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In reply to the discussion: Consumer Reports calls latest Tesla best vehicle they've ever tested, right wing goes nuts [View all]HassleCat
(6,409 posts)1. I know it's perverse
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But I know people who brag about the lousy fuel economy of their big pickup trucks. My cousin recently bought a new Dodge, all chromed up and tricked out. He was very pleased it got worse mileage than the pickup he had before.
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Consumer Reports calls latest Tesla best vehicle they've ever tested, right wing goes nuts [View all]
eridani
Sep 2015
OP
I saw someone driving same truck with bumper sticker that said, "stupid should hurt."
lonestarnot
Sep 2015
#26
I'm positive they will. As demand increases, costs go down (ESPECIALLY AT TESLA).
napi21
Sep 2015
#7
If plug-in cars become more and more popular, apartments will start offering plugs.
jeff47
Sep 2015
#28
Electric cars? Not necessarily "clean", and electricity is an energy carrier not an energy source.
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2015
#20
Respectfully, I still think anti-EV grumping is mostly contrarian silliness.
DirkGently
Sep 2015
#40
What's the actual cost in terms of coal or natural gas burning to generate the electricity?
Manifestor_of_Light
Sep 2015
#33