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Agreed, it is huge. Potential market at $36k vs $28k is quite a bit smaller. At least Tesla bundled in autopilot at zero extra cost. It's not as good as orig
by sliken 8y ago
Agreed, it is huge. Potential market at $36k vs $28k is quite a bit smaller. At least Tesla bundled in autopilot at zero extra cost.
It's not as good as originally promised, but still a pretty good deal in my opinion. Just depends how much people are willing to spend for good acceleration, avoiding trips to gas stations, and avoiding spending $1000-$1200 of gas per year. Of course electricity is not free either. My last fill up in California was $3.99 a gallon and I spent $51. I do that about 4-5 times a month.
- taneq 8y ago> At least Tesla bundled in autopilot at zero extra cost. For about 15 minutes, before they rolled that back. Honestly that's the biggest red flag, to me - the chaotic mix of announcements, retractions, chops and changes to their pricing and marketing strategy. As an outsider it feels like the company has cool tech but lacks adult supervision.
- sliken 8y agoEr, what? Go to https://www.tesla.com/model3 https://www.tesla.com/model3, click on buy, next, next. You should see: "Autopilot Included". The car costs $39,500.
- sbov 8y agoYou have to call in to get the actual base model - they removed the option to order it from the website.
- sliken 8y agoYes, I ignored that one. The $39,500 model with autopilot is right on the website. It's not the promised $35k model, but it does include autopilot.
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- sbov 8y agoIf something is "zero extra cost" I would expect the base model to have it. Beyond that, what you looked at used to cost $37,500 with autopilot as an optional $3k addon. Now it always includes autopilot but costs $2k more. Again, not exactly "zero extra cost".