Because Tesla is the only viable “only car” EV option. Go with any other EV brand and you’re fucked for charging if you wanna go anywhere but local.
“But I have so-and-so EV and never have problems charging during road trips!!”
Yeah bullshit. My gf and I take her M3LR on thousand-mile road trips every month (50k miles/year of just road trips), and I know from experience that non-Tesla chargers are both difficult to find and are often out of service. I’ve seen dudes in Mach-E’s sitting at the same charger for days in Bumfuck, Montana waiting for someone to come repair it.
I recently rented a Polestar 2 and, while it was crazy fun especially in the twisties, the local Chargepoint L3 charging station had 2 of 3 chargers out of order. I was all-in on replacing the Tesla until that point.
Because Tesla is the only viable “only car” EV option. Go with any other EV brand and you’re fucked for charging if you wanna go anywhere but local.
“But I have so-and-so EV and never have problems charging during road trips!!”
Yeah bullshit. My gf and I take her M3LR on thousand-mile road trips every month (50k miles/year of just road trips), and I know from experience that non-Tesla chargers are both difficult to find and are often out of service. I’ve seen dudes in Mach-E’s sitting at the same charger for days in Bumfuck, Montana waiting for someone to come repair it.
I recently rented a Polestar 2 and, while it was crazy fun especially in the twisties, the local Chargepoint L3 charging station had 2 of 3 chargers out of order. I was all-in on replacing the Tesla until that point.