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How's this for part of a possible TOTAL game-change? "You will be able to drive free

Posted: Sep 27, 2012

maybe a little too positive to take in one dose even for an optimist like me, but Tesla, manufacturer of electric cars, has opened 6 recharging stations to the public and plans to have them all over the country (not ALL over, I'm sure) in 2014. A charge for their cars takes 1/2 hour after 3 hours at 60 mph, but will cost nothing.

From Bloomberg Business Week:

"So proclaimed Elon Musk last night in Los Angeles as he unveiled a new fleet of solar-powered, public charging stations for the Tesla Model S sedan. Tesla Motors (TSLA), the all-electric-car maker, has set up six of these stations alongside freeways in California to help cars complete long-distance journeys such as Los Angeles to San Francisco or Santa Barbara to Las Vegas. Tesla, which Musk co-founded and runs as chief executive officer, plans to put dozens more of the stations in California over the next year and to cover most of the U.S. by 2014."

For the rest of the article this link (and of course googling will get more info):

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-25/tesla-fires-up-solar-powered-charging-stations

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/09/25/tesla-unveils-faster-electric-car-charging-station/

Sure beats the heck out of this dreary he-said/he-said news, huh? Especially as this sort of thing will ultimately turn national and global politics and power on their ears. Game change. Can't wait.

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Interesting. - RC

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It's nice to see a company stick their neck out like that. Want to sell more electric cars? Set up free stations. Nice incentive.

It's just great to see people trying new things. I'd love for us to get away from oil as much as possible.

Honestly, RC, I suspect 10 years from now many of us will have - trouble remembering what gasoline smells like. SM

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We can't afford a $40K car now, if it comes to that, but also ultimately we won't be able to afford not to have one. Hopefully the price will come down and other electric options will become more affordable/doable too. (Right now a lower-price electric car can't get us to town and back on one charge.)

With high gas prices and low MT line rates, though, deciding whether to drive across 3 states to see our grandchildren is based on whether we can afford to, and more and more we cannot. They're growing so fast, and we'll never get these years back.

I'm sorry. - RC

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Gas prices are just too high. My family also lives out of state and unfortunately all drive big gas-guzzlers , so whenever they want to come visit, it's an ordeal. We could practically fly them out for the same price.

The cars are already going down slightly. Lexus, a pretty high end car, has a hybrid for $30k. I'm in the market for a new car next year and have considered it. Of course, it would be hard for me to switch from my reliable Hyundai (130,000 miles, has never broken down!), which also gets great gas mileage.

I almost bought a Hyundai, RC, and should have, but been - coveting electrics and hybrids for 5 years. The on

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that serve rural needs are $40-50K and still need some gas power, so I wait. For sunshine? )

Auto companies' mantra should be "If we build them, they will buy." sm - VTMT

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I am hanging onto my paid-for car as long as I can, puting a car payment in the bank most months. I would like to buy or lease a hybrid or an electric car sometime before my old car dies. Bottom line, the oil lobby is very powerful and the elimination of gas guzzlers won't happen anytime soon. Can the little people make a difference?

I do love the idea of free solar "gas up" stations. A small fee wouldn't put me off either.

What excited me about this is that it is being implemented - now. They will have to do the rest. Oil

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companies? They're powerful, all right, but not more powerful than the coal companies the British Empire was built on on--that went the way of the dinosaur with British rule when oil came along.

just wondering - MT

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Does anybody know how much it costs to charge up their car? I assume anyone who buys a hybrid or electric has to have a special charging unit installed in their garage. How much does that cost?

I just wonder if the cost to charge up every night offsets the price of gasoline.

And I wonder how electric cars can be "cleaner" when almost half of the electricity we use is generated from coal.

Wish I knew. But if this technology works, tomorrow - most charging will be solar power. NM

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