That Tesla is like most other 4 door cars in that they are "ugly" but usually make up for it in other areas. If going by exterior looks alone, I would rather have a 2020 Honda Civic Coupe.
Most cars are completely mundane and indiscernible from each other. To me, all trucks look about the same. Most sedans look the same. Only a few cars, like 911s , Beetles, and G-Wagons are so iconic they are immediately identifiable. Even Ferrari's no longer stand out when the new Corvette has copied their look. Teslas are fairly easy to spot, I've never seen one and mistook it for another car.
What is even worse are all the bland interior colors they have now. Black or black and grey. Maybe the occasional baby shit brown thrown in to round things out.Most cars are completely mundane and indiscernible from each other. To me, all trucks look about the same. Most sedans look the same. Only a few cars, like 911s , Beetles, and G-Wagons are so iconic they are immediately identifiable. Even Ferrari's no longer stand out when the new Corvette has copied their look. Teslas are fairly easy to spot, I've never seen one and mistook it for another car.
New owner went fishing within the first 48 hours of purchase (in Washington state):
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If you don't recognize it: Porsche GT3 RS (Cost: $200,000 - $450,000 with a long waiting list)
Can't get excited about electric cars.
Scapping cars to convert their batteries into "powerwalls" is a thing lol.
I've actually been looking at this exact scenario. Plus I have been reading up on some DIY capable powerwalls one can build. I do know that it would take a lot of batteries to have an EV live off solar. I've also been looking at EVs where they can participate as one of the batteries in the said home power solution. In my "out in the country" scenario I'd have a car/truck and maybe do one round trip to town a week outside of emergencies. Then literal golf carts for puttering around my land. The wild card in that is that I'd still need a small tractor for a lot of what I would be doing and that would still require traditional fuels.
Oh and unrelated for those who care. My current daily driver is still my 2017 Caddy CTS V-sport with the 3.6l twin turbo... Graphic possibly related :
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I haven't checked into any of these numbers, but it made me curious. So you're saying that basically one week of household electricity = 300 miles in your ev? Call that 12 gallons of gas I guess? Any idea how long 12 gallons of gas would run your house from a generator? Just wondering how the numbers looked in the other direction.My Nissan Leaf... a glorified electric golf cart heh... but it had a 24 or so Kwh battery. Got about 50miles of range.
If you are considering /fully off grid/ and /EV/ - it wont really go very well together. You would want grid power if your wanting to charge an EV.
A current tesla powerwall is 13.5 Kwh battery per module. This really shows how poorly efficient even the most efficient EV is, if you compare it to your house lol. Most smallish homes can run for like a week off of 2 power walls using full power, and longer if you skimp on things, AC etc. and them slowly charging up during the day and keeping 1/2 power walls going is fine... but if you have to dump your entire battery reserve to do 1 charge of your car...
So if its a nice little cabin house, you need 2 powerwalls to hold "1 charge" of a small EV, and then another 1-2 power walls to then be your power supply.... You cannot rely on "direct" solar to charge your EV.
Scapping cars to convert their batteries into "powerwalls" is a thing lol.
Too many variables but maybe a few hours.I haven't checked into any of these numbers, but it made me curious. So you're saying that basically one week of household electricity = 300 miles in your ev? Call that 12 gallons of gas I guess? Any idea how long 12 gallons of gas would run your house from a generator? Just wondering how the numbers looked in the other direction.
Interesting intersection on one of the youtube channels I follow between cars and DIY Powerwalls.. .