I hear you. And COVID didn't help in the backlog of getting the cars all running again. Doing a race car to get it really race ready makes it an order of 10x! We actually considered that Sebring race car - but ended up with an Elva MkVI instead. We now have EVERYTHING fixed, rebuilt, remade, etc., except the body - which has ground everything to a halt. And we can't even put anything on the tube frame until the body is ready. So everything sits in boxes in the garage.
Funny your comments about batteries. My dad was a true rocket scientist. He said years ago that the electric motor has it all over the gas engine, and the only issue is the battery - but that it's been that way since the 1800s. He showed me the advance curve of improvements to batteries over the years - and it's almost horizontal flat. He suggested against investing in any companies related to electric cars until the curve moves up. I don't know what that curve looks like. But I do know what Tesla stock looks like.
Meanwhile, we rented a Tesla for a long trip. I have to say the charging was great, especially how seamless the Tesla software made it work. Telling us where to get a 10 minute bump in power, and where to stop for lunch and a longer charge. Yes, the overall trip was longer than it would have been with gas. But not terribly so. And I was getting such a kick out of that torque. We're still not buying one. But I now realize they not remotely the big golf carts that I thought they were.
I remember the day Tesla announced the Roadster with 0-60 in 1.8 seconds. The next day I saw an ad for an Aston Martin which said "Impressive 0-60 in 4 sec" (or some time like that). It was a big shift of reality right then and there. No, 4 sec is not impressive - and it should no longer be used in marketing. Yes, there are other reasons to buy an AM. But not 0-60. Ha.
Interestingly, making an electric truck solves the light rear end issue for trucks!