Submission + - Is The Tesla Model 3 Actually Going To Cost $50,000? 2
cartechboy writes: How low can battery cost go, and how fast? That's the question automakers are dealing with when it comes to the future of electric cars. Tesla is betting big on electric and has already proven many skeptics wrong with its Model S sedan. The company is making even bolder claims with its upcoming Model 3 stating it'll have about 200 miles of range and a base price of $35,000. That's a nice goal, but is it possible. Battery skeptic Menahem Anderman wrote a new report suggesting that the pace of cost reduction for electric car batteries won't be as swift as Tesla's CEO Elon Musk suggests. This leads Anderman to predict the actual price of the upcoming Model 3 will be in the range of $50,000-$80,000. That's quite a jump from the goal of $35,000. Can Tesla actually pull off the Model 3 with the goal price of $35,000?
This price range is absurd (Score:2)
The lowest priced Tesla Model S runs around $80k without subsidies.
Why the hell would a much simpler, lower battery size car cost that much ?
This sounds like an anti Tesla biased opinion.
There will be no Tesla next generation lower cost model if it costs over $50k. It must be even cheaper than that.
Elon has again, again and again proven its critics wrong.
"They won't be able to make the car"
"It will be too expensive"
"Nobody will want to buy the car"
We saw a very clear pattern of they ignore you, they laugh a
$35k in 2012 dollars = ??? 2020 inflation adjusted (Score:2)
Another very simple fact is we can't ignore inflation. 2012 to 2020 inflation should naturally increase $35k to over $40k, perhaps close to $45k
Many of those articles are years old.
Automotive industry experts have been the most wildly off opinions on Tesla. They live inside the Detroit bubble.
I recall the critics saying really bad things about Tesla right before the Model S started shipping, and shown to be utterly wrong.
For me the question not if, but when the next generation Tesla car will come (model X i