We have a 7kw solar system on our roof. It uses net metering that means when we produce more energy than we use, the meter runs backward. We don't have an electric bill for about half the year. The state and federal incentives are generous. If you haven't looked at it lately, you should. We are looking at electric car options.
we have solar onboard but we living on it full time, so what I need to answer for home???
Don't answer for land home, since you don't have one, just boat.
Boat? Where does the poll ask about boats?
Pure electric cars? No, probably not in my lifetime. As far as I'm concerned, unless you're charging them from your personal solar field or nuke reactor, they are actually coal powered.
My advice to anyone with a conventional sports car: 1) don't race a tesla (at least not P-type) -- it will smoke you unless your car does 0-60 in under 3 secs, and 2) don't drive a Tesla or you will become a little dissatisfied with your car.
Agreed. For whatever reason (I can't remember now), my wife got a Tesla and I have become a huge fan. The acceleration is breathtaking. My main car is fast (0-60 in under 5 secs), but I have been spoiled by the instantaneous response of the tesla. By contrast, the slight delay (probably hundredths of a second), at highway speeds, between steeping on the gas (which causes the transmission to downshift and the engine to spool up) and feeling acceleration is long enough to become not just noticable, but slightly annoying. With the Tesla, there is no transmission to shift. Response is literally light speed. My advice to anyone with a conventional sports car: 1) don't race a tesla (at least not P-type) -- it will smoke you unless your car does 0-60 in under 3 secs, and 2) don't drive a Tesla or you will become a little dissatisfied with your car.
If I had the money, I would be all over a Tesla. However, for the type of driving that my wife and I do (we each have a 2.5 mile commute to work most of the time), a full electric vehicle would be great. Given that we need two cars, one could easily be a short range electric with a top speed of 60 mph. For long range travel we can stick to our fossil fuel relics. Not to mention that I'm not yet ready to give up my poor man's sports car.
Greetings,
Mr. S. Nice! So what do you do with all that spare time again?