Here is the explanation you
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You did the wrong comparison. The comparison tool you have in your article shows the model y saves $3250 vs the average new vehicle that gets 27mpg, over 5 years. The average vehicle is a gas powered vehicle, not a hybrid, plug in hubrid or battery electric vehicle. If you extrapolate it out to 6 years, that's $3900 saved compared to the average new vehicle. Even further, Teslas should not be compared to the average new vehicle. They should be compared to similar vehicles in their class. The comparison should be to a gas-powered, high performance vehicle that uses premium fuel, because it performs like one (0-60 in 3.5 seconds). Tesla was, for the longest time, the only manufacturer taking electric vehicles seriously. They were the only one's producing high-performance, premium electric vehicles that could compete with gas-powered offerings from BMW, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, etc. Try using the comparison tool on any similar gas-powered offerings from those companies(it will automatically adjust for premium fuel) from the configurator and you will see the savings are actually much higher ($6000-$10000) than a similar performing vehicle.