TESLA Electric Truck?

[Btown]

Tesla new battery pack for the S is now 315 mile range... it will also propel the car 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds... It seems battery technology has been increasing about 8% per year from a report I heard. I would not count the electric car out anytime soon. Who would have thought the quickest cars in the world would come from Fremont California?

Who can afford a Model S? The 315 mile number is good. My 2013 Passat TDI ( yes I know) can go about 800 miles before it needs to be filled. Went from West Palm Beach Florida to Springfield Mass. Filled up in West Palm and only put fuel in once and made it home. We had to stop more for food and bathroom breaks obviously. Took about 22 hours, got about 48 mpg. I could a fleet of cars for what one Tesla Model S costs.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Who can afford a Model S? The 315 mile number is good. My 2013 Passat TDI ( yes I know) can go about 800 miles before it needs to be filled. Went from West Palm Beach Florida to Springfield Mass. Filled up in West Palm and only put fuel in once and made it home. We had to stop more for food and bathroom breaks obviously. Took about 22 hours, got about 48 mpg. I could a fleet of cars for what one Tesla Model S costs.

Or buy a 41 mpg Civic for $16,000! No diesel issues and dirt cheap to buy, drive, insure, and maintain.

Has to be the cheapest car in North America per mile with a Automatic Transmission, AC, Cruise Control, and Satellite Radio to drive and own.

Chris

 

[dickfoster]

Ah the old NUMMI plant. My Tacoma was made there. it was originally a Ford plant then Ford closed it then Toyota and GM got together to make it the NUMMI plant, they made GEOs Corollas and other models along with the Tacoma PU, then they closed it. Tacomas are made in Mexico now. Now it's the Tesla plant. Tesla's still run mostly on coal though that is unless you believe the tooth fairy puts the electricity in the wall socket to charge it. Remove all the silly subsidies and Tesla would go bust overnight. It's just another scam to con the idiotic tree huggers out of their money.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Ah the old NUMMI plant. My Tacoma was made there. it was originally a Ford plant then Ford closed it then Toyota and GM got together to make it the NUMMI plant, they made GEOs Corollas and other models along with the Tacoma PU, then they closed it. Tacomas are made in Mexico now. Now it's the Tesla plant. Tesla's still run mostly on coal though that is unless you believe the tooth fairy puts the electricity in the wall socket to charge it. Remove all the silly subsidies and Tesla would go bust overnight. It's just another scam to con the idiotic tree huggers out of their money.

Can't fix stupid!

 

[ultrarunner]

I think the NUMMI was always GM and the Ford Truck plant in Milpitas is where the great mall is today.

Remember touring both and spent the entire day at NUMMI watching Mom's Corolla go from shell to drive off... they treated us royally and it something I will never forget... even have pictures sitting in Mom's car going down the line before the doors were on it... many signed the engine compartment...

It's been the best car ever and fought like HeII to get it back when it was stolen... basically ran it out of gas and abandoned it... we would get as much a 40 mpg.

Tesla and the other electrics I see in the Doctor's parking lot here at the Hospital are all owned by those having solar arrays with net metering and most also have solar in the private practice office buildings... they are generating enough to power their cars and home with no kW charge from PGE.

So the Tesla owners I see were driving high end Euopean cars... like 12 cylinder Mercedes/BMW and Porsche... also very expensive.

The one thing the Tesla does that the others can't is let them zip through on the carpool lanes as a single occupant... this has great value to some...

I doubt I will ever be among the those that own Tesla... I am very glad to have Tesla here in the Bay Area... and have to say have a California built car out accelerate just about any vehicle that has ever been built provides added fun in the bragging department.

VW Diesels are cars I love driving... almost always have a Diesel rental in Germany... either VW or BMW.

Problem is for my German friends is the software emission fix comes by sacrifices performance and economy.... MANY are very unhappy but due to the rules class action suits are almost non existent there... they ask why VW is so generous to North American I can only credit our Tort system.

 

[dickfoster]

I think the NUMMI was always GM and the Ford Truck plant in Milpitas is where the great mall is today.

Remember touring both and spent the entire day at NUMMI watching Mom's Corolla go from shell to drive off... they treated us royally and it something I will never forget... even have pictures sitting in Mom's car going down the line before the doors were on it... many signed the engine compartment...

It's been the best car ever and fought like HeII to get it back when it was stolen... basically ran it out of gas and abandoned it... we would get as much a 40 mpg.

Tesla and the other electrics I see in the Doctor's parking lot here at the Hospital are all owned by those having solar arrays with net metering and most also have solar in the private practice office buildings... they are generating enough to power their cars and home with no kW charge from PGE.

So the Tesla owners I see were driving high end Euopean cars... like 12 cylinder Mercedes/BMW and Porsche... also very expensive.

The one thing the Tesla does that the others can't is let them zip through on the carpool lanes as a single occupant... this has great value to some...

I doubt I will ever be among the those that own Tesla... I am very glad to have Tesla here in the Bay Area... and have to say have a California built car out accelerate just about any vehicle that has ever been built provides added fun in the bragging department.

VW Diesels are cars I love driving... almost always have a Diesel rental in Germany... either VW or BMW.

Problem is for my German friends is the software emission fix comes by sacrifices performance and economy.... MANY are very unhappy but due to the rules class action suits are almost non existent there... they ask why VW is so generous to North American I can only credit our Tort system.

Funny thing is when I toured it they were making the GEO and Corolla on the very same line with the same parts. The only difference was the badge and the price of course. You paid more for the Corolla and the Toyota badge otherwise they were the same car. A lot of folks complain to me about my Japanese truck when it was made in the USA mostly from US made parts. Fact is all cars are made with global content these days, there are no American, Japanese or European cars anymore. They all come from all over the globe. Like my tractor, it has an Indian engine, the tractor is Japanese but the loader and FEL were both made in Kansas.

 

[civilian]

Funny thing is when I toured it they were making the GEO and Corolla on the very same line with the same parts. The only difference was the badge and the price of course. You paid more for the Corolla and the Toyota badge otherwise they were the same car. A lot of folks complain to me about my Japanese truck when it was made in the USA mostly from US made parts. Fact is all cars are made with global content these days, there are no American, Japanese or European cars anymore. They all come from all over the globe. Like my tractor, it has an Indian engine, the tractor is Japanese but the loader and FEL were both made in Kansas.

I have 3 Toyotas, a Camry, a Seinna van, and a Tundra. Not sure of the part location breakdown, but the comments I sometimes gets, "You drive a Japanese truck", but I say it was assembled in Texas." Their comeback is, but the money goes to corporate office in Japan. Oh well. Jon

 

[ultrarunner]

They were just starting to tool up for the Toyota Matrix and Pontiac Vibe when Mom's Corolla was built...

 

[two_bit_score]

Ah the old NUMMI plant. My Tacoma was made there. it was originally a Ford plant then Ford closed it then Toyota and GM got together to make it the NUMMI plant, they made GEOs Corollas and other models along with the Tacoma PU, then they closed it. Tacomas are made in Mexico now. Now it's the Tesla plant. Tesla's still run mostly on coal though that is unless you believe the tooth fairy puts the electricity in the wall socket to charge it. Remove all the silly subsidies and Tesla would go bust overnight. It's just another scam to con the idiotic tree huggers out of their money.

:thumbsup:

 

[jack707]

Yup just like solando did