G
G
Guest
Anybody got one?
G
G
Guest
Have been reading about them lately. They are finally selling new ones for under $40,000. The bottom is falling out of the used luxury market. People are trading off their high end German cars like Beemers and Audis for Model 3 Teslas. They are supposed to have a Tesla Supercharger installed north of me in Pembina ND by the end of the year. North of me 90 miles is Winnipeg MB where 1 million people live. Got to believe there are a few of them up there. I am toying with the idea of installing a set of level 2 chargers here at my store. Maybe get ahead of the curve for once.
SledTL
Active member
I would say you probably have answered your question right there, but not sure what type of investment it takes. The cars have access to a map that tells them where the nearest charger is. If you can get it registered or whatever with that, then you probably will see more business.
G
G
Guest
It is the falling costs of the initial purchase plus the increase in number of charging facilities that will make EVs take off. Once there is a vast and reliable charging network there will be no reason not to have one. They handle better than most other cars simply because the center of gravity is so much lower. They will soon be cheaper to produce just because there are so many less parts. No cooling system. No fuel system. No exhaust system. No differentials. No transmission. The biggest single cost right now is the battery. It is said that the battery in a Tesla costs $13000 all by itself. Just what I read. And the battery technology is getting better nearly every day. I do know that my local Ford Dealer whom I am good buds with is dreading the coming electric revolution. There will be very little maintenence items on EVs. No oil changes etc. There are about 150 moving parts on a Tesla. There are several thousand on a current car.
Last edited by a moderator:
G
G
Guest
So what is that.
People are definitely not dumping high end German cars in large numbers for these sub 40K Tesla where I live. **** if that was the case then Tesla would be profitable which certainly is not the case.
goingnorth
New member
And now the EV snow machine event begins. There are other mfr's in the not to distant future. grub, this may be your real calling, eh? Then, perhaps this is what Yamaha was waiting so long for? For sure it would for sure be a "all new Yamaha"!
THAT is the dirty little secret to EV cars - you still need something to create the electricity!!
Don't get me wrong here, as I don't have a dog in this deal. However wind, and solar are expanding rapidly in my part of the country. You now can make more money solar farming, than you can raising row crops. And, this includes prime producing soils! This is coming from friends who have gotten into this solar farming, and another friend of mine who is a farmer, and sits on the county board/zoning committee. This tells me it will continue to expand. Much of the electricity here in this part of the mid west is now wind, and solar. Like it or not, so it is. Economics, the return on, and the term of the investment, will dictate what happens. It's always about the $$$$!
The efficiency now is to the point they don't have to rely on that part of the equation. This info reluctantly coming from my zoning committee friend. And if you look into the facts, all energy sources are richly subsidized. Monopolization ring a bell?