Is it worth buying an electric car and what will be the benefit. Let's compare and consider the savings in money, when driving an electric car and a conventional car. At the end of the article is a video review of the best-selling electric cars.
One of the first mass-produced electric vehicles, which everyone knows, of course, is Tesla. Among other electric vehicles, this brand showed the most efficient results in terms of power and range. In addition to performance, Tesla has laid the foundation for the development and construction of electric vehicles. Today, many manufacturers are trying to make at least one electric model in their arsenal.
On the roads of different countries, you can increasingly see Nissan Leaf, Volkswagen e-Golf, BMW i3 or Tesla. The authorities of different countries are also meeting the needs of manufacturers, removing excises, reducing taxes, or even compensating half of the financial costs of electric vehicles. In some countries, you may be refunded half of the full price of the electric vehicle. All this is done to reduce the use of cars with an internal combustion engine and the transition to fully environmentally friendly electric vehicles.
Features of modern electric vehicles
As already mentioned, almost every manufacturer has electric cars, and those manufacturers who do not have them are simply still developing them. It would seem that an electric car should be economical, and there can be no talk of power. But in reality, this is not at all the case, the manufacturers of the most powerful hypercars have also set themselves the goal of developing at least one model of an electric car. An example of this is the testing of the new McLaren electric car, with a power reserve of more than 500 kilometers.
Due to the sharp rise in fuel prices, the popularity of electric vehicles has skyrocketed. How to save on fuel and move with maximum benefit was invented even before the advent of electric vehicles. Some drivers began to remake cars with gasoline engines, adding gas installations, other drivers switched to diesel units. But as statistics and tests have shown, the electric car has become the most economical.
Given the policies and laws of different countries, it will soon be cheaper to buy an electric car than a new car with an internal combustion engine. Comparing build quality or comfort, there is nothing worse than in conventional cars, even an order of magnitude higher. Firstly, this is the complete absence of noise from under the hood, since there is simply nothing to make noise except for the electric motor, and secondly, the electric car includes many comfort and safety systems in its set, starting from the basic configuration.
In Europe, more and more people began to buy electric cars, there are many reasons for that. The first and, of course, the main one is a significant savings in financial costs, the second is that maintenance costs are also much less than for conventional cars, and besides, service for new cars needs to be done much less frequently, which also affects the financial situation.
Whatever fans of classic cars say, the age of electronics and progress are doing their job. Modern electric vehicles are becoming as similar and convenient as possible, and in some cases superior to cars, besides, they are becoming cheaper in price.
What is the range in electric vehicles?
The main question that interests every driver or buyer of an electric car is how much such a device can drive on one full charge. The first electric cars were primitive, and the power reserve was enough for a maximum of 50 kilometers under ideal conditions. Engineers took into account this minus and are still working on it today, increasing the power reserve to the maximum possible.
The average range of a modern electric car is about 100-150 kilometers, the latest generations of conventional serial models of electric vehicles have a range of about 300 km. The progress and work of engineers is significant. More expensive hypercars can travel up to 500 km on a single charge.
In terms of power, electric vehicles of many brands are not inferior to conventional cars, although it is worth refining, especially all-wheel drive versions of electronic cars, where systems require more powerful units. Charging an electric car is rather a minus and in many respects loses in terms of speed, relative to internal combustion engines. Even with express charging, it will take a minimum of 15-30 minutes to recharge to 50% in the event of a complete battery discharge. It will take several minutes to refuel a car with a conventional engine, and there are gas stations at every turn, which cannot be said about recharging stations.
On the occasion of refueling, you can argue for a long time. Owners of electric vehicles who drive short distances within the city will say that they don’t need anything better, especially if you live in a private house. I came home, connected to a regular power grid and you can go to rest, it will take about 6-8 hours to fully recharge, a full night is enough for this. In addition, each manufacturer of electric vehicles supplies a special adapter and a charger that converts 220V into the necessary one.
The conclusion is quite simple, if short-distance driving suits you, and recharging an electric car is not difficult, then the benefit will be unambiguous. Saving money will be at least 5 times, compared with refueling with gasoline, diesel or gas.
Pros and cons of electric vehicles
There is no negative side, this situation also applies to electric vehicles. As already mentioned, it is very difficult to drive from point A to point B on one battery charge without recharging, but in fact it is impossible. The lack of charging stations, and there are very few of them, and this network is just beginning to develop, puts drivers in an unpleasant situation.
