1. Yes, the only relevant point 2. is only an issue for people who don't actually own an EV. With Tesla's charging network (which is getting adopted by _nearly_ all EV manufacturers), _nearly_ everyone will have no range issue at all. The exception is rural America and pockets of poor coverage, but that is a minority.

I have a Tesla, and I still have an issue with the range. I’m going skiing this weekend and having to build three charging sessions into my trip doesn’t sound very fun, plus cold weather kills the range, so I’m gonna take a friends gas car instead.

we have a car that's fun to drive up and down the mountain because we live on the other side of the mountain from civilization. when we want to do a long drive on straight roads, we rent a land yacht that's much more enjoyable. this isn't a hardship at all. why do people who only need to take one or two long trips a year get the least bit worried? buy the cheap EV with enough range for your day to day and rent something fun for vacations with the money you save by not buying the extended range ev. this isn't a marriage. it's a transportation purchase. be flexible, get where you need to go, and have fun doing it. electric plus vacation rental is the way to go.

“Rent something fun for vacations” is a hassle, isn’t it? It’s a step backwards from a gas car which can do everything an EV does, but with (essentially) infinite range.

Not for many, I suspect. I mean, in my lifetime I've moved half a dozen times, but I don't own a moving van. I've hauled tons of sod and sand and concrete across the years but I don't own a super duty truck. For occasional use vehicles, I rent and that way I can use the top of the line and task appropriate vehicles. It's an optimization problem. If the value of a jack of all trades outweighs the value of few specialty tools for you, cool. Others will make different trade offs .

It's just not true. My town of 80k population has one Supercharger center with 8 charging stations. The next nearest one is over 50 miles away. That's not at all practical for someone who can't charge at home.

Why can’t that person charge at home? Really anyone can charge at home, except for people who don’t have parking (aka live in cities), and any city is going to have good supercharger infrastructure .

Probably half the people here don't have a garage. They live in apartments or park on the street.

Expensive is relative. Model 3s and Model Ys are often cheaper than the comparable luxury competition from the BMWs and Audis of the world. Sure, a Corolla or a Kia are cheaper, but that's not the same market.

I've driven a friend's Model 3 a handful of times and ridden in many different Teslas over the years. I don't think the interior quality of the Model 3 is competing favorably with Audi. M3 seems to have acres of uninspired plasticky surfaces, while Audi to me wins by miles on design, materials, and overall execution in the interior. I'm not a Tesla hater, but I think the sales they're winning are not on interior quality/luxury grounds. (Another friend's $100+K Model X was nicer in the seating area than I recalled the Model 3s being, but still suffered from a too plain/plastic dash, door cards, and other flat surfaces.)

It's subjective I guess - coming to a Model Y from an Audi Q5 and driving a 3 series BMW for our second car, I prefer the interior of the Model Y to either of the others. Either way, between the fit and finish, performance, and the infotainment system, a Toyota or a Honda is not the right class of vehicle for comparison. Beyond that, a stock Tesla will blow the doors off of any non-performance luxury vehicle in its class, and often even outperform the much more expensive performance models.

As a Tesla owner I’d put it in the same category of luxury as a Subaru.