Technically bought it. I signed the check and purchased it through my company for an majority owner about 6 (?) years ago. Cost in the $120,000's ish?. Drove it a couple times when he needed my pickup truck. Mind blowing power! I mean snap your head back. First weekend I drove it had to park it on Sunday so he had enough juice to get home to charge. At the time the closest charging station was about 50 miles away but he had one installed at home and at our shop. Which is good because a week after buying it his home lost electricity for a week. When i bought it you got life time free charging at stations which I believe they no longer give. Also, the driver has been stuck places for different periods of time because the car was upgrading without notice. Forget the government, Tesla can shut them all down anytime! Also, it is heavy (due to battery) and EATS tires. Approved the purchase because my co-owner has limited ability to "see the world as he once did" due to health and is fascinated with Tesla. In other words I care more about him then what makes fiscal sense. Also, he technically could have demanded it as majority owner status. Out where I live the grid can not support many electric cars period! Without wealth to make the electricity available in multiple locations it does not work.

Now I am majority owner and had the company get me a new F150. Tag around $50,000. I can buy a fuel tank for the farm if I am worried about shortages and buy bulk. With all the chips in that thing government can still shut me down! lol

Just my 2 cents from actually dealing with one.

Interesting. Electric cars will eventually make sense for some applications, but not all.

To me there are toys. If you had money to burn, have at it. Id love to drive one but, financially and practically they just dont work.

Thank you TT. Great testimony!

How will they hold up in the salty roads of the Rust Belt? That's my question. Road salt, batteries next to the ground, electric motor exposed underneath. What could go wrong. Will there be hazmat teams stationed on every corner for every accident which comprises the battery pack?
How will they address the electrical fires caused by collisions? From what I have read, they must be completely submerged in water to extinguish.
I say we increase CO2 emissions rather than reduce them. This will serve to stave off the neat Ice Age. You want to talk about a planet killer, talk about an Ice Age.

I will die before I comply

The electric bicycles are looking pretty good. At least you can pedal after the battery goes dead.
How long before electric bicycles will be required to be licensed? My rowboat with an electric trolling motor has to be licensed.

Maybe for taxi's.....other than that I can't see any other application that makes sense

O they are wonderful just ask the 6 year old kid mining Lithium with his hands in Congo.

Imagine when the rest of the nations on Earth will jump on board . Russia, China, India. Opps I forgot the Middle Eastern countries. If this wasn’t so sad it would be a joke!

Me. My Tesla was $55,000 with the added all wheel drive and self driving added about $6,500.00. I believe the base price without those options was around $35,000 in 2019. It weighs about 3900 lbs., so pretty similar to a Chevrolet Impala. At that weight I have not experienced the premature tire wear. The Model Y is up to 4400 lbs., similar to a Toyota Highlander. Mine just lets me know that an update is available and let’s me do it when I want, so I’m guessing they fixed that. I have no doubt they can shut my car down but that would be tough way to sell cars, and I guess I’ve never worried about it. Chevrolet just announced their equinox EV’s are going to be priced at around $30,000.00 in fall of 2023. I priced a new gas equinox today at $29,000.00. I don’t see spending a bunch more for an EV. For me anyway, they have to save money. I like the power, but I don’t want to spend more to drive one. Salty roads? I have no idea how or if they are affected. And I have not done any long road trips in really cold weather, so I can’t speak for battery performance in really cold temps. I’m one of two collision repair shops in Montana that can fix them and I’ve fixed a bunch. I haven’t yet seen a battery affected yet. I’ve been repairing them for about 3 years and it seems there's always at least one in the shop. With the computerization and sensor calibrations, they are very challenging to fix. It’s all new technology for us too.

No doubt that the torque is present, but you won't be driving that same vechile in 20 years, I presume. I'm not against evs per say, but I don't feel they are conducive for everyday folks.

Widespread adaptation will required upgrades to the grid. I don’t think there is any question. Of coarse, the people pushing the requirements to convert will be railing against nuke plants, as well as coal, gas, etc. It will be interesting to see where they get their power from. For Florida, I like the idea of solar panels to help. I just don’t think I’ll be here long enough to get a payback from the upfront initial investment. They tell me for about $35,000, I can end up with a zero dollar power bill. But that does not include charging a car. You have to be in a house a long time to get that back. The biggest problem I see is battery degeneration. Is your range going to degenerate from 300 to 100 miles between charges as the battery degrades? I tend to drive things until they fall apart on me. I wouldn’t plan that with a battery. I don’t think you go full power, then suddenly die. I’m guessing the distance between charges gradually reduces.

^^^^^ this, will all the greenies in the US are sipping their latte.

If I had to use an electric truck I would not be able to work and shut my company down. It would be ironic as well to drive the 500 miles to work in one of those toys to fix boats that burn over 40 gallons an hour just for fun.
So before I buy one of those, I would buy a donkey and call it Brandon.

Guys, the greenies and dems are simply trying to control the conversation. They, along with their cohort media, control the narrative. Every chance you get try to educate people. The power production conundrum is enough to make any thinking person realize something is amiss.

Just keep talking to the lemmings.

And to anyone who bought an ev, that was your choice. I have nothing good or bad to say about it as it was your money to do with as you wish.

I would ask for any and all real time information. How long to charge? How much did you power bill go up? Actual range? Tire wear? Maintenance schedule? Just information so we can be better informed.

The problem is that the lemmings don't think. You may as well try to explain the physics or billiard to a ground hog

I know I wouldn’t want to be stuck in bad winter weather here with one. Wonder how the heat works when you are buried in a drift or stranded due to a blizzard. I’m sure the govt will get you out of that jamb…Idjits….

Just visited Germany and saw Tesla taxi cabs. Don’t know the economic other than cabs are a business and must turn a profit. Might be economist incentives, high fuel cost, and shorter trips that make it possible.