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popular Posted by BigShotBob • Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023 6:36 AM
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popular Posted by BigShotBob • Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023 6:36 AM
Tesla Model X & Model S Price Cut
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The 3 came out almost 2 full years before the Y did, so getting a refresh of it at least 1-2 years ahead of the Y similarly makes sense.
YOU suggested it was a similar-to-highland larger refresh coming to Y soon though. Which would require considerable line changes and a period of prototype/field testing similar to the year+ we saw with the 3.
You can see that, right?
You DO know while they share SOME parts the 3 and Y aren't built on the same line, and the Y isn't just a 3 with a hatch, right?
I must be old, because those monthly insurance prices sound like car payments to me.
Tesla addresses this exact question here:
https://www.tesla.com/support/inc...0%20pound
They are all old though.
So discussing what you pay versus what someone else pays, on the internet, where almost every one of those variables will be totally different, is pretty useless.
My own (useless to compare) situation is my insurance did not significantly change moving from a gasoline Lexus IS350 to a Tesla model 3... and road and track or someone a while back priced out every model of Tesla vs the nearest BMW equivalent and found again the prices were pretty comparable (lower in a few cases higher in a few others).... Ultimately it's the same as any other vehicle- shop around, pick what makes the most sense for your situation.
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Once the industry gels, I'm betting we'll see electric vehicles less expensive than gas counterparts in the next 5 years. When people start buying 1 electric and one gas car for family use, that's when you'll see the tide change.
Once the industry gels, I'm betting we'll see electric vehicles less expensive than gas counterparts in the next 5 years. When people start buying 1 electric and one gas car for family use, that's when you'll see the tide change.
The Koenigsegg Gemera is the world's quickest production car that hits the 0-60 mph mark within 1.9 seconds.
The 3 is kinda in a class by itself.
The 3 is kinda in a class by itself.
None of them are actually making those cars in volume though. GM, excluding the being-killed-off-bolt, sold less EVs in all of 2023 so far than Tesla sells in one day (even in you include the bolt they're only at, for the entire first half of 2023, around what Tesla sells in about 10-12 days). The only place GM is leading anytihng is press releases about things they never end up mass producing... (in 2018 they said they'd have 20 new EVs on the market by now instead of the 2 they are delivering- and those in tiny #s (the Hummer and the Lyriq))
Ford is doing a LITTLE better, they sold through the whole first half of 2023 about what Tesla does in 5 days.
Fisker HOPES for the entire of 2023 to produce about 4-5 days of Teslas sales.
In part because unlike Tesla they lose money on each one they sell- so increasing volume just hurts their bottom line. (and in Fiskers case they don't actually build anything- they contract out their vehicle building to 3rd party so they have additional costs and constraints people who own factories do not).
Doubly so on the cost problem for GM and Ford though since mainly the few they DO sell are not replacing a Tesla sale- they are replacing a profitable-for-them gasoline car sale.
The 3 is kinda in a class by itself.
When I bought my Model 3 it was after cross-shopping the then-current versions of the BMW 3 series, Lexus IS350 (which was the gas car I HAD at the time and the Tesla replaced- but the newer generation was heavier, slower, more expensive, and apart from an updated infotainment inferior to the car I already had- they hadn't even really updated the engine in 10 years), Infiniti Q50, Audi S4, Mercedes C, etc...
The Tesla had better performance, lower cost of operation, better ADAS offerings, and cost less when similarly optioned.
That has only gotten moreso since.
Now, if you don't care at all about performance you can bring in a few cheaper cars, but if you're willing to include TCO in your math the Tesla still typically wins there too versus gas cars.
I don't think you can place the Camry and the Accord in the same class as a Mecedes C class or BMW 3 series.
On the same note, you can't place the Model 3 in the same class as the Camry and Accord. It would be more comparable to a Corolla or Civic.
Corolla and Civic don't need tax credits, rebates and incentives to sell.
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Model S $3,785
Model X $3,861
Average is like 45% higher than comparable cars.
https://www.nerdwallet.
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