You could charge as frequently as you want. It literally takes seconds to plug it in and you alway leave home at whatever percent you set (Tesla recommends no more than 90% for daily use, and you can set the slider as low as 50%).

The AC works well. It’s electrically powered — not off a belt from the engine, so it really doesn’t matter if the car is “on” or not...

Yeah, the “how frequently do I need to charge it” concept is left over from gas cars. You plug it in every night. It’s ready to go in the morning.

There are probably tax incentives available for installing a charger at your office.

BTW, Ex’s Y is on the way. Long Range model. She hasn’t gotten the quote back yet from the electrician about the charger. It’s quite a bit smaller than her X5. More like a 5 series GT, which I guess it sort of is (Model 3 on steroids).

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Given how you use the car it sounds like an EV woukd be a perfect fit: mostly local low speed driving, able to charge at home at night, etc. Model 3 in a good color on the right wheels can look really nice. Model S is a classic imo- such a great design.

You could charge it using a regular 120v outlet but it woukd be quite slow (I think a few miles per hour of charge). Though given the daily mileage you’re talking about it might be sufficient. If you can get a dryer type outlet installed you’d definitely be fine.

Haven’t really been keeping track but it seems like Plug-in hybrids are also getting better so might be worth looking into if there’s anything decent


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Oh, I should say, I (in)famously do not have a garage, so my Teslas have sat outside for 7 years now. Never had a problem with any of them on that front. I had a charger put on the wall of my house in the driveway, and it's all-weather. If you're going to get a Tesla, you should just get a 240V charger installed. It's not that big an outlay (less than $2K, probably, depending on your wiring), and it's a LOT more convenient than screwing around with plugging into a 120V wall outlet (and much much faster to charge, too).

As soon as I read AF's questions, I thought a Tesla would be perfect for him. But will it be an S or a 3?

It does sound good with the exception of the charging issue, my car sits outside in the middle of my circular driveway, I don’t want an exterior charger because it wouldn’t work on the way my house is designed. I do have an outdoor outlet right by where my car is parked but Rob and JST mentioned it doesn’t charge much which I did not know .. thanks for the info.

You could install a 240V plug wherever your existing plug is.


...and you could get the new, 1100 hp Model S Plaid. 0-60 in under 2 seconds. 520 mile range. 1/4 mile in the 9s.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...socialflowTWCD

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Great!

Here's a couple thoughts on charging setup. We just had a Tesla wall charger installed at the new house a couple weeks ago.

As JST says, its best to go with 240V. I charged at 120V in Ohio for 3 years and it worked, but it is slow (3-5 miles of range added per hour of charge). I basically always had the car plugged in when at home. On all but the coldest days, I’d charge enough overnight to cover my commute, and any other drives would catch up with charging on the weekends.

In AZ, we had a 14-50 outlet installed in the garage - cost was a bit over $500, but it could be more if the breaker panel is further away (ours was just a couple feet away). This allows 240V charging with the mobile connector that comes with the car (note - tesla no longer includes the 14-50 adapter, but the service center should have one for $20-25). This will add 29 miles of range per hour for a Model Y.

Since we now have 2 Tesla’s, we decided to go with a wall charger in TX. The wall charger itself costs $500 from Tesla, then the electrician needed to come out and install. The one we used (listed on Tesla’s site and lots of good comments over on the TMC forums), charged $530 for the 60A breaker and 13 foot of wiring in conduit to where we wanted the charger (panel is in one of our garages here...). This charges both the 3 and Y at 44 miles per hour. One note is that Tesla has been frequently out of stock on wall chargers recently — I waited to order until after we were in the house, and it took 6 weeks before I was able to get one (and then they were back out of stock a few hours later)...