The article is comparing two new cars and their relative fuels and costs over a lifetime. Their analogy is a lot more apt than contrasting a new Tesla with a 2

The article is comparing two new cars and their relative fuels and costs over a lifetime. Their analogy is a lot more apt than contrasting a new Tesla with a 2003 used vehicle. I don't think a contrived analogy nobody was making is a good argument for why the article's comparison shouldn't be made or discussed. As to electrek, I strongly disagree their quality is "significantly higher." It isn't a good quality publication and is heavily biased.