I don't have one but I've seen quite a number of Tesla's around. I see them parked at the public charging stations too. We have one outside our town library.

Yes, a Tesla.

For the amount of driving I like to do in good weather, I wouldn't want one. I only know of one or two charging stations in this city of 1 1/2 million people and one of them is in a mall underground parking lot! You can charge it while you're shopping. The charge wouldn't last long enough for a road trip.

No and no.

No desire to own one.

When our old '05 sedan dies (43K miles on it), we'd look at electric. Obviously we don't drive much, and we have both a Tesla dealer and charging stations all over Chicago's north shore.

I'd expand this to ask who has a hybrid? Do you like it?

I don't own one personally but where I live, they are as common as pickup trucks or SUV's! Some of them are SUV's!! Teslas (my niece and nephew own 3), Leafs, Bolts, and a few other less common models. There are also recharging stations all over......the city has several clumps of them scattered periodically along the main street; a neighboring larger city also. And many of the major retailers have them in their parking lots as well

I think we should probably get used to seeing more and more of them. They are the wave of the future and gas or diesel powered vehicles will be eventually phased out completely.

I have just ordered one, and it arrives in a few days. My Subaru is 14 years old, and although it is a tank, one day it is going to die on me. I think it knows it is about to be replaced, because no sooner did I order the Tesla, but the AC stopped working.

I bought it with self driving capabilities. I live in a rural area with deer all over the road. If a car can help me avoid hitting one, or driving into a ditch, it is a good choice for me. As I age, I also considered that having that feature might make me a safer driver in general if my reflexes slow.

My current difficulty is trying to arrange transport for it, because we are under health orders to only travel for essential reasons, and I think buying a car isn't really in the spirit of the order.

Daughter has a Chevy Bolt and loves it. Lots of solar on their house and they put on a dedicated solar unit for it. Come home, plug it in. Just like a cell phone. But when they came to visit, 7 hrs away, they drove the hybrid so they wouldn't have to sit at inconvenient public charging stations.

Wow Chisue, 43 K? Mine is an 08 and has well over 200,000 miles on it.

Not suitable for this area although there are enough that there are quite a few charging stations in the area. If like some people you only drive in your own neighborhood area they would be fine. The drawbacks for me are the short, 200 miles for the better ones, travel distance before recharging. and the amount of time needed to recharge. Within the next couple of weeks I will be driving to one of my favorite plant nurseries about 80 miles south of here. I might make it if I could drive like a crow flies on one charge but stopping for several hours to recharge makes me say no.

I will post another topic about the future of travel that connects to electric cars.

I don't think that I would get an all electric (yet) but I am considering a hybrid. I don't drive a lot day -to-day anymore, but I do go on longer regional trips fairly regularly (or will again when/if Covid abates) and worry that recharging would be inconvenient to impossible.

I love my Honda Fit LX (not luxurious but I find it comfortable enough and super cargo room plus 40 mpg!), a 2015 with only 40k miles on it. However, since I just recently discovered that Honda no longer makes the Fit, I am debating whether to trade it in now for a new 2020 Fit and maybe upgrade to the EX, or just plan on a Prius (less cargo room) in a few more years.

you will be required to have one a few years down the road ... hope the mileage b/w chargings gets better.

not ready to make that change but maybe I’d consider a hybrid. There are Teslas everywhere around here. My moms neighbor was stuck at home when we had a five day power outage, so he got a generator. They would have to be much more common before I’d make the switch.

I see at least one every time I go out, but I’m not sure how many live in MY neighborhood.

My son's FIL had an hybrid. He had it quite a few years, but apparently he didn't like it enough. He traded it in on a gas car.

Until electric cars can travel the distance without recharging, pull heavy loads, pull steap hills, are as large as SUVs or trucks, take 5 minutes to recharge, and the batteries are as cheap like gas cars, no way would I buy one.

Marigold, if you drive where there are a lot of deer you know that self driving capabilities are not go to prevent hitting a deer. You know they jump out in front of cars from nowhere just a couple feet away and the worst thing you can do especially traveling at a higher rate of speed is jamming on the brakes or trying to swerve to miss it. That is how people get killed.

No and no. Not really at all practical in WI in the winter.

They are far from rare here in the Bay Area. I know quite a few people with Teslas and Bolts who love them. I’m interested in leasing one when I need a new car (and I’ve never leased a car) so that I can take advantage of the newest technologies every few years. I have not looked into this in any serious way, however.
FWIW I had an electrician working at my house recently and was quoted a rough estimate of $1000 to add my own charging station.

No, I see a lot of them on the road but, not a lot of charging stations. I have had 3 hybrids, loved them but just got a gas model. The mileage wasn’t any different with the hybrid and you pay a premium for the difference.

"Until electric cars can travel the distance without recharging, pull heavy loads, pull steap hills, are as large as SUVs or trucks, take 5 minutes to recharge, and the batteries are as cheap like gas cars, no way would I buy one."

