Hello there,
Yesterday i got the opportunity to ride in a Tesla X Performance with "gull wing" doors. Amazing car all electric. The gull wing doors are not exactly gull wing though, Tesla calls them "Falcon Wing" because unlike other similar doors they pivot in wo places instead of just one. The extra pivot is to allow the doors to open in tight parking spaces. The doors have sensors too so they can detect obstacles and change which pivot pivots more. The door are electric so they open with the push of a button. It's amazing just to see one open up. Price tag $82000 to $130000 USD this one was toward the upper end of that price range. Rides about the same as a regular gas car dont notice any difference but the car itself looks really awesome.
Charging stations are a bit of a problem though in this state (NJ). Not that many around and the ones that are around are not very well taken care of. Cables lying on the ground thrown all about. One station near me (about 2 miles) has a charger but does not work and it's been like that for the past two years. Not that motivation i guess to get the stations going. In California (i visit now and then) some of the stations have the cables cut and the wires (large weight copper) are not even stolen. It's like someone or some group is trying to prevent the proliferation of electric vehicles. Some cables are stolen though.
I guess for my self i am divided on the widespread use of electric vehicles mainly because of the charging requirements there are some serious issues. The main one is peak power during the charge process. People dont want to wait 6 hours to charge their battery they want it fast, and at a charging station they can do it in around 1/2 hour. But due to the size of the batteries, it takes a very large peak electric power to charge that fast. I havent run the numbers yet, but i think it is equivalent to about half a house total electric input power with lots of appliances turned on. If there are several chargers at one station, that could mean it takes the power equivalent to several normal households in a small real estate area. With the power grid in this country being what it is, old and not very good, i see a problem coming up as more and more electric vehicles are sold and operated. The grid has to be updated. This has been talked about many times by the current administration but i dont see anything done yet on infrastructure. In California they are already predicting rolling blackouts. I guess time will tell as this relatively new technology evolves. One thing is undeniable though, those Tesla cars are amazingly amazing
Oh, and one important feature: No OBDII because there are no emissions!
Yesterday i got the opportunity to ride in a Tesla X Performance with "gull wing" doors. Amazing car all electric. The gull wing doors are not exactly gull wing though, Tesla calls them "Falcon Wing" because unlike other similar doors they pivot in wo places instead of just one. The extra pivot is to allow the doors to open in tight parking spaces. The doors have sensors too so they can detect obstacles and change which pivot pivots more. The door are electric so they open with the push of a button. It's amazing just to see one open up. Price tag $82000 to $130000 USD this one was toward the upper end of that price range. Rides about the same as a regular gas car dont notice any difference but the car itself looks really awesome.
Charging stations are a bit of a problem though in this state (NJ). Not that many around and the ones that are around are not very well taken care of. Cables lying on the ground thrown all about. One station near me (about 2 miles) has a charger but does not work and it's been like that for the past two years. Not that motivation i guess to get the stations going. In California (i visit now and then) some of the stations have the cables cut and the wires (large weight copper) are not even stolen. It's like someone or some group is trying to prevent the proliferation of electric vehicles. Some cables are stolen though.
I guess for my self i am divided on the widespread use of electric vehicles mainly because of the charging requirements there are some serious issues. The main one is peak power during the charge process. People dont want to wait 6 hours to charge their battery they want it fast, and at a charging station they can do it in around 1/2 hour. But due to the size of the batteries, it takes a very large peak electric power to charge that fast. I havent run the numbers yet, but i think it is equivalent to about half a house total electric input power with lots of appliances turned on. If there are several chargers at one station, that could mean it takes the power equivalent to several normal households in a small real estate area. With the power grid in this country being what it is, old and not very good, i see a problem coming up as more and more electric vehicles are sold and operated. The grid has to be updated. This has been talked about many times by the current administration but i dont see anything done yet on infrastructure. In California they are already predicting rolling blackouts. I guess time will tell as this relatively new technology evolves. One thing is undeniable though, those Tesla cars are amazingly amazing
Oh, and one important feature: No OBDII because there are no emissions!