So what do you suppose the chances are that a kid starting his first job will save $500 to $1500 to buy a good used Tesla.
The Teslatards are typical liberals. Their real goal is to eliminate affordable transportation for all but those who can afford their approved transportation. Kinda like cash for clunkers. It drove used car prices up while giving a tax break to people who could afford a new car anyway.
This is a point I've been trying to make that's gotten lost in the past few posts: Tesla is for higher-end buyers, there is no way it's going to penetrate the low-end market, which is where the "gas guzzlers" (I hate that term) are. A glance at the headline of this entire thread suggests that's what the argument's about (Hooray! Teslas are saving fuel by taking gas-guzzlers off the road! Rah, rah!), and Tesla loses it hands-down.
Fanbois is off on an irrelevant tangent about overall cost-effectiveness and how they sucked off the government teat less than GM, and I'm finished with that primrose path. I live in Realityville, where I own a hybrid SUV that I like a lot, but am going to have to unload before the battery warranty blows up in my face.
About the same as kid saving up to buy a BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Lexus, etc., etc.
The Tesla Model S is a high performance, luxury sports sedan and is priced like one.
Tesla does plan to intro a much more affordable model in 3 to 4 years. The Model S was never intended for the middle class, but their next sedan will be.