Teslas are extremely expensive to own. As the article says, collision repairs are extremely expensive, partially because of the design, partially because Tesla essentially fully controls the repair market. Also as mentioned in the article, depreciation is very high. I'm not fully sure why this is, but there is to some degree the same effect with luxury brands -- BMW, Mercedes, etc, where a lot of the signaling value is lost when the car is old, but the parts/maintanence are still extremely expensive.
BS. Cheaper by far than any gas car, in time and money! Half the cost to fuel. No more emissions check. No more oil changes. No more visits to the gas station.
As the article says, collision repairs are extremely expensive
I suspect this is also BS. That's par for the course with media outlets w/Tesla.
I'm not a media outlet. Friends of mine with Teslas that have been in accidents had large bills. Auto insurance for Teslas is expensive for this reason.
As for the fuel cost, it depends where you live. In California, if you have PG&E, it's roughly a wash despite our very high gas prices (electricity is even more outrageous)
My own experience with having our (now-lease-returned) Model 3 backs up collision repairs being more expensive. I live a major metro that has a single repair shop certified to work on Tesla vehicles. They have a multi-month wait, and they charge more to repair Tesla vehicles than the equivalent luxury vehicle because they can.
A newer luxury SUV with an MSRP 2x of our Model 3 had a lower collision premium on our car insurance policy.
I don't think it works like this, if you get the Tesla insurance. Switching to Tesla insurance indicated to me, that the current premiums are heavily distorted.
