On the minus side, the initial values in the calculator are heavily shaded towards Tesla. Who spends 15 minutes at a gas stop? Using the average cost for electricity instead of the marginal cost?
Except, the calculator isn't great at true telling, lying by omission.
Try making the cost of gas low, and electricity high, and the "savings per month" simply drops to 0 and stays there, instead of wrapping around and becoming a cost.
Yeah it's an estimate, but it doesn't cover any of the basic possibilities.
What I want to know his how much I'm writing a check for every month. The rest I can figure out on my own.
The fact that they shaded the initial number in order to close the sale is deceiving, and honestly, surprising from a company I previously held in high esteem.
It's not that this practice is uncommon, it's that I wouldn't expect it from Tesla.
Minor niggle, but it says "Time spent driving to a gas station and refueling". The nearest gas station to my house would take about 5 minutes to drive to, so 15 minutes isn't that unrealistic.
Having a $222 business tax discount selected by default seems questionable to me though.
I think I average 15 min per fill up when you include how far out of the way I need to drive. The gas station I use is only about 2 miles from my house but there are a lot of stop lights between here and there.
On the minus side, the initial values in the calculator are heavily shaded towards Tesla. Who spends 15 minutes at a gas stop? Using the average cost for electricity instead of the marginal cost?