The one downside to EVs is their efficiency. The slightest thing will reduce their range: weather, wind, elevation increase.  Not usually a big problem, until you try something like towing a large trailer.

I just took my EV on a 1700 mile trip between Texas and Colorado and the **entire** trip cost me $100 in electricity.

People haven’t gone mad, capitalism has. Society has slowly cut into the middle class while simultaneously keeping them under-educated so they can work them to death with little pay and vacation time, and at the same time convince them that they can afford a $40k car because they don’t know better.

Late to reply but here you go. I drove from Austin to the TX Panhandle and charged twice, about 10 minutes each. Not quite the 3 minutes you are gunning for, but I didn’t care. I took a health break, got a drink and my car was ready to go.

I can’t believe non-rechargeable batteries are even legal.  Instead of these, buy Amazon Basics rechargeable batteries - way more environmental.

I can’t believe non-rechargeable batteries are even legal.  Instead of these, buy Amazon Basics rechargeable…

I get 126 MPG and go 0-60 in 4.9 seconds in a sedan. Who’s holy grail is this, honestly? It’s prehistoric tech.

Try Terry Black’s as well.  Easy to get (no hours-long line) and delicious!

Austin here - my last car was a manual Civic Si sedan and I hated rowing that thing in the traffic here. Got an automatic now (well, a no-transmission Model 3) and driving is fun again.

As a Model 3 owner, they are *definitely* doing something right.  The car is astonishing.  I WANT to drive.  In Austin!

TesLoop has some Model X with 300k+ miles and the original battery. Still going at above 90% of original range.

All correct. And Tesla's, with their state of the art battery management, will last even longer. 

The cars can drive with zero software updates. Heck, the UI can reboot and the car just keeps going. It’s a car, after all.

You don't dispose of batteries, you recycle them. And BEVs will last from 500k - 1m miles. It's a whole new world. 

You might be shocked that the total cost of ownership of a Model 3 is way cheaper than a similarly priced competitor like the 3 Series. It’s closer to an Accord. Sticker price isn’t the number you need to look at, it’s total cost of ownership.

Had my Model 3 since last August and absolutely love it.  Zero issues, fun to drive, autonomous if desired.  The negativity/spin on Tesla from oil-heads is seriously strong - they just need to drive one before they log in to comment on here.

Two sides of the same coin, so yes. :-)

Count them today then, first deliveries happened!

First deliveries today! :-)

First ones delivered today!  :-)

The SR has always been available to order alongside the SR+. They’re just not being delivered yet.