Tesla’s Model S P85D Scores 103 Out of 100 on Consumer Reports’ Ratings System

Re:Tesla’s Model S P85D Scores 103 Out of 100 on Consumer Re... by kylec on Thursday August 27, 2015 @05:32PM (#10132252)

Here are the downsides that I see. Maybe not all of these are downsides for you, but they are things that might prevent people from buying one as their only car:

    - price
    - range
    - needing to have a charging port at your residence
    - charging time
    - charger availability

Some of these are related. If refuel time and fuel availability were improved to be comparable to gas cars, range wouldn't be a big issue, and people wouldn't need to have a charger at their residence. If range improved to, say, 500 miles, then charging time and charger availability would become less critical.

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Re:Tesla’s Model S P85D Scores 103 Out of 100 on Consumer Re... by mikeash on Thursday August 27, 2015 @09:42PM (#10133297)

That's reasonable. Just a matter of what you consider to be the root cause, I suppose.

I will note that general availability is extremely good, but it's availability of fast charging that is currently somewhat problematic. If you're patient, you can charge just about anywhere. If you count 120V exterior outlets (and why not, they do work, just slowly) then there are a lot more places to charge an EV than fill a gas car in the US. If your average daily driving is under 50 miles then you can get by on that, although I wouldn't recommend it if there are alternatives.

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