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Electric Cars — Reality Check
Or should we really consider an EV a full replacement?
EV’s are a hot topic in the news due to the price of gasoline climbing with no end in sight. There has been a number of government officials come up touting EV’s as the solution to all our energy woes. I want to take a minute here to talk about the reality of owning an EV, a Tesla in our case. I’m also going to present how I believe people should think of EV’s and approach the subject.
You can read my article on the Tesla sales process here.
First, let’s talk use cases?
Let me clarify what a use case is for those unfamiliar with the term. Think of a use case as being the idea of how a product will be used and by whom. An example for cars would be to say a business person travels to customer locations and drives 200 miles daily.
Once you identify exactly how a vehicle is being utilized, you can start identifying exactly what vehicle should be selected. For example, if you need something to help you put your groceries on a high shelf, you probably wouldn’t go to the hardware store with the idea of buying an extension ladder. Instead, you would pick a step stool.
The use case that led us to an EV was something like this. An individual works at a few locations…
