Y'all wanna save the environment with your car choices? Take that $50k you were going to spend on a Tesla, put it in some kind of long-term growth investment, and then use that money to keep your current vehicle running until all the wheels fall off.<br><br>As UEG has pointed out, saving the manufacturing cost of buying a new vehicle of any kind will probably do more to minimize your carbon footprint than just about any other decision you could reasonably make in this space.