[Olog-hai]

Well, you have to get the thinking bit down first. As for me, if I ever plonk down ±$100K on an automobile, I’ll trust the internal-combustion motor long before the seven thousand lithium-ion AA batteries, especially in terms of pure engine reliability, never mind places to refuel (the claimed 45-minute recharge time for the Model S will turn out to be far longer, never mind 45 minutes being interminably long to wait). And I will probably be able to get it to out-accelerate the liberal-media-claimed numbers for the Tesla as well, never mind the existing fact that even the governed top speeds of the internal-combustion cars is already 20 mph higher than that of the Model S Signature Performance model.

[dragnet2]

That's all fine, but the fact is, the 550 Mercedes can't touch the S from 0-60.

Some of you guys better face it, the battery technology is ever expanding, becoming more efficient, smaller, lighter, without filling the tank at 80 bucks a crack every few days, not to mention not having thousands of moving parts, all of which wear out.

If I could afford one, I'd buy it, just to blow off the Vets, Mercedes/BMWs from light to light, just for kicks. This thing is like driving a full scale slot car. Lightening fast and very quiet.