There are now around 400,000 Teslas on the roads of the U.S. and the company’s commitment to hoarding its cash by any means necessary, including not paying bills and not investing in its Supercharger network, could finally be coming back to bite its owners in pronounced fashion.
Not much can be said about something as expensive and as useless as electric vehicles for day to day use.
Shocking.
“It costs $3000 per hour for charge time on my portable charging station. You are also required to shovel the coal yourself, and sign this legal contract where you acknowledge that you personally are an asshole, a hypocrite, stupid, and the worst human who has ever wasted oxygen on this planet.”
Kevin’s coal fired super charging truck service.
One more time:
Mr. Musk is the reincarnation of P.T. Barnum, but with more money and less ethics!
What part of that do you STILL fail to understand???
Return what remains of the cash to the investors who have quite clearly been defrauded (Elon never had any intention of paying a dividend) and deport the bastard to South Africa.
Problem solved.
http://joannenova.com.au/2019/12/26000-junkets-now-in-spain-at-the-un-climate-change-cop-25-largest-delegations-ivory-coast-and-congo/#comments
Canada is sending the 8th largest group of useless freeloaders to this thing. Embarassing
Wait for it – the next step is to demand that governments (as in taxpayers) pay for a system of charging stations all across the US and Canada. Our existing power grid can’t handle more than two or three electric cars being charged on a residential street is not an issue for the die hards. The whole system at trillions of dollars of investment MUST be created in order to save the planet or something.
I have been watching the ads on television bragging about how you can now travel from coast to coast on Canada’s “electric” highway as the Trans-Canada now has charging stations. I wonder how an electric car will handle going over the Coquillhalla pass in December, January, February or March? It is my understanding that with temperatures below freezing, that the electric cars have trouble holding their charges and as a result, their range decreases dramatically.
Yes, that is one arrogant commercial. From what I understand, the Libs threw millions at Petrocantobuildthe charging stations, it’s disingenuous of PC to pretend to be YOUR saviour and a gracious company, but of course, corporate welfare Liberal bums.
Still, it would be a foolish trip for anyone with a small clown car, the Prius, with a 150km micro range. Plenty of down time.
As for the line ups, what a bunch of cheapos! They should plug in at home, and pay for their own power needs
The Prius is not an electric car, it’s a hybrid. When the batteries run down, the gas engine kicks in. You can go as far as you want in one of those, although they are awfully cramped for space.
I remember seeing charging station on the 401 between Toronto and Kitchener. There were about 30 charging points located between the east and westbound lanes. At that time not a single one of them was being used. I doubt that’s changed. Even if it has that means maybe 30 cars an hour can charge there, of the ten thousand that go past it every hour.
I fear you’re correct.
They’ll increase Carbon tax to pay for it.
Carbon tax – the more you pay, the more you get back.
Sort of like putting a wind turbine on top of a Tesla – the faster you drive, the further you can go.
The Highway to hell…littered with dead Tesla’s. (coming soon)
Ta DAaaaa…!!
I give you The Cyber truck with 3 motors bragging about a 500 mile range.
Transation: Page 345 in the Tesla Manual: “At temps below 32F, Do not use ANY Electronics, Tow, Heat, Radio, GPS, Wipe yer Windshild, Charge your iPhone … Nadda, and maybe, just maybe you might get yer 500 miles.
All for the low low price of $100,000 CAD.
Specifically Designed for Morons.
Hmm, lets see, my 06 D’max with a 52 gal Titan Tank + slip tank of 32 Gal & 1 Jerry Can…. EASILY go Calgary to Sault Ste Marie without a fill (@ 105-110 kmh)….& use every Electrical aspect in my vehicle @ -30C.
NOT a Moron.
If all else fails, they can still use their regular gas powered car.
Unless of course they are some four hundred kilometers from it.
Then they can rent one.
There is nothing like the old reliable.
Just more evidence that Liberalism is a mental disorder. These idiots belong in the mental asylum.
The day is coming soon when someone will figure out that you might want to install a debit machine on these chargers. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to pay the PG&E bill for these freeloaders
Great comment…!! that was something I’ve wondered about for a while…Who’s Paying for the Juice.??
well?
anybody learn anything from this?
anybody see the whole thing was another exercise in PROPAGANDA?
