“$85K for a car that,with a stiff tailwind,might be able to go 200 miles on a charge and then must stop for hours for another charge? Gimme a break.For much less than half that I have a diesel that can go 700 miles (at 70mph) between “charges” and then can stop at any one of 30,000 “recharging” stations for a 5 minute “recharge”.Then I’m off for another 700 miles. “
On one level, I am with you. My driving needs mandate a range and refueling time that the Tesla doesn’t meet. That said, here in the Bay Area, Teslas are all over the place, because for the hoy paloy that buy them, they offer luxury transportation to and from the office. They are replacing the BMW’s and Merc’s here for a lot of execs. I live in an East Bay “bedroom community,”and I could drive downtown right now and see at least one or two of them on the streets, and that’s when the menfolk have already driven theirs to SF or the Silicon Valley to work. BTW, the fit and finish on the Tesla is as good as or better than any car you can buy today and they are all aluminum. When will you see the US automakers switch to aluminum to save weight? Probably never!