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Re:The Near Future of Electric Cars: Many Models, Few Buyers by Cookingboy on Saturday December 30, 2017 @01:32AM (#16034158)
Your Roadster was a $100k vehicle when it's new (almost 2x as much as a M3 of the same year), the next Roadster starts at $200k.

For a six-figure vehicle, they better be ballers!

Where is my performance EV that's a competitor to the Miata or the Camero for $30k?

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Re:The Near Future of Electric Cars: Many Models, Few Buyers by adventured on Saturday December 30, 2017 @05:31AM (#16034672)
It's nearing the end of the first inning of the electric car shift. The first inning is the introduction and infection of the idea that it's possible and then probable. Musk mostly took care of that. Since it's starting from expensive and moving down, your performance full-EV for a real $30k (non-tax credit dependent), is still at least ten years out. For now they're going to keep selling higher-end vehicles to wealthier people (Tesla etc) and smaller ugly vehicles to environmental buyers (Leaf, Bolt, etc).
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Re:The Near Future of Electric Cars: Many Models, Few Buyers by kuro68k on Saturday December 30, 2017 @07:23AM (#16034978)
The new Leaf isn't ugly at all, it looks quite good. Decent performance too.
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