Posted on 07/21/2014 7:37:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Tesla said this week that its $35,000 entry, due in 2017 (or thereabouts), will be called the Model 3. One of the keys to making a cheaper Tesla is battery technology, as CEO Elon Musk pointed out to Auto Express earlier in the week.
I chatted with John Voelcker, senior editor for High Gear Media, which publishes Green Car Reports, in the wake of the news. He offered insight into what impact a lower-priced Tesla might have.
Q: Tesla has sold very pricey cars to date. How might a $35,000 Model 3 shake things up?
John Voelcker: A list price of $35,000 is a very nice place to be as compared to the current Model S, which is selling well for its category, but this is a category that starts at $70,000 and goes up to six figures. So, if Tesla can in fact introduce the Model 3, as it's now called, at a base price of $35,000 with a 200-mile electric range, that will take them into a whole new order of magnitude of volume.
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Superfund sites are primarily older industrial sites. You care to ante up your mouth and actually give a link where electric cars have resulted in a superfund site?
The Corvette and Vioer ar both over $100K - and to place 500+ HP as the standard is absurdly stupid on its face. But you already knew that.
a loaded tesla S is around 100 G too.. your point?
vette z06 starts at 76,500 just for the record.
Cars that start at $35k are indeed entry-level luxury cars. Cadillac, Lexus, BMW, Audi, Infinti, Volvo, Mereces, all have vehicles that start there or less.
I’m actually stunned that there are so many vehicles sold in the $70k-$100k range.
The fact is that $22k cars frequently come with $10k add-ons.
“Average” includes all those upscale vehicles too.
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