We have a 2014 Tesla and the range has decreased a bit over the years. But 
big battery is okay. When it does need replacing we’ll likely move on to a new EV.
True for us too. My car is an EV. DH’s is a hybrid. He wanted a PHEV but we couldn’t get what he wanted in the PHEV version at the time. I have a tesla charger in our garage, so whatever I eventually get down the road when I am considering a new car will have to work with a tesla charger. I don’t want to have to change it. I suppose I could find an adapter.
Adapters are a couple hundred dollars. Tesla also makes a universal charger that works with all EV cars.
We put a 125/250v adapter in the garage when we bought the Tesla. It’s annoying that BMW only provided a 110v charging cord with the car, but the adapter wasn’t too expensive.
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The port/charger heads were different for the “older” teslas than the “newer” model c when I got mine. my charger works with my car, and the portable one I have in my frunk comes with an adapter. Many newer EV cars are using the universal tesla adapter, so hopefully this is a non-issue, when the time comes.
There are adapters between J1772 and J3400/NACS/Tesla for AC home charging, as well as different adapters between CCS1 and J3400/NACS/Tesla for DC fast charging.
However, EVs in the US are eventually all changing to J3400/NACS/Tesla plug inlets.
Now, if your Tesla is an old Roadster, then it is different from all of the above.
My PHEV uses regular household current and trickle charges in about 4 hours. It’s perfect for our limited driving.
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This calculator site is for EV. But I assume you could make PHEV calculating by estimating your local/battery miles per month.
https://www.carmax.com/research/ev-charging-cost-calculator
Our state rates for electricity are crazy high and only going up. We just have the max PV we are allowed plus our solar and are fine.
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We installed a Wallbox in the garage. It came with plenty of adapters; using the Tesla compatible one to change the X.
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Our 2017 X just started making screeching sounds… needs some lubricant I guess. Battery range went down by about 7% which was expected. So far, we’ve been happy with it. But I hear they don’t make them like they used to.
A blue Lexus RZ is scheduled to arrive at the dealership not far from us. Time to schedule a test drive! If we decide to buy the RZ, the X will live with us until someone will make a useful BEV truck. Then the gradma Tundra will be sent into a well earned retirement, and the X will be given away to our kids or their good friends.
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We bought a perfectly fine adapter (Tesla to J1772) for less than $50.
In case anyone is considering a new or used Tesla.
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Glad that our jalopy is past any warranty time-wise. Any repairs at this time are on us. But how stupid is it to measure odometer distance using energy consumption?
Some comments on the article are LOL!
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I have no idea if there’s any validity to the claim, but if true, then how stupid is Tesla.
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Yup. I’m thinking there might be some fine print somewhere that says your odometer reading is based off the energy consumption, so the warranty is 50,000 odometer miles as defined by Tesla. And an arbitration clause…
How about secondary claims from used car owners that felt they paid too much for their used Tesla?
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If odometer mileage is inflated, then used car sellers would be the ones complaining, because prices for higher mileage cars tend to be lower.
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Random question - EVs for kids at colleges. How easy is it for them to charge cars, whether in on- or off-campus housing? I know this will vary by school and state, but is anyone aware of say colleges that have chargers for student vehicles?
Maybe a hybrid that doesn’t need to be plugged in? That’s also something to consider for folks in multi-family places like apartments, condos, townhomes, etc.
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