Want to support the toys of the rich, that you can't afford yourself? Then support electric cars!
The tax credits on them are the most socially unjust program ever invented: the poor - who often have to commute long miles to get into the Silicon Valley for work - supporting the rich…
Makes no sense to support luxury vehicles to “save the planet”. There’s a pretty good chance the owners are thinking of themselves as saviors of the commoners who are subsidizing them. Meanwhile those commoners who drive a beater car are the ones who are conserving resources by keep the old car going.
Teslas are not really standouts in their $100k+ class of vehicles, of which there are quite a few and all very impressive. Any comparison to cars costing only one-third as much is just laughable.