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To be honest, I'm surprised that the Tesla is seen as a car that only "the rich" can afford. I'm used to Australia, where a 100k car is somewhat standard for a
by timcederman 18y ago
To be honest, I'm surprised that the Tesla is seen as a car that only "the rich" can afford. I'm used to Australia, where a 100k car is somewhat standard for a middle-class family, but our cars cost a fortune.
- flashgordon 18y agowhat? 100k is a car for the middle-class family? I like to think I am middle-class and my mortage is just few (around 4) times that. And I live in Sydney. There is no way I (or my family rather) can afford that. You seriously cant think that is not for the rich. But that aside, that is the price of innovation. Before being mainstreamed, all technology is expensive and trickles down from the top echelons to the bottom. This doesnt mean that this car will always be only for the rich. Secondly even if this was only for the rich, wouldnt a cleaner environmental footprint (by the supposed rich users of this car) make it a valid investment (private equity or not)?
- timcederman 18y ago"Upper middle class" then. The thing is that I know many families with a leased 100k car who aren't "rich"...