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"couple of pounds heavier"??!?! That's understating it. Seriously, a Model 3 is ~500 lbs heavier than Honda Accord, and a Model Y is significantly heavier than

• dahfizz 4y ago
  Typo, fixed. I could have sworn I typed "couple hundred pounds". But to your point, a bmw 430 is also around 500 pounds heavier than a Honda Accord. Nobody sees a BMW and freaks out about tire wear. But people seem to hyperfixate on any small negative of EVs.
  • cbsmith 4y ago
    > But to your point, a bmw 430 is also around 500 pounds heavier than a Honda Accord. At the heaviest weights, yes, but the heaviest Accord weight and the lightest 430i weight are only 148 lbs apart... and the Model Y can weigh in almost 400 lbs heavier than the heaviest of 430i's. > Nobody sees a BMW and freaks out about tire wear. You mean, so long as it's not an EV? ;-) Seriously, nobody freaks out about a BMW 430i's tire wear, because that of the branding of the car. It's like freaking out over coffee increasing your heart rate. > But people seem to hyperfixate on any small negative of EVs. We're obviously talking to different people. At least the folks I know talk about how crazy heavier cars keep getting across the board (case in point: https://www.capitalone.com/cars/learn/finding-the-right-car/how-much-does-a-car-weigh/1248 https://www.capitalone.com/cars/learn/finding-the-right-car/...).
• sliken 4y ago
  Be fair, those aren't comparable cars. BMW Model 3 and the Tesla model 3 are pretty similar in size, weight, and cost. The fastest of both is AWD and the Tesla is 4072 pounds and the M3 Competition and M3 Touring (the 2 variants with AWD) are 3924 pounds to 4116. The non performance models are similar as well, the current BMW 3141-4023 pounds (the AWD are of course on the heavier side, and the Tesla model 3 is 3814 pounds.