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Sure, you can go 300 miles, and then, you have to recharge, and recharging, as shown in the video, is not as short as in and out in a matter of minutes. A Honda Civic can go some 440 miles before needing to refuel, and it only takes 5 minutes or less. The cost of fuel is not what I was pointing out. What I was simply pointing out is that, you are being sold the 'fuel' for your vehicle, up front. Most EV buyers think about their 'fuel' as being just the electricity it takes for a recharge. But, the majority of the cost of the 'fuel' was bought up-front when the vehicle was purchased new. IOW, the battery is the 'fuel', and that is the most expensive part of an EV, where batteries can cost, initially, between $5,000 to $20,000 or more, depending upon the vehicle purchased. EV makes will never point that out, and that is lying by omission about the true cost of 'refueling'.

Regarding the 'blazingly fast' driving, the question is, WHY?, why would a person buy a vehicle which can be blazingly fast in city driving, or even on highways where most of the speed limits are 65 MPH? When people look to save on EVs, they're not thinking about driving blazinly fast. EVs are supposed to be for the regular consumer, and the driving enthusiasts are not the bigger target market.

I never said that a Tesla is a bad car. What I do point out is that, it's not a practical car; not for economic reasons, and not for longer distance driving, and not economical when it comes to 'fuel', and 'fuel' costs is what the EVs tout as their advantages.

It’s almost as if you didn’t read anything I wrote. You are fixated on cost per unit of fuel, for some reason. May I point out, since you want to gripe about the cost of the car’s battery, that an internal combustion engine is not an inexpensive component, and one can draw a direct comparison between the cost of the engine and the cost of the battery?

Regarding high performance cars: if you don’t want to drive a fast car, don’t. Buy a Toyota Corolla or whatever slow car tickles your fancy. As for your statement that “EVs are supposed to be for the regular consumer,” where did you get that? Who told you that a Model S is a mass market economy car?

The Tesla is indeed a practical car for me. It may not be for you. Perhaps you tow a trailer full of horses to the barn every day, or perhaps you drive a gravel truck—I really don’t know what you require. For me, and many consumers, EVs tick the boxes nicely.