I don't know what type of car you had prior
Like many, I can't afford a new car, so I'm always driving older cars. Every 10,000 miles is unrealistic for oil changes. We used-car aficionados are looking at 3,000 miles or so.
Your 200mi EV fails in comfort and economy to my Diesel, especially if the goal is take 5 200LB adults with luggage 250 miles with no more than 20 minute brakes every 100mi.
I dunno. The Tesla Model S is pretty luxurious. In any case, "comfort" is a subjective measurement, and I'm not sure where it figures in our efficiency discussion.
At the current price of 2.19 I could drive to and from the pool about 4 times on a single gallon, 2.19/4=0.54, so yes technically I can.
I think we're going to need some numbers on this one. That's 60 miles on one gallon of diesel in your SUV. (I did specify one trip to the pool and back was 15 miles.) And this isn't highway driving; it's stop-and-go traffic lights all the way. And 54 cents is, "technically", not less than 50 cents (a high estimate of my electricity cost).
I drive about 26mi to work, most of the people I work with drive better than 50mi in a single direction, some pushing 80mi.
Then you work with a singularly unusual workforce. Polls consistently show average commutes around 20 miles or so; for example, here's a 2005 commute poll showing 16 miles average, at an average speed of about 37 mph.
Around these parts (and by these parts I mean NC, I'm from TN and my family is from MS which has no jobs except to drive to TN and work -- 60 to 120mi one way a day is normal for most Missippians), an EV is nothing but a waste of time, a diesel makes far more sense.
I used to live near Asheville, NC. 'say, neighbor?
I'm not trying to argue that EVs are for everyone. Certainly not yet. The only thing I'm saying is that EVs are about twice as efficient as an internal combustion engine vehicle. I didn't like your pointed questions characterizing my car as worthless, so I asked some of my own.
Your car is for you, and I don't question your decision. My car is for me, built specifically for my needs. I don't see why we have to belittle each others' choices to discuss efficiency.
Did I mention that I've actively lobbies for a commuter rail, and have been shot down because people don't want to ride with the "riff raff" that use public transportation? Now you see why I've switched to lobbying for diesel and domestic plant-based biofuels, notably fuel that comes from non-consumable plants like hemp or algae (but algae isn't really a plant).
No, you didn't mention, and it doesn't matter, except insofar as I'm happy you're trying to improve things. Me, too. I like biofuels; recently I attended an alternative-energy symposium where one of the projects focused on coconuts.
Personally, I'd like a self propelled electric highway transiting the entire country. Like a rail gun, only slower. I'd set it up as "individual mass transportation": you drive your car to the station, drive onto one of the induction cars, and it whisks you away quietly and quickly to your next destination. No need to mingle with the "riff-raff". If your car was electric, it would even recharge while you waited.
Such a system would be a fantastic economic benefit. Certainly a lot better than destroying stuff in another country, or propping up business models that are already failing. It's actually creating value.
Anyway -- that's a side track. (Sorry. You started it! :)) I'm not some fanatic trying to criticize or take away your SUV. Make your own choices, drive what you like. The OP thought the inefficiencies of power transmission and storage reduced EV efficiency to less than an ICE. I just pointed out that studies show otherwise.