cazalea
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Excellent discussion
The Tesloop has zero fuel cost as they charge at the Supercharger network stations.
Their LA - Palm Springs car is going 15,000 miles a month and they retired the eldest at 330,000 miles, claiming no breakdowns.
My friend’s daughter who’s a tech mgr at Amazon said two passengers with her did go into networking mode, so the driver handed her a set of Bose headphones so she could ignore them.
To me, it only makes sense to the airport as it’s much cheaper than an LA-SD flight. It’s more than the train $60 r/t but that goes to Union Station then you have to get across town to the airport by Uber or bus.
Flights out of LA can be considerably cheaper and go more places than SD.
There are already vans but they go to Mexico rather than SD airport. They are cheaper, but then they are 15-passenger Fords with 1000 lbs of luggage strapped on top.
There’s also a hippie van network that runs between beach youth hostels and the airports ... but you need tattoos, piercings and dreadlocks to ride that one.
I think the Tesla has cachet. I might try it to the Auto Show, maybe they go to downtown LA too.
Tesloop - a new sort of mass transport
Good idea...what’s my insurance coverage if something happens?
Good question, this car is technically in "No Man's Land"
Interesting concept. The vehicle can gross 17k but what are they actually achieving.
I'd be happy if I could get a 65% utilization ratio.
Long Distance Bus in SoCal is not for the timid
They have a 55 lb (25 kg) limit per person
I analyze business cases like this all the time... It's still too much like public transportation...
Excellent discussion
Main problem is ...
You need URB-E instead
And the charging still being free of cost ...
