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Re:Tesla Model S and Model 3 comparison by 013a on Friday May 26, 2017 @02:26PM (#14426133)
Even calling the Model S a BMW is stretching given, for the price, how bad the interior is, how average the performance is (outside of the P100D), and how poor their customer support and QA is.

Tesla has no comparison in the auto industry. The Model S is a $35k upcharge, minimum, over comparable traditional automobiles, just for the electric powertrain. The Model 3 might get that number down to $15k. Nothing we've seen about the Model 3 looks like it should start at $35k, beside the hype around electric powertrain.

My question is: Who can get that number down to $5k first? Tesla? Or BMW, Toyota, or GM?

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Re:Tesla Model S and Model 3 comparison by brentis on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:38PM (#14426982)
Wow. So pleased to see there are not a ton of Tesla fanboys on here. I feel like I'm in good company.
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Re:Tesla Model S and Model 3 comparison by legolas2412 on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:22PM (#14428763)
What are you talking about. There are a ton of musk fanboys here.

He says that we'll have fully self driving cars this year, astronauts on Mars in 2022, human comouter nueral interface in 2025, and a settlement with cheap tunnels ok Mars in 2030.

These guys are going to have a decade of disappointment and hyperbole thrown at them.

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