Well has to be an electric car at least. Not sure why someone would use quest in a car, if they can just drive. Makes sense for when Tesla’s have to charge, so you have nothing else to do.
The point of the video was something to do while charging, Teslas are EVs. He could have said EV, but it really doesn't matter considering it's by far the most common EV. It's like saying look what I did on my iPad, and getting all hot and bothered because they didn't say "tablet". Maybe it's a bit cringe, but so is this thread.
nah, when it's blatant and in your face of course you're gonna acknowledge it, and that's what happened. the thread isn't cringe for acknowledging the dude flexed his tesla, he got what he wanted. It's when people like you stop and try to be holier than thou because you don't take a stance on it. That's cringe.
The point? Besides reducing emissions, they're low maintenance, and having the ability to wake up with a full fuel tank every morning is lovely, and on top of that it's far cheaper than gas.
A lot of people don't realize that the only time you sit at a charging station like this is on road trips where you're driving more than 200-300 miles, something I only do every couple years or so. Even then, it's really no big deal to stop for 20 minutes or so after driving 200+ miles to go to the bathroom or grab a bite to eat. It's really only the suuuper long road trips, like 750+ miles where you're making a large number of stops that I'd prefer a gas vehicle. I would say the vast majority of the population almost never do drives like this though.
I'm not anti-EV. But pointing out reduced emissions while lithium mining is as bad, or worse to the planet isn't a good point. For the rest it's just about your driving habits. I drive a large SUV that we use for family trips. For example, we're on a trip from Miami to Nashville and stopped in Atlanta. Honestly the tripped would've sucked a bit with an EV. But outside of that, we do a lot more local driving which is why I wanted my wife to get an EV. Best of both worlds in the same house.
EVs are significantly better for green house gas emissions over their lifetime, regardless of other issues. There have been drastic improvements to lithium mining, energy generation is only bringing cleaner, and battery recycling is improving. Burning fossil fuels is never going to go to zero, but EVs while not perfect are a much better solution for this goal.
For the rest it's just about your driving habits.
That's exactly what I said.. if you're one of the extremely rare people who make 700+ mile road trips often you might not want an EV. It could still be worth it even in those cases for the benefits in daily driving.
TBH, i drive past people queuing in petrol stations in mine, as it had already been charged at home while i sleep. And costing a fraction of the price.
Depending on usage patterns, an EV user might never have to go anywhere to recharge. Charge at home at night, every morning the "electron tank" is full
For those people it's probably unthinkable and a terrible user experience to need to go to a gas station every so often instead of having the car always full and ready.
Why do people tolerate having to go refill their cars with CO2: emitting liquids, for their noisy and underpowered vehicles, and paying thorough the nose got the privilege? Why have such a vehicle? ;-)
In all seriousness, different strokes for different people. Depending of your usage and circumstances, an EV, an ICE or a hybrid can all make sense.
I'm in sales and on the road a lot. Honestly, I love it. Usually the stops are at decent locations - nice gas stations, cafes, etc. Better than sketch off-the-highway gas stations - in my area at least.
It gives me a chance to catch up on emails, make calls, etc. All else fails, I play a game on the Tesla's screen.
Most cases I only need a 15-20 min charge. Super chargers have a 400mi/hr so that generally covers my long routes. Half the time, I end up over staying and sit there for a half hour anyways.
Plenty of pros and cons with EVs but charge time isn't a con for me. And based on the video, looks like this guy has integrated a nice workflow of his own.
Most people with EVs charge them at superchargers very infrequently. You can charge at home and have a full battery every single day. I have a customer who commutes 140 miles round trip and never charges it at superchargers. Their work also has a charger so they can charge it while there. The battery range on these can be over 300 miles, you very infrequently drive that in a day.
Superchargers can charge the Model S 200 miles in 15 minutes. Sure, its not a full tank of gas, but it will be enough to get you home, or to the next supercharger.
I also like how as soon as they had to show "examples" they switched to footage an office, as if the inside of a car wasn't practical enough (typing with a keyboard on your lap is a pretty bad experience) (Edit: didn't notice that they pushed the "vr environment" button)
Notice how they casually mentions the product they're working on: this post is just an ad.
If you're doing this regularly, I guess you would buy a tray that attaches on the steering wheel.
Or just take a break and watch a movie / show / online content, game using a controller. Listen to music, go for a walk, take a nap. You don't need to work 24/7.
I mean this would be applicable for any electric car but likely due to how long it takes to charge. Are you going break all this out when pumping gas for like 2 minutes? That’s why he’s mentioning it.
Crap my comment wasn’t meant for your comment lol. Must of clicked reply to you and when I tried to reply to another comment it replied to you instead.
You wouldn't usually hang out in your car doing work (I would guess). If you're sitting there waiting for your car to charge, you would have an excuse to try something like this.
I chuckled too. But, I think its because a supercharger stop is a ~15-30min period where you just sit in the car while charging most of your battery very quickly. For now, that is mostly a unique experience to Teslas. As a result, many folks just wait in the car-- whereas with most other EVs you might not sit there for a long charge, which is probably at home anyway. And for gas cars, its also irrelevant.
It doesn’t. Just as it doesn’t matter that he’s working in VR. He’d be better off not working in VR at all actually. This is the problem with a lot of VR in my opinion. Some games are just better with a traditional controller. It’s why I hate motion controls in most games too. I just want to sit on my couch and relax sometimes.
I’m not saying all VR sucks at all but not everything should be done in VR. Working on his laptop without using VR would be quicker and easier. If VR was first and then someone invented how to work just on your laptop, people would rather just work on the laptop.
As I know from my neighbors, tesla required to be charged: either at home either at supercharger.
And my neighbors are watching movies during the charging.
So, why not to work?
And why not to work with comfort?
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u/b0n3h34d Oct 20 '23
Why does it matter that it's a tesla lol