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Originally posted by: billryan
Again, you are comparing the Volt and leaf to a Tesla. A car that has a 50 mile range to one with five times that, and which uses a completely separate network.
Tesla has spent billions of dollars on its supercharger network, and has a separate Destination network. When on the road, most people look to charge when it gets to about 50% charge, so every 125 miles or so. The 85w takes 20 minutes to go from half to full. The 60w takes 30 minutes. Time enough to use the restroom and grab a bite to eat. When it's time for dinner, you can drive further since you'll be eating longer. It's more time consuming than filling your tank every three hundred miles, but it's free.
On the east coast, you can find a charger at just about every other rest stop. By 2017, they'll be at almost every one.
It's free for now, I suspect that will change before not too long as more and more of these cars are sold. Rember, air used to be free everywhere too. Do you recall these?
And now..
