Something to chew on

45-minute wait to access the supercharger, 40 minutes to charge, Tesla brings out water bottles

I saw the headline, Tesla Files for Trademark to Enter Restaurant Business” and thought, “aha! They know how long the wait will be to recharge their cars and plan to make money off those wait times”. Reading between the lines, that’s exactly what they’re doing.

According to the May 27 filing, the electric vehicle manufacturer is looking to introduce restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services and take-out restaurant services.

…In April, Musk brought up the plans again in response to one user who shared a picture of a "savage line" outside of one of the company's supercharger stations in Santa Monica, California. Musk replied that a new Supercharger station was coming to Santa Monica soon, adding that he hopes to have a "50's diner & 100 best movie clips playing too." 

This is Tesla acknowledging how long it will take to charge its cars at a “supercharger” facility. Wait for the average chump to discover how long he must wait at a normal highway charging station, which will be at least 2x as slow as Tesla’s; first, an hour (?) in line to get to a charger, then a 30 minute charge time to fill his battery with enough power to take him another 60 miles down the road. Family road trips are going to be a thing of the past, but that’s intentional.

But as I keep saying, by the time the American public discovers this and wants to revolt it will be too late: the government will have dismantled the internal combustion engine industry.