[Huskrrrr]

Coming back from FL I saw a Tesla drive past me, and I was doing about 75mph...really nice looking car!”

I see 4 or 5 Teslas everyday here in the Silicon Valley. I encountered a new Tesla the other day. We both accelerated after a red light turned green, with me trying to pass the Tesla in my BMW. I won....barely.

[Dagnabitt]

I was at a shopping mall in Aalesund Norway this Christmas. Tesla had a mobile sales office there with about a half dozen vehicles, peddling test drives. As an EV Teslas are exempt from Norway's punitive taxes on performance cars, so in a government-mandated way, they sort of make sense there.

(Of course the speed limit is 80kph in most of Norway, so no performance vehicle really makes sense there)

[Greysard]

I see 4 or 5 Teslas everyday here in the Silicon Valley. I encountered a new Tesla the other day. We both accelerated after a red light turned green, with me trying to pass the Tesla in my BMW. I won....barely.

Electric powertrain has advantages in performance, this is not even a debatable point. The problems begin when you need to charge the vehicle - it takes too much time. EVs are OK, physics-wise, only for a very regular commute, with no surprises. Then the car charges at home. Still, high cost does not make them financially attractive. Perhaps this Bolt thing will go under $30K in MSRP. This, along with the tax credit and the right to use diamond lanes, may make it practical for the first time. But it's vaporware so far, and the price estimates may be wrong.

[max americana]

Why do you have the need to beat a toaster on 4 wheels? I usually see some idiots try to “beat” me after a red light when I drive my Viper but I don’t bite as I know in reality I can smoke em’.