Comment Re:Sweet, sweet karma (Score 1) 257
What matters is you are an anonymous coward, which suggests you have a vested interest against Tesla.
All you show is you don't understand the Tesla model.
Tesla's goal isn't to take over Toyota or GM.
So they don't need to sell cheap cars.
Their goal is to prove that EVs aren't glorified golf carts. They they can have style, performance, range, comfort.
Its better exemplified by Musk's statement that Tesla is going to make the best car in the world, which happens to be electric.
I'm far more interested in seeing Tesla quick BMW, Mercedez, Porsche, Audi, and other brands selling cars at the US$ 100k price point and higher.
You probably will ignore the fact that a Tesla Model S is so safe it destroyed the machine used in some safety tests. Normally the machine destroys the car, and how much force the machine applied to the car grades how safe it is. Tesla is so safe, its built like a tank.
That's a huge selling point which attracts millions of rich enough mommies which value their children above all the money in the world.
And the P85D, or the insane performance Tesla, with a supercar performance (half a million car) for 1/3rd the price.
Its what happens when the company is run by people like Elon instead of lawyers and accountants like detroit and germany.
I also don't have enough money to buy any Tesla right now. But I'm selfless enough to understand the goal isn't making me buy a Tesla, but rather threaten the high end manufacturers enough they will be force to go electric, with cars that can actually compete with Tesla. Then after the high end has gone electric, the tech trickles down to more affordable car. Like it happens in every industry. VHS once were too expensive, DVDs too, same for BluRays. The challenges to make cheap EVs are resolved in the high end.