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Originally Posted by kaisen View Post
The Tesla S isn't an economy car, nor an inexpensive car. It's a BMW 6 Gran Coupe, M-B S, Audi A7 competitor; priced similarly, and has similar performance. The efficiency in cost-per-mile may be the attractor, but it's competitive regardless of method of propulsion. ....
That would be true IF Tesla had the profit margins that BMW and MBz enjoy on their high-end offerings (w/o subsidies).

The biggest threat to the MBz S-class/A7 A8... is govt regulation, not the technology of electrics somehow pushing into competitive territory. The battery tech is simply ungodly expensive for car scale. --Why is that SO difficult for some to accept? Do you think that Hope and Good thoughts (Karma?) will propel the tech to become Magnitudes better?
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