If the range is anything close to the Model S the charging time shouldn't really be an issue in its current state for daily driving.

Lets say it's not as good and only does 350 (instead of 420~). That would last me over a week on a daily drive basis. And spending 10 seconds to charge it when I get home isn't really wasting my time.

I truly believe in its current state it is totally viable.

I'm sure battery swap setups for an "instant charge" will become more popular as adoption spreads.

Tesla is owned by Toyota(27% share) and also a partner with Panasonic.
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This will make it kind of joint venture since Toyota is heavily involved with electric/EV market.

If automotive giant like Toyota started using Panasonic batteries(or they are already), that would make it a joint venture.

I don't think you will ever see 10-15minute charging time through a socket in our life time, that will be like 340kwatt power line going into your Tesla S P85. I am sure battery swap will be more feasible.

Battery will go lighter and lighter that's for sure, and software upgrade will make it more efficient

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How much would that add to the hydro bill say charging it 4x a month.
Also how much does it cost to charge at a charging station.

for now charging stations are free (don't know about the Tesla ones).

You can use this calculator to get a rough idea on the cost
Electric Vehicle Cost Calculator.

A 2014 Tesla model S

Driven 25 000 km would cost 695 dollars according to the above calculator.

Bchydro site says in most cases it should be under 2 dollars a charge

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if you own a tesla, charging at the tesla stations are for free.

but because since all charging stations are for free, i am making a guess that the tesla superchargers have some sort of adapter that only a tesla car could use.

at the tesla factory, there was always a line up of 3 or 4 cars waiting to use their superchargers there. there were 4 or 6 if i recall correctly.

We took delivery 2 months ago for a P85, sold it within a week and ordered 2 more P85D expecting them in June.

Charging isnt much of a big deal, you will never drive the Tesla till the battery is dry. For daily use, you'd be looking at at least 50-60%, it takes about 10hrs to fully charge a Model S when completely empty, so charging it from 50% is only gonna take about 5 hrs or so.

In HK, a P85D with options is just under 1m HKD. at this price range, you'd be looking at a middle of the line E Class or 5 Series. Yet I'm getting a 691HP monster without ever needing to fill up.

The only maintenance on this car are just tires, brakes and windshield wipers.

this is the only ev car that i know of that uses battery swap tech:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Fluence_Z.E.

are there any others out there?