The latest news about a car for regular people coming from tesla is a luxury sedan going for a base price of $60k according to their website [1]. In order to buy that, the average joe might have to take out a loan to afford that car. Don't get carried away with you got a loan for college, that you could get a loan for a car. I think that is a bad investment. Buy modestly. http://www.teslamotors.com/media/press_room.php?id=1037

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