It is necessary to recharge an electric car in the most unusual ways, some manage to carry a small generator with them, while others ask to be recharged in an ordinary store or cafe. But still, the network is gradually developing and in 5 years they plan to install no less recharging stations than gas stations, besides, the gas stations themselves are thinking about the availability of such a service.
Another disadvantage that manufacturers most often do not indicate is the passport data of an electric car. As a rule, the passport indicates the actual data, range and battery capacity, but all this is calculated under ideal conditions. Many drivers understand that in real conditions this cannot be the case and more often there are less than ideal conditions.
An example of this is the use of electrical appliances, lighting fixtures and security systems. The longer the load on them, the less power reserve will be in the electric car. Another nuance is that weather conditions, as a rule, electric vehicles are tested in ideal conditions, and hot weather or much worse frost will immediately change the battery capacity for the worse. Therefore, most often you do not need to rely on passport data, but leave a small power reserve during the trip.
With the advantages of electric vehicles, comfort, savings and a set of various systems are natural. Many of them outperform the safety of top car manufacturers. An example of this is the autopilot on a Tesla electric car, the manufacturer was the first to announce and begin testing in this direction. To date, Tesla engineers have achieved many positive results, and the system itself has proven itself in practice. A lot of developments have been made by other electric vehicles, for example, an automatic parking assistant, an engine control and warm-up system, as well as autonomous comfort systems in the cabin.
Is it economical to drive an electric car?
The question of whether it is economical to drive an electric car is of interest to almost everyone, and those who have not heard or thought about this will definitely begin to conduct financial calculations. Often, car owners buy cars with an average fuel consumption of 6-8 liters. The consumption will be slightly less for diesel units of 5-7 liters or 4-6 for modern diesel engines. Cars with gas installation will require a couple of liters more than petrol mode.
It is not difficult to calculate the money savings for driving an electric car. Today, the average price of a liter of AI92 gasoline is about 35 rubles, for 100 km of a combined cycle route, you will need to fill about 8 liters, a total of 280 rubles. If you fill up with gas, then you need about 10 liters, today the price of propane is an average of 17 rubles, in total you will need to pay 170 rubles.
Diesel will be much cheaper, the average fuel consumption per hundred is about 6 liters, at 37 rubles per liter, as a result, you will need to refuel at least 222 rubles. Given the fluctuations in fuel prices, the final settlement amount may vary.
Much easier to calculate and cheaper to charge from the mains. Depending on the region of Russia, the price for 1 kW of electricity may vary, the average is somewhere around 3.5 rubles. For example, for a full 100% recharge of the batteries of the Nissan Leaf electric car, 10.5 kWh is needed for every 100 km. If the company's electricity consumption is below the limit norm provided for by the company, 10.5 kW * 3.5 r is 36.75 rubles per refueling. It turns out that refueling a Nissan Leaf electric car for 100 km is cheaper than buying 1 liter of gasoline. A battery with a capacity of 24 kWh until fully charged will cost 84 rubles, and this is enough for 200 km.
The well-known Tesla S electric car is a little more voracious, but also more comfortable. A full battery charge of 75 kWh will cost about 262.5 rubles. This charge is at least enough for a run of 350 km. For every 100 kilometers Tesla S consumes 6.5 kW, which is equal to 22.75 rubles.
Well, whatever one may say, but maintaining an electric car is much cheaper than filling a conventional car with fuel. According to experts and owners of electric vehicles, it will pay for itself in 3 to 5 years, while maintenance is the most elementary: oil change, replacement of tires and small consumables. An electric car will be especially beneficial for drivers whose travel distance is no more than 5-10 kilometers. We can say that it will be an ideal combination of comfort, quality and economy.
Video review of the best-selling electric vehicles in Europe:
Is it worth saving up for an electric car now? The editor-in-chief of the site "Miracle of Technology" Kim Korshunov tried to find an answer to this question. To do this, he talked with Elena Lisovskaya from the YouTube channel " Fox Rulit”, the owner of Tesla, who gladly shared with us her experience of using a car in Russia.
To begin with, we found out what will happen to Tesla in the harsh Russian winter. As Lena told us, the car is not afraid of the cold - it will drive without problems even in minus 30. The only thing is that the battery may run out a little during the night, but its capacity is large enough not to feel the difference. True, if the car is left in the cold, for example, for a couple of weeks, then it may not accept charging later - you will have to take the car to a service or dealership. And the closest to Russia is in Finland. Forget about the car in the winter is not worth it.
