Thread by @ClaireMusk

This is a poorly researched article from @WSJ, which fails to account for:
1/ BATTERY DISPOSAL. What are the costs of disposal, and the disposal's environmental impact at both the battery's & the vehicle's end of life? #Tesla $TSLA $TSLAQ

https://twitter.com/rfelliott/status/1374012837484359683

2/ EV BATTERIES DEGRADE. By 60k mi., a #Tesla's battery can lose 15% ~ 25% of its capacity. What's the environmental impact replacing the battery every 100k mi.? ICE vehicles don't lose range, and even a new engine is cheaper than replacing a battery. electrek.co/2020/06/06/tes…

3/ FAKE RANGE. Tesla has been proven by many different organizations to overestimate their range. What is the time value of needing to charge more often? Of being stranded on the side of the road because Tesla lied about the remaining range?
edmunds.com/car-news/testi…

4/ VAMPIRE DRAIN. Teslas lose 1~3 kWh/day from their batteries. That's 365~1,095 kWh/year. Have you adjusted for this?

5/ HOME CHARGING AT NIGHT. Most EV charging's done at home, at night. No solar at night. Have you adjusted for this?
teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/un…

6/ PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Why were PHEVs not included in your analysis? I drive a PHEV. PHEVs are cheaper, yet I still drive in pure EV mode most of the time without range anxiety. I've averaged 70.1 MPG over the past year. cmu.edu/me/ddl/publica…

7/7 Unless & until your article addresses the points above, this pro-BEV analysis is poorly researched, inadequate, and mars the reputation of @WSJ as a serious source of information.