This is a point I've been trying to make that's gotten lost in the past few posts: Tesla is for higher-end buyers, there is no way it's going to penetrate the low-end market, which is where the "gas guzzlers" (I hate that term) are. A glance at the headline of this entire thread suggests that's what the argument's about (Hooray! Teslas are saving fuel by taking gas-guzzlers off the road! Rah, rah!), and Tesla loses it hands-down.
Fanbois is off on an irrelevant tangent about overall cost-effectiveness and how they sucked off the government teat less than GM, and I'm finished with that primrose path. I live in Realityville, where I own a hybrid SUV that I like a lot, but am going to have to unload before the battery warranty blows up in my face.
Jay Leno says he loves his electric but calls it a rich man’s toy. He said he drives it 30 miles to the studio and plugs it in for 12 hours and drives it home to plug it in again.
He called it an outlet to outlet racer.