It must not be a Tesla because when I traveled out of town I didn't have that issue.

    I never had an issue finding a working Tesla supercharger. I actually was amazed how many there are out there and overall how easy they are to find and use (payment info is already in the app, so it auto bills your card on file).

    I stopped at Whole Foods in Chattanooga and they had superchargers with roofs over them. I went in to get food and a drink and the car was charged before I finished.

     

    My car will map you to the nearest supercharger and prepare your battery on the way so it will charge faster. 

    Superchargers are everywhere now and more being installed as we speak. 

    https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

    They have a page where you can suggest a location for a charging station and folks vote on it. They give priority to the place with the most votes of course. 

    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

    Posted

    1 hour ago, mstrpth said:

    Heres the kicker... i don't care about going fast. I have too much to lose if going fast goes bad. I'm more interested in feel and sound. I've been in both. i still choose the gasser

    matter of fact, i'd take a pristine 2004ish cobra over any tesla lol

     

    I'm with you. I'd take a new GT500 and be happy. Might not be as fast as the Plaid, but still way fun and cool. lol

    I don't street race like these clowns roll racing to nearly 200mph at night.

    I do love stabbing it from a dead stop in sport mode to like 60 (3.x secs).

    I also like when I see people trying to get on it from a stop (flexing) and I just give it enough to effortlessly and silently walk away. lol

    My M3P is just a slow 11sec car, but it's enough to have fun and pull away from 98% of the clowns on my daily drive. 😆

     

    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

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    7 minutes ago, mstrpth said:

    I'd take that z06 any and every time over a truck

    That Vette is over 1 second slower than a Model S plaid and a half second slower than a X Plaid SUV.

    I think you'd have more fun in the 9.2x sec S or 9.9 sec X.

    How would you feel to go to the dragstrip and get beat by me in a 6 seat heavy Tesla SUV that cost $91k in your 2 seat reverse engineered Ferrari Vette for $112k?  lol  

    Look, I love that ZO6. But after driving and owning a Tesla, I have seen the light. 

    Plus, nearly nothing can beat a Tesla Model S Plaid, especially for its under $100k base price. https://www.tesla.com/models/design#overview

    Tesla Plaid's are smoking supercars and hypercars that cost 3x plus more.

    Helluva value to get a reliable 1,100rwhp daily driver that costs just a fraction to operate over it's ICE competitors. 

    I have a value system. Don't hate me for it! lol 

     

    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

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    6 hours ago, Ashley P said:

    TVA claims a goal of "Net Zero" by 2050.  Look at how they claim to get there.   I stand by my conclusion that this is going to change the way our children live vs how we lived.   I don't mean they'll be in electric cars vs ICE 60s GTOs, I mean energy will be so expensive they won't be able to take a "Sunday drive"....and perhaps they have travel distance limits per person per time period.  And food will cost more/be scarce for the poor.

    The very wording of the TVA site indicates to me they've been neutered by the climate extremists.  https://www.tva.com/environment/environmental-stewardship/sustainability/carbon-report

     

    List of former TVA coal power plants.   Several closed due to "environmental impacts".  https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/coal/plants-of-the-past    And TVA buys power to sell...they aren't making enough.  Hmmmm....

    If you listen to the far-left, that is their goal. Because they believe we're killing earth and the only way to save it is by neutering us. Meanwhile, China keeps building new coal fired power plants. Makes you wonder who is behind the madness? 

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    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

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    11 hours ago, Ashley P said:

    1. I'm taking actions and ideas to their logical conclusions.     I didn't use "news media" for any of the info that lead me to conclude that climate extremists (always Democrat) have put policies in place that power companies are mandated to follow.  Those policies are increasing the cost of electricity and increasing the cost of food.

    2. How much farmland around you has been turned into solar panels?

    3. Do you find it "odd" that a partially subsidized farmer is out-bid on land rent by a factor of 4 by a "solar company" claiming to have pre-sold the electricity it's projected to make?

    4. Have you signed a petition lately

    5. No media involved on my end.  Your data shows TVA buying 15% of it's power from other people.  Why is that? 

    1. The hysteria had to start someplace. Do elaborate. 

    2. None around middle TN that I've seen. More is gobbled up by new warehouses, apartment complexes and condos/townhomes/single family homes, etc., than anything else. Which makes freaking out over solar panels kind of silly. I bet 99% of your farm land is gobbled up by the aforementioned rather than solar by itself.  

