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Tesla Roadster JdeMO first Charge

This is two Tesla Roadsters being charged at the same time with CHAdeMO stations, courtesy of Quick Charge Power supplied "JdeMO".

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Chris commented on 29 Feb 2016

How much KW does it utilize while charging? The full 50KW? 25? or the normal ~17?

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Michael Riche commented on 14 Nov 2014

What a piece of junk... I'll take my big gas guzzling sexy v8 C63 AMG over some box of shit like this any day. Electric cars are cool because they're new, but the whole concept sort of takes away from the character of a sports car that keeps owners attached or interested in the first place for that matter.

gmack commented on 23 May 2015

You suck then! Who fucking care!

abe sanchez commented on 06 May 2014

This video really made me not want to buy a dam tesla why the fuck do i have to go into a fucking restaurant and have to ask them if i can plug my extension cord into their wall for a while.

Mr Cars commented on 24 May 2014

LOL you will NEVER have to do that. It was clearly a joke. Kind of scary that you think thats what you would have to do just by watching this video. Please develop a stronger sense of rationalization.

Calvin Klesmith commented on 08 May 2014

you don't have to, he was just making a point, 70% of the time its charged from home. plus road-trips for the Model S are done with the Tesla Superchargers //www.teslamotors.com/supercharger

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rtsoccerplayer commented on 15 Jul 2009

think outside the box. get a solar panel on the roof of your house. free electricity, no emissions, what's not to like? you can power your whole house off the grid. and electric motors don't use much electricity in the first place, an electric dryer uses more electricity... a full charge is worth less than 3 bucks, so your hardly using any electricity at all! and what do you mean emissions is a joke? smog is a dangerous threat to our health and its getting worse...and co2. but smog is undeniable

shockwave1986 commented on 18 Jun 2009

The prices have fallen and will fall even further. There is a 45 mins quick charge ability now. And you will save a lot on fuel costs which will rise a lot soon. Not to mention how convenient it is to recharge it almost anywhere, anytime. The battery used to be the problem, not anymore. I do agree it costs a lot. But the prices will fall even more and when mass production kicks in, it'll fall so much that you'll look back at the petrol car and laugh. It'll be like looking at a typewriter.....lol

HunterKiller89 commented on 22 Jul 2009

perhaps you're a little uninformed since you dont live in the sunbelt, but I do, and i have several friends with solar panels on their houses...and no, they dont conserve power in the least.. they have pretty decent sized houses too and use their electricity just like anyone else. The only downsides to solar panels on your roof are the initial cost, and ensuring constant sunlight, with the latter not being an issue for people living in my area. You should research before you make untrue claims

SabaothChristou commented on 21 Jul 2009

On top of spending $20k on the extreme low end to get set up to use solar energy in their home, people that have enough solar panels to "power their house" have had to cut their energy use drastically to make that possible. That would include using a micro-refrigerator, laptop computer at most, and a little B&W TV, not to mention powering their stove and central heat with gas. Then you have to live in an area where sunshine is reliable, which where I live it can be overcast for a week or more.

SabaothChristou commented on 18 Aug 2009

Obviously you didn't read everything I wrote, since I covered everything you say here. I never said the S2000 was better than the Tesla, just that for far less than the price of a Tesla you can get a car that will cost even less to run and go round a track faster. (sure, the Tesla goes from 0-60 in 3.9, but it tops out about 130 and has a 35/65 weight distribution. It's not comparable at all to a Ferrari) I even said that the Tesla is a good idea, but right now it costs more than it's worth.

SabaothChristou commented on 07 Aug 2009

The Tesla is far from the first electric car. The only thing it does that's new is go a greater distance and do it faster. Other cars have shown the efficiency of electric vehicles... the Tesla was really just a showcase of what was possible. The day someone makes an electric car that performs as good as an S2000 (including range), costs about the same, and doesn't need $25,000 worth of batteries every 100k miles, I'll be very interested. As it stands, though, this car just isn't practical.

SabaothChristou commented on 16 Jul 2009

Of course there are, but have you asked them what all they do without and how much they paid to get such a setup? I wasn't saying it didn't affect just me. It doesn't affect the vast majority of people. The only people it does affect are those in the cities. By all means, if they want a Tesla, they can feel free to pay $100k as long as I'm allowed to keep driving my S2000 for which I paid less than $10k. Also, I only buy gasoline that has democratic origin (American, Canadian, Israeli, etc)

SabaothChristou commented on 22 Jul 2009

To clarify, I'm not saying electric cars are a bad idea. I'm just saying they're far from practical at this point. Keep in mind that the Tesla needs a new set of batteries after 100k miles (says Tesla). Expect to spend about 20-30k on that. My car, on the other hand, gets an overall average of about 25 miles to the gallon. Divided into 100k is 4000, times 3 dollars per gallon is 12k. Even if the initial costs of the cars were the same (which they're not even close), I'm still saving money.

