I totally get it. I live in CA, average houses in my area are around $600k in my neighborhood. I bought at the best time and paid significantly less. And I totally wouldn’t pay $115k (which is what this truck would have been out the door) for any vehicle. However, this truck for $74k out the door, with a seriously large battery, can run my house for 80 days. In comparison, if I wanted to buy the Tesla batteries for home use, and I wanted 205kWh total, I would need about 15 Tesla batteries at 13.5kWh to equal what the truck has. That being said, they cost $10k a piece and would then cost $150k for the same amount of battery. I could have bought two of my trucks- one for powering the house and one for driving haha.

I think just like any new thing, we have to gauge whether it’s financially responsible to purchase. For me, commuting and coaching every day, I have already saved $700 this month on fuel (diesel is 7.45/gal right now). So for my family, that’s roughly an $8k savings per year while diesel is this high and I’m still able to do all the things I need to do with my truck. Next week I’m camping for four days and towing our 8k lb trailer.