Look: The S.O. and I have had an M3 since 2018. We sold the Prius in the garage and went looking for another BEV in late 2021.
Test rode a Ford Mustang. Small trunk, small frunk, MPGe less than MY. VW ID.4 had totally confusing NAV panel, extremely non-intuitive.
You get in the MY and it Just Drives. No muss, no fuss, and its 270 W-hr/mile blows away the competition. At speed, too. Intuitive operation with that flat screen, really.
And charging.. you can roam the US and it’s really, really hard to find a broken Supercharger. No fumbling around with credit cards, dongles, funky keychains: Just plug the car in and one is DONE. And back on one’s way in 20 minutes. Go to supercharge.info and pull up the map: Nobody has a charging infrastructure like it.
Been all over the East Coast from MA to FL and as far west as Chicago and Kentucky. The MY rides better than the M3 and has ridiculous storage.
The Supercharger network costs about 3x the cost of charging at home, which makes it about as expensive (in terms of fuel) as that Prius, with a better ride, pickup, 2.5 the room for luggage, and durn near zero maintenance. Charge at home with L2 (recommended) and the other guys, BEV and ICE/hybrid get blown out of the water on costs.
Tesla’s been making BEVs since, what, 2004 or something? Everybody else is just playing catch-up. In another 5 years the competition will get there, maybe, but why screw around now?
It’s like 2010 and buying a hybrid: one could get a Prius or that Honda Insight. Similar specs, look about the same-but the Prius was clearly the better car, more room, better pickup, better mileage, and, as we all found out later, a better drivetrain without early battery capacity death.
Don’t mess around.