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That's right. It's about fun, style, speed, technology, comfort, status, etc. I don't envy car designers. They have to take so many things into account. It must be a fairly tough job.
You forgot what needs maintenance and replacement in gas cars such as Oil, oil pumps. Gas tanks, gas pumps, mufflers, catalytic converters, spark plugs, filters, etc. Even brakes wear out slower on EV cars because a lot of the energy that might usually be wasted while braking is instead recaptured, so your brakes have to work less.
Hmm, kinda, sorta, maybe. It really depends. Personally I don't care how much gas costs anymore. Here it dropped to $0.95 per litre about 2 weeks ago. I was thrilled that the price was nice and low for everyone, but even if it was 1 penny, I would still prefer an EV now. I just prefer the high-tech ness of EV I guess.
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No, I didn't. I factor those in on some purchases. My point was Markham completely overlooked factoring in the life cycle of the battery bank.
Besides, why would I be against the model 3? Made in the USA. I'm the guy googling drone flyovers of the giga factory.
Trivia: Tesla wanted to name it the model S, so the model line would spell out SEX
Model S
Model e
Model x
But rumor has it Ford took issue with the model S name as it is close to model T. So Tesla went with model 3.