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Tesla Model Y
Dual Motor
All-Wheel Drive
Range: 330mi
Top Speed: 135 mph
0-60 mph: 4.8 seconds
Qualify for $7500 Federal Tax Credit with below income cap:
Adjusted Gross Income Limitations
$300,000 for married couples filing jointly
$225,000 for heads of households
$150,000 for all other filers
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Rear-Wheel Drive is $43,990
Dual Motor AWD Long Range is $48,490 Now $48,990
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None of the things that make FWD worthwhile in a gas car exist in an EV.
There's no transmission tunnel to eliminate.
There's no traction advantage putting the wheels below a heavy engine that does not exist.
There's no economy or emissions benefit to FWD in an EV.
But the advantages of RWD (generally better handling and steering by not having the same single pair of tires steer AND apply power) DO still exist in an EV.
and reasonably priced aftermarket batteries and parts availability.
or buy an X, does the X have all those cabin noises?
So the current LR cars will already deliver ~300 miles after a few years (in fact after a decade if you drive an average # of miles a year)
Except my car loan was ALSO low 2 percent. So just like your mortgage I've made more money HAVING the loan than not by not having to pass up the opportunity cost of investing the cash I could've bought the car with elsewhere in those 5 years.
Different story at current rates of course, but if you can get cheap money you can make a profit on borrowing only a fool does not borrow it.
Not sure how "letting you keep more of your own money is charity? Because that's all the current tax credit does.
It doesn't though- already provided years and years of fleet-wide data showing you're very very much the exception.
I literally did.
YOU personally had several problems.
FLEET WIDE the warranty claim rate is the lowest in the western world
So unless you think ALL car brands are even worse your claim about not being the exception is factually wrong as shown by how rarely warranty claims actually are needed on Teslas overall.
Yes, you, unfortunately, got a lemon. All brands have em. Tesla, provably, with real world fleet-wide data given to you, has them less often than other brands
Do you seriously not understand the difference between "the experience of a tiny # of people" and "literally the data on the entire fleet of cars"?
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Hopefully you got a near-zero percent loan.
Unless you routinely drive like 1000 miles a day it demonstrable is not a problem.
Superchargers add 150-180 miles back on the car in one 10-15 minute stop. Which most people do every few hours anyway to use a restroom, grab a drink or snacks, etc.
The argument you present is more common among folks still thinking EVs are stuck in 2012 with few chargers and needing an hour each stop-- none of that has been the case for years now.
As noted in the video someone else posted- there's folks doing the cannonball run in EVs nowadays.
Superchargers add 150-180 miles back on the car in one 10-15 minute stop. Which most people do every few hours anyway to use a restroom, grab a drink or snacks, etc.
The argument you present is more common among folks still thinking EVs are stuck in 2012 with few chargers and needing an hour each stop-- none of that has been the case for years now.
As noted in the video someone else posted- there's folks doing the cannonball run in EVs nowadays.
There were time where there is a line and it is not just 10 to 15 minutes charge. Most people who drive long distance don't stop every 1 to 2 hours.
It's great for household with multiple vehicles.
- Having ability to charge at home/work is very important.
- Fuel savings are pretty good compared to gasoline only vehicles but not against vehicles like Prius Prime
- Build quality is OK and ride quality is similar to say Lexus NX
- Acceleration is phenomenal and audio system sound is outstanding!
I highly recommend getting the LR over any other Model Y because a big factor in buying EV is range after all batteries will eventually go down in strength. If anyone has questions about this vehicle feel free to ask or DM me.There were time where there is a line and it is not just 10 to 15 minutes charge. Most people who drive long distance don't stop every 1 to 2 hours.
Why would you need to stop every 1-2 hours? I do notice you say EVs, not Teslas- this is ABSOLUTELY a problem in non-teslas because the charging network (and charging speed in many cases) sucks-- the Chevy Bolt for example has a max charging rate of 50kw, while in most Teslas it's 250kw-- huge difference.
I suppose the other difference would be are you regularly trying to drive super long distances in like 30 below weather or something-- EVs do take a significant range hit in those conditions so that would be an entirely valid concern... but otherwise, in a Tesla?
You leave the house with 330 miles of range... let's say you stop after 4 hours, roughly 250 miles of driving.
You stop for 15 minutes to use the bathroom, get drinks, etc.
Now you get back into the car with ~260 miles of range.
You drive another 200 miles or ~3 hours.
You stop again for say 10 minutes for similar reasons and put 150 miles back on the car, then drive say another 150 miles.
You've now gone 600 miles, with a total of two stops, and 25 total minutes of stopping. If you were ok driving under 20% range you could've gotten 700 miles with the same amount of stopping but I was being conservative there.
Then whenever you ended up you plug in for the night and wake up with another 330 range in the morning.
Where's the problem? I mean if you're wanting to do 1000 miles a day (as I already said) then yeah you're gonna need two more 10-15 minute stops, but otherwise seems fine to me and not much different from the stopping you'd do in a gas car unless you're a pee-in-gatorade bottles in the car person.
Now, all that said, I personally if I need to go more than 500-600 miles am probably going to be flying-- but I recognize if you're a family of 6 or something that gets a lot more expensive compared to driving-- but with a bunch of kids you'd probably be needing to stop MORE often, not less, regardless of type of fuel.
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