I'd argue that the common man who buys a car wants it or needs it now or at least this week. They don't want to wait weeks/months.
The Tesla sales model is for elites who can wait months for their 3rd or 4th vehicle.
Posted 21 June 2016 - 07:28 AM
I'd argue that the common man who buys a car wants it or needs it now or at least this week. They don't want to wait weeks/months.
The Tesla sales model is for elites who can wait months for their 3rd or 4th vehicle.
Posted 21 June 2016 - 08:06 AM
^ that's got nothing to do with dealership lots and everything to do with inventory. Tesla will get to the point where they can just tell a car to drive to its new owner.
Posted 21 June 2016 - 02:42 PM
It's now 3:41 PM and the building has been completely flattened.
Edited by Gary H, 21 June 2016 - 02:42 PM.
Posted 21 June 2016 - 07:37 PM
It must be hard for him watching the model 3 get a half million pre orders with his Volt only selling just over 100 thousand in five years. No wonder he thought the EV market was week. He made a poor design....
Lutz hasn't been with GM since 2010 so he is probably not too worried about it.
Here is a little snippet I got in the e-mail inbox the other day, don't know the veracity of it....
Edited by LJ, 21 June 2016 - 07:40 PM.
Posted 21 June 2016 - 07:50 PM
Marko is charging is with 40 amp charger, not 75. Also, any new house will have 200 amp service. I have a 1980 home with 200 amp service, though that's not normal for a house that age.
I can't comment on the neighbourhood load aspect, but if this third hand comment is already so wrong, I don't trust that either.
Posted 22 June 2016 - 12:50 AM
Actually for almost two months I was charging on 120v outlet before I got my 40 amp charger. If you go 120v/20 amp circuit you get 8 km/h with the Model S. Problem is often I wouldn't get home until 10 pm and then I would go to work at 7 am so 9 hours at 8 km/h wasn't enough.
For those that are at home a few more hours, only drive to work, 120v/20 amp circuit would work and we are talking a 4,500 lb car.
I am guessing the Model 3 will be over 10km/h hour on a 120v outlet.
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Posted 22 June 2016 - 12:56 AM
Re electrical infrastructure I only charge my car at night, never before 7 pm. I imagine the bulk of electric car charging would occur off peak grid hours.
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Posted 26 June 2016 - 08:07 PM
^Oh I think they make sense here (cars and bikes) because most (86%) of our energy comes from hydro. I could certainly make use of one, most I ever drive in a day around Victoria is probably less than 80k, most days less than 10k.
Posted 06 July 2016 - 02:32 PM
What a tragic use for a high profile development site. Is there at least a chance that in the near-ish future something more "vibrant" than a parking lot will get built here?
Posted 06 July 2016 - 02:42 PM
I'm going to speculate that if/when Dockside Green finally gets built to that end of the property the land will become valuable again and the dealership will sell it for development. They probably acquired it at distressed pricing and stand to make a nice profit down the road so to speak. In the meantime they'll just use it as a car lot. I'll watch to see if they now unload cars there (along Harbour Rd.).
Posted 02 August 2016 - 05:01 PM
Meanwhile Tyee Road behind the dealership had never been so empty.
An even better location is the one they used today - Kimta, it's straight and more often devoid of cars compared to Tyee, which is slightly curved, has a fire hydrant, and appears to be used by some for employee parking. In other words, Tyee is not a reliable offload street. Kimta seems much better.
Edited by Gary H, 03 August 2016 - 08:00 AM.
Posted 03 August 2016 - 06:20 AM
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Posted 04 August 2016 - 09:47 AM
Although that chunk of Kimta Rd really should actually be a two-way protected bike lane to join together the two sections of the E&N trail temporarily until the Roundhouse is built out.
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