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I’d argue we are just in the era of the Model T with Tesla’s model 3.

I'd argue the model t of electric vehicles was the Electrobat in 1894. EVs came before gas, and the ICE hit the pause button for a century on EV progress.

Model T wasn’t the first car. It was the first mass-market, “Everyman” car. What I’m talking about is a car that pretty much anyone who can afford a car can afford.

I'm fairly certain that Tesla's are way cheaper than the model T was.

It isn't like families could afford multiple cars back then. They were selling less than a million model Ts a years - which would have represented a large segment of the car market.

If the prices here[0] are correct, then the inflation adjusted price of a Model T would be around $7000-$23000, according to this[1].

[0] https://www.fordmodelt.net/m/facts.htm

[1] https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

The Electrobat was at least 30 years after the first electric car. The bat was the first mass produced on that got any traction in the market.

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