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I note that this is from Dec 15, 2013. Is this supposed to be one of those historical interest posts?

by jccooper 13y ago

jschmitz28 13y ago
It hit the front page on reddit and now it's naturally flowing down into the HN karma grab. I personally didn't know it was planned for this early until now.
- pbreit 13y ago
  Well, it's not actually expected to be available until 2016 or 2017.
- Houshalter 13y ago
  It hit the front page of reddit due to a backlash by users against mods of /r/Technology secretly removing all posts about Tesla. Users are upset and posting tons of posts about Tesla in protest. They are spelling it "Telsa" and "teslas motors" to get around the automated filter.
fpp 13y ago
This was announced shortly after BMW provided price information (about $40k) on their i3 all electric cars (plus the version with a range extender) - both of them available today and not in 2016/17.
- xxgreg 13y ago
  To be fair the Tesla is aiming for a Model E range of ~200 miles, vs ~100 for the i3. So getting double the miles for the same price is a good deal. (Though the i3 does have an ICE range extender option which gives it ~200 miles too)
ParkerK 13y ago
Not sure, but according to a more recent article, it'll be about 2017, not 2015: http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/14/autos/musk-tesla-cheaper/ http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/14/autos/musk-tesla-cheaper/
- tedivm 13y ago
  Both of the articles agree. From the first one- >The third, lower-priced model could make its official debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Tesla confirmed Friday. It would begin selling in 2016 or 2017. In one context they're talking about when it will be available for shows and demos, and so people can start doing reviews and all that. They aren't planning on being at the mass production, on the market level until a bit further after that.

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I note that this is from Dec 15, 2013. Is this supposed to be one of those historical interest posts?

by jccooper 13y ago

I note that this is from Dec 15, 2013. Is this supposed to be one of those historical interest posts?

jschmitz28 13y ago
It hit the front page on reddit and now it's naturally flowing down into the HN karma grab. I personally didn't know it was planned for this early until now.
- pbreit 13y ago
  Well, it's not actually expected to be available until 2016 or 2017.
- Houshalter 13y ago
  It hit the front page of reddit due to a backlash by users against mods of /r/Technology secretly removing all posts about Tesla. Users are upset and posting tons of posts about Tesla in protest. They are spelling it "Telsa" and "teslas motors" to get around the automated filter.
fpp 13y ago
This was announced shortly after BMW provided price information (about $40k) on their i3 all electric cars (plus the version with a range extender) - both of them available today and not in 2016/17.
- xxgreg 13y ago
  To be fair the Tesla is aiming for a Model E range of ~200 miles, vs ~100 for the i3. So getting double the miles for the same price is a good deal. (Though the i3 does have an ICE range extender option which gives it ~200 miles too)
ParkerK 13y ago
Not sure, but according to a more recent article, it'll be about 2017, not 2015: http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/14/autos/musk-tesla-cheaper/ http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/14/autos/musk-tesla-cheaper/
- tedivm 13y ago
  Both of the articles agree. From the first one- >The third, lower-priced model could make its official debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Tesla confirmed Friday. It would begin selling in 2016 or 2017. In one context they're talking about when it will be available for shows and demos, and so people can start doing reviews and all that. They aren't planning on being at the mass production, on the market level until a bit further after that.