I expect that Tesla will be driving the technological change, and between now and my car arriving home I expect significant changes in the state of the art.
Chevy got the Bolt to market at the same price Tesla is aiming for with the Model 3, but it's a $25k car with a $35k price tag. If the Bolt makes it to Australia before the Model 3, I may consider it.
In the meantime I view the Model 3 as more than just a car: it's an investment in a company pushing the world to acknowledge that fossil fuels are literal and figurative poison which we need to abandon post-haste.
Driving my Model 3 around will be as much about driving a BEV as it is about providing visual evidence to other road users that the age of the internal combustion engine is over. The Otto cycle ist kaput.
In addition, I contribute to Plan International because I want to help rapidly educate people in impoverished nations so we can keep population levels under control. From the "it is just a car" perspective giving money to poor women in underdeveloped nations is throwing good money after bad. From my perspective it is the best thing I can do to ensure the next generation actually has a world worth living in.
There are probably better ways to accomplish this with the money I have, but driving a BEV and pulling people out of poverty sounds like a decent starting point to me.
Chevy got the Bolt to market at the same price Tesla is aiming for with the Model 3, but it's a $25k car with a $35k price tag. If the Bolt makes it to Australia before the Model 3, I may consider it.
In the meantime I view the Model 3 as more than just a car: it's an investment in a company pushing the world to acknowledge that fossil fuels are literal and figurative poison which we need to abandon post-haste.
Driving my Model 3 around will be as much about driving a BEV as it is about providing visual evidence to other road users that the age of the internal combustion engine is over. The Otto cycle ist kaput.
In addition, I contribute to Plan International because I want to help rapidly educate people in impoverished nations so we can keep population levels under control. From the "it is just a car" perspective giving money to poor women in underdeveloped nations is throwing good money after bad. From my perspective it is the best thing I can do to ensure the next generation actually has a world worth living in.
There are probably better ways to accomplish this with the money I have, but driving a BEV and pulling people out of poverty sounds like a decent starting point to me.