If you live on the West Coast, driving an EV is the same as a gas car, and if you have the ability to charge at home it advantage EV. But I understand both yours and Pats dilemma when it comes to travelling

 

And it will happen. Can't wait to see Pics of your new Plaid, or whatever you end up getting 👍

 

Who am I kidding, it’s going to be another Plaid. Either silver or white. Any inside info on any updates to the Model S?

 

This part. I 100% understand the plug at night wake up fully charged. Makes sense. Easy peasy. The traveling part is where it gets tricky especially if you didn’t have a Tesla and had to rely on non Tesla SC’ers. Example I wanted to rent a non Tesla EV in Vegas but my friend advised me to stick with Tesla because they have chargers all over the place

Remember you guys laughed at my wife’s coworker who ran out of battery in his EQS or whatever the Mercedes EV is on a road trip but like he said the charging stations it directed him to were not working. He bought a cheap A class or C class just to travel for work but now I’m guessing he can charge his Mercedes at Tesla chargers he may not have much need for his secondary car.

 

Nope. If anyone knows, it would be@LeX2K . I can tell you with confidence that the Model S I recently test drove had no quality issues (that we could see), no rattles or interior issues except the left turn button wasn't working properly. It had over 1000 miles on it and was definitely abused, including by yours truly 😄. And I made an AMG owner very upset 🤣

 

I actually scolded those guys. BTW Mercedes will hopefully be using Tesla superchargers soon, if not already

 

Charging in Canada is terrible but we don't matter much the market here for EVs is small, plus for reasons we can't talk about it's going to get worse.

on this....
Will be years if the S gets a refresh at all. I think it will eventually be cancelled.

 

Why? Does it not sell well? IMO, this is the best looking car from Tesla.

 

Because it's low volume and has almost nothing to do with the long term vision of the company. I know that bothers some people I'm just the messenger.

edit - this is what Grok said

 

It doesn't sell anywhere like the Y and 3. It's kind of run it's course. Plaid will probably stick around

 

Cancelling the Model S would be foolish.

As for charging anxiety, you can pretend it’s not a thing or it’s foolish all you want but as somebody who is on the verge of going EV, it’s very real.

My wife for instance wants an EV and she loves her PHEV Pacifica, I made the comment a couple days ago about how maybe we should get a Rivian when the time comes. She loves the Rivian but her first response was “we can’t go full EV, I can’t stop with the kids and the dog on a trip for all that time”. I pointed out to her she always stops at the Maryland house and lets everybody go to the bathroom and they have like 80 Tesla superchargers.

It’s just a different way of looking at travel and it’s something people have to get accustomed to if they want to make the change.

 

Although the Model S is an aging platform, Car and Driver gives it good reviews

VERDICT
The Model S has aged but it continues to deliver stunning performance and solid range, which keep it competitive with much newer rivals.


https://www.caranddriver.com/tesla/model-s

 

I was just hoping for something small like the rumored front camera or ambient lighting. I too heard that eventually the S could get cancelled.

 

They keep forgetting that part I would never roadtrip the Rivian if it didn't gain access to the Tesla network. EA stations top out at 4 plugs and most of them don't provide the marked power. I haven't used many but between a handful of EVGo and EA charging sessions, I never crossed 100kW charging

 

Where are you located? While I haven't seen many, the Rivian Chargers are very pretty!