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Didn't Tesla get +400,000 pre-orders.
Gas prices since the pre-orders have not gone down. Not to mention not a single person I know that ordered one said anything about gas prices in the list or reasons they want one.
They want one for the cool factor (think Mac)
They want one because they don't drive long distance and don't see issue with charging it over night etc.
They want one for the self driving, safety features, etc.
Will there be issues if all cars were to become EV's over night,.. yes,
Is the EV market for everyone,.. no,
Will some people buy or not buy based on the price of gas,.. sure,
In the end the EV market is not a small market, and I woudl expect that they hit their 500k figure given the majority of that is already on pre-order by people willing to wait a considerable amount of time to get delivery of a car they have not really ever seen. Once production start rolling the units out one can assume those not willing to do a pre-order and wait for a basically unseen car will order one, or be more likely to order one.
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