The first weeks, of course, do not leave the feeling of fear that the Tesla will be discharged during the trip. But then you realize that the power reserve is always enough, if you do not go somewhere far. For 3-4 days of trips around the city, the battery charge will be enough. By the way, the absence of an internal combustion engine made it possible to place the trunk both in front and behind - there is a lot of space.
Everything in the car is controlled from a large touch screen. At first you need to get used to it, and then it seems that nothing is more convenient. There is a lot thought out and done differently than in other cars. For example, the roof can be opened not completely, but as much as necessary. And there are many such little things.
Lena told us that she charges her Tesla in the parking lot with 220 volts. If you live in an ordinary nine-story building, then, unfortunately, you won’t be able to charge. And it is also worth considering that spare parts are expensive, and ordinary car services will not be able to help you with anything. Before buying, you should ask yourself where you will service the car.
With insurance companies, Tesla owners are also not so simple. Lena thought that CASCO would cost around 300 thousand rubles. And not everyone is ready to conclude an agreement - this needs to be discussed.
Tesla is not officially sold in Russia. However, there are dealers who have some kind of agreement with the company and who even have spare parts. You can find Tesla in Russia at a price of 3.5-4 million rubles. By the way, in the Moscow region and in the Kaluga region now you do not need to pay tax on electric cars.
In Russia, electric vehicles as a real means of transportation, and not as autoexotics, are widely enough (in the amount of more than 1 thousand copies with a total fleet of 4.5 million cars!) Are represented only in Moscow. The first full-fledged network of stations is even being formed in the capital (two are operating, about 30 more are being created) to recharge them. "Zamkadye" was not affected by electromobilization.
Your time is up
Perhaps one of the main reasons for the limited use of an electric car, not only in Russia, but in the world, is the impossibility of constant and many kilometers of daily trips for business and leisure. How, the reader will be indignant, and Tesla Model S? After all, its mileage can be more than 200 km on a single charge. Yes it is. But at the same time, one of the most promising electric vehicles can be found on the domestic car market for at least four million rubles.
And the more affordable Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV (about a million "wooden") no longer reach acceptable figures for daily trouble-free mileage. Yes, and leaving the Moscow Ring Road will give you not the most pleasant sensations in the form of problems with recharging an “empty” battery. Add here a banal radio with a working air conditioning system - and the mileage will become even less. Or driving in silence at recommended speeds.
Charge, charge, charge more
At the same time, I don’t want to talk about the speed of charging the battery. Compared to gasoline, diesel or gas, the process looks like a living hell for the ever-hurrying city dwellers. Do you “smile” to wait at least forty minutes at a stationary recharging station? Ah, how long? So the home outlet will cope no faster - at least 4-6 hours. You can, of course, “refuel” at night, but the readings of even a three-tariff meter will still upset you ...
In addition, if in the Mother See it is still possible to build a route from one gas station to another in short dashes - and home, then how can this be done in the provinces? The country is large, but in its European part, in the Asian part, there are no conditions for operating an electric car. Well, perhaps some charging column was lost in Sochi ...
That is, in most regions there is no infrastructure for this vehicle. Even in the project (although there is a figure about plans to build 2,000 such "charges" throughout Russia, but without specifics). Why is she in a country rich in oil and gas, many sincerely do not understand. And environmentalists with their manifestos and electric cars themselves are perceived as another marketing move by companies to increase sales of traditional cars. Which, by and large, is true.
Climate control
Harsh operating conditions, it would seem, are not the most significant reason for abandoning an electric car. So the Norwegians agree with this, massively purchasing Tesla Model S. Only Norway, with all the weather similarities, is not Russia. The climate is milder there, the temperatures are higher, no matter how you argue with us now. But in winter, the possible mileage of an electric car is reduced, according to various estimates, by 30-40% of the summer one.
That is, if the power reserve of your “electric friend” is designed for 300 km (oh, where can you find such a thing!), Then in winter you will not drive more than 170 km on it. And no one has yet canceled city traffic jams. Well, even at minus twenty degrees and below, we will turn on the “stove”, mood music, navigator - and the real mileage will be no more than 100 km per day. It seems to be enough. Well, yes, to go to work and back. Do you need a supermarket? And pick up the child from a comprehensive school and take it to a sports school? And to drop in on a separately living mother of products to throw?
Nissan Teana or Lada Ellada?
