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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that his company's "mass market sedan", the Model 3, can be pre-ordered in March 2016 for $35,000. The cars will not be available until 2017 at the earliest. From CNBC:
What's taking so long, you ask? Right now, the batteries that would power the Model 3 would cost about as much as the car is slated to. Tesla is building an enormous lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Nevada to make its own batteries for far less money — the "Gigafactory" mentioned in Musk's tweet.
Not much more can be revealed about the Model 3 except that, as Musk mentioned cryptically during a Q&A session on Reddit, "It won't look like other cars." What does that mean, exactly? We'll find out in March.
In the meantime, you can order yourself a new Model X — if you have the cash. The entry level model will cost around $5,000 more than a Model S with the same options, Musk wrote in yet another tweet — though you can easily spend well into the six figure range for the "Signature" high-end series.
Tesla customers will begin receiving their Model X "all-electric SUVs" beginning on Sept. 29.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Friday September 04 2015, @04:29PM
Teslas are very popular in Norway [cnn.com]. Are your driving conditions more extreme than Norway's?
Tesla in snow on 14% grade defeating other cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObSjtU6YXc [youtube.com]
What does ICE have to do with it? Are you referring to the presence of an engine? Well, what about ICEs whose engine is in the back? Are you mortally afraid of VW Bugs too? Is it the carbon fiber body? Is that why nobody buys Ferraris or Lambos, too, too afraid of deer strikes?
Here's a pic of a guy with a Tesla who hit a deer [teslamotors.com]. It was 35mph but it looks pretty good to me, certainly no worse than any other kind of car.
Sorry, but your post reads like silly, shallow FUD. If you're spreading FUD for fun or out of ignorance, you ought to go test-drive a Tesla or a BMW i3. Electric cars are fun to drive, instant linear acceleration that is totally quiet. Braking power is great, too. But if you're spreading FUD because you're being paid to, tell your bosses to try harder to come up with something better.
Washington DC delenda est.