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.
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.