Imho, the only scenario which makes even a particle of sense is if you live in a very sunny place, have lots of solar panels on your house, charge the car at home and never drive very far.
Even then, there’s all the other downsides, tire wear and you know all the rest.
“Imho, the only scenario which makes even a particle of sense is if you live in a very sunny place, have lots of solar panels on your house, charge the car at home and never drive very far.
Even then, there’s all the other downsides, tire wear and you know all the rest.”
You just described my set up, 220 days full sun per year over a 30 year rolling average here. Large solar system that can fully charge my.Model 3 from zero to full in 6 hours less than one of those 220 worth of Sun.
As for never drive far my Model 3 routinely goes to Ft Worth a round trip of 120 miles that’s three times the average daily drive of an American. I have taken a Model S as far as Mobil Alabama from far North Texas souring distance to Oklahoma. My Model 3 has been to Midland, Houston, New Orleans, Austin, San Antonio, Biloxi, Fredericksburg, Corpus and South Padre. Never had a hint if range issue it has 340 on a charge and no where in Texas on a major state hwy or interstate are you more than 100 miles usually less than 50 from a supercharger. It takes 15min to put in 3 hours worth of seat time the limit of my bladder most days.
As for tires I also have a S60 T5 AWD that’s 300 lbs heavier than the model 3 in curb weight. The both are on identical P4 Pirelli tires 18” low pros of identical size and load range. The S60 being heavier and no regen braking eats front tires faster than the model 3. The most important point is dotgov can never shut down the Sun and my panels and inverters have island mode so I can at the flip of a breaker go grid free that’s priceless to me as no one has a oil well and a refinery in the back 40. Fedzilla can will and has shut down gas stations and they will at some point in the 2030s for sure limit gasoline to selected groups and plebs won’t be in the club. Range is only getting better today it’s 340-420 with 700+ coming from Toyota and Nissan solid state cells all chargeable from home off panels that no one can shut off.