There’s no better alternative yet. We just went dual Tesla. No ragrats!
What @bjhinkle said. That’s exactly what my wife and I found as of last fall.
Our 2013 S P85 was our only car for many years, since our child was born. Last year a life change meant we needed two cars going forward. My first thought was well one should be ICE then…lol I was so wrong. We test drove some cars, ICE and EV, and the EVs all ranked above the ICE cars.
There ARE compelling non-Tesla EVs now. Which is awesome. We came very close to buying one. And the EA DCFC network has way more coverage than Superchargers used to when we got our S. But nothing matches the whole smooth Supercharger experience, and Supercharger coverage now is usefully better in areas where there are zero CCS DCFC options.
Ultimately we backed out of that non-Tesla EV in favor of a 2nd Tesla – M3P in our case. The combination of range, efficiency, charging network, fun to drive, software maturity, and more was just too good. We’ve had our 2021 M3P for more than half a year now alongside our S P85, no regrets at all, it was the right choice for us. I still look forward to every drive in it.
That said, a Rivian R1T is our most likely Model S replacement someday! We’re just hoping the 3rd party DCFC experience gets better, and that Rivian follows through with building out their own DCFC in areas that the 3rd party CCS networks don’t cover.
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