Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive Chargers

Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by latj on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:38PM (#7133433)

There's one more factor: Dont I have to do a mandatory roundtrip so that I can return the individual batteries to Tesla? Thats the way their battery swap program works at the moment.

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by ceph_ on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:47PM (#7133493)

The article isn't about their battery swap program. Its about their fast charge network.

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by latj on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @02:21PM (#7146088)

Oops, I totally missed that part. It sounds more realistic now.

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by boucher on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:44PM (#7133468)

The battery swap is not the 30 minute charge time, it's an actual charge of your own battery (the swap is a lot faster than 30 minutes). I don't think battery swap is currently available at these charge locations?

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by secabeen on Monday January 27, 2014 @05:50PM (#7133961)

Correct. There are no battery swap stations in service anywhere at the present time.

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Re:Tesla Completes L.A.-to-New York Electric Model S Drive C... by ajcarpy2005 on Monday January 27, 2014 @10:31PM (#7135145)

Speculative: if Elon Musk's hyperloop vision happens, batteries could be loaded into pods and shipped most of their journey that way.

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