Tesla Model S Hits 300k Miles with less than $11k maintenance costs

Post by duncan_bayne » Sat, Sep 02, 2017, 8:25 AM UTC

KGIII wrote: post #104

BoorishBears wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm the owner of an EV who benefited to the tune of 10k and I have to admit in this specific case I agree with the parent comment (but maybe not the tone). I feel like the rebates should only apply to EVs under 30k. And maybe be a percentage off the price of the base model, since there is no reason the taxpayer should have subsidized my EV by 10k when I spent 7k on features that are completely optional. I don't think…

I really don't mind the extra couple of bucks. The value of subsidies is the increased adoption. The actual cost is probably lower than the cost for toilet paper for all the federal prison inmates. I hope my taxes encouraged you to upgrade to ludicrous mode. That would make me happy. To put it another way, I also don't mind if someone buys a candy bar with their EBT/SNAP card. Of all the tax dollars we spend, this pr…

Post by mmcnl » Sun, Sep 03, 2017, 9:32 PM UTC

jmcgough wrote: post #26

Reminds me of the argument made in https://shift.newco.co/this-is-how-big-oil-will-die-38b843bd... a few months ago: Gas powered vehicles require many more (and more complex) parts, which inevitably need to be replaced throughout the lifespan of the car. There's a big incentive for services like lyft, uber, and future autonomous driving companies to move to electric vehicles because they have much fewer moving parts,…