Another day at the DC Fast Charger

[justanotherdrunk]

Always lotsa people walking by who are VERY interested in the car

Nissan Leafs
Chevy Sparks
Fiats
Prius plug ins

not too many i3s

The charge time remaining is about as accurate as the car's charge mileage remaining
It gets to 80% quicker than indicated

:lol:

 

[getakey]

Where is that charger location?

 

[justanotherdrunk]

777 The Alameda, San Jose, CA, 95126, US

 

[getakey]

good to know
thanks

 

[i3an]

Quick shout-out for the L3 DC station in back of Safeway in Pacifica. From there it is a 60 lovely miles along the coast to Santa Cruz where there are plenty of L2s.

 

[getakey]

I see both of you are in Bay Area as am I.
There are still more Tesla's than i3's. 6 in my greater neighborhood and I'm the only i3 that I see

 

[jadnashuanh]

I see both of you are in Bay Area as am I.
There are still more Tesla's than i3's. 6 in my greater neighborhood and I'm the only i3 that I see

How many years has the Tesla been available verses the i3? One would expect a few more of them around, just like Chevy Volts or Nissan Leafs. The sales of the i3 have been generally ramping up. The Volt isn't in the same class, even with the REx...designed for a different purpose (if you can call any car patched into an EV designed). If you can get someone to drive an i3, the odds of them considering it are much higher than someone off the street just coming in to purchase or lease one. It's way more entertaining than the Volt or the Leaf, and leaves the huge Tesla wanting in a city environment. If you do not have a Supercharger available, you have to invest in a lot bigger EVSE to get a timely recharge verses an i3, so again, not really designed for the same purposes. What will be interesting is to see what happens with the MB entry, but it's a LOT heavier. It does look conventional, if the i3 turns you off, though.

 

[getakey]

I'm just surprised at the number of Tesla's because of the price tag
I see more Teslas than Leafs or Volts

 

[i3an]

The Bay Area has a critical mass of wealthy tech-savvy bleeding edgers, and the Tesla is a perfect object of conspicuous consumption. Case in point: it seems that every Tesla owner in Palo Alto positions his home charging station so that the car and charger are in the driveway and quite visible from the street, rather than tucked into the garage. But from my point of view the Tesla is TOO DAMN BIG, great for cruising the suburbs or to Tahoe but a liability in San Francisco proper, for which my tall short nimble i3 is much better evolved.

 

[getakey]

they are probably in the driveway because the charger has to be close to the main PG&E box
How many amps does the Tesla charger pull?

 

[cove3]

<<The Volt isn't in the same class<<

The 2016 Volt out by year end looks pretty impressive. Compact, 50 mile range, 3500lbs, 1.5L good for 350 miles, under 35K
http://insideevs.com/next-generation-2016-chevrolet-volt-debuts-full-spec/

The 2016 Audi B class A3 e-tron due out this summer looks even better, luxurious although 50K+ but German engineering
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1093607_2016-audi-a3-e-tron-first-drive

Ron

 

[Boatguy]

The Bay Area has a critical mass of wealthy tech-savvy bleeding edgers, and the Tesla is a perfect object of conspicuous consumption. Case in point: it seems that every Tesla owner in Palo Alto positions his home charging station so that the car and charger are in the driveway and quite visible from the street, rather than tucked into the garage. But from my point of view the Tesla is TOO DAMN BIG, great for cruising the suburbs or to Tahoe but a liability in San Francisco proper, for which my tall short nimble i3 is much better evolved.

Apart from the comments about SV, I agree the Tesla is too big for the city. The i3 was designed for the city and that's where it really shines.