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Most people who live in Germany in cities don't have houses, only flats. How would you ever charge an electric car there? Driving to one of the superchargers e

• gambiting 13y ago
  I think that right now, the target market for the Tesla S is definitely rich enough to live in their own house where they can charge it. And in any case - there is already plenty of public charging points everywhere, and you can also park for free there, so in an unlikely situation that you buy a Tesla and live in a flat, you should be able to charge it while you are at work,from any of the public charging points.
  • lttlrck 13y ago
    That's quite insulting. The trend for Germans to rent and not buy is a choice, not due to being too poor to afford a house. They don't share the homeownership fever prevalent in the UK and USA. Germans (and the French) rent due to cultural reasons, it's not looked down upon at all, it's a pragmatic alternative and puts the renter on a much more equal footing with the landlord than in other countries (like the UK). Of course this is all quite obvious by glancing at the rental prices in nice neighbourhoods in Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Paris...