Really hope this makes that happen.
They sure are quiet though, I worry about pets and wildlife.
Gigafactory will employ about 6,500 people by 2020
Delivery truck drivers? I mean the factory is should be mostly automated by 2020.
and why do you want to own one so badly?
Lets assume by some miracle I manage to save up a £7000 deposit, this leaves me with some £60000 to find. At a quick google around its pretty hard to get car finance over £25000, but lets have a crack at it and try autotrader. They'll only let me borrow £50k over 60 months which gives me monthly payments of £958.
My monthly take home is £1800, so that leaves me with £852 to play with, my rent is £450 and my council tax is £101, so now we're down to £301 and I haven't paid for my utilities yet.
So an electric car in my lifetime (or at least one with a useful range like the Teslas) is a distant dream. At least until the Model 3.
Anyway, even if nothing changes, in 20 years your £67K Model S will be on autotrader for £6K or less. You can pick up a 20 year Ferrari 456 GT for the price of a new Ford Focus and I'm sure they hold their value better than a Tesla will.
The Vauxhall Ampera is £29k, you can get a used 2012 Chevy Volt from around £17k.
I'm not sure how the limited lifetime of batteries will affect the used car economy, but the kind of people who buys a brand new Model S generally aren't keen on driving 10 year old cars.
Like I said, this might all change with the Model 3, and I genuinely hope it does. I'm tired of driving petrol dependent cars, and I want my next new-car purchase to be fully electric.
Edit: You could always get a G-Wiz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REVAi
The Zoe is a problem. I love Renault cars, my Clio was my favourite thing in the world, but the Zoe has DRM in the battery which you have to rent from Renault for a fee based on your mileage, which as far as I could tell, worked out to more than I would pay in petrol.
I believe, although it may have been FUD, that if you go over the mileage you have pre-arranged with Renault, they will disable your battery remotely.