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Originally Posted by pscates2.0
Exactly. People aren’t going to buy this electric stuff in great, “game-changing” numbers until they feel like they’re not going to be stuck in the middle of God-knows-where because the kind of charger they require isn’t in the cluster of ones they’re staring at.
“Honey, I guess we’re walkin’...”
I would never consider such a purchase until the charging (type and amount) I needed was as common and available as all the evil gas stations around me. I realize one leads to the other, but I’m just not all that concerned with being in the cutting edge and all the hassle and inconvenience that goes with it (owning a 12” MacBook 3-4 years ago, for instance). I’ll let others take that dive, help sort out the horseshit and then I’ll benefit from their brave vision/trailblazing at a later point. We can’t all be Columbus, Edison and Armstrong, after all.
Check with me in about 10 years...
PS - That thing is beyond unattractive. Looks like something out of a bad early 80’s movie set in “the future” (2010).
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I don’t think that’s as much of an issue as many people think. If you live in/own a home, you just charge it at home and never have need of one of the charging stations except when you are traveling. And then, the computer on the vehicle tells you exactly where the tesla chargers are, how far you can go before you need to stop and charge, etc.. You tell it where you are going and it maps out alternate routes. And there are adapters you can buy and carry with you so that you can use some of the other chargers in an emergency. Of course, most of the alternates do not provide as fast of a charge as Tesla’s superchargers.
If you live in an apartment, then it is not as easy. Hopefully soon, we’ll see more of the chargers being installed on lamp posts. And yes, it would certainly be best if all companies used the same charging standards.
But for much, if not most, of the population, it shouldn’t be a concern. There’s not even a supercharger in my town and the only reason I don’t have a Tesla is purely affordability. Maybe in a year or two.