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Sgt. Maj. Buzzkill
...and when your car is parked at home or at the hypermarket it could provide the grid with buffering capacity.
...and when your car is parked at home or at the hypermarket it could provide the grid with buffering capacity.
Smells like communism.
Smells like communism.
Smells like communism.
So buy low, sell high like the stock market is communism?
Can't see anything wrong with encouraging people to buy an EV for their commuter car...
By the end of this year there will be no less than two Tesla Model S in my family. My brother has ordered one (85kw-version) and my parents will replace the Jaaaaaag S-type with one (also 85kw) Makes a load of sense in Norway, as you don't pay a single dime in tax for it (Not even VAT), you don't pay congestion charge, you can drive in the bus lane. Also, Norway has rather low utility costs. Makes even more sense in Askim where they live (where I grew up), as we have three large hydropower stations here. In Oslo there's free parking with free charging for EVs, also, Tesla is currently constructing their Supercharger network here. Then there's also the fact it will outrun anything this side of an M5. You get all of this for the price of a generously specced Passat...
My dad considers taking it to an AM-car (it's as American as anything there...) meeting after it arrives, just to Troll them...
So buy low, sell high like the stock market is communism?
Can't see anything wrong with encouraging people to buy an EV for their commuter car...
By the end of this year there will be no less than two Tesla Model S in my family.
Hate to run out of juice when its -20c
Hard to imagine battery life being great in a Norwegian winter.
To use one electric drive vehicle: The Volt's claimed range on battery (without lighting off the motor) under normal conditions is 38 miles. It loses 13 miles under winter conditions, per GM. And it gets worse the lower the temp goes; so, if you have a 30 mile commute, yeah, you're not getting there on a really cold winter day without lighting up the gas engine. Be interesting to see what happens in the Norwegian winter with the all-battery Tesla.
And it's not like someone can come along and drop off enough electrons in a can (the size of a 2.5 gallon gas can) to be significant, either.
One of the Norwegian motoring magazines tried it last winter. The reduction of range due to typical cold Norwegian winter weather was not really bad. They drove it from Oslo to one of the ski resorts (about 300 km) with a very heavy right foot, loaded it up with a lot of shit, put the heater on max and the stereo on full tilt and taped over the range meter. Most of the road from Oslo to Geilo (the ski resort in question) runs through valleys that get ridiculously cold during the winter (between -10c and -30c) The Model S did that with no problems, it had about 10% left of it's charge when they reached the destination. To most of the Anti-EV-trolls's despair they killed a few myths there... They car they tested was a US-spec demo vehicle, the cars they deliver in Norway differs slightly in spec and is better suited to cold weather. At least that's what Tesla guarantees, which is a dangerous thing to do in Norway if you can't back it up, Norwegian consumer law is extremely consumer friendly.Hate to run out of juice when its -20c
Hard to imagine battery life being great in a Norwegian winter.
One of the Norwegian motoring magazines tried it last winter. The reduction of range due to typical cold Norwegian winter weather was not really bad. They drove it from Oslo to one of the ski resorts (about 300 km) with a very heavy right foot, loaded it up with a lot of shit, put the heater on max and the stereo on full tilt and taped over the range meter. Most of the road from Oslo to Geilo (the ski resort in question) runs through valleys that get ridiculously cold during the winter (between -10c and -30c) The Model S did that with no problems, it had about 10% left of it's charge when they reached the destination. To most of the Anti-EV-trolls's despair they killed a few myths there... They car they tested was a US-spec demo vehicle, the cars they deliver in Norway differs slightly in spec and is better suited to cold weather. At least that's what Tesla guarantees, which is a dangerous thing to do in Norway if you can't back it up, Norwegian consumer law is extremely consumer friendly.
Basically Tesla has sold a huge amount of Model S in Norway, I see several of them every day, and they increase significantly in number every month. Deliveries of these cars began in August this year. If you order one now, you might get one in the spring, if you are lucky...