Drive it really hard, and you will probably spend some time as the guest of whatever county you are in, in whatever state you are in.When prices come down, ranges increase, and charging is as easy and fast as filling up a tank, then I will certainly consider buying an electric. I love the quietness of the car and lack of pollution, but I'm not going to pay five or ten thousand dollars more for a car that I have to drive 5 miles to a charging station and wait 4 hours for a charge. Till then, I'll stick with my hybrid.Right now, many have all kinds of "Reasons" not to own a second car that is electric.
No, the Electric would be hard pressed to drive cross country. This is why you have a second car that is used for that.
Yes, the pure electric car costs more due to the expensive batteries. But Telsa and Sony are teaming up on a factory to manufacture those batteries at a much lower cost rate than today. Most batteries are imported from China or India and both keep the prices artificially inflated.
Yes, Lithium Batteries are a bit dirty to make. This is why Tesla is seriously looking at some western states that have millions of unused desolate desert areas that can be used. Arizona, Utah and NM are receptive. This truly creates jobs. And it enables us to have lower priced lithium products.
The fact remains that the Big 3 are still pushing gas over electric or diesel hard. The General public is stupid.
The range for the Teslas is about 250 miles. A Charging station takes about 30 minutes. Thank you for showing me that "Excu........." er Reasons abound The reason the electrics from the main auto makers is so low (about 40 to 50 miles of real driving) is that they are cutting costs of batteries. Tesla doesn't cut corners. By cutting the cost of their batteries they can drop the price and sell their superior batteries at a reduced cost to other manufacturers. And break the stranglehold that China has.
But reasons are quickly becoming excuses.
The claimed range for the S is 285 miles. Actual achieved range by Motor Trend was 225 miles. That was with easy driving. Speed it up and you lose half the range in hurry. Drive it really fast and you have a range of 90 to 100 miles. The rapid charge from the charging station does not give you a full charge either. The Rapid charge is a half charge, the full charge still takes hours.
Rapid charging at a Tesla EV Supercharge station
Then why have the ability to do so? I speed everywhere. Even when I'm driving the Outback I speed. It drives well, is fun and we have good roads to do it. I do have a Valentine radar and laser detector though. Every quick driver I know does!