In March 2014, 1,493 Tesla Model S were sold in Norway, which accounted for 10.8% of all passenger cars sold. An average of 48 cars per day. It is now very profitable to buy an electric car in developed countries: in most of them, import duties or annual taxes on electric vehicles have been zeroed, the network of electric “gas stations” for electric vehicles is growing, and compared to the cost of traditional fuel, an electric car seems to be the height of savings. And what is the situation in Russia?
Today, the price of the most affordable electric car starts at 1 million rubles. Seems not bad. But for this money, a car with an internal combustion engine can be a crossover, and even a business class. It is unlikely that an ordinary Russian motorist will incur money for a “box” made of metal, plastic, an electric motor with a steering wheel and pedals to the salon selling electric vehicles. What would you prefer - Nissan Teana or Lada Ellada? The answer, in our opinion, is obvious.
763 horsepower. From zero to hundreds of kilometers in 2.8 seconds. And let gasoline cost at least 100 rubles. per liter - this no longer concerns you if your dream is an electric car. Read about the advantages and disadvantages of Tesla cars in our review.
Back to the Future
Electric vehicles appeared before the internal combustion engine. However, due to maintenance difficulties, they quickly lost ground to their gasoline counterparts. Environmental concerns and rising fuel prices have led to a return of interest in electric vehicles. Tesla has become one of the brightest representatives of the family of cars moving with the help of electricity.
In 2003, Martin Eberhard and Mark Tarpening, enthusiasts from California's "Silicon Valley", decided to start an enterprise for the production of mass-produced electric vehicles. At that time, they had at their disposal only the idea and faith in the bright "green" future of the brainchild. And six months later, Elon Musk, a financial magnate and computer genius, the founder of the PayPal and SpaceX payment systems, crossed the threshold of the little-known Tesla Motors company.
Musk headed Tesla and invested more than $100 million in development over several years. But this was only the beginning of the company's financial development. Elon managed to attract the founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as the former president of eBay, Jeff Skoll, as investors.
Advantages and disadvantages
The undeniable advantages of electric vehicles include their high environmental friendliness. The efficiency of electric motors reaches 90–95% compared to 22–42% for internal combustion engines (ICEs). Low operating costs due to fewer moving parts, no oils, antifreeze or cleaning filters. Infinitely variable speed and smooth ride. Absence of noise, vibrations and harmful emissions. Regenerative braking and phenomenal acceleration due to the characteristics of the traction motors.
Today, the main disadvantage of electric cars is their high price, which is directly related to expensive batteries (from 30–50% of the total cost of the car). In second place is a small power reserve compared to gasoline and diesel counterparts. This also includes long charging times, underdeveloped infrastructure and controversial design.
All this was obvious to the engineers at Tesla. And here's how they did it.
Competitor of BMW and Mercedes
Tesla Motors did not invent another “green” small car. In 2006, they announced themselves as a prototype two-seater sports car. And already in 2008, the first production Tesla Roadster rolled off the assembly line. The car was assembled on a chassis from Lotus Elise. The power reserve was enough for 400 km, and charging took 3.5 hours. Despite the modest 248 hp, the rear-wheel drive car exchanged a hundred in less than 4 seconds, and the maximum speed was 201 km / h.
Along with the promotion of the brand, the dealer network and charging stations in the USA, Asia and Europe were actively developing. But Tesla was not going to stop at the donor chassis from Lotus.
This is how the flagship Model S appeared. The concept was unveiled in 2009, sales began in June 2012. Already in its first year of sales, the Model S outperformed its main competitors, the BMW 7 Series and the Mercedes S Class.
Specifications Tesla Model S
All-wheel drive since 2014
Power - from 302 to 773 hp (depending on configuration)
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h - 3.2 s (2.8 s for the Ludicrous version)
Maximum speed - from 209 to 250 km / h
Maximum torque - 931 Nm
Power reserve on one charge - from 420 to 480 km (depending on battery size)
Battery type - lithium-ion
Battery capacity - from 70 to 90 kWh
Charging time to 80% - from 40 minutes to 30 hours (depending on the type of charger)
Vehicle curb weight - from 2080 to 2240 kg (depending on battery capacity)
Cost - from $72 to $120 thousand (in the USA)
Warranty 8 years without mileage limitation on the main components and assemblies.
The service interval is 20 thousand km.
Free charger (US).
Add to this 8 airbags, 3-zone climate control, a 17" touchscreen monitor on the center console, a panoramic roof, front seats with massage function, air suspension, two luggage compartments and an incomplete autopilot - and we get one of the most desired cars today. day.
