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Not sure what you're paying for in the electric car. Charging at the Tesla stations is free. If it can plug itself in to the charger, it's completely feasible to drive itself across the country.

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Miles on the car. Given how the article states that the tires alone are good for 5k miles and cost $1600 to replace, that's 32 cents per mile just for the tires. If you're going somewhere far enough away that it's worth your money to fly instead of drive, it'll also be worth your money to rent a local car rather than have your Tesla drive to meet you.

I am not a Tesla owner, so please correct me if I got the cost/mileage of the tires wrong.

That's true for the 21" wheels. The tires on the 19" wheels last much longer.

> tires alone are good for 5k miles

Are you sure about this? Tires usually last 30-60k miles.

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