03-25-2018, 06:55 PM | #11 |
Computer Scientist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Re: March 24, 2018: Happy With My Tesla
This could be a good use case for a hybrid vehicle, and there are a couple of smaller electric cars that had range booster kits of various kinds if the visit trips can be low on luggage.
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03-26-2018, 08:45 PM | #12 |
Computer Scientist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Re: March 24, 2018: Happy With My Tesla
Ugh, the i3's range extender was deliberately neutered to qualify for a subsidy in California, looks like.
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03-28-2018, 12:07 AM | #13 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Re: March 24, 2018: Happy With My Tesla
Still, it looks like you could buy a range extender extender in the form of a 20 liter jerrycan to solve the long distance and 4 hour layover use cases.
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05-15-2018, 09:28 PM | #14 |
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: The Hall of Fallen Columns
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Re: March 24, 2018: Happy With My Tesla
I was in Hangzhou, China last week and found a Tesla charging station near the Yellow Dragon Hotel (northwest of the famous West Lake attraction in city center).
Looks like the Chinese car market is also getting in on the sustainable-resources automotives. |
05-27-2018, 03:02 PM | #15 |
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: The Hall of Fallen Columns
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Re: March 24, 2018: Happy With My Tesla
Yes, Beijing's air quality has improved markedly since the few years of horrible press. I was back a few times in recent months, and it's back to maybe mid-1990s levels of pollution rather than the everpresent industrial smog that bedevilled it from 2001 onwards.
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