I drve by Atascadero today, and saw that 8 supercharging slots are imminently ready to go into operation. Sorry, no pictures, the people I was with complained that I went out of my way 1 block to go see! Ill post pictures later if I can.
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Elon is prone to hyperbole and nothing he says should ever be taken at face value. Timelines, cost calculators, announcements, etc.
I am not disappointed at all.
There is progress going on at several new Supercharger locations (which is great).
In July/August a number of grey dots will turn into red dots.
A delay of 1 or 2 months is no problem at all.
In Europe there is no Supercharger Station at all.
And I expect to see the first Supercharger Station in Europe somewhere in 2014 (and I have no problem with that).
Elon Musk and Tesla Motors are doing the best they can.
You know what, just imagine if Elon Musk would have gone to Germany (instead of USA)?
Then Tesla Motors would have been a German car company.
You should be glad that Tesla Motors is an American car company.
Think about that.
You are not disappointed because you are not trying to plan family roadtrips based upon the information provided by Tesla.
Some of us did make plans based on words that came straight from the horse's mouth.
Sigh. Count me in the extremely disappointed camp.
It appears that Elon is "leading by press release". The supercharger announcement isn't the only one that is ahead of actual events. I was looking forward to getting a tesla loaner when I dropped off my car for service a few weeks ago. Nope, only one model s loaner for all of San Diego! So, I stay I undisappointed by realizing all Tesla press releases are vision statements
What's the scorecard right now? Here's what I have:
Online:
Normal
Imminent:
Burlington
Atascadero
Buellton
Darien
Later in July:
Centralia
Which other ones do we know the locations for?
You are not disappointed because you are not trying to plan family roadtrips based upon the information provided by Tesla.
Some of us did make plans based on words that came straight from the horse's mouth.
Sigh. Count me in the extremely disappointed camp.
That remains to be seen.
What are the odds that this goal is achievable in the timeline Elon laid out? I give it 50/50.
As long as the sun shines it's energy to the earth?
My dear friend,
You are talking about a bread crumb, while you do not want to look at the bakery itself (which is yet under construction) that is going to provide your bread FOR FREE, and FOREVER.
Show some appreciation for that.
Thank you
Even with a company known for missing deadlines, I just think it's a little strange to put out a press release that commits to a large number of Superchargers to be ready in a month, when it takes 4-6 weeks to install one. Why would you knowingly set your customers up for disappointment?
Even if we assume the deadline was really end-of-July, I'll be surprised if we see the Austin-DFW SC on time.
It not free... Owners have already paid for access to SC as part of the price of ownership.