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Originally Posted by clickhappy
But wouldn't he help humanity more by creating the technologies and parts and licensing them to car companies rather than trying to create a $100k car most people cant afford?
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ACTUALLY....
.. The Telsa starts at $63k, and, most states in the US and provinces in Canada give you a $8000 tax credit which brings it down to a very affordable $55k. In the US, the luxury decked-out version of the Tesla Model S P85 is $86k, or $78k after the tax credit.
And besides that, it costs as low as $4.00 to "fill your tank" when you plug it in at home and charge it at night when electricity is the cheapest. And if you get the super charger option, Fill ups take only 30 minutes, and is completely free. This alone makes the car more affordable than anything at half the cost.
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Originally Posted by clickhappy
Now he has to build a $5B factory just to create a cheaper battery,
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Well no... instead, he WANTS to build a battery factory in the US. The batteries are an expensive part of the car. Tesla is an American company and by making the batteries here, he hopes to bring the costs down and keep jobs in the US where they belong.
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Originally Posted by clickhappy
it seems like he's going down a rabbit hole.
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Hmm.. The Tesla is the safest car ever made, that gets insane milage, is sexy, is selling like crazy, is causing other companies to accelerate their own electric car building just to try to keep up, is good for the environment, is high tech, and has the world talking about it. Oh and he also paid back the loan given to him by the US Government as part of the bail out, 4 years ahead of time. What is the rabbit hole you speak of?
I think he's a pretty cool guy, and I drool over every Telsa I see (more and more these days woohoo!). Can't wait to own one...