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Uhm I would love a Tesla (if they ever start selling right hand drive versions in my little backward western european country) but at an equivalent of €100K price tag (that means I have to earn ~€210K before tax, to be left with that amount around these parts) its a bit steep...

Neither am I sure that the inept electricity supply board would know how to install a charger for one, and well electricity is expensive here in Ireland, paid €1200 last year for just above 4000KW/hours for my home/office

Yes my petrol 4x4 is 10 years old, yes it does a terrible mileage in a country where petrol is €1.40/liter now, yes it breaks alot and has to be serviced (just this week) and pass yearly road-worthiness testing and costs me a fortune in tax and insurance (€700 + 330 last year)

Maybe if we werent taxed as much I could afford after a few years of saving a luxury of an electric car, until then me good old jeep will continue to drive me over the potholed narrow roads we have (which apparently all that road tax AND now local council tax was meant to improve)

sigh...

tl.dr: The article is funny but not all of us enjoy Nordic standards of living or wages (After tax), or have governments that are not out to fleece the taxpayers and hand their blood money over to failed banks and their developer buddies who helped them get elected.

They are planning to eventually release a more affordable Tesla, just as soon as they can scale up enough that it's viable. The first car they made (the Roadster) was a very expensive supercar, which they sold in low numbers. Then they made the Model S, an expensive, luxury sedan, which they're selling a lot more of. I'm not sure if pricing has been released yet for the Model X but I suspect it'll be cheaper than the Model S and will sell in even greater numbers.

Elon doesn't really seem to be in this for the money or the luxury status - he seems to just care about building great cars that are good for the environment. As soon as he can make really good, affordable electric cars - I'm sure he will.

The Model X is a luxury SUV. ("Estate," in the british isles.) The next model is supposed to be the "Model 3." They can't use Model E, because Ford still has that trademarked or something along those lines. Otherwise, they could have models S, E, and X.

Mild correction: "estates" are "station wagons", not SUVs.

Thanks. I think I was confused by Top Gear reviewing so many nebulously classed Porsche SUV-ish-whatever things.

Mildly off topic: It's strange how they've chosen a naming scheme that's minimally coherent and not future-proof. Even the biggest, most well resourced companies don't seem to be able to get this right. Think of Apple and the iPad. The iPad, the iPad 2 the new iPad, the iPad air etc. At this point as a casual observer I am completely confused about iPad naming.

Oh the Model X is definitely still a luxury car, no question. I imagine it'll be more affordable, though. The next model they announce - as you say, the Model 3 - is supposed to be their first truly affordable car.

Tesla hasn't announced pricing, but most predictions lean towards the price of the X being comparable to the S.

Tesla is not the only electrical car. There are other electrical cars much cheaper than a Tesla.

The sell RHD in a few markets now (Australia for one), so chances are they'll eventually sell them in more and more markets.

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