For true applies to applies comparison, you have to include all the energy requirements to produce electricity with all the energy requirements to produce oil, not just the efficiency of electricity and oil. That calculation has to include the creation of all the industrial components behind the energy source.
Most folks do not address this (very complex) issue at all.
I don’t want a Tesla to save the earth.
I want one because they haul their rear-ends in a manner that has to be experienced, rather than told about.
I also am tired of changing fluids, lubes, and the occasional replacement of a leaking gasket. It’s a waste of my time.
In a tesla, I think you have coolant (which doesn’t age as fast), brake fluid (actually not exactly sure on this one), and the differential/motor gear case.
And as noted for coolant, none of these age, because they aren’t near the searing temps of the raging gasoline fire contained in the cylinders of your car.
As for grid capacity... I don’t mine running a generator off nat gas to charge my chariot :)
I don’t own one yet. But I want one. But it requires a lot of debt or wiping out non-retirement savings. It’s on the 5 year plan, if we don’t communist over this screwed up election.
In the mean time, I still love my V8. But there is always that thought of that time in the Model S.... no shifts, no noise, no tire slip, just an insane amount of acceleration.