"I have never met a Tesla owner on a bus or train in north america. I have met many German BMW/Merc/Porche owners on European trains."
There is so much wrong with drawing conclusions from these experiences, which itself is "a total oversimplification of two very different auto markets" and public transport markets as you yourself have noted, in addition to the fact that Tesla owners are still a very small minority of car owners which is reason enough that you'd be unlikely to meet one on a train.
"I do laugh at the irony of all those Teslas parked at SFO . . . Electric cars in north america are more of a fashion statement than they are in europe."
You seem to be skewing your view of EVs in America toward Tesla owners so that you can skewer Tesla owners.
There is so much wrong with drawing conclusions from these experiences, which itself is "a total oversimplification of two very different auto markets" and public transport markets as you yourself have noted, in addition to the fact that Tesla owners are still a very small minority of car owners which is reason enough that you'd be unlikely to meet one on a train.
"I do laugh at the irony of all those Teslas parked at SFO . . . Electric cars in north america are more of a fashion statement than they are in europe."
You seem to be skewing your view of EVs in America toward Tesla owners so that you can skewer Tesla owners.