Has anyone here allowed someone else to borrow their electric car/Tesla "for a quick errand" and gotten the car back with a ton of miles taken off the battery?
I am all for educating friends about the benefits of EVs but it kind of irks me when people waste battery because they think its "free." Just a weird newbie perception that I see developing. Curious if anyone else has seen this?
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I've found that lending cars to others is a good way to be without a car for a few weeks (while it's in the repair shop)
100/100000 = 1/1000 * $400/kWh for 56kWh = 22400 / 1000 = 22.4 * 0.3 = 6.72
So charge them $8.75. Still not much.
Unless it is a reoccuring problem I would let it be.
1) if you not borrow your EV, they will go by some other ICE car which is probably more environmentaly harmful (somebody will, somebody will not agree, but since we are on Tesla forum, let suspect it's true)
2) how else do you want to persuade them that EV can be fun and pleasure to drive?
And how sure can you be that trip was really unnecessary? When my brother or friends want to have some fun they drive their ICE car just for fun - it is also unnecessary, but nobody cares about that. Somebody go to cinema, somebody read books, somebody sports and somebody drive a car... Everything what is done to make fun is unnecessary. My point is that maybe your point of view is not the best one.
In English, you loan your car to the person who borrows it.
Loaning the car for a reason (supposedly other than trying to impress a possible buyer) is a little different. A friend shouldn't abuse the gesture!
But life's a laugh, and then you die. So you're right: "Don't sweat the small stuff!".
thx man, my English is still not so great as I would like it :-)