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There are lots of Superchargers, and they are convenient. In the interest of full disclosure, I drive a Tesla Model S. As for battery life, I believe the battery is designed to retain no less than 80% capacity at the 100k mile mark, and is warrantied to 125k miles against failure.

That's not what I've read:

In October 2014, there were 119 standard Tesla Supercharger stations operating in the United States, 76 in Europe, and 26 in Asia. On 31 March 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the number of Supercharger stations would be doubled (from 613 stations with 3,628 chargers) by 2017.

Or what I've seen:

https://insideevs.com/watch-time-lapse-of-tesla-model-3-supercharging-from-0-100/

IN OTHER WORDS...

Not even close (yet) to an ICE vehicle, which can go 300-400 miles before needing refueling, where refueling takes between 2-5 minutes. I can refuel my vehicle in about 4 minutes and I'm good for another 350-380 miles on the highway (I drive an SUV, but not a big one).

BTW, you do realize that you are purchasing your 'fuel' UP-FRONT when you buy an EV vehicle, don't you? And that your 'fuel' will end up costing you more during the lifetime or just the first 10 years, than for a comparably-sized vehicle?

I can go in excess of 300 miles without refueling, and have had zero difficulty on road trips finding Superchargers. In addition, I have a J-1772 adapter which allows me to use non-Tesla chargers, of which there are thousands.

Regarding cost of fuel: you are assuming that my motivation for driving the Tesla is fuel cost, which is absolutely incorrect. This is a blazingly fast, quiet, well-built, and gorgeous luxury car, which is why I bought it. It is faster than the BMW M car which was its predecessor. The fact that the car has lifetime free charging at Superchargers is just icing on the cake.

I’m a longtime gearhead, and have owned close to 150 classic, sports, and high performance cars and motorcycles. I love the sound of an engine as much as anyone, but I have to say that anyone who says the Model S is a bad car is not being objective, or has never touched one.