Does your Mercedes have one of those odd joystick dial things in the center? My mom’s Mercedes and my grandma’s Audi have the absolute worst physical interfaces; buttons are good for climate control, but touch screens would be better than what they have for almost all other features.
I don’t think it’s even jealousy so much as disdain for everyone paying taxes that subsidize esoteric rich folks’ premium car choices. At least farm subsidies give us all equal opportunities for obesity.
I’m going to stay opposed to long range as an alternative to more infrastructure. I don’t want to pay to drag twice as much battery weight and associated higher motor weight around all the time for range I might use a handful of times a year. Doing so is akin to driving a large pickup truck all the time to visit Home Depot once each spring to buy 20 bags of mulch.
Is it loud? The heat pump in my Leaf cycles off and on about every 10 seconds when it’s on low and would be obnoxious if I was trying to sleep.