The average American household owns 2 cars. For an average couple who each has a car, an EV could easily replace one of them, leaving the other for road trips or long distance boat towing.   

The weight of your aging compact car simply isn’t relevant.... An Audi A7 and BMW M5 both also weigh in the 4500 lb range. The Porsche and Model 3 just don’t weigh that much more than their current competition. My AWD 328i wagon weighs 3850 lbs which is similar to other cars in its class. The current AWD Mazda 3…

Buy a gas car if you have no where to charge.  Reread my posts. All I’m saying is that they will work for a significant number of people’s commuters today. Not a 100% solution with today’s tech. Seems like there is never any nuance in comments on EV articles. Everyone either loves them or thinks if they don’t work…

I was wrong, it was 63%. And yes the Northeast is far below the national average.   And my only argument is that today’s EV’s would work for significant chunk of commuter vehicles,  not that they will work for everyone   

The weight issues are exaggerated.   A Taycan weighs less than 300 lbs more than a Panamera.    A base model 3 weighs almost the exact same as a base BMW 3 series.    Go for the long range AWD and it weighs about 150 lbs more than an AWD 340i.   Battery efficiency is getting 7-8% better each year so I’m optimistic…

Your making somewhat exaggerated assumptions.

My wife drives 25,000 miles per year, but almost exclusively in 100 mile chunks going to work and back with a 50 mile commute each way. We own a garage that could easily charge and EV at night so she would have zero sacrifice. Many people wouldn’t need access to a charger at work, they would just charge overnight, …

The same year 911 had 172 hp and look at the values of those. 

I was under the impression that multiple bed sizes would be offered 

Big difference between hating a people and hating a government/regime.   Not enough people get the nuance.  

Yep, here in Indianapolis at least twice a week I encounter a couple of charger/challengers zigging through traffic at high speeds racing each other like idiots. Can’t imaging spending $90k to buy into that image. I suppose I can appreciate that some people don’t care and just want to experience the cat.

Understanding nuance and seeing shades of gray.   How dare she.  

It is a $2500 car.   You are expecting perfect paint?

Indeed. You can now get your F150 with a 400 hp twin turbo V6 or a 500+ hp electric drivetrain and people are asking about the sport variant.

A Ford V8 truck engine is around 500-600 lbs depending on capacity.  Full tank of gas is 150 or so.  Transmission is easily another couple of hundred so you might get close to 1k by the time you add the other things that EV’s don’t have.  Oil, transfer cases exhaust, etc...

A Ford truck V8 and transmission weighs around 700-800 lbs. A full tank of gas is 250 lbs. Add an AWD system, etc... and you might be within 500-600 lbs of the electric drivetrain. Maybe less. A base Taycan weighs like 300 lbs more than a base Panamera. That 300 lb difference is pretty consistent thru the model…

Yeah it isn’t nearly as bad as people think. A Ford truck V8 weighs around 700-800 lbs. A full tank of gas is 250 lbs. Add an AWD system, etc... and you might be within 500-600 lbs of the electric drivetrain.   A base Taycan weighs like 300 lbs more than a base Panamera.   

Ok. Missed on that one...although for 2021 Tesla is abandoning lead acid...

Remember when making fuel cost comparisons that almost every 2.0 gas turbo these days require premium fuel.

No oil