Simultaneously with the release of the Model S, it was necessary to develop a network of gas stations and something revolutionary.
Elon Musk managed to find a solution that forever changed the consumer's attitude towards their product. At Tesla Supercharger stations, Model S owners can charge their car up to 50% in a record 20 minutes. And, as Musk assures, gas stations will always be free. To date, the network of Supercharger gas stations has more than 500 stations around the world. And every day their number is growing. This is one of the strategic directions of Tesla Motors.
In addition to Model S, two more new items from Tesla Motors are waiting for us soon. This is a compact SUV Model X and a smaller version of their flagship - Model 3 with a range of 320 km and a cost of $35,000. And if you can order an SUV today, then the start of sales of the most anticipated budget Tesla is scheduled for 2017.
Joint project of Tesla and Panasonic
Gigafactory is the world's largest hybrid battery manufacturer. The cost of the project is $5 billion. The plant is located in the US state of Nevada. With it, Tesla plans to produce 500 thousand batteries to meet the growing demand for cars.
JB Straubel, CTO and co-founder of Tesla Motors, explains: “The Gigafactory will be a game changer and will not only make the Tesla Model 3 possible, but will drive the price of electric vehicles down by an average of 30%.”
Everything is relative
For comparison, we have selected several "classmates" Tesla Model S: Mercedes S 500 4matic, BMW 750i xDrive and Lexus LS 600h. All of them are from the same price category and offer owners comparable driving comfort. We deliberately omitted comparison of technical characteristics (power, overclocking, dimensions, weight, etc.). All these parameters are approximately equal. First of all, we were interested in operating costs, and what they will result in after 100 thousand kilometers. We added up the cost of maintenance and the cost of fuel.
*Ai-95 gasoline at a cost of 35 rubles/l and 1 kW*h at a night rate of 1.5 rubles/kW*h
How to buy in Russia
So far, Tesla has not been officially represented in Russia. But you can buy Model S from "gray" dealers. You will be offered a standard service, a European warranty and even a free installation of a charging station in your home or office. Of course, this is not about the Supercharger with its fantastic performance, but about a more modest version that allows you to charge the battery by 90% in 8 hours. For a fee, you can improve your home electrical network and install a more productive station right in your garage. In this case, charging will take about 4 hours. At the moment, there are about 20 stations for charging Tesla cars in Moscow. And in 2016, the first Supercharger stations will appear in Russia.
The government of the Russian Federation has also prepared a gift for future owners of electric vehicles - duty-free import into the country (so far as an experiment) and as a bonus - free parking in the center of the capital.
Unfortunately, the official infrastructure for the sale and maintenance of Tesla cars has not yet been developed in Russia. Therefore, before making an advance payment, the buyer must carefully weigh everything. And ask the manager in the sales salon how long you will have to wait for the warranty replacement of the units of the future car in the event of a breakdown. After all, the nearest authorized Tesla dealer is in Europe.
Who wants to have an electric Teslamobile? Everybody wants. And is it worth its $ 50,000, we will now figure it out. Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. They came up with the concept of “electric sports car”. For 13 years (!) of evolution, Tesla has released several models that differ in design and interior, but the technical part does not change and Tesla does not conduct new serious developments.
Tesla on batteries
As batteries, ordinary Chinese 18650 cells are used, on which all Chinese electric vehicles run - from scooters to buses. These are standard 3.7 V cells, visually similar to AA batteries. Batteries with the necessary parameters are collected from them - for example, for scooters these are blocks of 12 volts and 12 or 20 A / h. Tesla buys them in bulk from Panasonic, who places the order in China. Tesla and Panasonic do not have their own production. There are no “special secret battery modules” either, Tesla has no patents related to technical solutions regarding the battery module. The controller for the battery pack was developed in Shenzhen - and, by the way, based on the same for Chinese electric buses. In fact, Tesla simply buys what the Chinese have invented and implemented, therefore, in terms of technology, Tesla is always catching up - it will have in the new model those batteries that have been working in a scooter for 1000 yuan from a Chinese pizza seller for a year already.
Motors for Tesla are also made in China - a separate rotor, a separate stator, Tesla simply puts his label on them. This “difficult” action is beneficial - it allows you to “honestly” put the USA as the place of production, and import motors at tariffs for components, and not for finished products (other duties). Often, by the way, the scheme used to imitate local production - the above-mentioned American company with the letter C “localized” the production of secure routers in Zelenograd - imported routers as components, and at the “place of production” inserted a module with support for Russian cryptography into them, and that’s all immediately magically turned into “localized production of Russian routers”.
