Hacker News Reader

Comment by Aloha | Hacker News Reader

It doesn't seem to tell me how much it is..

Generally if I have to ask the price, I probably can't afford it.

I want an electric car, I want one with a range of about 400 miles, with charging stations to support it. jAs soon as the electric car is as easy for me to use as a gasoline powered one, I'm ready to drive one.

For what it's worth, my line of work (making all those mobile devices work) requires an enormous amount of driving.

View on HN

400 miles? My normal, gasoline-powered car needs the tank filled up about every 250-300 miles.

My 97 Town Car could do 400 miles on a tank - close to 29 highway.

'Will cost the same as a comparably specified Model S' - it's at the bottom (at least as I write this comment, it is).

Edit: 'Deliveries will begin in 2014 and priced comparable to a similarly equipped Model S.' is the exact quote.

That is because it is not for sale yet, all you can do is reserve it for 5,000 dollars but i would expect it to be around the same price as a model s.

If I can reserve something, its functionally for sale, I should be able to see how much the total price of the vehicle is before reserving. I tried that, the reservation link seems broken.

$5,000 is an incredible amount of money. If I were to spend that amount on a pre-order, I deserve to know what I'm paying for and how much it will cost me.

Thats why the reservation is fully refundable.

You have 14 days to decide once your number is called. Put the deposit on a new credit card with multiple bonus points in the first month. Get yourself a vacation for lending someone $5,000 when interest rates are so low and decide later.

Chevy Volt?

Out of my price range for now.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com