Darnit. I don’t want to buy a Tesla because I don’t support the global warming lie. But Musk might force me to buy one just to support the liberal tears a flowing.
Depending upon where you live, it may make good economic sense for a few reasons.
1) Practically maintenance free. Battery life (statistically) should be around 1 million miles, same for the motors. Warranty is not this high, depends upon make/model and year.
2) Batteries can be recycled, companies such as Redwood Materials, American Battery Metals Corp, LiCycle and others are ramping up today, to perform exactly this function
3) The car should peform MORE functions as software improves, than it does today.
4) Range is still an issue, compared to ICE. However, some studies are showing that driver fatigue is being reduced on long distance driving, with the EV’s proving to be safer on highway. ICE cars average 1 accident every ~1.7 Million miles compared to EV’s with an accident at ~4.3 Million mile rate.
5) Convenience and economics Car pre-heats before you leave, driving assistance, and with mileage and maintenance costs, the US Gov’t estimates these are on par with a ~140 mpg car. Costs to drive 1,000 miles are a reasonable basis to do costa analysis.
6) Tires will wear out faster on the EV, due to it’s weight; and probably also due to the performance. 0-60mph in the 2-4 second range has to rough on treadwear.
If his companies are public, you could always purchase some stock in Tesla or SpaceX.
> buy one just to support the liberal tears a flowing.
Musk is a marketing genius. heheh.
We do not have a good connection out here in the sticks it might be worth it.