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There's a limited use case for now as long as they are still Tesla-expensive (even the 3 is $60K with required options) or range limited (Golf, nissan, Bolt). But if you happen to fall within those limitations: say <80 mi commute roundtrip or city traffic or both, a home charger, they are fan-tas-tic.
Instant torque, total quiet, the combination of which allows you to drive pretty fast under the radar, my daily 40-50 miles cost me $1.20 of recharge per night, I get tolls at 1/2 price, the car is always "full" of juice every morning, we can drive it anywhere full tilt from the moment it's ON without "warmup", 1/2 a mile drive ? no problem... little wear of parts (or brakes), super reliable, no attitude from annoying "slow down!" neighbors because the quiet ride makes it appear slow... Cheap to own (leasing $140/mo)...
Model 3 is out (and rather ugly I must say), Audi is releasing a nice crossover in 2 weeks (will be 70-100K sadly), give it a couple of years and it will be a viable alternative for a lot of people ! At least as a beater..
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