THeMuFFiNmAN81 commented on 06 Aug 2009

Btw, it's much more efficient for coal energy to be harvested all at one time rather than inefficiently through any engine. The Tesla takes care of that. And the point is that it uses MUCH less emissions (including where the electricity came from) including how much less your insurance will be. A car that doesn't need maintenance = a car that spends less money at the shop = cheaper insurance payments. Not that it'll matter to those who can afford it, but the point is that it's a big step.

dpstarcom commented on 03 Nov 2010

Honestly i do not like the fact of an electric car. Example I live in texas city was here for hurricane Ike i had no power for a week but we still used our vehicle to move tree limbs that had fallen in our yard to go and check on family members and to run other much needed errands. If we wouldve had an electric vehicle we wouldve been screwed no way to charge the vehicle with no power. I am against the electric car but i believe in alternative fuels. Besides nothing beats the roar of a V8

SabaothChristou commented on 15 Jun 2009

Of course... I'm not saying that electricity is useless or that electric cars aren't a good idea. An electric car *would* be cheaper to run than a gasoline car, but until they bring that price down from >100k and find a way to charge the battery in less than 30 minutes, they're just an idea instead of a practical solution for the majority of people. (I drive 1200 miles to college twice a year. Stopping every 240 miles overnight to charge the car won't work, to say nothing of the pricetag)

SabaothChristou commented on 22 Jul 2009

You aren't relying solely on the solar panels, either. Also, by only spending 10k on the S2000, I have 90k left over before I even reach the *initial* cost of the Tesla (and most people can't afford payments on a 100k car, including me) It will take a very long time to reach 90k in gas, and I doubt if I ever spend 1k in maintenance on this car in the amount of time I am going to keep it. I'm not saying solar panels are a bad thing, but you're much better off with a wind-powered generator.

C Ca commented on 10 Jan 2010

The problem is that we could produce electric cars since last century but the chemical batteries are very pollutant. There's a lot of new inventions of today that will solve theproblem like hidrogen cell n MTJ batt. This is not a bad think to do an expensive car usig Tesla patents, but Tesla would cry if he could see a commertial company with his name producing this expensive cars. He invented this for all the world like wirless free electricity that will apear next year with HP n Nokia.

SabaothChristou commented on 15 Jul 2009

And have you priced solar panels? On top of being expensive, they're really not that efficient. I could cover the whole roof of my house with them and still not be able to power the whole thing. I have a battery bank set up with a small wind-powered generator that charges them, but it's really only useful when the power goes out. As for emissions, yes, there can be alot of smog in big cities, but that's the limit of smog. Here in rural Arkansas the pollen is all you have to worry about.

SabaothChristou commented on 13 Jun 2009

And spending more than 50,000 dollars is worth saving hardly any emissions? Don't forget where the electricity your Tesla will come from.. probably a coal fired power plant. Even if the power company you use uses nuclear power plants, they had to mine the uranium and ship it to the plant. What the people who build these kind of cars don't understand is that the majority of car buyers aren't interested in saving emissions. They're interested in saving money. (emissions is a joke anyway)

SabaothChristou commented on 06 Jun 2009

Nearly all Ferraris have decent storage, are comfortable, and handle excellently. The Tesla has a 35/65 weight distribution. That's worse than a 911, except the Tesla doesn't have the added systems to make it work. The Tesla definitely proves that an electric sports car is possible, but at over $100k you're better off buying a Lotus Elise SC (supercharged). Nearly as fast in acceleration, 30 mph faster in top speed, better handling, and you'll save some 50k which will buy ALOT of gas.

SabaothChristou commented on 19 Aug 2009

There probably isn't yet, but if I owned one it wouldn't take very long :P (well actually I guess it would since I'd have to charge it every 250ish miles). There will still be some capacity after 100k miles, but the range will be considerably less. Just Google "Tesla battery life" and the top result is Tesla's own page on the batteries. Don't get me wrong.. It's a cool car, but the benefits it offers aren't really in the $100k range. A Lotus Elise is less than $50k, remember! =D

quosmo1 commented on 14 Jun 2010

@SakoTGrimes not true, even with 'dirty electricity' of the worst kind they are many many times for efficient. think of all the inefficiencies with each car burning its own fuel with different technology and maintenance levels : then consider at any moment in time how many million cars in the world are stopped at traffic lights idling away tonnes of petrol for no good reason. plus of course there are many clean electric sources, but not required to make a massive difference!.

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