If you’re considering a Tesla..

[patdog]

The amount of carbon it takes to generate enough electricity to drive 100 miles is about the same as 1 gallon of gasoline would produce.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

For the company to go private it would have to be approved by shareholders by vote. Shareholders may not take $420/sh. Remember this is a cult stock.

Shorts are not dead yet especially if Musk can't prove he has funding secured to take the company private. I seriously doubt he's dumb enough to do that though, but even so, to announce that via tweet is pretty remarkable. If he's been thinking of taking the company private for a considerable time, that would likely be considered a Material Fact of Omission and a potential SEC violation because investors have the right to know.

It'll be interesting. Not sure what will happen. I do agree with Musk TSLA can probably run better being a private company.

 

[RocketDawg]

I am not arguing carbon footprint, but the numbers I have seen show that it is a significant drop in carbon to power an EV compared an ICE. Just like with electricity, it simply isn’t the gallon of gas as it takes a lot of energy just to refine that oil into a gallon of gas.

The smog issue is a whole different issue. Most of the smog in the Atlanta metro area is not in any way coming from power plants, but primarily from ICE. Carbon issues or not, smog would be greatly reduced by having less gas burning cars on the road.

Certainly can't argue against that. In fact, I'm not arguing against electric cars. I think they're the future ... to me the main drawback now is the charging time. Even 20 minutes for a supercharge is a little long, but that'll no doubt get better too.

Something that I haven't seen mentioned here is there is no longer a need for periodic oil changes. And for synthetics that'll run from $75 to several hundred. Disposal of old oil is wasteful, carciogenic, etc.

 

[bulldogbaja]

In West Virginia and 1 or 2 other states, ICE cars are actually cleaner well-to-wheels. Everywhere else, EVs are much cleaner.
In the south, pretty much anywhere served by TVA, we have some of the cleanest electricity in the country.

 

[RocketDawg]

I would imagine that efficiency is even more pronounced in a place like Atlanta where you spend a goodly portion of your morning and evening commute sitting in traffic, just idling (some regular cars turn themselves off and restart, but I'd be afraid it would not restart when needed). My son used to live in Kennesaw and worked downtown. He had to leave for work at 5:30 in the morning to avoid a 2 hour commute. Leaving early it was only an hour. Atlanta traffic is terrible. I've only seen it worse in Los Angeles.

Use of heat and air conditioning seems like it would deplete the battery a lot faster than a nice, cools spring or fall day when neither is required. Do electrics have strip heat?

 

[RocketDawg]

A closer look shows that the per capita "carbon savings" is quite high in the Silicon Valley. Not surprising at all. Also not surprising that the richest cities have the highest savings. It costs a lot to save a lot.

 

[af102]

My son used to live in Kennesaw and worked downtown. He had to leave for work at 5:30 in the morning to avoid a 2 hour commute. Leaving early it was only an hour. Atlanta traffic is terrible.

I always laugh at statements like this- people that live in the burbs love to complain about the commute, but you picked to live 30 miles from where you work! Half that commute is through some of the densest parts of the city, so no wonder the commute is no fun. If only Cobb county had the ability to join some kind of Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority back in the 60's/70's, they might have commuter trains into downtown right now....

 

[RocketDawg]

You do what you have to do. Not everybody can or wants to live in a small town.

 

[fishwater99]

How will the 4x4 electric trucks do off-road?

https://www.theverge.com/transporta...18/bollinger-b1-electric-sport-truck-outdoors