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Nope.
Just can't see needing it enough to warrant paying $450 up front and $7-30 a charge. Rates wildly fluctuate -- even the same networks have different rates in different states (Blink is $6.95 per session in AZ, but $0.69 per kWh in CA...). It would take 20+ uses for the "cost per charge" to be under $50. For reference, I've now used Superchargers >50 times, so the cost of the option is now under $40 per charge. We'll visit Superchargers another 10-12 times in the next 6 months too -- so that will just keep going down... I'll reevaluate in June... We're probably doing a week on SoCal this summer, likely Disneyland or San Diego. We're fine with charging at Disney (~20 J1772s in the Disneyland garage, some hotels with chargers nearby too). San Diego currently doesn't have a Supercharger, but the first is under construction, with another listed as "coming soon"... So I probably won't need one. I might see if I can borrow/rent a unit from one of the local owners here who got one -- offer him $50 to use it for a week...
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Apple making a strategic investment in Tesla? That's the chatter...Dubious but TSLA just went up 7 points.
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02-26-2015, 12:55 PM | #1125 |
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02-26-2015, 12:59 PM | #1126 | |
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In the longer term? Eh, I don't know. First, remember Apple's first foray into the mobile phone world, the ROKR? I suspect that Apple would in the long run prefer to be in control of the hardware design. Since the rumors of the iCar have started swirling around, it's struck me as a very interesting possibility that Apple would apply its "Designed in California, Built in China" model to the automotive world. There are plenty of carmakers in China that could be enlisted to help, and the automotive space is ripe for a shakeup like that, just like the mobile device space. That's why the bleating from Dan Akerson warning Apple not to get into manufacturing never made sense to me--if anyone in the world knows how to outsource manufacturing, it's Apple. Second, on Tesla's side, I can't imagine a megalomaniac like Musk taking a back seat to *anyone,* whether it's Tim Cook or Jonny Ive or Jesus. Inviting input from Apple on significant design decisions sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. On the other hand... One of the knocks against Apple post-Jobs has been questions about whether it can come up with visionary products the way that it used to. There's no doubt that Musk is a first-class visionary. A "strategic collaboration" might have intriguing benefits for Apple beyond simply getting into the automotive sector. |
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Hey, I had a ROKR.
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You were the one, huh?
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Actually, I liked what I could do with it at the time.
I loaded up music and then had this Bluetooth receiver unit plugged in to the aux input in my car. I was able to wirelessly send my "iPod" music to the car stereo way before that was a thing. Sure, the iPod interface was REALLY clunky. And the phone itself was just a candybar shaped RAZR. But at the time, that wasn't an insult. Was it Apple-caliber slick? Of course not. And that's the dig on it today. But for what it was, it wasn't bad. |
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