This is Ruining Electric Cars (MKBHD) |
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Tesla has a lot of problems, but their charging network is the best in the business by far. | ||
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Props bro. | |
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1 month ago |
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This is where Tesla wins again. If you are stranded, you can request emergency charging right from their phone app. If you get a charger installed at home you should be good tho. At that point you can pretty much ignore ChargePoint because they are fu*kin terrible. | ||
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1 month ago |
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Charging was the number one reason i got rid of my Tesla. Even if you can charge at home, it's just far too inconvenient and impractical if you drive a lot. If they can double the range of these cars it might be worth it but constantly living on 100-200 miles of range just doesn't cut it. And that's WITH the Tesla charging network which is by far the best and most robust, i can only imagine what it's like for other brands. Plus the "savings" aren't really saving anything because of how expensive they are to insure. (My insurance dropped $250 a month going from Tesla to Mercedes)
On top of that if one little thing goes wrong (which it inevitably does) you can only take it to Tesla and likely be without a car for weeks/months. No thanks |
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Im California, with a Tesla you can legit survive 100% without a home charger. With any other EV, a home charger is mandatory | ||
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EVs are more like computers and phones than traditional cars. Battery degradation and planned obsolesce is a major concern with EVs, but not really a big deal with ICE cars. I honestly think owning an EV long-term is pointless with how fast things change in tech. It's best to just lease one for a few years and give that sh*t back to avoid dealing with replacing batteries | ||
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I used to live in my girl's pad in Montebello, there's 4 stations 3 min away from her. So I was good whether at home or work. We moved to Duarte and there's 8 EA chargers in the Santa Anita mall. This one's terrible and full of Asians who sit there and watch whole tv shows (yea it's racist, sorry but it's the truf!) and half are broken. Download the EA app to see how many are around u. Also, download PlugShare app. They have ALL charging stations wit frequent update in their status. This is wat I use to plan long trips (been to San Diego and Vegas). Hope this helps. | |
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Last edited by thirssty58; 02-08-2023 at 03:05 PM.. | |
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