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I want to again remind folks that the 29k guess/rumored price is / will be the 'starting at' price. The Model S "starts" at 60k, but the version that isn't ner
by djloche 13y ago
I want to again remind folks that the 29k guess/rumored price is / will be the 'starting at' price.
The Model S "starts" at 60k, but the version that isn't nerfed due to a small battery is $90k. The people giving the amazing, raving reviews of the Model S are talking about the high end of the price range model, not the 'starting at' model.
The next revision (model E) won't be an 'everyone' Tesla - In order to be an 'everyone' car, they'd be looking at going head to head with the Honda Civic (18k) and Toyota Corolla (17k).
I want that as much as anyone else - but it's still another tech generation away to get those batteries made at a low enough cost to be viable. I think they can do the 30-60k car merely with economies of scale, but to halve the cost again is going to take a new generation of battery tech that isn't here yet.