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[TheBoy]

Those useless knobjockeys at Enterprise car rental have given my colleague a milk float

It supposed to do 150 miles between charges, but he didn't make it beyond Oxford Services before playing chicken, only to find that the only unused, non Tesla charging point was out of order, so had to wait for somebody to finish before he could start charging.

So he arrives in Londonium nearly 5 hours after setting out, on what should be a sub 3 hour drive, and very late for a meeting with a support engineer.   Sorts the system out, drives about 2km to the next site, to do the same.  None of these sites have nearby charging points.

So now he's just called me, driving fully clenched, at very economical speeds, praying he'll make Beaconsfield services.  If he does make it, he'll have the joy of having to recharge again before Birmingham, and then recharge again before handing it back to Enterprise.

Apparently, this is the future we want

[TheBoy]

Still, its given me endless entertainment since the first message of the broken charger in Oxford at 6:30am

I must not laugh
I must not laugh
I must not laugh
I mus....

[Andy B]

Still, its given me endless entertainment since the first message of the broken charger in Oxford at 6:30am

I must not laugh
I must not laugh
I must not laugh
I mus....

 

[Andy B]

...
Apparently, this is the future we want

this the future THEY are telling us we want .....

it's not a future I think I could live with .... 

[YZ250]

If my memory serves me correctly Oxford Services have 16 Tesla chargers but only 4, maybe 5, chargers for other vehicles.
Whatever time of day I go there it’s like a Tesla Tea Party, with most of the owners sat in their vehicles drinking coffee or eating and just waiting until they have enough charge to leave. Then you have more waiting to charge. There is/was a notice outside the hotel/motel asking guests to move their Tesla to a standard bay when their app let them know it was fully charged, so if you see anyone in their Jim Jams in the car park in the early hours you’ll know what they are up to and not just assume that they have escaped from somewhere. 
As you say, this is the future. 

[STEMO]

 It my future, fortunately. I am too old/old enough to be in a position to drive a diesel for the rest of my driving life.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/PrHiGa09IfI

I'm told the charge rate slows down as the PP9 becomes more charged.

So getting the last 10% can take forever and a day pissing off the people waiting in the queue for a quick top up to get them to wherever they are going.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/oTXptUuKGrc

Is this the future?

Already about 1200 of these in China. A battery swap takes 4 minutes 40 seconds including getting the car lined up.

[STEMO]

https://youtu.be/oTXptUuKGrc

Is this the future?

Already about 1200 of these in China. A battery swap takes 4 minutes 40 seconds including getting the car lined up.

Inscrutable 

[YZ250]

https://youtu.be/oTXptUuKGrc

Is this the future?

Already about 1200 of these in China. A battery swap takes 4 minutes 40 seconds including getting the car lined up.

If you watch the Nio marketing video, when you purchase a Nio you get a choice of buying it with the battery, which obviously becomes your battery to charge at home/out and about as and when, or lease a battery and use the exchange system shown in the video. 

[TheBoy]

If my memory serves me correctly Oxford Services have 16 Tesla chargers but only 4, maybe 5, chargers for other vehicles.

Yup, a million Tesla chargers round the back, 4 normal chargers out the front, not that I've frequented that establishment for nearly 2 weeks

[TheBoy]

Don't forget service and maintenance costs of our future, as at least 1 auto manufacturer states 3 technicians are needed when working on the HV side - one to do the work, one as a second set of eyes, and a 3rd with a hook to pull them off when it goes wrong.

On the upside, I see they do burn* well....   



*Or Thermal Events, as DTM's lot calls them.

[Rangie]

I've said right from the off its all total boll ocks

[TheBoy]

I've said right from the off its all total boll ocks

They have a place in life.  But not for everyone.  And they ain't green, no matter what middle class, white, female, lentil munching, tree hugging  Oxfordians say.

[Raeturbo]

I've said right from the off its all total boll ocks

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                  Me too!