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Originally Posted by Flexin
And everyone keeps talking about the price. They are not main stream cars so they will be expensive. All hybirds/electrics are expensive.
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No, they aren't.
This is the new Tesla that is expected to sell for 1/3 to a 1.4 of what the roadster sells for.
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/index.php
A fully loaded ZENN electric car cost about $20K. The insight that GM made was affordable too.
Tesla wanted to edge into the exotic market, and are charging alot of money for a car that does not warrant it.
And I will guarantee if you email them and ask them who the typical buyer of a roadster is, it will be mostly A list celebrities, because they want their green image more than anything.
If I was a movie star, I would buy a 1970 Chevelle and stuff in a 700hp/1200lb-ft smoke bellowing duramax diesel, because I am tired of the greenies holier than thou attitude that is totally undeserved.
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We also learn that Tesla's national sales manager reckons her customers could, in theory, recharge their Roadster using "smaller, 110-volt sockets used for a living room lamp or television set." Only "charging that way could take as long as 30 hours, compared with eight hours on a larger circuit." Hang-on; setting aside the fact that no one has confirmed ANY recharge time, what happened to the highly-touted three-hour recharge cycle?
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I'll still take the Lotus.