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hahaha "[for high paying jobs] Tesla financial calculator makes it easy to factor in the value of time saved by being able to use the carpool lane or avoid trips to the gas station"

So, if you make lots of $ per hour, they will claim that having a model S will save you time and so they added the money you would be making into the price?!?! that's just crazy!

specially when a gasoline/hybrid car you can get:

- 300miles per refil

- each refil takes 5min

with the Model S

- 200 miles (250 if you buy the expensive one)

- 4h refil / 1 hour refil (if you buy the expensive superCharger)

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These things are not included by default. Check the box if you value your time.

I don't think you have understood what a) the superchargers are and b) what the typical charging scenario is (overnight).

My comparable in luxury and performance cts-v only gets 175 to 200 miles per tank of nearly $4 a gallon premium fuel. Electricity costs $0.08 per kwh here. The model s (a car I am seriously considering would save me about $260 a month in gas. Add that to my $700 a month lease payment and it's roughly equivalent to the cost of a model s with the caveat that I'm on likely to leave town (which is fine we rarely drive my car out of town opting to take my wife's equally thirsty jeep).

You never have to "refill" a Tesla in the conventional sense if you charge it overnight like your phone. Also, HOV lane is awesome. It is the future. Also, if you switch to an E-9 plan (in CA) your overnight charge costs $0.03/kwH so that is essentially 1 gallon of gas in cost = 500 miles of travel.

> Also, HOV lane is awesome. It is the future.

It's the future as long as the car you're driving is marginal.

Hybrids used to be allowed to use the HOV lane, then they became popular and got kicked out. If electric cars become mainstream enough, they, too, will be prohibited from the using HOV lane.

Being able to use the carpool lane is the main selling point for an electric car to me right now, but be aware that it might not last for more than a few years.

it's great if you NEVER drive more than the daily limit. And for 12yr olds that aren't allowed to sleep out of the house. :)

But I have to wait for the gas to refill, the car can charge itself overnight.

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