Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (28) |
Author: albaby1 SILVER
SHREWD
  😊 😞

Number: of 84364 
Subject: Re: Well, well...
Date: 01/22/25 1:56 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 5
I'm not following you. All EVs need chargers.
Tesla's push is into Robotaxis, which presumably would still need chargers that would be publicly available as they won't always be able to return to home base.


Robotaxis won't have a driver in the car. So they won't be able to use an "ordinary" charger. They'll need to go to a charger that either has an attendant to plug it in, or a charger that is automated so that it can plug itself in. Or charge wireless. None of the chargers that the federal program will build are likely to have those features.

Plus, I expect that a robotaxi will be returning to a home base at least as frequently as its charging cycle, if not more often. They're not likely to be driving more than 250 miles per day - and even if they were, they probably won't be going an entire day without being cleaned/tidied up at an off-peak time, allowing a quick charge.

Going off his public statements, Musk envisions a world where EV's and chargers will look very different in five years than they do today. So he probably doesn't give much of a rip about whether many new chargers get built in the next couple of years.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to albaby1 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (28) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community