Re:Panasonic sells its $3.6B Tesla stake
by toomuchtodo on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:27PM
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Take a long distance road trip with an EV without Supercharger access. Report back.
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I mean, just 3-4 years back I'd agree with you. Nowadays at least here in UK you're getting 100-150kW chargers being built literally everywhere. I'd have no problem owning and driving cross-country in a non-Tesla EV nowadays. That equation will only be getting worse and worse for Tesla - they are adding more Superchargers but nowhere near the rate of non-Superchargers. Yes, Superchargers are better technically(especially if you have the latest Model 3 and can tap into the 250kW charge), but it's no longer the argument to buy a Tesla - charging a normal EV is less and less of a problem, even on long journeys, even without having access to the Supercharger network.
Re:Panasonic sells its $3.6B Tesla stake
by agloeregrets on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:30PM
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Superchargers are better on average.
But the US Electric Canonball run record is NOT held by a Tesla. It's getting there.
Kyle Connor, from the Out of Spec Motoring YouTube Channel, took a Porsche Taycan across the country on December 31 and set a new electric Cannonball record with a time of 44:26. This beats the previous record set by Connor and his team in a Tesla Model 3 by almost an hour.
https://cleantechnica.com/2021/01/12/porsche-taycan-beats-te...