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popular Posted by BigShotBob • Sep 1, 2023
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Tesla Model X & Model S Price Cut

$79,990

$79,990

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It looks like they cut prices on the Model X and Model X Plaid. The base Model X now sells for $79,990 while the Plaid now sells for $89,990. All color options are included too. It also seems as if it might now qualify for a tax credit.

Edit: Model S prices were slashed too.

Model S base model $74,990
Model S Plaid $89,990

https://www.tesla.com/
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It looks like they cut prices on the Model X and Model X Plaid. The base Model X now sells for $79,990 while the Plaid now sells for $89,990. All color options are included too. It also seems as if it might now qualify for a tax credit.

Edit: Model S prices were slashed too.

Model S base model $74,990
Model S Plaid $89,990

https://www.tesla.com/

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ggapropros
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Quote from vishnumrao :
300-500 for the charger and 200-2000 for charger installation.

Charger installation costs vary greatly depending on how far the garage is from your panel. Also if you need a panel upgrade it will be much more.

In many places, the utility provide may have rebates on charger purchase and installation. Example where i live SMUD [smud.org]has some major rebates.
rebates are nice but..

if you have a 220v in your garage then you can use a $35 splitter, only need to hire an electrician if you want to run an entirely new 220v line from your breaker box

https://www.amazon.com/RVMATE-Spl...r=8-6&th=1
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vishnumrao
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Anyone know if a family can qualify for 2 EV tax credits in a year? We already bought one EV this year, I am tempted to ditch my other gas car and get a second EV (maybe the X).
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Quote from KaatuPaadi :
If you are buying a 90K car and qualify for rebate, means your income is too low and cant really afford to buy the car...LOL..
$300k married income
$80000 - $7500
$72500 / 10 years of ownership = $7250 per year

thats like one vacation to hawaii with your spouse bro LMAO
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Quote from vishnumrao :
Anyone know if a family can qualify for 2 EV tax credits in a year? We already bought one EV this year, I am tempted to ditch my other gas car and get a second EV (maybe the X).
apparently yes, check reddit tesla

ideally you will have $7500 + $7500 of federal tax liability since it is a tax credit.. but even if youre ~$14000 instead of $15000 not too bad
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Quote from ggapropros :
rebates are nice but..

if you have a 220v in your garage then you can use a $35 splitter, only need to hire an electrician if you want to run an entirely new 220v line from your breaker box

https://www.amazon.com/RVMATE-Spl...r=8-6&th=1 [amazon.com]
Very few homes have 240V lines running into their garage. Thats my observation from many homes in NorCal.

BTW, its not 220V line, its a 240V line. The 240V line is made by the use of 2 120V lines and a ground.
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Quote from ggapropros :
apparently yes, check reddit tesla

ideally you will have $7500 + $7500 of federal tax liability since it is a tax credit.. but even if youre ~$14000 instead of $15000 not too bad
Thank you. I will check Reddit.
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Quote from vishnumrao :
Very few homes have 240V lines running into their garage. Thats my observation from many homes in NorCal.

BTW, its not 220V line, its a 240V line. The 240V line is made by the use of 2 120V lines and a ground.
in bay area most of my homes had the washer/dryer next to the garage or in the garage
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Quote from ggapropros :
in bay area most of my homes had the washer/dryer next to the garage or in the garage
Interesting. After 11 years in San Jose and 7 years in the Sacramento area, I know of only one friend who has a washer & dryer in their garage. In this one case, I don't know if they are using gas or electricity for the dryer.

You are probably right, maybe I haven't paid much attention to it.
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Fastest car ever made??
Lucid's Sapphire beat it... Last time I checked.
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Quote from KaatuPaadi :
If you are buying a 90K car and qualify for rebate, means your income is too low and cant really afford to buy the car...LOL..
Or you are too lazy to get a good accountant.
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Quote from ggapropros :
$300k married income
$80000 - $7500
$72500 / 10 years of ownership = $7250 per year

thats like one vacation to hawaii with your spouse bro
"That's like one vacation"
Umm.. That's 10-15 less vacations.

I'm tempted to buy this, but I'd be broke fast if I justified all my purchases that way.
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Quote from huge :
$90k for the fastest car ever made? That's a great price. I think this is the cheapest their top performance model had ever been
"car"
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Quote from lou85_hf :
Screw Musk. His politics are preventing me from supporting his cars.
Curious, which CEO do you buy your cars from?

Thomas Schafer who worked at VAG (vw/audi/porsche) during diesel gate which will kill hundreds of people due to nitrous oxide pollution?

Koji Sato who donates millions to senators who vote for oil subsidies because toyota doesnt know how to make an EV to save its life?

Jose Munoz who continues business with dozens of Hyundai U.S. parts factories that have been caught employing child laborers? and who cheaped out on an $80 immobilizer which has lead to their cars being the most stolen cars in american history?

Mary Barra who killed 124 americans due to a $2 plastic ignition switch instead of a more robust $5 one that wouldnt turn off if your keychain was too heavy?

Is it one of those CEO?

cheers, cant wait for the response.
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Quote from Knightshade :
Your understanding is incorrect- the personal EV tax credit is non-refundable and does not carry over year to year.

It offsets current year tax liability only, dollar for dollar until liability reaches $0 or you have used up all the EV credit you are entitled to.




Well-- one of them.... there's a bunch of others including superior engineering, efficiency, battery management, vertical integration, software and OTA updates, advanced L2 ADAS, they ability to actually produce EVs in volume, etc... That's why they can sell lots of cars with better specs at a lower price and still make money compared to legacy auto that can't even sell inferior spec cars at higher prices without losing $ on them, and why the majority of all EVs sold in the US continue to be from Tesla.


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Folks have been saying this for 10 years- during which Tesla keeps growing sales on average 50% YoY....while most legacy companies share of the overall car market has declined.

VW announced (also almost 10 years ago) they'd be the market leader in EVs by 2018-- instead they're cutting shifts and delaying new models for years because they still don't understand how to write software.... GM told us in 2017 it was supposed to have introduced 20 new EV models by now, instead they've only got a couple of new ones actually on the market and nobody is buying them. Not to mention the few EVs the legacy car companies sell all get sold at a loss- while every Tesla is sold at a substantive profit. Legacy can't afford to compete with Tesla- they'd lose too much money selling that many money-losers.


The only EV company providing any substantive "competition" for Tesla is BYD, which doesn't currently sell anything in the US at all but is doing pretty well in China and now Europe, and actually sells EVs profitably (though at a much smaller profit than Tesla does)
That is the one that matters for me for day to day use. Others are good to have sure, and for me the big OTA update has been tesla vision for parking, and honestly I prefer the physical sensors any day. And yes, if you absolutely want an EV - Tesla is the best option in the US for now. If you go with Tesla , just be prepared that you are buying something that is going mass market (e.g. Toyota) and not luxury (Mercedes). If Tesla is so great, they should be raising prices and not slashing them at every chance - most likely Qtr ends (and no some of it is passing cost benefits to customers - most of it is to boost their unit numbers for wall street).

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