Tesla Reveals Charging Station Sites In 3 US States

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @01:31AM from the ok-just-make-texas-next dept.

locallyunscene writes "Tesla has created the first solar charging stations for its Model S and plans to offer free charging. Is free fuel enough to for the electric car to finally gain traction? 'The technology at the heart of the Supercharger was developed internally and leverages the economies of scale of existing charging technology already used by the Model S, enabling Tesla to create the Supercharger device at minimal cost. The electricity used by the Supercharger comes from a solar carport system provided by SolarCity, which results in almost zero marginal energy cost after installation. Combining these two factors, Tesla is able to provide Model S owners free long distance travel indefinitely." The "free charging" part applies at least to Model S owners, and will be available first from a network of charging stations in California, Arizona, and Nevada, to be expanded nationwide over the next 2 to 4 years; Engadget features a video of the announcement.

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meh by MonoSynth · 2012-09-25 01:42 · Score: 5, Funny

No wireless. Lame.
Gene Pitney song by rossdee · 2012-09-25 01:56 · Score: 4, Funny

He was only 24 hours from Tesla
Re:Had to be said by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-25 02:07 · Score: 5, Funny

You have it all wrong. We need to tax all that extra income and so it can be spent on subsidies for companies to build cheaper models that no one will want.