(and wishful thinking, by whom, well, that isn’t 100% clear)
and wyynedfarm HAD TO fork over what, some 25 frigging GRAND to ‘help’ garner vo… er, assist new car buyers . . . .
debt debt debt debt debt debt debt debt debt debt
This further points out the inefficiency of top down/command economics which is essentially what Tesla is with its government backed business model. It’s effectively a bigger version of Segway (remember those?) — an attempt to force a product on a population rather than letting the demand grow from the bottom up. A product will replace another product if it offers the user a clear, cost effective advantage over the old product vis: the transformation from horse and buggy to internal combustion engine. The only advantage a Tesla offers is virtue signalling plus supposedly acceleration, an advantage which disappears with the driver in front of you and the next red light. Given their price tag the cost/effective relationship is dubious at best as evidenced by how the market dries up when government handouts to the already wealthy buyers are eliminated — a problem Henry Ford certainly never had to face. Add in the problem of charging these things off the existing power grid (limit three per block) and even the claimed social benefit evaporates. Weaned from the taxpayers’ teat and absent the AGW fantasy driving the demand, Tesla would have long ago joined the trash heap of failed niche vehicles like Briklin and de Lorean, and, in the unlikely event common sense should prevail, will soon do so.
The problem with Tesla owners is that they’re all TRUE BELIEVERS. They BELIEVE the EPA and the Tesla ADVERTISED range figures. They BELIEVE their car is “magic”. Well, let me ask you this? Can you tell me the difference between your car/trucks mileage with open spoke wheels vs hubcaps? Stupid question, right? Well, not for a Tesla owner … because if you have the “aero” hubcaps … your Tesla can go further. And if you shut down all the internal electronics, and drive 55 mph on the freeway, your Tesla will go farther (marginally).
This is the sort of nonsense that a Tour de France bicycle team worries about – drag. Because less drag saves on the energy input. Who wants to worry about such nonsense when driving a vehicle from SF to LA? Tesla fanboys, evidently.
https://teslike.com/range/
And let me add, that these “adjusted” range figures are STILL idealized … with no drain on the battery other than the drive motors – no radio, no windshield wipers, no heater/AC, no headlights … and NO cold weather.
I read the fanboy comments on the zerohedge article, and was shocked at the victim blaming I read:
“Why didn’t they charge at home?” (because Kettleman City is 175mi. from their homes).
“Who doesn’t leave home with a FULL charge?” (because Kettleman City is 175mi. from their homes).
Fact is … that a Tesla is a ridiculously unsuitable car for any use beyond that of a golf cart in a retirement community. Most retirement community homes are built with a 1-1/2 or 2-1/2 car garage. The 1/2 is for golf cart parking, because on the lightly traveled retirement community streets … old people drive their golf carts to the market or the clubhouse. The golf carts are slower, and safer, for the old folks … in good (warm) weather. Hint: your Tesla is 1/2 a car.
Anyone who drove their Tesla from SF to LA on Thanksgiving weekend … is a TRUE BELIEVER … aka a BRAINWASHED simpleton who bought the hype, and ignored the reality of their “magic” EV.
I don’t ordinarily care about the TRUE BELIEVER types … until … their Pentecostal beliefs start to impact MY life, like CAGW BELIEVERS driving my energy prices higher … or Tesla owners driving 65mph in the passing lane … refusing to get out of cruise control on i-5. I don’t care, however, that they waited in line, in the rain, at Kettleman City while I zipped past them at 80 mph, cozy and warm, in my ultimate driving machine. Keep the FAITH, Tesla owners! Keep the FAITH.
hi kenji:
regarding the ‘golf cart’ solution:
it is my very firm opinion that as we get older, resorting to a ‘golf cart’ is a classic slippery slope.
*whatever* mobility stays with us in those late dates, we must, MUST cultivate and nurture by eschewing the golf carts except for toting groceries etc.
ie if ya can walk/bicycle/skateboard wt EVER, DO SO. please SDA, consider my advice and share with anyone you know it this situation. yes I know, it takes longer and is taxing, but, BUT, opt for the electrons for motive power and not the muscles, you WILL lose what you have and be ENTIRELY dependent on the gadget.
how many 500 pound lardasses have you folks seen wheeling around in an electric scooter?
how many times do you see an enormous gut get on the bus for
one
measly
stop?
we are a group of western advanced 1st world nations PLAGUED by morbid obesity. do a search on the numbers,
Australia for instance, really bad, likewise USA.
I completely agree with you … with one caution. As we age … our parts get worn down. Our skeleton and connective tissues aren’t quite as durable and robust as in our youth. So caution and moderation must be exercised. However, that doesn’t mean sit on your growing ass …
absolutely kenji. utterly exact; it’s a tradeoff eh? a vicious circle where the sedentary weight increases and thus the burden on the weaker worn out joints. tq for pointing that out and allowing me to refine the msg.
arthritis is rampant in my family line.
I pushed 4 digits (imperial) on the leg press in october. a documented personal record. massive amount. I am lucky the arthritis ‘skipped’ me, but insist my being active has a great deal to do with it.
regards,
hb
The comments are precious,not a whole lot of love for the Gullible of Cult Tesla.
It gets funnier. If you find the Madonna Inn at San Luis Obispo (referenced in the article) on Google Maps (sat view) you can have a good laugh. Apparently California wine country is Tesla country, and you get to wait in line for a couple hours at the supercharger station before you rig out for home.