Well its a nice looking car....heck its a luxury car.
I don’t have a problem buying one...but I do have a problem with the government getting my money involved.
I am very curious about her ‘long term road test’ of this car - especially dealing with range and driver comfort (heat). Heck I’m also curious to know what air conditioning does to the range.
My biggest curiosity is the battery (and I understand this being a luxury ‘toy’, some might not care. Interpolating from their pricing options, depending on the battery, it is worth approximately 40-50% of the car’s value, and warranteed for 8 years/125k miles. I remember growing up in the 1970’s, and if a car got to 100k miles, it was time to think about a new one. But now its difficult to find a used one with less than 100k. Cars just plain go alot further, without major engine problems. I’ve got a few with over a quarter million miles in the driveway right now. Anyway, I assume that the battery will pretty much be toast long before this car gets near 200k miles...with a big price tag to replace. I just wonder how that will work out for people who actually drive to work and put miles on a car like this.
Just to be fair, hybrid battery packs seem to have no problem getting to 200,000 miles. Like gas engines, some will fail before then, but there are ones around with over 10 years and 300,000 miles.
Toyota, for example, warranties their batteries 100% for at least 100,000 miles.
Electric-only vehicle battery packs should probably perform similarly.