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Well the very rich, as in those can afford eighty to one hundred thousand dollar cars, usually have more than a few at hand. Tesla did well to market to both th
by Shivetya 11y ago
Well the very rich, as in those can afford eighty to one hundred thousand dollar cars, usually have more than a few at hand. Tesla did well to market to both the rich crowd who likes toys, the environmental crowd who needs things to make them feel less guilt, and the techies who just love all things new and cool.
You don't crush a market with the volume Tesla has. Most of the big brands use these as cash cows. Put it this way, BMW makes a X5 and X6 which are effectively identical but the later makes 8k more profile and they sold a quarter million of them since inception.
When Tesla can deliver what people want to buy right now and not make them wait then they might be crushing the competition.
As for the 3 EV. Still not seeing it, it will obsolete the S if Musk's boasts are to believe and why would any company put out a car for less than half the price with the main key feature being the same, 200+ mile range? Tesla doesn't have the production capacity for it so who will be their partner? Or where will they get the billions needed to build the production line that can deliver in volume?
Good cars, not just sold on them being great. Sorry but 200-250 mile range in summer is not what I consider a replacement vehicle for stats, make as second vehicle or third.
- robmcm 11y agoIf you live on a small island like the UK that range covers most trips. However I keep expecting someone to create a roof box range extender (combustion engine) that just charges the battery. It will be interesting to see were the supposed Apple car will fit in, I imagine they will go after the low volume / high margin market to start.
- ams6110 11y agoRange extender as a add-on is an interesting idea. Could be done as a trailer also. But I imagine that people who can afford Teslas will either just rent as needed, or own a conventional car for longer trips.
- robmcm 11y agoBMW offer this as an extra when buying an i3, but really you want to use your Tesla with all it's autonomous driving all the time right! "BMW i also offers additional mobility modules which allow even longer distances to be covered – for example a conventional BMW vehicle can be provided on a given number of days per year." https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/pressDetail.html?title=bmw-i3-concept-coupe-european-premiere-plus-intelligent-range-enhancing-solutions&outputChannelId=6&id=T0137344EN&left_menu_item=node__6729 https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/pressDetail.html?title...