Blue Dome Restoration

[carltonplace]

Great news.

http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/renovations-planned-tulsa-landmark/nj36C/


Here is an old postcard of the structure before the service station closed.

[Townsend]

That's great

[DolfanBob]

Those old glass globe pumps are expensive. It's a very cool idea. If they do modernize the pumps for Electric car plug in. Who foots the bill for the electricity?

[Townsend]

Those old glass globe pumps are expensive. It's a very cool idea. If they do modernize the pumps for Electric car plug in. Who foots the bill for the electricity?

I'm sure it's on here somewhere:

[shavethewhales]

Excellent, I was just saying the other day that the Blue Dome should actually be used for something public. Other than the building itself and the food truck that is typically parked in front, that prime corner is oddly desolate. Turning it into a food truck court could be amazing. Like a smaller version of Bleu Garten in OKC.

^^I assume they'll be charging for the electricity like every other electric car plugin?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Always enjoyed going in there for a game of pool and a draw....or even a red beer sometimes.  25 cents for a draw or a Coke - your choice!

Ross and Juanita had a nice little place there.  You could always hear the "clacking" sounds of the old guys playing dominoes in the back room, no matter where you were in the bar.  The round part had a pool table.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Those old glass globe pumps are expensive. It's a very cool idea. If they do modernize the pumps for Electric car plug in. Who foots the bill for the electricity?

Probably like most states that offer free charging stations,  the rate payers to the local utility.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Tesla owners get to fill up for free at any Tesla recharge station.  For the life of the car - or however long they own it.

[DolfanBob]

Tesla owners get to fill up for free at any Tesla recharge station.  For the life of the car - or however long they own it.

I admit I haven't researched this question because I have zero interest in owning an Electric Car(but that new BMW is bad A**)
How long does it take to charge these cars? Cause my patience level differs from getting a Latte to having to take in a movie.

[carltonplace]

I admit I haven't researched this question because I have zero interest in owning an Electric Car(but that new BMW is bad A**)
How long does it take to charge these cars? Cause my patience level differs from getting a Latte to having to take in a movie.

According to a Diane Rehm show last week there are quick charge stations or you can slow charge in your garage.

[heironymouspasparagus]

I admit I haven't researched this question because I have zero interest in owning an Electric Car(but that new BMW is bad A**)
How long does it take to charge these cars? Cause my patience level differs from getting a Latte to having to take in a movie.

Fast Supercharge can be about 30 minutes....enough for a couple hundred more miles.  Home charger usually less charge - longer time.

Check this out - and make sure it zooms all the way out so you can see what is really going on.  Shows just how FAR out of the mainstream of anything technical/new/cool/whatever that Oklahoma really is.  We have one charging station - 80 amp, not evan a Supercharging station - at the Skirvin Hotel in OKC.  Even Bentonville, AR gets 2 Tesla connectors....  we are in the intellectual stone age.  Yeah...companies are lining up to come here, Mary Failin'....rriiiigggghhhhhhtttttt !!

As always, we are right up there with Mississippi and Alabama...

http://www.teslamotors.com/findus#/bounds/53.5445879,-2.147087499999998,53.39990299999999,-2.3000968999999714,d?search=supercharger



There may be just the tiniest glimmer of a ray of hope, though!  We can at least get Joe Bonamassa on the interwebz!!  Even if he won't come to fly-over country!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQwj3s8Y4s&index=2&list=RDSbUCUjsZm9E

[dbacksfan 2.0]

I admit I haven't researched this question because I have zero interest in owning an Electric Car(but that new BMW is bad A**)
How long does it take to charge these cars? Cause my patience level differs from getting a Latte to having to take in a movie.

Long enough that if you are driving one from LA to Phoenix or San Francisco you need to add an hour to an hour and a half to your trip time, and there are only certain routes you can take.


http://openchargemap.org/site/

Just curious as to how many recharging stations Tesla can afford to build at $100k to $175k per station and then cover all the costs to maintain and pay for the electricity for. And the Tesla stations are proprietary, they only work for Tesla cars, so don't pull up in your Nissan Leaf and expect to charge your car.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/26/inside-teslas-supercharger-partner-program-the-costs-and-commitments-of-electrifying-road-transport/

[heironymouspasparagus]

Long enough that if you are driving one from LA to Phoenix or San Francisco you need to add an hour to an hour and a half to your trip time, and there are only certain routes you can take.

http://openchargemap.org/site/

Just curious as to how many recharging stations Tesla can afford to build at $100k to $175k per station and then cover all the costs to maintain and pay for the electricity for. And the Tesla stations are proprietary, they only work for Tesla cars, so don't pull up in your Nissan Leaf and expect to charge your car.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/26/inside-teslas-supercharger-partner-program-the-costs-and-commitments-of-electrifying-road-transport/

Just gotta ask yourself how much time is it worth beyond a regular gasoline fill up stop at $50 to get the same thing for nothing, but extra 15 minutes.  I would trade that in a second.  Means my time is worth about $200 an hour!!  Almost lawyer rates!!  Would you spend $200 to get there an hour faster?

LA to Frisco...am limited to either highway 1,  101,  Interstate 5, or highway 99.  Not sure why I would choose any other than one of those - unless I wanted to get there by way of Tulsa....

I-10 is definitely the only way I would go to Phoenix, unless maybe wanted to stop for a day or two at Lake Havasu, almost on the way.


As for how many they can build - well, it's Elon Musk.  I bet they will build as many as he wants.  Not many people have more support for just about anything they want to do, since everything he touches seems to turn to gold.  So far.  By 2016, even Okrahoma will be viable as a place to visit with a Tesla. 

http://www.teslamotors.com/findus#/bounds/53.5445879,-2.147087499999998,53.39990299999999,-2.3000968999999714,d?search=supercharger

And if you are willing to return the same path you took on the way out, the battery swap option cuts "charge" time to a few minutes (5 or 6 IIRC).  And your battery is charged and ready for you on the way back.  I think there is a small fee for that convenience.  And if you can't find a Tesla charger for some reason, or just want to spend some money, you can charge your Tesla at a regular charging station like other electric vehicles do - there is an adapter.

[TheArtist]

There are new battery technologies out there that enable an automobile battery to be recharged in about 6-8 minutes.  I recently read of a company in Israel that if their technology can be scaled up like they hope, an electric car battery could be recharged in a matter of seconds.

[patric]

There are new battery technologies out there that enable an automobile battery to be recharged in about 6-8 minutes.  I recently read of a company in Israel that if their technology can be scaled up like they hope, an electric car battery could be recharged in a matter of seconds.

There are some designs that allow inductive charging as you drive over coils buried in the pavement.

I admit I haven't researched this question because I have zero interest in owning an Electric Car

Zero to sixty in three seconds has no appeal?