There are three significant problems with these battery-powered cars. First, the regular citizen making $40k a year...isn’t about to put out $50k for this type of car. It’s for a computer geek who is making $70k-plus. Second, in California....you tend to drive 50-plus miles a day, so you need a place to recharge. I don’t many companies or bosses offering free electricity, so you need a meter, and you need to buy your power. Third, and final...forget about cross country trips or even 800-mile trips. So you have to have a second car for real travel.
I went into one of those Tesla showrooms about a year ago. Nice looking cars but the electric motor was about the size of a large sewing machine. They showed pictures of the thing driving up the Rockies to a ski lodge , but for the life of me I couldn’t imagine how they’d be good in the snow. Maybe as a car for around town , but with the $100K sticker price (according to the salesman), I couldn’t imagine anyone but an evil, greedy , Wall St CEO ever buying one.