I did some reasearch to see how improbable it would be for me to get a Tesla, and one thing that these articles always fail to mention is the time it takes to fully charge a battery.

Take a look at this calculator for the Tesla Model S. To get the maximum range, you would have to charge this for 10 hours on a single 240V adapter, a feature that can be rare in American garages; or 5 hours on dual adapters, a feature that's definitely not common in American garages. It takes about 5 minutes to pull up to a station, pay, pump, and leave. Even with the dual chargers, it's impossible to get more than 56 miles of range in an hour of charging; or 170 miles in half an hour at a rare public super charging station. To trust a car that takes so long to get "full" can be difficult.

You might say "Well, just charge it when you go to bed." As long as everything goes as planned, then it's a good plan. However, what if something goes wrong and it doesn't get charged? Let's say that you came home last night and completely forgot about getting gas. You were exhausted after a long day, so you just slumped out of the car and straight to bed. You wake up the next day, realize that you don't have enough fuel to get to work. What do you do? You rush your routine in order to squeeze a couple minutes of time in order to get gas. You roll up to the station, sit there for 5 minutes, and the problem is solved. What about a Tesla? You come home just as exhausted, and head straight to bed without plugging in the car. You wake up tomorrow and realize you don't have enough of a charge to get to work. What do you do? You could run down, plug in the car, and pray to Elon Musk that the car will get just enough of a charge to get you to work and back. However, what if you work far away? You have to just suck it up and be a couple hours late, unless you're lucky enough to have a super charging station that will get you enough charge for you to roll in maybe half an hour late.

Who hasn't run their car a little low, because they forgot to get gas the night before? Maybe you're special and have an impeccable memory, and will never ever forget to charge the car. That's great. However, for many people, having to wait so long to get power can cause issues.

Well, that's not enough to completely discount the car, but is still worth bringing up. Heck, even with my incompetence, i'd still take one for the right price.