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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by toomuchtodo on Thursday August 03, 2017 @11:58AM (#14920691)
17 million new cars are sold each year in the US alone. The market is there and proven.
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Re:Tesla Burns Through Record Cash to Bring the Model 3 to M... by mbreese on Thursday August 03, 2017 @02:03PM (#14922054)
And how many of those new cars sold for > $35-40k?

Tesla certainly has a market, but it isn't competing for the same consumers that Honda is. The market Tesla is competing for is significantly smaller than 17M.

The amount of people who can afford any new car is not the same as the number of people who can afford a new Tesla.

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