

Model X will have falcon wing doors says Musk


Tesla Model X Concept

Tesla Model S

Source: Tesla Motors Club

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RE: One thing...
By flyingpants1 on 2/11/2014 4:28:55 PM , Rating: 2
Camry for $350/mo, plus $200/mo in fuel costs, or a third-gen Tesla, essentially an electric BMW, for about the same total cost. Even at a slight premium, the Tesla is guaranteed to sell out.

My only point is that when that $500 lease point for the Tesla approaches, the Camry and other sedans are still going to be top sellers. Hardly "irrelevant".

Of course. I was just joking about irrelevant. Tesla could sell the best car in the world for $20k, and they'd still be limited by their comparatively tiny production capacity.

By the time any of this happens, hopefully the Volt and Prius will have caught up a little bit.

RE: One thing...
By Spuke on 2/11/2014 5:05:44 PM , Rating: 1
Quit making sh!t up! $200/mo in fuel for a Camry? Not with the Camry's fuel economy and not with your average commute are you going to be paying $200 a month in fuel. I pay ROUGHLY $200 a month in fuel for a 27 mpg (actual hand calculated) sports car with a 66 mile round trip per day commute.

RE: One thing...
By flyingpants1 on 2/11/14, Rating: 0
RE: One thing...
By Spuke on 2/11/14, Rating: 0
RE: One thing...
By robertgu on 2/11/2014 9:19:12 PM , Rating: 3
And yet you assume Camry will use $200 in fuel costs per month, which back of the napkin calcs using $4.00 per gallon avg fuel costs and 27 MPG equals to about 1,350 miles per month.

But you in the earlier post are saying the Tesla will be $500 per month lease yet decide to not include the cost increase to the monthly electric bill? If you want to make comparisons you need to be more through and try to make as much an apples to apples comparison to have legitimacy good sir.

RE: One thing...
By flyingpants1 on 2/11/2014 10:15:19 PM , Rating: 1

No.. If I wanted to do an apples-to-apples comparison, I wouldn't be comparing the Model E with a Camry, but rather with a BMW 3 Series or Audi A4.

I made a quick example without doing any calculations, to show that even the most popular mid-size in the USA is within the same ballpark as the Model E. The very next line says "Even at a slight premium", implying the total cost of the Model E would actually be higher. Meaning, anyone in the market for a Camry might choose to opt for a Model E instead. Is this really so hard to understand?

RE: One thing...
By half_duplex on 2/12/2014 11:30:47 AM , Rating: 2
I drive an A4 and my sisters BF drives a gen 2 Model S.

It is a really nice interior and basically a xvga screen on the dash, but we took a few longer than average drives in it and they were constantly looking for super chargers. We basically had to stop either before or after every hour or so drive for "starbucks" while he plugged up. I couldn't handle that.

RE: One thing...
By Nutzo on 2/12/2014 1:26:07 PM , Rating: 2
This is exactly why electic cars will never replace gas cars unless there is a huge breakthough in battery capacity and charging speed.

With the rising electricity prices (at least here in California), and with states getting ready to start charging a mileage tax on electric cars to pay for the highways, the cost saving will largely disappear.

RE: One thing...
By Reclaimer77 on 2/12/2014 2:53:41 PM , Rating: 2
Ugh ridiculous. Your sisters BF can obviously afford to piss away half a day at Starbucks charging up, but most Americans can't. Which is why EV's will never be ready for prime time, way too impracticable for the majority.

