Why? I own a S60 that has nearly identical load capacity and luxury as a model 3. The Model 3 brand new cost less than what I paid for my S60 new. My S60 gets 30mpg and at $1.60 a gallon just in fuel costs 5.3 cents per mile, this doesn’t include oil changes or other maintenance that is required for an internal combustion engine. I get all the power I ever need from my rooftop solar panels a 15 kw system that generates in a good sunny day over 120 kWhs worth of electricity. I pay 3 cents per kwh consumed over a 20 year power consession. When I purchase the model 3 I want my cost per mile in energy will be 3 cents divided by 4 miles so 0.75 CENTS per mile or SIX times cheaper than gasoline at $1.60 a gallon. This is from a car that is already CHEAPER to purchase new than the vehicle I already own. Even paying the current retail electric race in Texas of 7 cents per kwh 7/4= 1.75 cents per mile still cheaper than gasoline. For gasoline to equal the same cost per mile as retail 7 cents per kwh at 30 mpg gasoline would need to cost 53 CENTS per gallon not going to ever happen. Electric cars are already CHEAPER per mile every mile they drive that’s just physics second law vs third law. In my case at 3 cents per kwh gasoline would need to be 23 cents per gallon to have the same energy cost per mile. Remember the model 3 is cheaper brand new than the car I bought new two years ago with identical seating capacity, load carry capacity and is actually faster significantly so from 0 to 100 mph than the S60. Plus never having to change oil, filters, spark plugs which in a Volvo is a $900 job at the dealership. The Model 3 has a 8 year unlimited mileage warranty and Tesla has designed the packs to go 500,000 miles with commercial Teslas already hitting 500k miles on their original packs. They plan on one million mile packs for the gen two model 3/s/y lines. NO retail ICE vehicle will go one million miles on its original engine and transmission without significant rebuilds. Tasks will warranty the drive train for one million miles in commercial service for the motors and packs. The Model 3 motor is the same as the commercial trucking axle motor that they already are designed for a million miles for the class 8 tesla truck.
In order to have a range of ~300 miles on a charge, you have to buy the long range Model 3 for almost $50K. One can buy an ICE car for $25K and have plenty left over for fuel and maintenance.
Because as the headline states, we don't have the available power, we do have the gas.
How's it do, melting the ice off the windshield, and with the heater running constantly?