Tesla people are like lemmings or cattle. If they perceive a stampede, they will join in. If they get the impression that Teslas are going out of style or will make them a laughing stock, they will plunge forward, away from the car.
A Tesla is hugely overpriced compared to a gas model and it would take a decade or more of driving to make up the cost difference in gas. Somewhere in that decade the battery will need replacement. Given that cars depreciate rapidly, what will that battery replacement cost in comparison to the residual value of the vehicle? In four years you won’t be able to give these cars away.
There’s more to a car purchase than just gas savings.
If you haven’t at least tried what you’re railing against, you’re missing the point.
The driving performance is excellent. Amazing acceleration, great traction control, instant response (no shifting delays), and the silence is deafening.
Safety is big. Among other things, crumple zones are huge (having almost nothing resembling an engine block).
Attention to detail costs money.
Bashing Teslas for not being the perfectly cheapest option is stupid.
My interest is in the acceleration. 0-60 in 2.28 sec, beating just about every street legal car in existence.
Only the $800,000 Porsche 918 Spyder can top it... until next year, when the $80,000 Dodge Demon arrives.