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Originally Posted by kaisen
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. ....
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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?