For almost a decade and a half, Tesla has created a bunch of patents, but all of them, if you look, are related to design or design solutions. So the stories about “they are moving science, what a capitalization, all due to unique technologies” in fact describe numerous patents “wing shape” and “color of the plastic on the retractable handle”.
In terms of technology, Tesla, as it was catching up, remained the same - it cannot patent a Chinese engine, nor can it develop its own. Such is the “technological breakthrough of the USA”, yes, and “if their patents are estimated at billions, it means that they are geniuses”. It only means that a certain auditor estimated how much money the company could theoretically lose if, due to the appearance of competitors, sales fall, for example, to zero. It turned out to be a huge (and purely theoretical) amount, this amount was attached to the patent “door handle with a cool-shaped button”, and if someone wants to buy this patent, then he must pay such a sum. It's just that no one wants it, there's no point. Therefore, there is a sum, there is a patent, but what concerns manufacturability, what advancement has nothing to do with it, there is no connection at all - that this pen should be estimated at 1 billion, which is at 100 billion.
About sustainability
Environmental friendliness now is such a thing that allows you to sell an unnecessary thing not just expensive, but very expensive. In the version with Tesla, this is also a reason to receive subsidies - moreover, from both sides at once, both for electricity for charging and for cars. To put it simply, when you buy a liter of gasoline in countries that have an electric car sponsorship program, you pay for charging someone else's Tesla.
The first myth about Tesla's environmental friendliness is that its charging is free, because "there are solar panels on the roofs of charging stations and therefore you can simply charge cars with the same energy." Everything turned out to be really simple.
The supercharger, which super-fast charges the battery, consumes 120 kilowatts. There are 4 such superchargers per charge. That's half a megawatt. There are simply no solar panels to provide a round-the-clock opportunity to deliver such power (as well as batteries that can be charged and then powered by superchargers from which to charge cars) there is simply no, and you can figure out what area they would occupy.
Tesla chargers are connected to a regular city network and pay decent money for the electricity they use. The scheme “we charge our batteries and then use them for cars” is not used for charging, as it is unprofitable - the cost of solar panels plus batteries plus wear and tear plus maintenance plus losses on charging and discharging make this “environmentally friendly solar electricity” unprofitable even for Tesla herself.
Free charging is there with a bunch of reservations that make it not free at all. The top-end Model S, which costs more than $100,000, has it, while the car must be at full official service (at a considerable price per standard hour), so that it has never been in an accident, and storage and transportation of the battery are also paid. Classics of the genre, in general. If you sit down and calculate the price of the car plus maintenance, it turns out that the cost of a “free rechargeable” will be higher than that of ordinary cars.
You can charge without a supercharger, from the outlet. Charging asks for 400V at 32 amps. Considering that in an ordinary apartment at the entrance, God forbid, 32 A is an automatic machine, and the wiring is generally sharpened at 16-25, it simply won’t work to charge from a “regular” socket at 220 - it will be extra long. It is understood that such a charge will be in the cottage, where there will be a separate shield for this purpose, well, or a special charge in the parking lot near the house (again for money). There is no special environmental friendliness here and does not smell in the end.
Tesla's second green myth is that electric cars reduce CO2 emissions. No, emissions are only increasing. The destruction of this myth is extremely dangerous for Tesla - firstly, in the study at the link it turns out that power consumption in advertising is greatly underestimated (almost 2 times), and secondly, due to the fact that a lot of fuel is spent on creating the necessary electricity, the meaning is lost "green" subsidies - and without them, the unprofitable Tesla will feel very bad. Therefore, there is a mass campaign “oh yes, it’s all nonsense, what difference does it make, the main thing is that it doesn’t smoke.” The fact that nearby at the same time smokes 3 times stronger than the thermal power plant is hushed up.
sad conclusion
In general, under the Tesla brand, we have a coolly publicized Chinese electric machine, which is expensive to maintain. There is no development, no technical breakthroughs - the company is 13 years old, during this time nothing but a redesign has been done. The financial side of the issue is even more depressing - despite government subsidies, despite benefits for electricity for charging, despite subsidies to car buyers, Tesla is unprofitable and works in the red, simply spending investors' money. America failed to make a technological breakthrough or create a financially sound enterprise. So do not rush to drain gasoline - it will still come in handy!
