They don't need to afford it to be dumb enough to sign on a loan for one. Tesla gets the sales revenue, and later the customer goes to collections. Everyone wins.
the argument when the iPhone was released was similar
And they did drop the price (via subsidies), and it got way more popular...
yep. and they get cheaper over time as the market provides competition and technology advances. there will also be a larger pre-owned market and more supply.
The Gen. 3 is expected to be much cheaper than ~$100k.