And unlike a gas powered vehicle, with the electric, range is cut down big time when you drive it like you stole it. Or when you turn on the lights, heater, ac ,radio, rear window defogger, etc. Everything cuts down the range considerably. And you can't just pull into the nearest station and charge it in five minutes. Funny, the NHRA is adding an electric class to drag racing. What fun, no smell, sound, just whoosh and away we go. Thanks, but no thanks. I love my Lightning with the MP blower and cogs, LOUD is the key word.
Also I don't trust the batteries. A lot of teslas have burnt to the ground just sitting there. There was one in a repair lot, not even turned on, just sitting there. Burned itself to the ground and took out the cars on either side of it. Two full trucks of teslas burned to a crisp on the highway in Nevada, on the way to the East Coast for overseas shipment. Here recently, a tesla burnt to a crisp in Texas, and the two occupants were unable to exit the vehicle due to some electronic malady. They burnt to a crisp with the car. There's a lot more than that. Last time Zero Hedge posted the numbers, I saw something like over 300 have just erupted into flames for no apparent reason. And when you consider the tesla "battery" is nothing more than near 8000 Double A sized lithium ion batteries, joined together in series and parallel, all it takes is one of them to develop a short, then WHOOSH, the car burns to the ground. Lithium ion batteries can be lethal. I know some guys who fly radio control models, and when they charge them, they put the charger and batteries in a 50 caliber ammo box. There's videos on YouTube of those type batteries going full tilt KABOOM! Drive a car with them? Are you nuts? I won't even park next to of the fool things.
No thanks! I'll pass on that.
I am sure there will be aftermarket quick charge cables for them as well LOL
