Why not make a compact? Smaller, lighter bodied electric cars more attuned to city drivers who rarely travel too far. They could even sell it as a taxi fleet vehicle for cities.
Here in Norway the Tesla S has sold like hotcakes, due to the huge tax break that electric car buyers get from the government. The Tesla seems to attract asshole buyers who are more into getting a cheap sports car than caring for the environment. They seem to rival the BMW-drivers in driving too fast on narrow city streets. More sensible electric car buyers tend to go for japanese cars.
I don't know if it's me getting older and having a family or if its just me adapting to the times but my tastes in cars have definitely changed. Where before I ogled exotic sports cars or gigantic off-road behemoths, I now prefer small, nimble cars that can thrive in city commutes and handle light off-road exploring.
I think putting an "insane" button on a car is going to attract a certain driving mentality. That aside I would consider a Tesla at some point. Ive just bought a new car so it would be several years from now and Im anticipating that by then the range issues would be sorted out. Self driving doesnt attract me so much, I enjoy driving and I think at this point the sticking point around self driving cars isn't so much the technology as the thorny issue of cars making ethical decisions i.e the car has to make a decision between a. crashing into another car b. swerving in one direction to miss the car but hitting an elderly pedestrian c. swerving in another direction to miss the elderly pedestrian but hitting a child on a bike.
They made a small and light body electric car, and it was the most expensive of the line, not because it was a roadster, but because it was the first production model. Musk has stated that the process has been iterative and instead of trying to hit the main market first, he was going to target the richer market and use them as a means to fund research and development and use the trickle down affect to build cheaper cars in the future. If you notice Tesla has basically done just that with their $100K+ roadster, and the Model S that's $80K+ and the model 3 hitting around the $30-40K+ mark, next iteration will more than likely be the absolute cheapest car they can make without making some breakthroughs in battery technology, that's where the bulk of the cost is.
I forgot about the roadster! Musk's iterative process is certainly something amazing. It's such a basic, fundamental idea but, somehow, it never entered into the mindset of electric car entrepreneurs. I guess you have to have a certain attitude or personality to see such a simple way to fix the problem of funding such an ambitious goal.
I'm waiting for them to delve in to scooters or motorbikes. If I could get one or the other that could go 50-100 miles on a charge for <£5k I'd orgasm at the chance
Why not make a compact? Smaller, lighter bodied electric cars more attuned to city drivers who rarely travel too far. They could even sell it as a taxi fleet vehicle for cities.
Here in Norway the Tesla S has sold like hotcakes, due to the huge tax break that electric car buyers get from the government. The Tesla seems to attract asshole buyers who are more into getting a cheap sports car than caring for the environment. They seem to rival the BMW-drivers in driving too fast on narrow city streets. More sensible electric car buyers tend to go for japanese cars.
I don't know if it's me getting older and having a family or if its just me adapting to the times but my tastes in cars have definitely changed. Where before I ogled exotic sports cars or gigantic off-road behemoths, I now prefer small, nimble cars that can thrive in city commutes and handle light off-road exploring.
I have never liked big cars. As a kid I loved looking at Lamborghinis but as a grown up I never wanted any fancy car. I don't even have kids.
I think putting an "insane" button on a car is going to attract a certain driving mentality. That aside I would consider a Tesla at some point. Ive just bought a new car so it would be several years from now and Im anticipating that by then the range issues would be sorted out. Self driving doesnt attract me so much, I enjoy driving and I think at this point the sticking point around self driving cars isn't so much the technology as the thorny issue of cars making ethical decisions i.e the car has to make a decision between a. crashing into another car b. swerving in one direction to miss the car but hitting an elderly pedestrian c. swerving in another direction to miss the elderly pedestrian but hitting a child on a bike.
They made a small and light body electric car, and it was the most expensive of the line, not because it was a roadster, but because it was the first production model. Musk has stated that the process has been iterative and instead of trying to hit the main market first, he was going to target the richer market and use them as a means to fund research and development and use the trickle down affect to build cheaper cars in the future. If you notice Tesla has basically done just that with their $100K+ roadster, and the Model S that's $80K+ and the model 3 hitting around the $30-40K+ mark, next iteration will more than likely be the absolute cheapest car they can make without making some breakthroughs in battery technology, that's where the bulk of the cost is.
I forgot about the roadster! Musk's iterative process is certainly something amazing. It's such a basic, fundamental idea but, somehow, it never entered into the mindset of electric car entrepreneurs. I guess you have to have a certain attitude or personality to see such a simple way to fix the problem of funding such an ambitious goal.
I'm waiting for them to delve in to scooters or motorbikes. If I could get one or the other that could go 50-100 miles on a charge for <£5k I'd orgasm at the chance
Why not zero motorcycles?
Thank for that. I'm always looking for new electric vehicles