Posted on 10/14/2023 3:35:27 AM PDT by cba123
Tesla’s base Model 3 and Model Y now have both cheaper starting prices than the average new car in the US.
This could open the eyes of more buyers who didn’t consider going electric before.
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(Excerpt) Read more at electrek.co ...
But so far so good 😎
By the time they’re cheap enough to buy, the tech will be outdated... Besides... Nothing beats the internal combustion engine for longevity. Model T’s are still on the road... That can’t be said for the first electric vehicle ever made.
No thanks. Using up all the electricity means house not cool in summer and cool in winter. Too expensive to replace batteries and who wants to buy a used EV?
In addition too many cases of Fire.
You couldn’t give me one of these things.
You can heat your home with a burning Tesla.
I think this defines “cheap enough to buy” actually.
But I’m still waiting, for them to get even cheaper…
🙂
Electric engines have very long lives and require minuscule maintenance. It is the batteries that are the problem.
Done one purpose to get people to buy these worthless coal powered cars.
You can heat your home with a burning Tesla.
LOL
That reminds me of something I learned from one of my students in my first year of teaching. Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for a life time.
Sounds something akin to hydrogen dirigibles. The Hindenburg only had one real major flaw.
>> The Hindenburg only had one real major flaw.
“Other than that one small issue, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” :-)
So just the batteries. Like ... the things that make the car GO?
A little like, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”
Tricycles are even cheaper.
Because of ridiculous mandates on ICE vehicles
I guess that’s why you never see anybody driving a Tesla in Zombie movies...
Just saw an interesting, and related post:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/toyota-inks-deal-to-mass-produce-solid-state-ev-batteries-with-932-mile
Toyota Inks Deal to Mass Produce Solid State EV Batteries With 932-Mile Range
(By 2028)
Never heard that one. Very funny.
What good will that do if you still can’t plug it in at home...
Right... after the one 932 mile trip, replace the battery.
True that. Along with the Dims jacking up gas prices. If we use year 2019 gas and electricity prices in Alabama as a model, an EV would be practical if you drive at least 15K or more miles per year. I chose Alabama prices because that's what I'm familiar with. I chose year 2019 because that's the last realistic year IMHO to use as a standard (3 years of Trump lowering energy prices, but before covid dropped demand for gas).
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