I too know someone who has a Tesla. He doesn’t use it as a daily driver but he has had almost no problems with it. I was a skeptic until I actually rode in it. These are incredibly hi tech vehicles and will only get better with time. But for people to think that they will get rid of gasoline powered vehicles, it just aint gonna happen for a long time.
Yep. Teslas are very impressive, but, seriously, what cars in their delivered price range aren’t pretty cool?
The readout on my daily driver frequently frequently reads something like 3 hours elapsed time at 22 mph, 18 mpg. I could get by with a Nissan Leaf for a majority of my driving. But cold winter weather and necessary longer trips on short notice means I would need another vehicle anyway. An extra $40k buys a lot of gasoline!
Gasoline engines aren’t in danger of going away, there’s plenty of situations where they have a big advantage.
But Tesla level electrics will be cars that people want to drive, for the reasons that you noticed with your friend’s car. That’s already happening in my part of SoCal.. they are getting to be about as common as the Mercedes.