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mcopanzani (not verified)    October 15, 2014 - 12:58PM

Three things were not mentioned in this article about both cars.
1. yearly carbon emissions of both cars (Dodge emits about 6-8 tonnes of C-Dioxide/year depending on driving style) while Tesla when on solar can emit zero)
2. The cost of both cars were mentioned, but the true cost of ownership over say 8-10years was not.
Dodge needs about 4865L or 1287Gallon of fuel/year @ $3860-4000/year, so over 10 years you get an additional 38.6-40K in fuel costs over the sticker price so say 60K+38.5 that's $98.5K for the Dodge and about 127K for the tesla (it uses about $700 of electricity/year when on grid)
3. the electric car owners get the satisfaction of knowing that they are actually making a difference helping the environment.

I'll be getting rid of my Challenger srt and looking at the model-s or possibly the upcoming model-x.
Time for dinosaurs to start dying off.

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