Going electric: As battery-powered vehicles catch on, policymakers, utilities grapple with roles
CHRIS HUBBUCH
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Mike Stahl, of Madison, second from right, looks over a Tesla Model 3 with Garlan Garner, a Tesla software engineer from Chicago, at an alternative transportation event in Downtown Madison last month.
STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL
The dashboard of a Tesla Model 3 equipped with self-driving software.
SUN PRAIRIE — Ask Lee Gasper-Galvin about her Tesla and you’d better set aside some time. You might even find yourself behind the wheel of the Model 3.
Lee Gasper-Galvin plugs her Tesla Model 3 into the charging station in her garage in Sun Prairie. She estimates it costs about 3 to 4 cents per mile, the equivalent of buying gas for about $1 per gallon for a car that gets 30 mpg.
Garlan Garner, a Tesla software engineer from Chicago, shows off his Tesla Model 3 charging cords at a transportation show in Downtown Madison last month. Garner said he drove 96 percent of the way using the vehicle's autopilot software. "It will go park itself," he said.
Mike Stahl, of Madison, second from right, looks over a Tesla Model 3 with Garlan Garner, a Tesla software engineer from Chicago, at an alternative transportation event in Downtown Madison last month.
Garlan Garner, a Tesla software engineer from Chicago, shows off his Tesla Model 3 charging cords at a transportation show in Downtown Madison last month. Garner said he drove 96 percent of the way using the vehicle's autopilot software. "It will go park itself," he said.
Lee Gasper-Galvin plugs her Tesla Model 3 into the charging station in her garage in Sun Prairie. She estimates it costs about 3 to 4 cents per mile, the equivalent of buying gas for about $1 per gallon for a car that gets 30 mpg.
