CBC article about "range anxiety"

Steph_S · May 15, 2014

Found this article this morning on CBC.ca:

Electric car drivers hope more charging stations will reduce 'range anxiety' - Technology Science - CBC News

Personally - I've been in more situations where I was ICEd/Charger broken rather than not being able to find a station.

I'd like to know who the "communication manager" at Tesla is, saying that Supercharging stations are coming in June; We haven't even seen permit applications yet, for any location east of Vancouver.

Also, being from the Ottawa area, I submit that there isn't that big of a difference in charging station installations between this past winter and now.

mnx · May 15, 2014

Last official communication from Tesla was said to have the Toronto site online "by June". I'm assuming the Toronto location already has permits???
Canadian Superchargers - Page 50

Someone drove by the Lawrence Ave Service Center on May 4th and said they were pulling new distribution wires to the store under the road...
Canadian Superchargers - Page 55

iKhalid · May 15, 2014

Steph_S said:
Found this article this morning on CBC.ca:

Electric car drivers hope more charging stations will reduce 'range anxiety' - Technology Science - CBC News

Personally - I've been in more situations where I was ICEd/Charger broken rather than not being able to find a station.

I'd like to know who the "communication manager" at Tesla is, saying that Supercharging stations are coming in June; We haven't even seen permit applications yet, for any location east of Vancouver.

Also, being from the Ottawa area, I submit that there isn't that big of a difference in charging station installations between this past winter and now.

Hello Stephane!

I didn't like half of the article as it scares away some people from buying EVs. I'm not sure how a Tesla owner suffers from range anxiety in his/her daily driving routine. With the superchargers installed in the next few months, the range anxiety should be gone for good.

mknox · May 15, 2014

iKhalid said:
I'm not sure how a Tesla owner suffers from range anxiety in his/her daily driving routine. With the superchargers installed in the next few months, the range anxiety should be gone for good.

I agree, but suppose it depends on how and where you drive. If I had a 100 mile EV and drove 90 miles every day it could be dicey. Not so in a Model S. But then if I had a 265 mile Model S and was regularly driving 250+ miles a day, the same might be true.

Mr. Bigby · May 15, 2014

I was at the Lawrence Avenue location on Saturday, and as of that date they had not received any word from Tesla as to when superchargers would be installed.

Jaff · May 15, 2014

Too bad...I was hoping it might be installed for the owner's BBQ in June...

rapoport3a · May 15, 2014

Globe & Mail item

There was also a push for the car in today's Globe & Mail (front page, Drive supplement). A bit out of date and not enough information, but okay otherwise.

Jgdixon · May 16, 2014

Yes I was told issues with permits still

Canuck · May 16, 2014

I really liked this comment someone posted to that article...

Funny, but my brother has 'range anxiety' too. He drives a Ford F 150 Raptor. His anxiety is that he never seems to get much range out of his $200 fill-ups and he experiences anxiety that the next fill-up comes around again so soon.

catnip · May 16, 2014

Now I am the "half-empty" guy, while everyone wants to have a supercharger along their favourite route. I don't think Tesla will have any supercharger up in Canada by 2014.

Doug_G · May 16, 2014

Jgdixon said:
Yes I was told issues with permits still

Ah crap.

catnip said:
Now I am the "half-empty" guy, while everyone wants to have a supercharger along their favourite route. I don't think Tesla will have any supercharger up in Canada by 2014.

Starting to sound that way... sure hope not.

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