Yeah, you want to haul wood, you wouldn't use a Tesla. Teslas are sports cars - rapid acceleration, responsive handling, fun to drive. All but one of your stated requirements can't be met by any sports car, no matter what the powerplant. People who have sports cars usually have other cars for other purposes. Teslas seem to be everywhere in my state so there are plenty of people who find them to be suitable for their needs.

I don't currently have one but I expect I'll buy a Tesla (or something similar, if others come along) in the coming years. Electric cars are the future and their use saves a lot of energy (because of charging overnight when electricity is produced but goes unused). I've ridden in several and the features are fun and impressive. Tesla charging stations are everywhere and placed in strategic places along the freeway and interstate highway systems, so they're quite suitable for road trips.

Like many things, people drive Teslas as an environmental statement and for the fun, not for economy. Less wasteful and environmentally friendly practices are of course more expensive than environmentally damaging ones but the long range costs and damage are of course the difference.

My wife drove a Prius for about 5 years and liked it but then tired of it so she got a different car. For me, it was like every other Toyota I've driven or owned - very competent and reliable, uncomfortable to sit in, and boring to drive. Suitable for many people, very efficient, but not for me for reasons other than the powerplant system. That was fine.

We own a Tesla, I rarely drive it because it is an S, and I dislike sitting low in the car. I do drive it when I will drive on the freeway so I can use the carpool lane.

We have charging stations around, but rarely use them as we charge in our garage. The car shows you where all the charging stations are, and how many are available at any given time. We have solar so it is a very economical car to drive, buying it isn't too cheap, but ownership is...

We haven't taken it on a road trip because we always end up taking our bikes, and drive our Audi Q7 with the bike rack.

My DH loves the Tesla, sedans aren't my thing, I prefer small SUV's

DIL's BIL drove a Jaguar I-Pace SUV electric from SLC to Chicago and back last summer. He toted the kids. Her DS flew because she didn't have the time. (Well, that was the story, and she is a doctor.) This doesn't look like a very big car to me, but it's called an SUV.

My son ordered a blue Tesla which will be delivered in August. He just sold his BMW sports car. My husband wants to get rid of my beloved Subaru next spring, sell his Honda and buy a Tesla. We'll see. We'll have ample opportunity to ride in, drive our son's car as he lives a mile away.

No and no. Like functionthenlook noted. My vehicles have to be hard working and functional, not just conveyances to go shopping (UGH) or worse yet, overpriced expensive toys. If I did have money to burn on vehicular toys I would put my money into restoring American made classics and motorcycles.

Elmer, I wasn't talking about sport cars. I was talking about a car you can use 24/7 365 days a year. Yea, sport cars are fun to drive, but they do have their limits.

As far as whoever above said everything but sports cars are boring to drive never drove the roads in Western PA . There is not a straight level wide open road to drive. I don't care what your driving it is not boring.

function - I grew up in western PA, just south of Pgh. You forgot to mention the fun of driving on the hills - especially on black ice!

Maire_cate. Also the potholes, the multitudes of orange cones and the suicidal wildlife. Lol

NO, not all electric. I've had a hybrid Malibu since 2016 and still like it but an all electric won't happen for me anytime soon.

"Elmer, I wasn't talking about sport cars. I was talking about a car you can use 24/7 365 days a year."

Plenty of people drive high performance cars 24/7, 365 days a year. Not everyone hauls heavy loads of materials or possessions in their cars nor drives on back roads nor in bad weather. I don't ever do anything like that myself. I understand, for those circumstances, something different may be more suitable.

Every kind of vehicle is a compromise of factors - larger vehicles some think to be essential that get poor gas mileage, are difficult to park, awkward for drivers to maneuver, with poor handling characteristics vs smaller ones that have limited interior space, smaller trunks, but get much better mileage and are more environmentally friendly. And those in between with some characteristics of both extremes, depending upon the needs and objectives (real or perceived) of the owner.

Did anyone else know that the cost of a Tesla ( and I assume other electric cars) is subsidized by taxpayer money ? I heard a U.S. senator say that taxpayers pay $7,500 for every Tesla built. So, when all of you who can afford a Tesla are driving your car, make sure you thank the American taxpayer for the opportunity. You may even want to offer to let other taxpayers have a chance to drive your car, since they helped pay for it : )

No and no.

But I am slowly replacing all of my gasoline powered yard tools with battery powered ones. I'm down to just a couple chain saws, my Mantis tiller, and a leaf blower.

Re: the Tesla subsidies - ALL electric car manufacturers received them. However Tesla reached the unit sales threshold that disqualifies any further subsidies over a year ago. Aside from the Chevy Bolt (GM), they are the only electric car manufacturer to have reached that threshold. So you are NOT paying for your neighbor's Tesla......but you might be helping to pay for their Leaf or Prius or any of a dozen or more electric or electric hybrid autos.

There may still be some tax credits available but that can vary from state to state.

I thought this was funny. "Why older men shouldn't drive sports cars".

https://www.facebook.com/pauld803/videos/10219302277170489

I remember when I was young women it seemed like only the wrinkled old men were the only ones who drove sports cars. It was probably true since they were the only ones who could afford them.