It does depend on one's situation. I, too, have just one car and am also long-retired but I average 20,000 miles a year. Some of it is 70 mile grocery shopping trips, a part of rural living, but most of the miles are long road trips. Haven't been on an airliner in years — I'd like to keep it that way — but I do enjoy exploring the country on road trips, such as a 3100 mile trip to California last month, and I have used the Supercharger network more than 260 times in 2½ years. For me, Tesla makes road trips fun!GlennD wrote:Networks matter to some. My dentist purchased a Tesla to drive to San Francisco. Me I am happy with my Mercedes B's L2 charging. I recently did my annual check strictly by time; My mileage was less than 4000 miles. It is my sole car but as a retired person I do not drive a lot.
When the "competition" promises they'll start competing in 2 years, they are not really the "competition."lorenfb wrote:
https://insideevs.com/
VW Claims By 2020, Its Electric Cars Will Match Tesla At Half Price
webb14leafs wrote:When the "competition" promises they'll start competing in 2 years, they are not really the "competition."lorenfb wrote:
https://insideevs.com/
VW Claims By 2020, Its Electric Cars Will Match Tesla At Half Price
Also, will the SEC investigate VW for misleading investors if they don't release an EV for $25K in 2020?
Lol, but it doesn't turn on if the car is hooked up to emissions testing.EVDRIVER wrote:I hear the new VW EV has a secret hidden ICE motor.
That is not what they are doing. They will continue to make profits every quarter until most of the shorts disappear, TSLA is part of S&P500 and they have good investment grade credit rating.webb14leafs wrote:These arguments will keep going on for a while because after the next couple quarters (or possibly sooner) it might be a long time before Tesla reports another profit. It was vital for them to show that they COULD show a profit, because the next thing they need to do is build up a ton of debt as soon as possible.
Charging network is just a nice to have for me. Currently the overall package of Model 3 is hard to beat. Esp, once the SR becomes available.GlennD wrote:Networks matter to some. My dentist purchased a Tesla to drive to San Francisco. Me I am happy with my Mercedes B's L2 charging. I recently did my annual check strictly by time; My mileage was less than 4000 miles. It is my sole car but as a retired person I do not drive a lot.