This article was published in the Glenwood Post Independent. By Heather
Craig and Colleen Farnum of Carbondale are a middle-class couple with professional jobs, a mortgage, school loans and a 9-month-old daughter. They are also the owners of a Tesla Model S all-electric car, which has a 250-mile range and cost $75,000.
The couple ran the math back in 2013, comparing the long-term costs of Tesla ownership to that of a conventional gasoline vehicle. They started a savings plan, ran more calculations and purchased the dark gray, five-passenger, all-wheel-drive Model S 70D in May 2015.
“We wanted to buy a long-range electric family car made in America, and there was only one option. So we made it a priority,” said Craig Farnum.
The couple’s commitment to an electric car started when they leased an all-electric Nissan Leaf in February 2013. It was Step 2 in their effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Click for full article