When the decision to buy a Tesla was made it was done so on the design ethos and the practical application of it and that it was not any kind of conversion process of an existing model
As I have oft times typed, I ever saw the Tesla as a way forward in personal transportation that could work out to be more reliable than most forms of EV at the time, that it fell within our basic needs and might just go some way towards off-setting my minimal ICE mileage relative to climatic issues...
As for it`s drop in value and running costs, it cost circa £44k circa 15 months ago I imagine it has perhaps halved in value since even with perhaps 3k miles on the clock, the insurance is a bit expensive, as it seems the motor trade repair business is not up to speed with working on EV, thus it seems they are written off rather than repaired, though in time I expect that might change as the trade becomes more electrically skilled...?
I would suspect that keeping an EV for 10 years or longer might just become the norm for those into who`s lifestyle an EV might be a better fit than they currently imagine...?
