[Pelayo]

Though I could easily believe that there was a coordinated attack against electric vehicles (I can think of a few groups), the response doesn't refute the previous article but tries to defend through vocabulary.

If you leave the car unplugged for a long period of time the battery will be ruined. If the battery is one huge battery pack or 8000 smaller batteries doesn't matter.

Also, having a car plugged in for months is a lot different that driving cross country with no oil.

[JumpCrisscross]

As someone who "bricked" his Jetta in college by forgetting to replace the oil, I can also point out that the replacement engine cost around $6k, a (hefty) fraction of the car's then value, but nowhere close to its total original retail price.

[ericd]

The Tesla Roadster costs in the neighborhood of $130,000, so $40k is a fraction of its price.