Ominous Omnius? Or just confusion.
Dear Omnius,
On the very day that you could go out and buy an equivalent spec BMW or Merc i.e. silent, fast and fully loaded, and non polluting for $ 25000.- new you would have an argument.
Since this will never happen, I think you may be simply confused. Consider this, for the last 100+ years we have had IC based transport with engines that need constant work and replacement. Pollute the atmosphere locally everywhere they go. The price of the vehicle is actually quite cheap all things considered, as the equivalent cost of an IC based vehicle in or around 1910 would have been the same as a three bed-roomed house, would break down at least 4-5 times every 50 miles or so and have a number of punctures along the way to help with progress. Makes the Tesla look very good indeed, over here in the UK the cost of running our EV's is less than 1/10th the cost of the IC based equivalents, not including Govt subsidies. If we charge from renewable energy sources this goes down to 1/30th the cost of an IC. HMMMMMM, some choice !?
