jkh112 said:
Not sure why some are saying a tesla 3 is not a competitor/ replacement for a PHEV as it is with me.
It is not a SUV which will take three dogs plus my wife's clutter and all my gear, it will stop moving after 200 miles and take too much time to charge provided there is a charger around when one grinds to a standstill - making long distance driving virtually impossible, it is too low to get in and out of comfortably, I cannot wear my hat inside, etc.
In total, a totally different concept aimed at a different customer group.
Many of us will - or should have- have bought the PHEV to cater for the daily transport needs of a family, drive the occasional luggage-packed 1500 km holiday trip only stopping to fuel up and change seats, run up a snowy hill without having to put on chains, drive out on bumpy muddy road with the dogs in the back, be able to get Grandfather in and out without undue pulling and pushing, drag a caravan, and all the rest a (plug-in hybrid) SUV offers.
If I wanted a PHEV type motorway runner there would have been an Opel Ampera, Prius plugin or Volvo D5. The only real alternative to the Mitsubishi is the Volvo XC90 T8, albeit at a price.
I see the Tesla as being more of a competitor to the Nissan Leaf or Volswagen eGolf.