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[Grieve]

62K would be affordable to most people if you factor in "free" gas... if they ever get it where it's how you claim it could be, then that will be one thing. I just don't see it.

Hmm, I don't see the "affordable to most people" thing. We spend about $2500 a year on gas, which is probably less than most, but still. I don't see the person spending $16k on a Hyundai being willing (or able) to jump up to $62k because they'd make back the extra $46k on free gas after 20 years or so...

In fact I don't see a $62k car ever being affordable to most people. They are coming out with the next-gen model in 2016/17, which should be about half the price ($35k without subsidy). That probably gets closer to being more generally affordable, but I still wouldn't put it in the category that most people (i.e. more than half the US population) could afford.

I'm fine with it being a luxury brand, though. I wouldn't want to see them cutting corners to make a $20k car, just like I don't want Apple to make a $200 (without subsidy) phone. That just damages your brand.

I'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it. Technically if your city has a charging station I guess you're considered supported but how far out of your way are you going to have to go to get that? It'll be a long time before every service station has one of these. Or even every 10th service station. I can imagine them saying that Rockville is covered but there's only 1 station and it's at White Flint mall. Going 20 minutes out of your way every day to get a battery swap is gonna get old fast.

This is more for long journeys than an everyday thing. If you are just doing local driving, the range of 300 miles is more than enough to let you just charge every few days, either at a Tesla station or at home (I figure if you can afford a $62k car you probably have a single family home or a separate garage or whatever).

And charging yourself works out at less than $10 (in most states) for a full 300 mile charge, as compared to what? $50-60 for a full tank of gas?