Clean cars and sacrifices

Modern electric cars have appeared with the advent of the first Teslas, 13 years ago. 

In fact, Elon Musk’s brand began production of its Roadster sports car, in 2009. It was followed by the Model S sedan in 2012, the Model X SUV in 2015, the Model 3 sedan in 2017, and the Model Y crossover in 2020.

In retrospective, it’s been quite a long time and yet, many folks have stayed on the fence for a few significant reasons. Price was obviously one of them, but the biggest one was the driving range and the seemingly long and frequent recharging times. 

Over these dozen years, other car manufacturers have done little to respond to Tesla challenge and their offering doesn’t come even close to what Tesla has been able to bring to market and steadily improve. 

So between these lackluster models that are very hard to come by, Tesla’s long waiting time and a negative press concocted by its competitors as well as Big Oil, electric vehicles still have a long way to go. 

This said, let’s not forget the most compelling reason the public want them; not just because they’re cool, but because they represent a small, but important step to saving our planet for generations to come. 

Isn’t it worth making some small sacrifices for?