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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by rootusrootus on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @04:26PM (#17912477)
Resale is extremely weak, even for something like a Model S. Think 50% or less going to auction after three years, and some cars in particular (looking at you 500E) going for 1/6 what they were sold for brand new.

Once the technology stabilizes a bit and becomes more common, resale probably won't be any worse than everything else.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by floatrock on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @05:35PM (#17913021)
That's true only if you compare sticker prices. In reality, a $32k bolt has a $7.5k federal rebate, a $2.5k california rebate, and various city and utility rebates. So a $32k MSRP is actually around $20-22k.

With that in mind, a $16k 3 year old Bolt is actually not that bad.

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by Marsymars on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:26AM (#17915225)
Meanwhile in Canada, there are no EV rebates (in most provinces), and due to the depreciation of the dollar and Tesla's USD-based pricing, buying a new Model 3 is now only $400 less than the Model S was at launch four years ago.
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