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Interesting, so the REx gets lower fuel efficiency than a Prius on long trips. But I know, where the i3 shines is in city driving, on battery power only, charged at night when the rates are lower, and preferably from a utility that generates renewable energy. The ICE generator is only a stopgap until a better charging infrastructure is in place. Personally, I'd like to see in-road inductive charging. Someone just needs to build a truck that digs a trench, lays a cable, then patches the road as it goes. Maybe Musk has already thought of that. Alternatively, inductive charging could be integrated into prefab road tiles that also incorporate solar panels, but that's still a long ways off. Maybe before that ever happens, we'll all be flying electric quadcopters instead.