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richkae replied to a thread Centralia Supercharger found! in Pacific/Northwest

I wonder how many will be put in in the first install. I hope at least 4.

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05-16-2013, 09:18 PM

richkae replied to a thread Swapping is Coming [Discuss how it will be accomplished] in Model S: Battery & Charging

What if the details of the arrangement were different for those who lease their cars and those own them? As an owner, I want my pack back, and I...

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05-16-2013, 02:28 PM

richkae started a thread Hybrid Electric Car Ferry in Electric Vehicles

Prius of the Sea: Danish Firm Preps Launch of Worlds Biggest Hybrid Ferry | Autopia | Wired.com

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05-14-2013, 10:29 AM

richkae replied to a poll Judging Interest: Tesla HPWC in Port Angeles in Pacific/Northwest

Never subtract. Only add. More is better. All the work is in finding a place to host the charger and do the install. The cost of the unit is...

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05-13-2013, 11:47 AM

richkae replied to a thread New Roadster Goodies for 2014 in Performance Discussion

Chad you know how to build a christmas list! I don't write letters to Santa any more, I write them to Elon.

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05-12-2013, 08:34 PM

richkae replied to a thread Swapping is Coming [Discuss how it will be accomplished] in Model S: Battery & Charging

Begin conjecture: Suppose that Tesla has made a breakthrough on the consumable aluminum battery that gives a couple thousand miles range. It will...

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05-12-2013, 07:42 AM

richkae replied to a thread Ferrari Chairman says no to electric cars in Cars and Transportation

I am sure that the big shots who: - made sailing ships scoffed at steam power - made horse carriages scoffed at the first cars - produced black...

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05-10-2013, 08:14 PM

richkae replied to a thread What are the Parallel Investment Plays? in TSLA Investor Discussions

I don't see the value in Ecotality. I've driven almost 40000 EV miles and I've never been interested in paying a dollar an hour to plug in to a 6 kW...

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05-08-2013, 04:21 PM

richkae replied to a thread 2013 Q1 Earnings Report thread in TSLA Investor Discussions

Somebody have a transcript of the call?

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05-06-2013, 08:25 PM

richkae replied to a thread Battery facts? in Model S: Battery & Charging

This is the Roadster battery.

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05-04-2013, 04:32 AM

richkae replied to a thread Trouble in NC: Senate Bill 327 in Southeast

No this is called "crony capitalism" or more verbosely: "your local autodealer has lots of money and can buy the government he wants".

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05-04-2013, 04:25 AM

richkae replied to a thread Hydrogen powered cars in Cars and Transportation

Some questions I want answered about refilling H2: How fast does the 3000 PSI H2 tank in my car actually fill? Can the H2 station take H2 from an...

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05-04-2013, 04:07 AM

richkae replied to a thread CHAdeMO adapter frustration in Model S: Battery & Charging

The words that Tesla needs to hear are: "I was going to buy a Model S but then decided not to because the car can not use the CHAdeMO fast chargers...

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05-03-2013, 03:04 PM

richkae replied to a thread Hydrogen powered cars in Cars and Transportation

About a dozen years ago I started reading about fuel cells and how awesome they were and I was convinced they were the future. I was wrong. One very...

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05-03-2013, 02:19 PM

richkae replied to a thread CHAdeMO adapter frustration in Model S: Battery & Charging

CHAdeMO is more than first. If you ignore the Tesla supercharger as a closed proprietary system - which it is - then CHAdeMO is alone. SAE DC is...

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05-02-2013, 02:06 PM

richkae replied to a thread Tesla in my hospital, Tesla in my garage in Off Topic

1 Tesla should equal 10000 Edisons because Tesla > Edison.

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05-02-2013, 01:29 PM

richkae replied to a thread Pure BEV Dogma in Electric Vehicles

Unfortunately there is nothing ( that I know of, please correct me if I am wrong ) in the J1772 spec that would allow the car to tell the EVSE its...

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05-02-2013, 11:38 AM

richkae replied to a thread Pure BEV Dogma in Electric Vehicles

As an EV owner what I really think would be great from the utilities is real time communication between my car and the grid and smarter charging. ...

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05-02-2013, 10:18 AM

richkae replied to a thread Pure BEV Dogma in Electric Vehicles

I think the Volt would be a suitable car for the vast majority of drivers in the US ( I think BEVs are better for most of them ). I bet that the...

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05-02-2013, 09:50 AM

richkae replied to a thread Pure BEV Dogma in Electric Vehicles

I totally disagree that the Volt needs more all electric range. If you are going to have an EREV plug in hybrid, then you carefully choose the...

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05-02-2013, 08:24 AM

richkae replied to a thread Bieber to invest in Fisker? in Electric Vehicles

He doesn't have enough money to make much of a difference.

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05-01-2013, 05:40 PM

richkae replied to a thread myteslalogs.com [possible scam] in Model S: User Interface

Even if this is not a scam with the purpose of stealing your information - and it very likely is - any informationyou provide is at great risk...

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04-30-2013, 09:28 AM

richkae replied to a thread Long-Term Fundamentals of Tesla Motors in TSLA Investor Discussions

What about ongoing costs of fixing warranty problems in cars? I've had 2 door handles replaced ( granted my is a very early VIN ) and had some other...

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04-29-2013, 10:28 AM

richkae replied to a thread 100' 110v extension cord - 10 gauge or 12? in Model S: Battery & Charging

Remember to not leave it in a coil when using it. Spread it out a little.

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04-27-2013, 06:57 PM

richkae replied to a thread Anyone taken their MSP to a track day yet? Care to share? in Model S

Were you ahead for the first 5-6 seconds? I would think the MSP would be ahead at the 1/8th mile and then get caught in the last half.

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04-26-2013, 04:22 PM

richkae replied to a thread Media Announcement 2013/04/26 in Tesla Motors

Does anyone know if the service plan is transferrable with the vehicle if I sell it?

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04-25-2013, 10:04 AM

richkae replied to a thread Fisker helps prove that auto dealerships are useless in Tesla Motors

There are a lot of current and former Tesla employees out there that know how to work on Teslas. If Tesla went belly up they would no longer be bound...

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04-24-2013, 07:10 PM

richkae replied to a thread Fisker helps prove that auto dealerships are useless in Tesla Motors

He isn't saying that Fisker or the dealerships have done anything wrong or out of the ordinary after Fisker has failed. He is saying that the...

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04-23-2013, 11:19 AM

richkae replied to a thread Towing a trailer in Model S: Driving Dynamics

My hypothetical scenario is to get the thing about 260 miles from my house to the Oregon coast ( with a supercharger at the ~100 mile mark ). Once on...

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04-23-2013, 10:55 AM

richkae started a thread Towing a trailer in Model S: Driving Dynamics

Anybody want to comment on the craziness of trying to tow one of these with a Model S? ( Yes I know Tesla says dont do it ) Alto 1713

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