• Flying Squid
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          71 year ago

          From your article:

          In California, a Model 3 variant in inventory was priced at $42,060,

          I and my sub-$25,000 car stand by my previous statement.

          • @mainaccountOP
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            11 year ago

            If you wanted Tesla, but $55k was too much, $45k is relatively cheaper. I know people that bought Teslas recently, only because of the (3rd) discount.

            Here in SoCal # of Teslas skyrocketed after the discount(s). Kia Niro EV is $40-46k. People can buy a Tesla for that and they do, because they think it’s a good car (it’s not). That’s why I said they’re buying them - because of the price.

            • @queermunist
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              11 year ago

              It sounds like they’re buying them because they think it’s a good car.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          in eastern europe for the cost of a single model 3, around 50k euros, you could get 3 actual nice entry level cars. People buy them as a status symbol and because they are impressed by a different approach, because they are bored of the german industry sitting on their laurels not progressing. Musks name has very little do to with this phenomenon and I don’t know if anyone(here) over 30 who doesn’t go on reddit has an opinion of him at all.