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Counterpoint: car prices should be required to estimate annual upkeep and insurance costs next to the sticker price. Tesla is cherry picking here, but having th
by b_tterc_p 8y ago
Counterpoint: car prices should be required to estimate annual upkeep and insurance costs next to the sticker price. Tesla is cherry picking here, but having this data known to consumers would be a positive.
- javagram 8y agoThe standard car window sticker I’ve seen at normal car dealerships does have information on the expected gas costs. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuel_economy_label_EPA_2008.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuel_economy_label... TCO information is probably harder to estimate but if it were done in a standardized way Tesla would probably suffer given how unreliable their cars are and all the maintenance horror stories of cars being in the shop for months and months due to backlogs and backordered parts... Consumer Reports and other independent agencies do try to estimate some of this I think.
- Dylan16807 8y agoThat means you raise the prices of both cars to compare, but you raise the Tesla less. It's still misleading to show it as a reduction, unlike the incentives.