Just did some napkin math and the potential gas savings number seems reasonable. (I expected it to be inflated and still think it's a dark pattern to include it

Just did some napkin math and the potential gas savings number seems reasonable. (I expected it to be inflated and still think it's a dark pattern to include it.) Model 3: (50 kwh battery) * (0.166 $/kwh for Los Angeles residential power) / (220 mi range) = 3.8 $/100 mi of fuel Average ICE sedan: (3.00 $/gal average regular gas in LA) /(30 mi/gal) = 10 $/100 mi of fuel If you drive 12000 mi in a year, it comes to about $4.5k in savings over 6 years. That drops a ton if you would have purchased a Prius or other hybrid though, and to zero w/ cheap Texas gas. So it's a reasonable number if you're a Californian who would have bought a BMW instead of a Model 3. For everyone else, it's likely too high.