Posted on 10/14/2023 3:35:27 AM PDT by cba123
Tesla’s base Model 3 and Model Y now have both cheaper starting prices than the average new car in the US.
This could open the eyes of more buyers who didn’t consider going electric before.
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If they’re going to be throw-away cars, they need to be throw-away priced.
$5,000 for example.
I bought a Honda Civic bran new in 1990 when they were $5,799 new. I had AC installed for $1,000. Total price including interest on my car loan was under 10k. Then I put a quarter million miles on it before selling it. It was still getting 44 MPG.
Make a eVehicle do that, and perhaps. Also quick charging, and MUCH more longevity for trips. Like 600+ miles between charges. Then We’d have something we actually would want.
Re: 35 - oh grow up.
Get used to other posters not having the same positions as you.
I was referring to RESIDENTIAL building codes. Duh, not commercial.
cba is an EV pusher and a NVA plant.
Maintenance Schedule and Costs CarEdge https://caredge.com › tesla › maintenance Tesla models average around $5,867 for maintenance and repair costs during their first 10 years of service. This beats the industry average for luxury
Teslas are so expensive to repair, insurers are writing them ... Autoblog https://www.autoblog.com › Tesla › Tesla News Jan 27, 2023 — Tesla electric vehicles are expensive to repair — so much so that the automaker and insurers are addressing the issue in sharply different
Is this cost still subsidized by my taxes? Cuz that’s part of the cost.
Don’t care. Glorified scooter…
The advertised range is ~270 miles in ideal conditions. Routine driving range is about 160 miles if one charges between 20 and 80 percent.
Even if the car was free you will soon have higher electric bills, higher insurance premiums, higher maintenance for some items (tires, etc).
If home-build kits could be offered, so you could build your own EV like as desktop computer, buying compatible parts like as with https://pcpartpicker.com/ then that would be popular.
“motors run on electricity and engines run on combustion. The engine converts various forms of fuels into mechanical force, while the motor transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy”
Tesla is not UAW
Only if you lie with numbers.
Cars comparable to the size and ride of the Tesla still cost far less new than the Tesla.
Electrical vehicles got beat out in the market more than 100 years ago.
They are still, even with all the updates of a century, only viable as a niche vehicle... and as much as some people like to claim otherwise, there is absolutely no change to this coming in the short term.
A commuter vehicle, fine. A general Purpose Vehicle? Not anytime soon.
For folks who only need a commuter vehicle, go for it. Me, I’m sticking to the vehicle I can hop in at a moments notice and drive a thousand miles in a day if I need to (and yes I have done this) without needing to plan out my refueling, or wasting hours every one or two hundred miles to refuel.
There are use cases where electric vehicles make sense, if I ran a fleet of service vehicles for instance that I new traveled daily less than 100 miles or so to do their jobs, I’d look at them etc. However, as long as we giving tax breaks for buying them, don’t tell me they are “winning” in the market place.
Great news, but if still doesn’t offset the costs of putting in a fire suppression system in their home!
Sprinkers won't put out an EV lithium battery fire.
EVs MAY get cheaper. Electricity certainly will not. There is a guaranteed shortage of electricity coming as the idiotic “net zero” laws tighten. There will also be roadway usage laws to deal with. The Lefties hope to price you out of driving.
the price is not the real cost
evs will be the destruction of private transportation
It is the batteries that “were” the problem.
More ICE vehicles had fires than EV’s
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