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Tesla is working on next-gen electric car platform for half the price

9 points by metadat 4y ago

metadat 4y ago
> This is a confirmation that cheaper electric cars are back in the cards for Tesla, though we should take the cost predictions with a grain of salt since Tesla doesn’t have a great track record on that. > The Model 3 was supposed to start at $35,000, which it only briefly did and that was before the inflation crisis, and the Model S was supposed to start $50,000, which it also briefly did but with a software-locked version that was quickly discontinued.
diebeforei485 4y ago
This would be a game-changer for many European and Asian cities and potentially for some North American cities as well. The critics (typically left-wing urbanist types, though not the "strong towns" urbanist types) should realize that this wouldn't have been possible without the iterations of the Model S and Model 3 - their higher costs paid for the R&D.
- hulitu 4y ago
  To me all Teslas look the same. I fail to see the "iteration".
- clouddrover 4y ago
  > This would be a game-changer How? Smaller, cheaper EVs are already available from other manufacturers in Europe. Tesla has fallen behind the game in the European EV market: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Years https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Y...
maximus-decimus 4y ago
Between 25k and 35k... this seems more like half the price the model 3 is right now... after they doubled it during the pandemic.
- knewter 4y ago
  Strangely, "big turkey" has also double the price of a turkey for Thanksgiving in the same time frame. I wonder when people will appreciate inflation is actually through the roof and the government is lying. "8%" Every single item has gone up by more than 8% this year. In my experience, 20% seems about like what I've seen.
sib301 4y ago
sidibe 4y ago
Tesla is an announcement company. They are working on so many revolutionary things that will be done very very soon. And Elon says that there's a ton of other cool things that they haven't even announced yet. I was a bit confused by this since I thought announcing to the public was the first step in Tesla product development.
clouddrover 4y ago
So they're inventing the Chevy Bolt.

9 points by metadat 4y ago

> This is a confirmation that cheaper electric cars are back in the cards for Tesla, though we should take the cost predictions with a grain of salt since Tesla doesn’t have a great track record on that. > The Model 3 was supposed to start at $35,000, which it only briefly did and that was before the inflation crisis, and the Model S was supposed to start $50,000, which it also briefly did but with a software-locked version that was quickly discontinued.

diebeforei485 4y ago

This would be a game-changer for many European and Asian cities and potentially for some North American cities as well. The critics (typically left-wing urbanist types, though not the "strong towns" urbanist types) should realize that this wouldn't have been possible without the iterations of the Model S and Model 3 - their higher costs paid for the R&D.

hulitu 4y ago
To me all Teslas look the same. I fail to see the "iteration".
clouddrover 4y ago
> This would be a game-changer How? Smaller, cheaper EVs are already available from other manufacturers in Europe. Tesla has fallen behind the game in the European EV market: https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Years https://eu-evs.com/marketShare/ALL/Groups/Line/All-time-by-Y...

maximus-decimus 4y ago

Between 25k and 35k... this seems more like half the price the model 3 is right now... after they doubled it during the pandemic.

knewter 4y ago
Strangely, "big turkey" has also double the price of a turkey for Thanksgiving in the same time frame. I wonder when people will appreciate inflation is actually through the roof and the government is lying. "8%" Every single item has gone up by more than 8% this year. In my experience, 20% seems about like what I've seen.

sib301 4y ago

sidibe 4y ago

Tesla is an announcement company. They are working on so many revolutionary things that will be done very very soon. And Elon says that there's a ton of other cool things that they haven't even announced yet. I was a bit confused by this since I thought announcing to the public was the first step in Tesla product development.

clouddrover 4y ago

So they're inventing the Chevy Bolt.