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Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by ar_lan on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:37PM (#33376607)
Wasn’t the Model 3 the “low cost” one? Is there supposed to be a cheaper one?

Cars are so confusing these days - $40k USD just seems like the average price now.

My neighborhood has so many Tesla roofs I was actually surprised by your comment - but that’s fascinating! I thought they would be doing much better.

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by hnburnsy on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:46PM (#33376747)
Just an industry example...

Ford’s average transaction price (ATP) edged 4% higher to $54,008, according to Cox Automotive calculations. By comparison, Ford’s ATP was about $40,000 in Q3 2017.

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by dexterdog on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:45PM (#33376730)
The base model 3 starts at 48,490. They were supposed to have a $35K version. I think they sold one to a guy once at that price with bike tires and folding chairs as seats.
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by flutas on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:07PM (#33377103)
> They were supposed to have a $35K version.

They had a $35k version, it was just off menu as recently as early 2020[0]. But it was discontinued around November of 2020[1].

[0]: https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1127490_the-35k-tesla-m...

[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-3...

Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by hnburnsy on Friday October 28, 2022 @03:48PM (#33376777)
Proud owner of the most inexpensive Tesla ever sold. Black 2019 Model 3, $36,500, less $3750 tax credit. Only took 3 years order to delivery.
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by null4bl3 on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:14PM (#33377222)
That is almost the same delivery time as a free east German Lada
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by emkoemko on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:03AM (#33381417)
the thing was the robotaxi would of payed of the car in a year so i bought it, now i will never touch Tesla
Re:Elon Musk owns Twitter: The story so far by emkoemko on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:02AM (#33381414)
he scammed me ... years ago he said to buy a Telsa because next year they would make you 30,000$ a year being a robotaxi... i fell for it.. no idea what he was doing say these things