This doesn't apply to everyone - it depends on where you live - but if you're in a moderately populated area, for the $50k you'd pay for a Tesla 3 (I'm assuming $40k for the car and another $10k for the alleged self-driving option), you could pay a cabbie $25 per trip to take you on local errands twice a week for 20 years.
Especially if you're older, a decent cab driver would also help you into and out of the car. He'd probably even carry your groceries in. But wait, we're not done yet! By not owning a car you avoid license fees and insurance. On a Tesla that could easily save you $150-200 a month. You could also rent your garage to a neighbor and pick up an extra $50-100 per month. With that $250 left in your pocket, you could take 10 more cab rides per month and still break even. Or you could spend $3000 a year on air travel. As a bonus, you'd help the cabbie keep a job and contribute to society by paying his taxes. All these techbros advocating automation never seem to think about the fact, or just don't care, that machines don't pay income tax. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. --William Burroughs = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
