General vehicle thread

[ray1970]

My current company truck is a Ford. Not sure what year. Maybe a 2014? It?s going to roll over 260,000 soon and it doesn?t make me nervous to take it in long road trips. Change the oil religiously whenever the ?oil change required? message pops. It came on about two weeks ago but I?ve been busy running back and forth to Cheyenne so I haven?t had time to deal with it. The ?change oil soon? reminder seems to come on around 8K to 10K miles and if you ignore that for a couple of weeks you get the ?oil change required? message.

[Spdu4ia]

May be a stupid question but are these charging stations universal? If I bought a new Porsche Taycan could I charge it at a tesla station or only at home?

I had seriously considered a tesla before I bought my car but I had "range anxiety" even on the test drive. Does this get better over time? Also I have a deep connection with the sounds of my exhaust and engine (stock) and I'm holding on to that with both hands but sometimes wonder if that goes away too.

[Jer]

May be a stupid question but are these charging stations universal? If I bought a new Porsche Taycan could I charge it at a tesla station or only at home?

I had seriously considered a tesla before I bought my car but I had "range anxiety" even on the test drive. Does this get better over time? Also I have a deep connection with the sounds of my exhaust and engine (stock) and I'm holding on to that with both hands but sometimes wonder if that goes away too.

Not a stupid question at all. These are the types of posts I hope to bring out from more people because if you have the question I'm sure others do too. Many think they know the answer to some of these sorts of questions but often times are either wrong or outdated so I'm happy to address stuff exactly like this.

Short answer: No

Long answer: Tesla has opened their patent portfolio and superchargers (at minimal cost to cover electricity, maintenance & expansion) to any manufacturer who wishes to use them. The "others" we'll call them have decided to develop their own network and proprietary charge system so that they can monetize it for residual income profit.

Porsche has decided to make their own network so unless they produced adapters to use on public chargers and regular outlets (like Tesla does) you'll be stuck with the handful of charge points they have on their own network.

It does get better with time once you realize what the limitations are and work within those. No different than any other vehicle for that matter it's just different sets of limitations.

Yeah, the enjoyment of those noises subsides as well. Whenever I'm in an ICE car now I immediately notice how loud, ratty and annoying it is. There's just something about the quiet smoothness of EVs that luxury ICE vehicle manufacturers have spent a LOT of money trying to attain that just comes naturally to them.

[Spdu4ia]

Thanks for the reply.... I don't think I'm ready (or the network is ready) to purchase electric yet but I'd like to be informed when it is. Although that Fisker is an interesting car...hmm

Thoughts on range anxiety?

[ChickNorris]

There is an electric car thread.

That way --->

[ChickNorris]

<----- Wait, its that way

[CS1983]

The EV thread is charging. It's not going anywhere right now.

[Jer]

Thanks for the reply.... I don't think I'm ready (or the network is ready) to purchase electric yet but I'd like to be informed when it is. Although that Fisker is an interesting car...hmm

Thoughts on range anxiety?

Fisker? Yeah that was a really interesting idea/concept until they all burn to the ground. Sounds like you need to do some more CURRENT research. ;-)

as to range anxiety, supercharger Network and other related EV topics there is a couple of EV specific threads where there's lots of information to be had if that's what you're interested in.

[ChickNorris]

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[Jer]

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