I am echoing that feeling - Musk was touting Model 3 being a mass produced affordable long range (200+ miles) mainstream EV, but at $78k price tag, it's far fro

I am echoing that feeling - Musk was touting Model 3 being a mass produced affordable long range (200+ miles) mainstream EV, but at $78k price tag, it's far from mainstream. Unless they can bring the cost down to the $30k price tag, I bet it won't sell as much as Musk hoped for. Granted Dan Neil tested the fully loaded performance version, the base version of Model 3 still hovering over $50k as far as we can see it producing right now. All other manufacturers are catching up though, hopefully the battery cost reduction due to economy of scale will eventually allow Tesla to price it to be $30k, but I don't think it will happen before 2020 (assuming Tesla Motors is still around).