The reported range of these vehicles is suspect at best.
What is the real range for a car that has a four year old Lithium Battery system on a day that is 20 deg with the radio, heater, wipers, computer systems & on board electronics working full tilt?
I would imagine the 250 mile range is likely for a leisurely drive on the highway on a 70 deg day with neither the air conditioning or heater operating.
There are serious technological issues that will need to be addressed as well as serious infrastructure upgrades to our third World infrastructure in order for these vehicles to even be moderately successful.
BTW: With all the real car companies getting into electrics, it’s time to dump your Tesla stock before it falls to $30 a share.
When GM, Toyota, Ford & VW decide to take over the market Tesla will no longer be a niche company with cache. It will be a heavy debt laden company with no distribution, unable to manufacture & deliver the cars that are ordered in a timely fashion. If they survive it will likely be as a subsidiary of a much more healthy car company.
“What is the real range for a car that has a four year old Lithium Battery system on a day that is 20 deg with the radio, heater, wipers, computer systems & on board electronics working full tilt?”
Especially the HEATER. For normal cars, the heat is a byproduct of propulsion, so it’s free. On electric cars that same heat is left of the power plants (or solar panels, or dissipated in the air). Only thing left is to dump battery energy to get heat, very costly.