re: #148 Dr Lizardo

I’m sure there’s a difference in the customer base between Saturn buyers and Tesla buyers.

People who were buying a Saturn were looking for a reliable, safe commuter car and they often inquired about the safety features without being prompted.

Yep, I did. And when I bought my Subaru, the safety features, high Consumer Reports score and the fact my mom would feel safe in it were all factors in purchasing.

ETA: Just going to add that like hundreds of thousands of people in the Phoenix area, I live in a townhome community without garages. I have a covered parking spot. There’s no real good way to hook up an electrical charger at that point. The guy next door with the new Electrica Meccanica single person vehicle, what he does to charge his car is that he waits until ANOTHER neighbor is gone, moves his car into that slot, drapes the charging cable over the brick wall from his patio, and then charges. Theoretically I could do that, but I’m also an ex-lawyer and I could sure as hell see someone suing me for putting an obstruction (cable) on the sidewalk. So no.