04-19-2010, 08:25 PM
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Tesla vs Electro-Metro!
Hey EVeryone!
Tomorrow, I am taking the Electro-Metro to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station!
There will be a Tesla Roadster there as well, but I am pretty sure all the TV crews are coming out to see the homebrew Metro.
I mean WHO NEEDS 200+ miles per charge and crazy acceleration when they could have $10 hub caps, an open source controller, and a dashboard virtual picture frame!
So anyways, I'm taking my camera and will try to get some nice photos of low-budget meeting high-budget.
Maybe if I really beg, they will allow me to stare at the Tesla. 
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04-19-2010, 08:45 PM
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Remember to bring up cost per mile/HP etc. (your Metro should win that race ALL day)
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04-19-2010, 09:38 PM
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An EV charging station? Already? Wow. Sure surprising to me. The media should be more interested in the Electro-Metro. Truth is though, I'd rather take a Tesla, then gut it, and shove the EV components into something like an Aveo. $10 hubcaps, plus a 200+ mile range.
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04-19-2010, 09:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bennelson
Hey EVeryone!
Tomorrow, I am taking the Electro-Metro to a ribbon-cutting grand opening of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station!
There will be a Tesla Roadster there as well, but I am pretty sure all the TV crews are coming out to see the homebrew Metro.
I mean WHO NEEDS 200+ miles per charge and crazy acceleration when they could have $10 hub caps, an open source controller, and a dashboard virtual picture frame!
So anyways, I'm taking my camera and will try to get some nice photos of low-budget meeting high-budget.
Maybe if I really beg, they will allow me to stare at the Tesla. |
Is the EV Charing Station being opened in Wisconsin? If so where? |
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04-19-2010, 10:26 PM
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This will take place at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
11:00 AM
Tues April 20th, 2010
It will be the ribbon cutting for a ChargePoint Station. |
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04-19-2010, 10:33 PM
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That would be awesome to see. Sadly I have school.
I don't think my parents will let me call in sick for school to see the first EV charging station.  |
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04-19-2010, 10:42 PM
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Remember to bring up cost per mile/HP etc. (your Metro should win that race ALL day)
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I suppose that if a person bought both cars, and put 100,000 miles on each of them, the cost per mile would be about a dollar for the Tesla and a penny for the Metro! |
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04-20-2010, 12:25 AM
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I wouldn't suggest racing the Tesla. I understand they wipe out Porsches =:-0
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04-20-2010, 05:36 PM
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Who else remembers that the first Porsche was an all-wheel drive electric off-road train? It was used to haul munitions to the trenches in WW1, at about 4 MPH.
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04-20-2010, 05:37 PM
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I got to ride in a Tesla! (The blue one. Thanks Carl!)
Here are some photos:
MobileMe Gallery
More later!
-Ben
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