The battery in a Tesla S, which has a range of about 250 miles, weighs 1200 pounds. Eight gallons of gas, which will take you the same distance in a 2019 Honda Accord, weigh about fifty pounds.
— Matt Osterndorf (@MattOsterndorf) December 14, 2019
So fucking what? I am increasingly tired of mal-informed halfwits. The Model S motor weighs about 70 pounds. By contrast, the engine in a car of comparable power weighs about 500 pounds. A transmission 150-200. The cooling apparatuses 100-ish pounds. None of those exist in a Model S, along with quite a lot of other items that just aren’t present.
A comparable car, the BMW 750i weighs 4,500 pounds. A Tesla Model S weighs around 4,800 pounds, depending on configuration. So, yes, it is a little heavier, but the way this wanker discusses it you’d think the car was some huge outlier rather than pretty much in line with similar cars.
It’s worthless to battle against these types of people with evidence, but I still do so, even recognizing that it won’t help.