Or all the road work that happens in summer. 

And one gets tired of the rah rah at all costs crowd. His fans tend to be his worst enemy. 

Then sell it the day before the warranty expires.

Made me laugh. I buy new and keep forever too and have never worried about depreciation. I care about reliability. 

Hybrids are the bridge technology!!

Hard to tell if this is sarcasm or not. You are covered on the interstates but there are huge holes elsewhere. I bet planning a week long trip through the national parks in UT, Wyoming and Montana would be quite onerous.

Babylon 5 is getting out there in Sci Fi world. I like it. 

My 2004 SUV goes farther than both and can be had for a few grand.  

Next time I drive through Santa Barbara, we can meet and I will show you pictures of my 8 bar 2013 Leaf.

I live in SF and still lost 4 bars in 4 years.

Except for the garbage battery with the diminishing bars feature. My 2013 is at 8 bars and 78k miles.

How often do the infotainment screens die? Mirrors also get knocked off. I bet incident rates are comparable. 

You mean like mirrors are today?

Because the government has a long history of wise spending.

Ford, about 100 years before Musk.

Except, most cars can be negotiated on price. Not Tesla though.

Planes can land themselves. Look it up.

Maybe the Google one

Autopilot can literally land a plane though. That is the most dangerous thing a plane does.

Do we know the operator was on a phone and not the Uber system they install on the cars?