The charger is built into the Tesla. What you need is a $600 cable and adapters--they also come with the car. You really just need a 220V/50A outlet. Tesla sells a high power adapter that uses a 100A circuit, but that is just an option, not a requirement.

The key issue is time to charge for infrequent long distance travel. Daily travel requires "no" waiting time. Pull in the garage, plug in. When you want to go, unplug and back out. No wasting even 5 minutes at a gas station--in the rain, snow, etc.

GM has billions invested in engine block casting and engine assembly plants. That's why they want an engine in the car somewhere, even if it's not really needed (e.g., the Volt). The Bolt will be problematic for them if it catches on..a lot of write-downs would be coming.

Again, typo in original posting. Model X is > 12 month wait. Model S is a few months depending upon configuration.

It's a $7500 tax credit. Same for all electrics, including the Leaf. It's only good for the first 200,000 cars sold (unless it gets renewed).

I second the original approach: check out Solarwinds (www.solarwinds.com). They have a lot of network and asset management tools, many of them free. They have an IP address-based discovery/spreadsheet free tool that does most of what the original poster is looking for.

The federal government has a better track record than Enron, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Chyrsler, et. al. When you drink your next glass of water, eat your next hamburger, munch on your potato chips, or mail your next bill payment remember how much you can't trust the government.

If you're going with a generic name, I always liked our naming scheme that referred to conditions sysadmins typically see. Our host names were riot, chaos, terror, turmoil, mayhem, ruckus, melee, ...

In a Life magazine article on AI from the early 70's Marvin Minsky said, "In from three to eight years we will have a machine with the general intelligence of an average human being. I mean a machine that will be able to read Shakespeare, grease a car, play office politics, tell a joke, have a fight. At that point the machine will begin to educate itself with fantastic speed. In a few months it will be at genius level and a few months after that its powers will be incalculable." He later said the quote was made up, but if you read the article it's consistent with his other predictions. AI and Brain scientists (probably like a lot of other scientists) are notorious for not being able to predict how long it will take to reach future goals.