Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
So.. For you and others the EV isn't a 1 size fits all solution. for ICE

I'd consider one if. They were much more affordable . They were more utilitarian and most of all, ADA friendly.

IMO The Tesla is more a status symbol for people to thumb their nose at the peon's, who stick to outdated technology. Sitting around a fire to heat their homes.
Keep in mind that the Tesla Model S was never built as a utilitarian vehicle. Too many EVs were built to that spec before Tesla came along and it fueled the fire of "look at that crappy little thing, can it even get out of it's own way?"

Nobody took them serious. 0-60 if you were lucky. Range of 55 miles on a good day if your driving was downhill. Small little tin cans. This is how EVs were type-cast for decades.

Tesla set out to build something that wasn't just "impressive for an EV" but something that was simple "impressive" w/o any qualifiers. They did that. They proved to the masses that this technology could indeed meet the needs of today's car buyers and not just today's environmentalists.

You can buy exactly what you're looking for for under $10k used from other manufacturers. If you don't need/want what the $150k (when new... ours used were less than 1/3 of that) car offers then of course you just see it as status symbol and can't understand why anyone would want to own one.

Tesla came out with the Model 3 that will meet the short list of what you're looking for in car. The plan is to produce a base model that is $35k before any tax credits or anything like that. Used copies will be $20k or less by 2022.