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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I've kinda been hearing this for a decade now, and I had always assumed it was going to happen, but we are still waiting. Tesla has tried really really hard to make a cheaper version, but keeps struggling with it. The cheapest model 3 is $46,389, but that's limited to 151km range, which is about 100km in the winter, so pretty useless to pay that much. The standard range plus gets you 423km range, and is $52.990. None of that sounds "cheap" when you can get a gas sedan for half the price.
I understand they are making improvements, but the process is slow. When do you see EV's being at par price wise for a similarly equipped vehicle? 5 years ago I would have said 2025, but I'm not convinced now.
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After incentives you get relatively close in places where provinces offer incentives. 5k from feds, provinces offer anywhere from another 1000 to 8000 in Quebec.
But it will take Tesla getting more competition on the lower end. The leaf is within that same price range.