Tesla customers care about money as much as Apple customers do...they don't.
What they care about is being part of the future...today! Tesla customers look at ICE cars and grid dependence like Apple owners look at feature phones...pity full.
I have talked to enough tesla owners and fans to tell you that they haven't even heard of Renault Zoe or BYD ev300. And they would never consider Chevy bolt. Its all about the brand name, and not about futuristic electric cars. Tesla could start making ICE cars and they will still buy them
You don't know what you're talking about. Drive a Tesla before lecturing about how I'm looking for a status symbol.
IMO grid independence is not a laudable goal because it means no scalable energy storage and production systems. Particularly when someone still wants the option to use the grid at their convenience. The maintenance burden is now spread across fewer paying customers with the same number of lines to maintain.
And why is this bad?