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comment by cliffelam
cliffelam  ·  4640 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tesla launches Supercharger stations for rapid charging on long-distance trips

I wasn't just calculating gas-up time, which would be about 5 minutes max for 150 miles (3-6 gallons at 2-3 gpm) but time to get to the station, etc.

I figure that you're going to have 25x to 50x more gas than electric charging stations, even in a dense urban environment, so you'll have to fill up sooner rather than later, drive farther, etc.

Don't forget, if there are three cars in front of you at a single pump you're waiting <10 minutes max, but if you're at a 45 minute "supercharge" station it's almost two hours. I didn't even try to run a "napkin" calculation in my head.

So, yeah, several orders of magnitude I betcha.

-XC

PS - Wait until they put "gas tax" on the electricity you use. Remember, that's how roads are (mostly) paid for. A lot of the delta will disappear. As bio-diesel owners have found out the hard way.





mk  ·  4640 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, when you factor those things in, it does get worse.

Pulling up and seeing a line would be a very sad thing.

cliffelam  ·  4640 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So, I just ran some numbers in my head....

I drove SFO to IAD with a friend a few years ago - it's pretty mush a straight 2,800 mile shot. We did it in 40 hours, give or take, over 2.5 days.

If you did that in a Tesla you'd make a dozen (minimum @ 240 miles range) pit stops of 45 minutes each. Forgetting everything else, that's 9 hours. Or a 25% time penalty.

Assuming you could make through WY, etc....

-XC