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Now they just need to get their cars down to the 15k - 20k range to be competitive.
Finally. Chevy is coming out with the Chevy Bolt probably before this Tesla and has around the same price and mileage range as well.
Tesla unveils $35,000-Model 3 with range of 215 miles
Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday of its Model 3 sedan, saying more than 130,000 people had ordered the car, even though it is more than a year away from production.
You think? People that cannot pay more than $15.000 probably won't have the infrastructure at home to plug it in over night. That might even turn out to be limitation on the $ 35.000 crowd.
Now they just need to get their cars down to the 15k - 20k range to be competitive.
I wanted an electric car, so don't take this negatively.
I don't think the mileage listed is realistic.
It's going to be terrain and temperature based.
I almost bought a Nissan Leaf, but after seeing realistic reviews, the advertised mileage was more than real world.
I heard that used ones had battery life deterioration so bad that they had ranges as low as 25-30 miles on a full recharge.
I love the idea of a cheap EV...but the Leaf is a joke imo (and I remotely thought of buying one as well).
My guess is it will be way over $35G and/or the range will be no where near 200 miles.
But, at least they are talking about it...which hopefully bodes well for the future.
A lot of these cars come with standard outlet plugs.
$35k is too much, imo.
Fantastic...IF they built it AND sell it for the advertised price.
Tesla has made lots of promises before that they did not keep.
As for GM...this is the same company that built the EV-1 and then destroyed every one they could get their hands on when California chickened out on the zero emission law.
My guess is it will be way over $35G and/or the range will be no where near 200 miles.
But, at least they are talking about it...which hopefully bodes well for the future.
I wanted an electric car, so don't take this negatively.
I don't think the mileage listed is realistic.
It's going to be terrain and temperature based.
I almost bought a Nissan Leaf, but after seeing realistic reviews, the advertised mileage was more than real world.
Some people have complained about the Model S's range being lower than the advertised 230 miles per charge in the cold due to running heaters and such... but still long mileage.
You think? People that cannot pay more than $15.000 probably won't have the infrastructure at home to plug it in over night. That might even turn out to be limitation on the $ 35.000 crowd.
Fantastic...IF they built it AND sell it for the advertised price.
Tesla has made lots of promises before that they did not keep.
As for GM...this is the same company that built the EV-1 and then destroyed every one they could get their hands on when California chickened out on the zero emission law.
My guess is it will be way over $35G and/or the range will be no where near 200 miles.
But, at least they are talking about it...which hopefully bodes well for the future.
Their other cars are getting well over 200 miles per charge so I don't know why it's not believable. They also say that the price is dependent on the gigafactory they built in Nevada getting up to speed and it is on target to do so. It's mass production of batteries is imperative to driving down the price to $35,000. And that price is before EV incentives you can get to lower the price.
I cant help but wonder about the conspiracy theory in my head that the car manufacturers and big oil are doing their best to see Tesla fail at this. I wonder if Elon Musk's company is in a make or break stage with this model coming out.
Finally. Chevy is coming out with the Chevy Bolt probably before this Tesla and has around the same price and mileage range as well.
Tesla unveils $35,000-Model 3 with range of 215 miles
Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday of its Model 3 sedan, saying more than 130,000 people had ordered the car, even though it is more than a year away from production.
Oh, I am quite sure the majors want to see Tesla die.
ANd if Tesla ever brings the 35K, 200 mile car to production...I am guessing the majors will go all by building cars that deliberately undercut whatever Tesla does and sell them at a loss just to kill Tesla.
The majors are TERRIFIED of all electric cars.
Whats the real price without taxpayer subsidies?
So instead of gass we're using coal....
Varies by location, states should not be using coal anyways.
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