Damn, some of you are anti-progress no matter what. It's nuts.
I don't consider myself anti-progress. I've said numerous times that as of my last car purchase (2017), there were no EVs that met my needs at my price range and there was not a robust enough EV infrastructure to support the EVs on the road. I've also said that at my likely next purchase (2027ish?) my needs will have changed (one kid off to college and another soon to be), and both EV infrastructure has improved and there will be many more EV options for purchase at that time. *And* there might be a more robust used market at that time that isn't really mature yet. So I may go for one.
The issue when you start talking about Tesla, however, is that the Tesla Model 3 is
*not* a luxury sedan. Tesla fans like to compare it to the BMW 3-series, Mercedes something (I don't know their lineup), Audi A4, etc. But although it's priced like them, it's not actually built as nicely.
I'm for progress if it makes sense. EV's, to me, are not progress. They could get there, but they are not.
It all depends how you define progress. And whether you consider "not burning gasoline" as progress in its own right.
I think from a performance standpoint, EV can be a pretty significant progress. I also think from a maintenance standpoint, an EV powertrain can be pretty significant progress. And charging at home and
nearly never needing to visit a gas station is progress and a quality of life improvement for many.
But I think that RIGHT NOW the cost of batteries limits EVs to the upper end of the market. Very few BEVs are available at the bottom end of the market, pretty much just the Bolt and Leaf. And outside of Tesla, most EV makers are still going through the learning curve of bringing them to market, so how trustworthy some of these models are is questionable.
But I do think there are some advantages to the BEV powertrain relative to ICEV once the economics pencil out.