It makes absolutely no sense to include the production cost of the electricity to power the electric vehicle and not include the production cost of the gasoline to power the ICE vehicle. This is a really deficient analysis of the total cost environmentally.
And to add to that, a large majority...
Cool analysis. I'm trying to understand it so have a few questions.
1 - In the spreadsheet at the bottom, you have orders@4/25, cancels, max pack and employees. What does Cancels mean? For R1S, wouldn't cancels be subtracted from the 4/25 number and not added? I'm sure I'm not understanding what...
Yes, that is what happens in a big storm. They actually look down at the tires. I'm sure they can spot which ones have traction vs. are street tires and they will waive you to the side of the road to put on chains even if in an SUV if you have street tires.
For Tahoe trips, the 20's will let you pass through chain control with no chains during a storm, but you'd need to stop and put on chains for the 21 or 22's. Seems like a non-starter to me.
That’s great to hear! I didn’t know that. I’m not expecting delivery until 1H 2023, so hopefully there will be more progress on chargers before then!
I live in the Bay Area with frequent trips to Tahoe in the winter. 20" AT tires are the way to go here. It lets you bypass chain control. And in my experience with Land Rovers and Jeeps, if you have AT tires, you're pretty much fine even in the worst conditions.
We need a reliable set of fast chargers from the Bay Area to Truckee. If Tesla doesn't open up their network, then this should be a top priority for EA and others to focus on.