JRP3
Hyperactive Member
No wonder they are all so screwed up if they take the data that you provide at face value. You have almost everything completely wrong.I have served as an Analyst and Engineer for 30 years for the DoD, DoE, various universities and 4 Fortune 100 Corps.
The average new vehicle purchase price in 2010 was around $29K. Including used vehicles in a comparison of new EV's is completely misleading. Not surprising you'd do so.
http://www.road-reality.com/2010/07/15/average-new-car-purchase-price-rises-in-2010/
Mercedes, BMW, Audi, etc. sell millions of vehicles each year, I'd say that's a good market for Tesla.
The average lifetime of a vehicle is around 13 years and less than 150K miles, so your 300K number is also BS:
http://www.safecarguide.com/gui/new/neworused.htm
Here's a research paper showing that EV's are not more environmentally damaging than ICE vehicles for their lifetime:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/sflf-te083010.php
You have failed to post a single referenced fact. No surprise from a FUD master.