People Will Pay More For A Tesla Model 3 Due To The 'Tesla Stretch'

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THE ‘TESLA STRETCH’ IS PROVING CAR BUYERS WILL PAY MORE FOR A MODEL 3

The Tesla Model 3 is turning out to be an electric car that’s seducing car buyers across multiple market segments. According to CleanTechnica, “45% of current electric car drivers plan to buy a Tesla next.” Okay, that’s understandable. Non-Tesla EV drivers might be interested in a Tesla. That said, it’s extraordinary how many gas-powered car owners, from vastly different auto segments, are transitioning to Teslas. - Inside EVs

[samnsara]

1. im sorry but all these crossovers look the same.. you can have a Saturn, Lexus or..

..Tesla and unless you read the model on the car you cant tell one from the other. I hate the look of the crossovers.

[NNadir]

2. You mean it will cost rich people more money to pretend they care about the environment?

So what?

Even if the Tesla were not an affectation for rich people to pretend that they give a shit - they don't - it would have no bearing whatsoever on the accumulation of dangerous fossil fuel wastes in the planetary atmosphere.

A battery is a device that wastes energy, which is dire, since the overwhelming majority of the electricity to charge these expensive pieces of garbage comes from the combustion of dangerous fossil fuels.

[Finishline42]

3. Everything that generates or uses energy wastes a percentage of energy in the process, the only

Everything that generates or uses energy wastes a percentage of energy in the process, the only question is how much.

Even your beloved nuclear wastes it by the boatload.

You were probably one of those that complained about incandescent light bulbs being phased out. Replaced by much more efficient bulbs which as it turns out is one of the reasons South Carolina canceled their nuclear plants - the demand for electricity is dropping and they don't have a need for the excess capacity.

Even if the power to run the Model 3 comes from a coal fired plant - it's still a better use of energy than the 15% efficient IC engine.

Jump up and down some more nada. $60k Model 3's are replacing Mercedes C class and 3 series BMW's by the thousands. Pretty soon those $40k Model 3's will start hitting the road and even more fossil fueled cars will be sitting on lots unsold.

Maybe for someone like Hunter who drives 10,000 miles a year it doesn't make sense but how about someone that drives 25,000 miles a year in a car that gets 25 mpg? That's 1,000 gal of gas at $2.85 per x 5 years is almost $15,000 in gas cost alone. Suddenly that $40k EV is now less than $25k when you count all the maintenance.

Until this year the #1 quickest car I ever rode in was a Ferrari 599 that a customer had. Amazing that a Tesla Model 3 that I test drove recently had anywhere close to the same acceleration.