The rebuttal.

The only thing I can be sure of is that each of them spends much of their effort  carefully presenting what is most useful to them, disingenuously omitting what is inconvenient and ignoring the real story. Too bad because how the battery system performs and how an operator has to adjust to use it is fascinating in its own right. There are technical and cultural adjustments to be made in using this technology. Therein lies the story most want to hear actual info about.

I find the state of auto reviewing to be horrendous at this point. Most pro reviewers have  no independence and produce the most unuseful biased and bland reporting. The rest has some slant of their own.

To reiterate: Tesla personnel told me over the phone that they were able to monitor the state of the battery. It was they who cleared me to leave Norwich after an hour of charging.

A different driver

I tend to agree with you, the problem with electricity is that it is very difficult to store and has a bad habit of bleeding off quickly.  The energy itself has to be harvested somewhere; most generation is still by oil or coal and in the end the entire process is highly inefficient and pollutant.

My neighbor did the solar panel/Nissan Leaf thing but she only has a 5 mile commute and living in SoCal makes solar a viable option.  I am against drilling as I believe we should preserve our strategic resources obviously Main Battle Tanks and Strike Fighters won't be running off of batteries any time soon.  The question is how do we manage our energy needs?  I think everyone outside of the C-Suite realizes that Fracking if a really bad thing so we've ourselves a conundrum.

I like the concept of the Chevy Volt, I tend to feel that an onboard generator is a better choice than the Prius which has to switch to gas once you get above 43mph.

Last edited by Emmeran (2013-02-15 12:29:34)

Losing hearts and minds