All of this complaining about the difference between 40 kWh and 60 kWh ignores the fact that most people rarely take trips of that length anyway. I've always had to explain this to people who do not understand why range anxiety is not very important.
If I need to take a long road trip, I will rent a car. The 2013 Nissan Leaf is the second cheapest car in America after five years of ownership and it has a great feature set that similar price point cars lack.
If a Tesla owner needs to rent a car for a road trip off the beaten path, she can likely afford it. If a Nissan Leaf owner needs to rent a car, he's saving enough money on his purchase to rent a car several times per year and still pay less than someone who bought a similarly-equipped, new car.
Rising gas prices will only improve the buying thesis for electric cars. The Bakken reserves are gushing oil yet prices on the world market have only increased.
Okay, that was really a COMPLETELY ridiculous downvote. It's almost like people are assuming someone who owns an $80,000 car doesn't choose to fly anywhere.
No number of fools moaning will change the fact that someone who has earned $80,000 can spend it however they choose, including purchasing an energy-efficient automobile that won't go over 200 miles in cold weather without stopping to charge. Is that really any worse than buying a $21,000 Linux rifle to shoot deer at twenty yards?
If I need to take a long road trip, I will rent a car. The 2013 Nissan Leaf is the second cheapest car in America after five years of ownership and it has a great feature set that similar price point cars lack.
If a Tesla owner needs to rent a car for a road trip off the beaten path, she can likely afford it. If a Nissan Leaf owner needs to rent a car, he's saving enough money on his purchase to rent a car several times per year and still pay less than someone who bought a similarly-equipped, new car.
Rising gas prices will only improve the buying thesis for electric cars. The Bakken reserves are gushing oil yet prices on the world market have only increased.