I don’t understand all the hate that Tesla and electric cars in general are getting. They are fantastic

07 Dec 2017

Now, before you go raging to the comments let me address some of issues I’ve seen people have with electric cars.

1- They don’t make sound
Now I love a good sounding car as much as the next guy, but is it really a valid reason to hate on electric cars? No. Yes V8s, V10s, V12s and rotaries sound amazing but we don’t have the fuel to run them forever and the fact that we are getting car makers like Tesla and Rimac making electric cars fast and exciting is great.

2- Alternate Fuels
I’ve heard people say how hydrogen fuel is much better than electric however there is only one problem, we don’t have a developed and practical and cheap hydrogen car and there is a very good reason for that, you see hydrogen is an incredibly difficult fuel to store and is explosive and it does not have as much energy as petrol which means we would have to use a lot of it. And for now atleast we haven’t really developed a successful hydrogen car and if we do in the future, then for sure it’s a good alternative but for now when our fossil fuel resources are about to run out, electric is the most developed option

3- Generating electricity to run cars causes pollution
This one is perhaps the one that makes the most sense, but here’s thing while yes we should try to have electricity generated in a more environment friendly way and most likely will in the future. It’s still more efficient and better for the environment to use an electric car instead of one powered fossil fuels and there have been some studies to prove it, you honestly don’t think that companies would have spent millions or even billions of dollars in research and development for electric vehicles without actually test whether they are more efficient.

Anyways that’s just my opinion on electric cars, I think they are good and companies like Tesla are making them fast and exciting for us car people and all the hate they are getting is completely unreasonable.

Comments

THEY’RE SILENT, CAN’T BE MODDED, AND HAVE ONLY 1 GEAR

AND THEY’RE BRINGING AN END TO COMBUSTION ENGINES. No more V8’s, v12’s, i6’s, v6’s, and turbos

I think the problem is with the term “car guy”. It is usually assosiated with enthuaist who love burning rubber, spending money on upgrading cars. I personally like going fast and experiencing accelaration by any human made invention whether it is bicycles, trains and airplanes. There is no way I would be able to afford a plane like I afford my turbocharged miata. I think Tesla is going in the right direction since they are still producing a “sports car”. I think when Benz made the first car, he got just as much hate from the “hourse guys” back then. Some people just hate change and getting out of their comfort zone.

Teslas are amazing except for the fact that battery’s in the long run are probably even worse for the environment than some gas cars now. Battery acid and Mother Nature don’t really get along well. Aside from the whole battery thing, the cars are beautiful and I wouldn’t mind having one

Innovative, yes. Affordable? Try again

Well, eventually everyone is going to have to accept these cars, whether they like it or not-it seems like there is little choice otherwise! That’s coming from someone who’s not exactly a fan of electric or Tesla very much myself.

Still hate it with a passion. Electric cars will ruin the thing i like the most

When you think about it. When normal people start using electric cars. Whatever fuel is left over goes to petrolheads so i cant wait for everyone to use electric cars so i can use more fossil fuels

Indeed, they can be great daily cars for normal people and car guys aswell and then people who like cars can use their petrol powered cars on the weekends and for fun drives etc

I’ll write a post addressing your question

But Elon Musk is a fruitcake lol, I just don’t like Tesla at all and the image they have is horrible, but if you like them that’s fine we all have opinions :)