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Looking forward to a Tesla car I could actually afford ;)
by Demiurge 13y ago
Looking forward to a Tesla car I could actually afford ;)
- speeder 13y agoI wish not only that I could afford it, but that regulations of my country did not made it almost illegal and impratical (in fact, Nissan Leaf is no go here either, and it was not lack of effort from Nissan, that even borrowed a entire fleet of them to the goverment to test)
- hkmurakami 13y agoI learned that Tesla is already taking preorders for the Model X, which is $45k (my mentor apparently put an order in). Hopefully this means that we'll have a "Model Y" in the 25k-30k range in another 5 years!
- Demiurge 13y agoI wonder how that would look like and how it would compete with a civic on specs. If it could, I guess it would be 'the future is now' kind of a moment.
- cma 13y agoThe Model X signature edition deposit is $40K, the regular deposit is $5K; the two together may be where you got $45K. There is no reason the model X would be cheaper than the Model S; most of its versions have two motors instead of one in the S, and it likely has a bigger battery. That's not to say it won't be the price of the current model S, but no way it will be of a contemporary one.
- NickM 13y agoThe base model will have just one motor though, and the batteries are actually the same as Model S (60kWh or 85kWh). Given that they've had time to refine their manufacturing techniques and such, it could be cheaper than Model S. However I agree that $45k is likely incorrect, and in practice it's hard to imagine they'd make it much cheaper than Model S, if at all.
- loceng 13y agoThey want to have a $30k version, that with a lease is when most everyone can afford one.