I’ve been on the fence about jumping on the EV bandwagon for a long while now. It’s a cool video. However, tbh, it made me even more hesitant than before… it’s a constant anxiety of reaching to the next charging station on battery fumes (~5%) , every 2 hours you’re forced to idle for at least 30 minutes or more which drags the trip much longer (sometimes you just want to arrive). I like the concept of daily commute savings but I won’t buy such an expensive vehicle that cannot handle reasonably (in my eyes) the occasional long road trips.
I’d argue it more than reasonably handles it. Driver fatigue is non-existent thanks to autopilot. Unless you have an iron bladder, we’re usually stopping every 2-3 hours anyway for restroom or food
Radiation?! Retired Electrical Engineer here; you can rest assured that batteries produce no radiation, and the electronics produce EM that is vastly too low-frequency to affect our bodies. One EV myth that *_is_* largely true though, is that EVs can chew through tires quickly. As with any car, however, that depends a lot upon how aggressively you drive, not suprisingly. Especially if you turn off traction control, accelerate like a bat outta Hell, and/or drift a lot. Even with just normal driving though, their weight does wear tires a bit faster than ordinary gasoline cars. Nevertheless, they don’t burn out tires much faster than other heavy vehicles like pickup trucks or large SUVs, again assuming that you drive normally.
@@vegasteslafamily, you probably know better than I do then. We’ve only owned our Model Y for 2.5 weeks now. Nevertheless, I have heard quite a few Tesla and other-EV owners confirm that they do indeed burn through tires very quickly. Then again, one of them admits that he sometimes accelerates hard, etc. I’m a 63-year-old retired engineer, coming from 15 years of driving Priuses, so I drive wimpy! 😂😅 Undoubtedly though, the type of tires is a big factor. Especially the hardness of the tread material, but other factors as well.
I agree with most of what youre saying, but I will have to disagree on the affordability argument. Having a Tesla, the wife has an VW ID.4, and I also own a GMC Yukon, I can say that what I "save" in not doing oil changes etc, I easily spend in increased rate and cost of tire replacements on the EV's. I'm not saying the EV's are MORE expensive, but Its been our experience that they arent necessarily cheaper either.
Hey Ho! "kids". This 'walking antique' would like to thank you for this real world view of life with an EV. It should be useful to the 'new to EVs" crowd. And its useful for the "CCS crowd" {and this writer}. A CSS EV would 'be up the famous creek sans paddle and canoe' had this happened in any other EV but a Tesla.
Eh love mine but with cost of insurance and putting in the charge station you dont save really much if anything the first year and if you drive a hybrid you wont really save on gas with insurance increase
As a firefighter who has had to fight multiple tesla fires, they may not catch on fire “more often” but when they do catch on fire they are RIDICULOUSLY difficult to put out and they make it VERY hard to rescue someone if they are inside. Just saying . . . dont crash your tesla and get trapped. but still pretty cool cars.
Appreciate your service! Got family who are firemen. They are not that much more difficult though. More hazardous, potentially, but not that much more difficult. And they have manual doors, impossible to get trapped.
The crazy people that say crazy things about EV's don't own an EV and have no interesting owning an EV. I don't get why they complain so much about something they have no interest in.
I love Teslas and I love yalls channel I like how you show us your cars and how great they work when I am older I will be definitely be buying one thanks you for showing us your cars I like how you have put a lot of accessories on it is really cool
I traded my Camaro for a Tesla and I can honestly say I’ll never go back. If you truly want to know how it is just test drive one. You’ll get it for 30 minutes. Trust me it’s a whole different experience. I live in apartments and I can’t charge at home like others but a quick supercharger while wife and I eat and we’re done. At the end of the day life is to short to not enjoy everything life has to offer.
Great video sharing your experience with the 15 closure. I with I could have gone to Takeover this year for the lightshow with @teslalightshows and @TeslaToyBox.
Insurance is very expensive. We were about to get one but when we checked how much the insurance would cost, we backed out. GEICO quoted us $3200/year. I’m currently paying $900 for my Acura MDX. Might have to check out other EVs.
@@marky3870 - driving record is spotless, I’m over 50 and live in Hawaii. $250/month for insurance is expensive considering I’m only paying $75 a month for my MDX. Checked with other Tesla owners locally, they said insurance for Tesla in Hawaii is 3-4 times more than other cars- not sure why but I’m currently investigating.
Definitely not. I've heard and seen many people say these things about my Tesla. When people are ignorant, they tend to think they know everything until they actually own one.
Great video, lots of good points! I still get people who say you can’t road trip in teslas or think it takes hours to charge. People with slow gas cars who think they’re fast say things like microwaved steak after getting left behind by a Tesla to make themselves feel better about their slow car. 😂
