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Plus the roadster was supposed to be $100k but ended up at $119. If the Model S follows suit it will be $59K.

Not exactly. A 19% increase would be an additional $7600, not $19000.

All of this conversation said, would you rather companies not even try to produce an alternative to the gas powered car? This is at least heading in the right direction and will lead to better solutions.

At least somebody is trying to make one that has hope of succeeding and not some ugly egg shell on wheels.

What's wrong with gas powered vehicles? They happen to be the most efficient use of an extremely concentrated form of energy in the known Universe and works under all forms of extreme weather and climate variables.

Your electrical dream will work well (in your opinion) under ideal climate conditions, but take it into the Northern States, Canada or Alaska and it will be quite worthless.

Then there is also the “Out of thin air” issue over where the power these vehicles use will come from. It will require massive increases of power to charge them and the ratio of power needed to feed them, in relation to the amount of energy that will be yielded, does not even come close to what gas/oil powered vehicles produce.

There is only an illusion that these are “green” and “non impact”. In fact, on the contrary. They will increase massive power plant output and emissions in the process, which of course is not even considered by the ignorant environMENTAL crowd.

Then, one also must consider what destructive increases in electricity prices this will cause all of us.

Not exactly. A 19% increase would be an additional $7600, not $19000. All of this conversation said, would you rather companies not even try to produce an alternative to the gas powered car? This is at least heading in the right direction and will lead to better solutions. At least somebody is trying to make one that has hope of succeeding and not some ugly egg shell on wheels.

The Model S is NOT expected to come in at the same price as the Volt,$40K. It is expectected to come in just shy of $50K.

19% of $49k is $9,310. 19% of $49,999 is 9,499.81. $49 + $9,310 = 58,310 $49,999 + $9,499 = 58,310

Expect MSRP of $59,000 There wil be a $7,500 tax credit for both EREV and BEV for about three years.

I would rather a company like Tesla that takes massive Federal dollars work on a practical car that the average American will be able to afford and drive as their primary car within a reasonable time frame. Not building toys for households that make over $200k.

That is what Tesla is doing.