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Re:The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (2006) by Shivetya on Monday April 04, 2016 @05:23AM (#11420416)
I would think the median price for vehicles tends to list high as trucks which account for a large number of sales regularly have stickers in that range. Throw in the atypical family CUV/Van can place in the low thirties as well.

Cars the size of the 3 place in the teens to mid twenties though there are examples outside those ranges. The issues EVs have always faced is that many families if not individuals cannot afford a car with any limitations. By that I mean, both cars have to be able to wholly do the duty of each which usually involves going anywhere at any time.

Two hundred mile EVs might change that but only to a point. It will take a proliferation of charging stations and change in public use of them.

Between the Tesla 3 and Chevrolet Bolt the real change here is that the consumer EV market, the "median price market" has finally matured. All previous generation EVs which include the Leaf, i3, Focus, and eGolf, are as near to being obsolete as they can be. Sure they use still but their range limitation is even more exaggerated, especially at the price points being set by GM and Tesla

Re:The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (2006) by Shengbo on Monday April 04, 2016 @07:15AM (#11420908)
>I would think the median price for vehicles tends to list high as trucks which account for a large number of sales regularly have stickers in that range.

That may be true for the US market but Tesla is selling globally now. Trucks don't sell very well in Europe for example.