Once they hit 200k total sales (all models combined), the tax credit will drop to $3750, where it will stay for 6 months. After that, it drops to $1875 for another six months, then drops to $0. One year after they hit 200k, all federal tax credits are gone.

Nope, because Tesla already has burned through some of the 200k and will burn through more before the model 3 gets delivered. Actually, if they hit their delivery targets for the S and X, almost no credits will be left when the 3 goes on sale.

Proof that schools shouldn’t be afraid to teach trade skills.

I could drag a 220V service line from my subpanel 40 feet into my garage for ~$150. Probably a $500-750 job for an electrician....

$1 is a stretch in many places, but not always -

The $.075 per kWh you pay is, I assume, a flat rate independent of time of day. The power company charges this rate such that on average, the amount you (and all other customers combined) pay equals their average cost of that power. But for most of the day, their costs…

Eliminating the middleman *might* reduce pricing. But don’t expect it to do so by leaps and bounds. Instead of an independent business owning a dealership and paying for the capital and operating costs of said store, Tesla is doing it. They’re still going to charge you the full overhead costs plus their cost of…

Even if you only want to look at DC fast stations, there are 1,116 available to the Bolt.

It isn’t a well-developed system like Tesla’s, and would make cross-country trips painful, but that’s what flying is for.

You do realize that GM’s battery cost is already lower per kWh than Tesla’s projected cost when they get the gigafactory running, right?

Evidently not.

GM doesn’t have their own proprietary charging network... but a Bolt will have a charging network available to it.

There are 7,912 public charging stations across the US that have 21,236 outlets that are compatible with the Bolt.

In my area, there are 14 public stations that the Bolt can use. There’s 1 Tesla…

Yep - cars are classified by the EPA/US govt by interior size, not exterior. And yep - if the 3 series is as big on the outside and as heavy as an Accord, but actually gives the occupants less space than a Civic, I believe you’re correct in calling it a bloated mess.

The 3 series has less total passenger volume than a Civic (96 cu. ft vs 98), less trunk volume (13 cu ft. vs 15), less front legroom (42 vs 42.3), less front shoulder room (55.1 vs 57), and less rear legroom (35.1 vs 37.4). It has marginally more headroom, and that’s about it.

It pales compared to the Accord in space.

What money losing company hard up for cash would actually tell its customers “don’t buy now - we’ll be cutting the price in a few years”?

If Tesla bumps up the price on the S and X, they’ll lose sales. The S and X will undoubtedly have higher gross margins than the 3, so such a move could very well end up with Tesla losing considerably more money than they already are.

You’d think, but then if you sit down and do some math....

I’ve also had zero claims ever (not 47 years, but several decades, let’s leave it at that... :) ). I pay about $500 per year per vehicle for full insurance, but only $200 of it actually covers my vehicles. $100 or so goes for additional medical coverage, most…

I’d anticipate there to still be options, with the manufacturers potentially getting into the insurance game by covering accidents caused by their software, but you’ll still need to have insurance to cover accidents caused by your neglect on maintenance, acts of god, vandalism, etc.

And I’d expect more and more for the…

It can make perfect sense. Why did your neighbor down the road make a claim? Hail damage? Tornado? Wind storm? Were the insurance company’s models for claim probability accurate, or are they experiencing higher claims for these events? If the latter, they’re going to boost EVERYONE’s rates, because you’re not…

No, “asshat” - the government requires you to move to the right when it is safe to do so. It isn’t safe with a reckless asshat such as yourself tailgating.

Amen.

The people comparing this to the SUV craze in the 90s/00s simply aren’t paying attention to the fact that the sales numbers have dramatically shifted and mpg figures dramatically increased. People aren’t buying 18 mpg hwy Explorers - they’re buying 34 mpg Escapes/CR-Vs/CX-5s...

Ugly.

There.... that’s all we need call it...