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What matters is the recharge time. I have no idea how long it takes to recharge to get another 265 miles.
20 minutes apparently
20 minutes is a pitstop for most folks.
That's kinda long. I wouldn't want to have to stop 20 mins for every 3 hours I drive (70+ mph highway). I think the average stop for me is 15 min or less.
20 minutes is an eternity unless the vehicle is self driving and I am not paying attention to the trip time anyway.
When I stop for gas on a normal trip, I am there less than 10 minutes counting time off the highway, fueling, and time back to the highway.
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
What matters is the recharge time. I have no idea how long it takes to recharge to get another 265 miles.
20 minutes apparently
20 minutes is a pitstop for most folks.
That's kinda long. I wouldn't want to have to stop 20 mins for every 3 hours I drive (70+ mph highway). I think the average stop for me is 15 min or less.
20 minutes is an eternity unless the vehicle is self driving and I am not paying attention to the trip time anyway.
When I stop for gas on a normal trip, I am there less than 10 minutes counting time off the highway, fueling, and time back to the highway.
Yep I agree. This really needs to be cut down to 10 mins, but that just might be unreasonable due to technology.
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
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What matters is the recharge time. I have no idea how long it takes to recharge to get another 265 miles.
20 minutes apparently
20 minutes is a pitstop for most folks.
That's kinda long. I wouldn't want to have to stop 20 mins for every 3 hours I drive (70+ mph highway). I think the average stop for me is 15 min or less.
20 minutes is an eternity unless the vehicle is self driving and I am not paying attention to the trip time anyway.
When I stop for gas on a normal trip, I am there less than 10 minutes counting time off the highway, fueling, and time back to the highway.
Yep I agree. This really needs to be cut down to 10 mins, but that just might be unreasonable due to technology.
Physics is such a ...pain... sometimes.
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
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@Dashrender said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
What matters is the recharge time. I have no idea how long it takes to recharge to get another 265 miles.
20 minutes apparently
20 minutes is a pitstop for most folks.
That's kinda long. I wouldn't want to have to stop 20 mins for every 3 hours I drive (70+ mph highway). I think the average stop for me is 15 min or less.
20 minutes is an eternity unless the vehicle is self driving and I am not paying attention to the trip time anyway.
When I stop for gas on a normal trip, I am there less than 10 minutes counting time off the highway, fueling, and time back to the highway.
Yep I agree. This really needs to be cut down to 10 mins, but that just might be unreasonable due to technology.
It depends on how much you really want that car specifically. It's starting to look kind of bad from my end, not due to time but expense. Too many variables right now for me to realistically purchase even a model 3. The Model S prices are crazy but it's also aluminum work, which the model 3 won't have.
We'll see.
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I would like to get a Model 3.
If $$$ was no object, I would go total opposite...a Model 3 for driving around and a F-150 Raptor for the fun times!
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Ask them, they'll tell you
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Because you don't f*** with Shanks!!!! @wirestyle22
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Does anyone realize that every energy conversion suffers loss? It's so ridiculously laughable to me every time people fire up the electric vs. gas vehicle debate. It generally requires fossil fuels to generate electricity (on a large scale), and then you get another potential drop when converting from AC to battery DC potential electricity. There is no magical "save the planet" clause that kicks in and gives you a conversion bonus for being "green", and when you're all done wasting energy to look like you've done the planet some great service, you throw your massive used-up lead-acid batteries in a landfill. Sure, technology keeps getting better, and there may come a point when we can produce all of our electricity w/o the use of fossil fuels, but until that actually happens in the real world, physics renders the argument invalid. I'll accept that using solar panels to generate the power to charge your car is a step in the right direction, but now you've added another layer of toxic batteries to the chain. And my 3 cars average about 350-400 miles per tank of gas, at roughly 25-30 mpg.
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@thanksajdotcom said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
This graph is incorrect. Too much time spent actually showering.
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This graph is incorrect. Too much time spent actually showering.
I mean...yeah...
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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.
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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.
Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!
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@MattSpeller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.
Nope, I'm all for advancing technology and I hope sometime in the near future we can have efficient electric cars. Today is not that day, and by arguing for current electric vehicles like they are actually more efficient and better for the environment than gassers is flat-out garbage.
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:
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@art_of_shred I think the point is completely lost in there. Electric vehicles are the future and they will be much better for the environment. While today's technology may not be perfect that is how we humans progress - one step at a time. It sounds like you are arguing that we shouldn't bother and just continue our destructive ways. That is not progressing anything.
Plus they are WAY quicker than a gas car!
OMG, a Tesla when the pedal gets pushed all the way down is like going over the big hill on a rollercoaster. Literally experienced that exact sensation riding in one in California in 2013 when I visited Pertino with @scottalanmiller and @Nick42
