Posted on 07/31/2017 7:41:10 PM PDT by artichokegrower
The Tesla Model 3 has arrived with a whoosh, leaving some tech and automotive writers breathless and blushing.
Wired gasps its “much more than an electric car.” Mashable swoons the Model 3 is “pretty damn awesome.” Business Insider has a topper, saying “the entire world will want this car.” Others getting a few minutes behind the wheel — Tesla limited exposure — found it quite fetching. The first 30 cars were handed over to early supporters and employees Friday.
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Can buy a Toyota Camry for $23,000. Buy a lot of gasoline for $26,000.
A $49K pet rock.
How much money does the Government err..,we kick in to the price? The stupid Chevy volt for instance has a $10,000 subsidiary so it should cost $42,000 instead it’s around 32.
And how much does it cost for a new battery?
Why would I *possibly* want a Tesla?
At this point in my life, my fantasy is to buy some land (at least a couple hundred acres with some water on it), and have old but reliable vehicles I can work on in my barn (I was born in and have spent most of my life in cities).
Forget to keep it charged and it becomes a “pet brick.” Then wait for sticker shock again should you have to replace the batteries because of malfunction or accident.
These were initially said to cost in the mid-thirties range, were they not? This was supposed to be the point for this version.
The carbon output due to battery creation already starts them out at about a 8-10 year deficit against gas cars.
Sticker shock on the Model 3?
It’s exactly what I had been predicting since Tesla announced the Model 3 for “early buyers”. I was predicting prices at around $55,000 to $60,000, and I am not shocked that my prediction came true.
That is an amazing fact, isn’t it.
Lithium ion batteries wont do that. They have intelligent charging because for one, to prevent overheating while charging, but two they dont have issues that lead acid batteries do because of plate buildup that needs to be reversed by recharging after usage.
And almost totally surpressed, too.
I don’t know but they feel good about themselves and after all, that all that matters
Maybe the while world will adopt electric vehicles one day - but it won’t be in any if our lifetimes. Fossil fuels still have way too many advantages over electric for automobiles.
I want all the taxpayers’ money that was stolen through grants etc returned .
It is too early for them to be practical but I guess they have to start somewhere.
There is a Tesla charging station (5 posts) in my hometown of DeFuniak Springs. It is only 5,000 population but is off I-10.
About every other time I drive to town, I will see a single car charging.
I’m a professional cheapskate. Our gasoline bills totaled about 2600 last year and about 2000 the year before. I’ve tried like hell, but I cannot get the economics of EV’s to work.
The only scenario an EV would make sense is like a used Nissan Leaf for a short range commuter car since they can be had used for $7-8k. Their range is only like 90 miles though, so you could only use the car for commuting and short errands. Most of the fuel we buy goes into my wife’s car for her commute (I ride my bike to work), so it’d wipe out most of our gasoline bills but it’d be annoying to only have 1 car that can go on road trips.
The Chevy Volt makes a little more sense as the electric range is about 48 miles before the backup gasoline engine kicks in and it runs like a regular hybrid. That’d still gets her door to door on her commute without any gasoline, and the car could still be used for long road trips. However, the break-even horizon over her current car for a $33,000 Volt would be, er, about 14 years.
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