opie2
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Nah "your tax money" does not go to anything that one might think it doesWe ALL paid
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Nah "your tax money" does not go to anything that one might think it doesWe ALL paid
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Then you have the 3 Bears store near my old house in Chugiak that has EIGHT Tesla only chargers and 4 more chargers (2 of one kind and 2 of another, not sure what that is all about)
Tesla uses a faster more efficient charger with an entirely different "nozzle" (connector) and requires adapters for the other standard connectors, and I believe there are 2 other connector typesI wasn't aware that Tesla required a different style charger than other electric vehicles. That's just asinine. They should all be standardized. Could you imagine if BMW or Lexus required a different gasoline nozzle for their internal combustion engines.
Unless of course Tesla is paying 100 % of the cost to build and maintain these charging stations.
That is just another issue that has EVs a long way from becoming main stream.
Speaking of Electric vehicles. Here in Pittsburgh there is a race every July at a city park. It's called the Vintage Grand Prix. It is an excellent event with open wheel cars, Mini Coopers, Jaguars, Austin Healys, Volvo, Datsun racing around the curvy, hilly roads that course through the park. Just about every vintage sports car you can imagine. There is also a huge car show with thousands of cars and every year they pick a different brand for the feature brand. Last year the feature brand was Ferrari. There were approx one hundred Ferraris in attendance. And right there with them was a brand new 2024 Ferrari that was all electric. Never thought I would see that.
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Really good breakdown on the charger types, voltages, etc
As you can see, it can get complicated
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The Lexus UX (Urban Crossover) Hybrid is designed to (advertised to) get better mileage around town than on the highway by virtue of all the coasting, braking, etc that work to keep the battery charged, vs highway where the gas engine is running 90% of the timeplug in hybrids probably make sense for most people. could drive on electric for short trips and your commute if it isn't too far. beyond that, it's just a hybrid.
we had a plug-in hybrid SUV as a rental in Montana. it was nice but never found a place to plug it in. fortunately, they don't require you return it with a full gas tank and a full battery (which wasn't full when we got it).
The Lexus UX (Urban Crossover) Hybrid is designed to (advertised to) get better mileage around town than on the highway by virtue of all the coasting, braking, etc that work to keep the battery charged, vs highway where the gas engine is running 90% of the time
That hasn't been my experience, getting 42-45 mpg running errands vs 45 to close to 50 mpg on road trips, but my errand trips also include 55 mph speeds interspersed with around town speeds so there is no telling
I have switched it to EV mode a few times and there is no way I can come close to the distances a Tesla can get in straight EV
I haven't ever sat down and done the money maths on filling with gas vs "filling" at a charger
My daughter got a Tesla as a rental last year in LA and I asked her to keep track of her expenses when they charged it and it shocked me how much it cost them to fill it up, but then gas there is $3 a gallon higher than Alaska so it's really an apples to oranges comparison
All I know is I can go well over 400 miles, closer to 450, in each of the Hybrids and fill the 10.5 gallon tank in the UX and the 17 Gallon tank in the TX and I don't have to say ouch when I am done
From what I remember reading on fast charger rates, it's not gonna be a huge money saver if you're doing that on long trips.
Finding the cost of charging on line is not easyFrom what I remember reading on fast charger rates, it's not gonna be a huge money saver if you're doing that on long trips.
Yeah, that penalty for not getting the hell off their lawn is steepSo that first one is $1.75 an hour? And that's a 7.4kW charger, so that's 24 cents a kWh, which I guess is perhaps an expected markup, of course that's if you actually get the 7.4 kWh throughput. But the Tesla at 55 cents a kWh?? My home electric rate is a little over 14 cents/kWh.
PS I see Tesla really wants you off that charger when you're done--up to $1/minute. And yes, from what I have heard, secret handshake for the Tesla owners.
Yeah, but an overnight charge in your garage on a Level 2 charger gets you out of that lifestyle, under most circumstances.IDK, there is a whole lot about the EV lifestyle that eludes me