Consider me intrigued, Mr. Musk
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This thread is full of people who distrust literally everything on earth except big oil. Relax tough guys, buying an EV won't make you gay. But it will blow the doors off any gas car that pulls up next to you.
Forget the environment. Gas cars are just inferior products, end of story.
I'm not sure what you mean by "inferior." Relative to what? Build quality? Satisfaction of purpose? Environmental robustness and reliability? If they were so superior, why would they need government subsidies to force the rest of us to underwrite their cost?
Things people care about like...
Why does GM, Ford and every ice vehicle producer need government subsidies? And why do they need so much more? When will they pay them back?
Sure you've got a great list regarding things people care about in a car, yet one thing you didn't mention was the SOUND of the accelerating engine. If it's Ferrari vs Tesla, consider me on Team Ferrari.
With an EV, you can blow the doors off a Ferrari and still pay for a person to sit in the car and yell vroom.
What government subsidies are you talking about? Chrysler had a big bail-out loan about 40 years ago, but they paid it back in full.
As for the list, conventional cars do well on all of them, depending on how you want to prioritize them. I hope under #4 you are including battery replacement cost. I notice safety is not on the list. And, how much gasoline I have in the tank is not a function of ambient temperature.
Are you kidding about subsidies? GM alone had 51 billion in subsidies in 2009.
It's not even close, your taxes go far more to keeping ICE car companies rolling.