The benefit of having an auto with much less complexity is the much less maintenance cost.

41 minutes ago, David said:

The benefit of having an auto with much less complexity is the much less maintenance cost.

Yeah, although the body and Chassis on Teslas is breakdown prone enough to make up for a good bit of that. I have high hopes for Rivian and VW in their electric endeavors. They have much more experience building cars than Tesla does. 

But the number of older Teslas on the road proves the viability of electric technology.