Comments on: Transportation Update: Tesla’s Supercharger Network to Expand Across the U.S. and Parts of Canada

By: lenrosen4

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:59:55 +0000

In reply to Niccolo5.

The Tesla supercharger stations have multiple bays just like those pumps at gas stations. I would expect, depending on the size of the solar array that generates the energy going into the EV batteries, stations would be designed to meet capacity requirement growth over time.

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By: Niccolo5

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:13:48 +0000

I’m wondering how many Teslas a charging station can recharge simultaneously. Suppose the Tesla driver is heading from LA to SF and arrives at the first charging station to find seven other Teslas are already in line for recharging. If it’s only one at a time, in a mere four hours he can head out for the next charging station 150-miles down the road, where he might wait 3.5 hours in line. If Teslas begin to really catch on and displace ICE vehicles, we will need four times as many charging stations as present numbers of gasoline pumps.

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By: Steve Papagiannis

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:00:44 +0000

I think of er time people using multiple vehicles will become the norm. It doesn’t mean ownership of multiple vehicles. The vast majority of trips are single person to and from a local destination. These are easily managed with electric vehicles, or small personal cars. The use of large vehicles, or longer trips, can be managed with an ICE, but rented when that is the case. Over time I believe the economics of this will drive us to a multi-vehicle model, with more rentals rather than ownership for non-standard trips.

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