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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Define “better.”
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The Tesla seems to offer the best of EV's and they sell them at a loss, even after heavy govt subsidies. Even after selling carbon credits --a politically manufactured cost paid to Tesla, from profits on gas cars. But... for that exorbitant cost we get the pinnacle of all-electric automotive engineering.
What does the pinnacle of gas automotive engineering look like? An F1 car? - No, of course not. So many restrictions in the "Formula" there. Yet still, there is a point on gas powered performance.
Anyway, Comparing true costs, a gas car can out perform an EV in the majority of metrics. Add a hybrid system to that and it's a
metrics killer across the board.
So many EV owners want to tout the EV's acceleration - but don't want to talk about how severely that shortens the life of the very expensive battery pack. I suppose this is akin to putting Nitrous Oxide on a gas car. --goes like stink, but at a price on system life. Of course N
2O doesn't need software Easter-egg option boot wait time tracked by the warranty voider... I mean holder.
Also many EV owners want to tout the EV's range as being just as good as a gas car - as long as they don't hot-foot it or drive in really cold weather. ..or really hot weather.
I get it... Tesla owners clearly want to have "Pure" electric. It's neat. It gives a quiet yet strong acceleration while solving world hunger w/o feeding anyone. But that does not make it
better than gas. Gas, after all, is what is and will be used to mine the metals used to make the super green (washed) EV car.