The power of marketing is incredible.
No one else could get away with Tesla quality at luxury pricing, but they sell vehicles.
No one else could get away with Tesla quality at luxury pricing, but they sell vehicles.
Imagine if they did, what their sales would be.
For many drivers other issues take precedence.
I personally hate cars but still have to drive, like the environment, want less pollution and hate car maintenance even though I can do it.
When other car's can recognize stop lights the panel spacing might be a factor.
* Nissan Leaf: 31k
* Kia Soule EV: 33k
* Chevrolet Bolt: 38k
You can argue forever about technicalities, but $33K is not an apples-to-apples comparison. In fact, I would say if you are comparing brand new 2020 cars, $50K+ for the model 3 is more realistic, and you should take into account the discounts other cars have.
You may be thinking of the originally proposed SR/SR+ half leather and half linen or whatever they were talking about. They scrapped that.
So, plastic.
Sure, you can make crap leatherette material that is way too hot and sticky and feels like cheap vinyl, but that's not what this is.
https://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchresults.action/?mdId=362...
The Bolt is the best value for money EV in the world at the moment. It's untouchable in price for range.
I don’t think of the money spent as buying luxury. What it’s buying are the other amazing aspects of the car. Performance, range, efficiency, connectivity, updates, safety, etc. which may have some overlap with features of luxury cars, but it’s better to think of it as a next generation car where you are paying for that new tech, and any luxury touches you may get, while not measuring up to a teak wood console in some other car, are bonuses. Instead of the teak wood and alligator leather cigar holder or whatever, you are getting AWD that beats the pants off Subaru, Audi quattro, or anyone else, and all the other amazing things Tesla gives you.
Tesla doesn’t advertise.
Guess who does? The car companies that you seem to think have a better price/value offering. Hmm, so yes, the power of marketing is incredible indeed.