Electric Vehicles?

[haraldo]

Do you have spot-pricing on electricity?
Some smart-charging stations understand this and will charge the cr at optimal points in time from a cost perspective

 

[haraldo]

I talked just yesterday to a guy who bought a new Tesla, unsure which model, there was a chassis defect at the door meaning rainwater was flowing straight into the back seat.

Tesla refused to fix this on warranty and handed a $7000 bill to their customer, nice Elon Musk. I believe this is legislation matter now

 

[ryanosaur]

Do you have spot-pricing on electricity?
Some smart-charging stations understand this and will charge the cr at optimal points in time from a cost perspective

In the US, we call it Time Of Use (TOU, or some other variant) Pricing. For example, where I am in California, from 12AM to 3 PM is Off-Peak and the lowest rate. From 3PM to 4 PM and 9PM to 12AM is Mid-Peak or Mid-Tier.

From 4pm to 9Pm... get the lube out!

This applies to home charging as well as Superchargers in the Tesla network, here.

Pricing will of course vary by location.

 

[ryanosaur]

I talked just yesterday to a guy who bought a new Tesla, unsure which model, there was a chassis defect at the door meaning rainwater was flowing straight into the back seat.

Tesla refused to fix this on warranty and handed a $7000 bill to their customer, nice Elon Musk. I believe this is legislation matter now

Strange. I had some "water ingression" issues with the rear hatch and it was "fixed" no questions asked. Of course, since the repair, I haven't had a serious storm to verify their work...
*facepalm.
...so we'll see what happens this winter (rainy season for us).

 

[j_garcia]

Electrify America chargers are free for me for 2yrs, so I don't really look at their rates. At work it is fixed at .21/KwH, which is where I tend to charge most often since the car is literally just sitting there all day.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I recently installed a Level 2 charger in my garage. I've Applied for NJ EV charger rebate programs: the first to get up to $1500 for charger installation and the second for the off-peak EV charging cost rebate.
Charging speed is so much faster than level 1 charger (ie: 120v AC 12amp)

 

[mtrycrafts]

I talked just yesterday to a guy who bought a new Tesla, unsure which model, there was a chassis defect at the door meaning rainwater was flowing straight into the back seat.

Tesla refused to fix this on warranty and handed a $7000 bill to their customer, nice Elon Musk. I believe this is legislation matter now

He is lucky it wasn't the front axle that is 5 figures.