Most of you don't want to hear it, haters can just move on.
I followed the link from our OP. That wasn't a research study, it was an advertisement.
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"The foundation is a conservative think tank that according to 2012 tax filings was funded predominantly by Exxon Mobil, Chevron and the Koch brothers. The organization, according to the New York Times, has been attempting for years to promote fossil fuels while inciting a pullback in America's transition to renewable energy. "
"Inciting" is the understatement of the year.
It's usually appropriate to discover the source to find if there are self-interest involved. These 3 entities have spent several billion dollars trying to kill their competition because there are trillions of dollars involved. Cherry picking your data is required, and you must fund main stream media who are willing to publish anything for profits.
Does anyone know or care about the subsidies that oil companies and drillers have gotten for a century?
Here is some of my real world numbers:
99% of the time, I use my dryer 220 plug to charge my model Y overnight when the rates are the cheapest. Even on the road I can go from 20% to 80% in 15 minutes paying about $12, rather than $60. That's good for around 270 miles. 330 miles at 100%.
My software shows degradation at 2% after 2 years; with most of that occurring during the first couple of months. Charging from 0% to 100% kills batteries. I don't do that. Many EV's have already reached 500,000 miles and still going. Some have already hit 1,000,000 miles on one battery.
The worst case is Uber drivers hitting 20% degradation after 200,000 miles because they supercharge to 100% twice a day.
Tesla considers 20% degradation replaceable under warranty. Even those used 80% batteries are fantastic when then are used for household storage needs. 80% EV battery is still enormous storage. Fill them at night when 1/4 the price for the electricity. Use it during the day.
Even if a battery pack went to 0%, Redwood Materials is currently salvaging 97% of the rare earth metals for reuse in new batteries. They predict that by 2038, mining may no longer be needed with tens of millions of EV's on the roads which can be recycled. It is an inaccurate statement to assert that used batteries are worthless. Knowingly writing that, is a lie.
Mileage calculation is the same for ICE and EV. It depends on the speed, the wind, the weight, the tires, the temperature, the use of A/C and heating... It depends on .....
I get 330 miles when I drive 65 mph. I get about 300 miles at 75 mph. I get over 400 miles when I drive 40 mph.
It's hard keeping your foot off the fuel when you're driving a jet.
Tesla software is at least a generation or more ahead of all the other manufacturers. I have never had range anxiety with Tesla because it continually updates and estimates on the navigation map the percentage of charge with which I will arrive. No thinking required. I love the free Destination chargers at many hotels. Hilton just bought hundreds.
There is a new measure being used E-mgp or Electric miles per gallon to enable comparisons to ICE. It showed mine at over 120 Empg. I haven't gone to a gas station in 2 years. Yea! Yea! Yea, it's great! Whoever wrote that gas stations are everywhere shouldn't have written that as if it was a good thing.
Gas stations are smelly, dirty, and dangerous. It's a gift from god to be done with them.
I get my insurance directly from Tesla because it tracks my Safety Score every second I drive. $57/month.
It can be humiliating to discover all the alerts the software stores on your driving; following to close, speeding in corner, hard braking, inattention...
Safety
Million Miles between crashes: best to worst
Tesla in full self-driving FSD traveled 3.2 million miles.
Tesla manual without using FSD traveled 0.60 million miles.
Waymo traveled between crashes 0.50 million miles.
The national average in 2021 was 0.19 million on surface streets. Humans are pretty poor drivers.
Cruise, however, traveled merely 0.04 million miles before a crash. Just had permits cancelled by the state of California.
Over 75 years, I've owned or driven almost everything out there depending on my needs; trucks, suvs, vets, MG's, muscle cars... The model Y is so far beyond ICE that it has to have it's own category. It is pure FUN. Not comparable so not describable.
For those of you still using a slide rule, you should really try a computer. For those who have never driven an EV, but hate them with a passion, you really should try a computer with wheels.
It's about the software for me, not the means of propulsion.
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