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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

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Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news! (www.youtube.com)
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Alec graciously eats some of his previous words, and provides a fairly balanced take on the current state of charging infrastructure.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I also disagree with him on this point.

The premise of his argument is the the present day gas pump experience is perfect, and why do we want to diverge from it. Current day gas pumps have some REALLY big problems. Just the user experience is bad enough.

He says:

  • "Just put in your credit card, and fill up!"

Except the real world is:

  • Wiggle the card reader to make sure its not a skimmer
  • Put your credit card in
  • Answer prompt on screen: "Type in your 5 digit zip code"
  • Answer prompt on screen: "Do you have a Super Fuel Club membership?"
  • Answer prompt on screen: "Would you like to buy a car wash?"
  • SUDDENLY LOUD COMMERCIALS ARE PLAYING IN YOUR FACE!
  • MORE COMMERCIALS WHILE YOU PUSH EVERY BUTTON TRYING TO FIND ONE TO MUTE IT
  • ALL BUTTONS PRESSED, COMMERCIALS STILL PLAYING AT FULL VOLUME! SUCKS TO BE YOU! DEAL WITH IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO CHOICE!

The alternative is a plug-and-charge situation like a Tesla Supercharger, where you just back in, press the button on the cord handle, your chargeport opens, and you plug in. Thats its.