    That said...

    The decline is farming has been going on long before solar farming came along. It's mostly because it's so hard to make a living farming. Add the kids of farmers find out the land is worth millions in a quick flip and they cash out to the highest bidder rather than WORK the land for pennies. Even some of the farmers around here threw in the towel since land prices have skyrocketed due to demand for new housing.

    3. Supply and demand economics. I don't like the decline in US farming and I fear depending on outside countries to supply our food for obvious reasons. but we're not arguing those facts. 

    4. I'm very politically active. Petitions are junk mail for politicians who don't care about junk mail. If you don't show up at their office, you're a nobody to them. 

    5. Because a lot of people have solar panels that sell juice back to the grid, etc. Why would there be windmills if they couldn't sell back to the grid? And lastly, because it is probably cheaper by some means (like buying cheaper green energy also gets them tax breaks), etc. 

     

    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

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    On 2/19/2024 at 5:46 PM, Ashley P said:

    Electric cars are a dead end road.  Research the reduction in coal fired power plants.  Research the $$$$$$$ being dumped (our tax money) into solar panels taking over farm land.   Your kids will be hungry when they're 20 years old.  The USofA is doomed.  (No exaggeration on my end.)

    Research the diversified TVA grid...

    Power stations[edit]

    With a generating capacity of approximately 35 gigawatts (GW), TVA has the sixth highest generation capacity of any utility company in the United States and the third largest nuclear power fleet, with seven units at three sites.[3][16] In addition, they also operate four coal-fired power plants, 29 hydroelectric dams, nine simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine plants, nine combined cycle gas plants, 1 pumped storage hydroelectric plant, 1 wind energy site, and 14 solar energy sites.[17] In fiscal year 2020, nuclear generation made up about 41% of TVA's total energy production, natural gas 26%, coal 14%, hydroelectric 13%, and wind and solar 3%.[17] TVA purchases about 15% of the power it sells from other power producers, which includes power from combined cycle natural gas plants, coal plants, and wind installations, and other renewables.[18] The cost of Purchased Power is part of the "Fuel Cost Adjustment" (FCA) charge that is separate from the TVA Rate. In addition, the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is the only facility in the country to industrially produce tritium, which is used by the National Nuclear Security Administration for nuclear weapons, where it is used to supercharge and boost the explosive yield of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.[19]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority 

    Out of all those sources, only 4 TVA coal fired power plants (14%) in TN. We have a VERY diversified energy grid. 

    We could probably burn no coal if we just built 4 or 5 more NG plans. 

    So don't let that Fake News Media get you too excited. 

     

    Tesla Truck is open for pre-order

    in 4x4 Trucks and SUV's

    Posted

    8 hours ago, mstrpth said:

    I wish they were more practical for us that drove lots of miles and at random times. Maybe they will in the future now that Diesel Dave (diesel bros) is involved in the electric world. When i see battery replacements that cost $20k + and is a for sure maintenance item, i can't do it. 

    Side note: i own a 1990 F250 with a 460 and it gets around -2 mpg 😅. If i had to drive that everyday, I would own electric regardless of my reservations 

    Folks need to understand, EV battery technology is still in its infancy. You know, like dialup was for internet. So it's only going to get better from here. 

    That said, If I see battery degradation to the point I know it's going to be trash, I'll trade it off for a new one before I have to buy a battery. But fwiw, Tesla warranty covers the battery for 10 years 100,000 miles. I don't see my battery being dead by them as I follow correct procedures for prepping it. 

    The people who had issues in the past were those folks driving them like taxis or Ubering, supercharging 3 or 4 times a day, and/or not following charging and prep procedures. Most EV's recommend you only charge to 80% for short daily driving and keep them plugged up when not in use to maintain the battery. You also set it up to precondition the battery before charging and driving. My M3P is setup tp be ready to drive by the time I leave for work and leave work for home. It is also setup to be ready to charge when I get home. Basically it preconditions the battery to drive or charge. It also will have your car defrosted, warm and ready to roll in the winter, or cooled off in the summer.

    Charging at home and only using superchargers on long trips like vacations is the best way to do it.

    I've seen no degradation in my battery in 24k miles. I charge at home 97% of the time daily.

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