In all fairness the Tesla is really expensive and it will take a lot of effort to get people habituated to plugging your car in. They are really nice looking cars.
In all fairness the Tesla is really expensive and it will take a lot of effort to get people habituated to plugging your car in. They are really nice looking cars.
It takes no effort to get people to habituated to plugging in. You don't give it a second thought. It takes a few seconds once or twice a week. You cannot accidentally drive off with it connected, the way you can with a gasoline hose.
There are 36,000 electric cars in Atlanta, one of the highest concentrations in the U.S. city. They are everywhere. I know many people who have one. None of those people had to be habituated. I had a Leaf, which I gave to my daughter. Neither she nor I had any trouble getting habituated.
I must say, several people commenting here are imagining there are problems with electric cars, where no problems exist. There is no problem recharging them at night. The power grid can easily handle that. There is no habituation problem. Range is seldom a problem.
The Tesla not only looks nice; it is years ahead of most other cars in features such as automatic lane changes, radar, 360 degree display of traffic, and safety. I have only driven a Tesla once, but it was very impressive. I don't care about nice looking, but I love good engineering.
I don't see what kind of problems you have in mind. It does not take any smarts to drive one, or charge one. The Leaf is like a regular car. I suppose the Tesla takes more getting used to with things like the 360 degree radar display on the dashboard.
There are 36,000 ordinary folks in Atlanta driving electric cars. The ones I know, and the ones who talk to reporters and local gab groups on internet say they love the cars.
In all fairness the Tesla is really expensive and it will take a lot of effort to get people habituated to plugging your car in. They are really nice looking cars.
It takes no effort to get people to habituated to plugging in. You don't give it a second thought. It takes a few seconds once or twice a week. You cannot accidentally drive off with it connected, the way you can with a gasoline hose.
There are 36,000 electric cars in Atlanta, one of the highest concentrations in the U.S. city. They are everywhere. I know many people who have one. None of those people had to be habituated. I had a Leaf, which I gave to my daughter. Neither she nor I had any trouble getting habituated.
I must say, several people commenting here are imagining there are problems with electric cars, where no problems exist. There is no problem recharging them at night. The power grid can easily handle that. There is no habituation problem. Range is seldom a problem.
The Tesla not only looks nice; it is years ahead of most other cars in features such as automatic lane changes, radar, 360 degree display of traffic, and safety. I have only driven a Tesla once, but it was very impressive. I don't care about nice looking, but I love good engineering.
I have no problem with electric cars, I just think there will be for the average driver. I'd love a Tesla. But I have a hybrid.
I don't see what kind of problems you have in mind. It does not take any smarts to drive one, or charge one. The Leaf is like a regular car. I suppose the Tesla takes more getting used to with things like the 360 degree radar display on the dashboard.
There are 36,000 ordinary folks in Atlanta driving electric cars. The ones I know, and the ones who talk to reporters and local gab groups on internet say they love the cars.
I have a Prius.