Five Environmentally Friendly Alternatives To The Tesla Model 3

Thanks Afshin, for making me feel good today.

The ugly truth behind TESLA and the 3

1) That $35k price tag is a pipe dream at best . All bets are it’ll end up more like $50-75k
2) The 2017 delivery date is pure Elon delusions . Assuming it ever sees the light of day .. 2018 at the earliest is more realistic
3) E/V’s do not eliminate pollution . They displace it .. from the the cities to the rural where the power plants reside . Which in CA’s case .. is every state but California
4) E/V’s from cradle to grave create more environmental damage [ especially with a manufacturing and disposal of the Li batteries and all those rare earth minerals used in the motors etc ] than ten equivalent ICE’s
5) E/V’s because they use Li’s do not function as advertised above 80f .. below 45f .. or at altitudes exceeding 3000 feet .
6) At present NO emergency services in the US/UK or EU are prepared to deal with Li fires along with the many other problems
7) Orders are not sales . And with some 90\% of all TESLA S’s sold winding up on used car lots within 18 months of purchase ..] because 86\% of them wind up trailered to the garage for serious repairs on average of four times per year re;AW CR et al ] you can bet many of those orders will be cancelled .

But hey classic car enthusiasts ! Despite the realities of E/V’s … don’t delude yourselves into thinking your classic … any classic is in any way shape or form environmentally friendly . Fact is … your classic is so unfriendly many cities across the world already have laws waiting to be passed outlawing the use of classic cars within the city limits … with many more in the process of considering such bans . And trust me … like the current bands on motorcycle use within cities worldwide currently under consideration … those laws will pass … much sooner than later … consider this a friendly ‘ warning … from one who knows 😉

Fact is … one 1960’s Porsche 912 or VW Beetle if you prefer puts out more pollutants and does more environmental damage [ leaking gas/oil etc etc ] … per mile …. than 50 .. yes 50 vulgar full sized AWD/4WD SUV’s and Pick Ups . So yeah .. that banger in his donked out Cadillac Escalade … is 50 times more friendly to the environment that you are

Which is to say … ya’ll kind of … stinks … literally .. but hey … I loves ya anyway …. to a point .

Absolutely agree with this post – of the 22 cars I’ve owned in my life so far, only two were bought brand new and I doubt I’ll ever buy a new car again (zero-emissions or otherwise). There are just too many interesting vehicles in automotive history and it’s good to see that I own two cars on this list (500E and Berlina)!