Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-09 Thread Kevin Horton via EV
On Apr 9, 2024, at 11:51, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: > > On 4/9/2024 8:40 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: >> Henry Ford made an affordable vehicle that was reduced in price over time, >> as production grew. Lawrence Rhodes > > Anyone found a graph that shows the price of a Tesla 3 or Y

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-09 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On 4/9/2024 8:40 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: Henry Ford made an affordable vehicle that was reduced in price over time, as production grew. Lawrence Rhodes Anyone found a graph that shows the price of a Tesla 3 or Y over time - adjusted for inflation? Has it gone up or down?

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-09 Thread Lawrence Rhodes via EV
Henry Ford made an affordable vehicle that was reduced in price over time, as production grew. Lawrence Rhodes  -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-07 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 8 Apr 2024 at 12:53, Bill Dube via EV wrote: > I suspect that the competition has recently heated up in the low end of > the EV market. It has evolved into the inevitable "race to the bottom." > I'm thinking that Elon has acknowledged the lack of profitability in > this market sector and

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-07 Thread Ryan Fulcher via EV
l Message ------ > > From: "EV List Lackey via EV" > > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > > Cc: "EV List Lackey" > > Sent: 07-Apr-24 16:58:09 > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV? > > > >> Clean

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-07 Thread Bill Dube via EV
--- From: "EV List Lackey via EV" To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" Cc: "EV List Lackey" Sent: 07-Apr-24 16:58:09 Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV? Cleantechnica has an interesting take on this story.  They point out that, if it's tru

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-07 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" Cc: "EV List Lackey" Sent: 07-Apr-24 16:58:09 Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV? Cleantechnica has an interesting take on this story. They point out that, if it's true, it's a deviation from Tesla's claimed &q

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-07 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
Cleantechnica has an interesting take on this story. They point out that, if it's true, it's a deviation from Tesla's claimed "master plan" to use the profits from luxury vehicles to develop affordable mass-market EVs. Who knows, maybe Musk thinks he's done enough for us poor folks with the

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-06 Thread John Lussmyer via EV
On 4/6/2024 11:40 AM, Peter Eckhoff via EV wrote: Ryan Shaw has a YouTube Channel where he reported on a number of details and speculations about the cancelation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiHPJVlX00I I've been trying Full Self-driving and my wife describes it as "being an adult in a car

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-06 Thread Peter Eckhoff via EV
Ryan Shaw has a YouTube Channel where he reported on a number of details and speculations about the cancelation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiHPJVlX00I I've been trying Full Self-driving and my wife describes it as "being an adult in a car with a first time teenage driver at the wheel".

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-06 Thread EV List Lackey via EV
On 6 Apr 2024 at 4:34, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: > robotaxis A possibly interesting bit of EV trivia: The "modern" robotaxi archetype is arguably the Johnny-cab from the 1990 film Total Recall. Jim Tervort - who I think is still with us on this old earth - was part of the original

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-06 Thread paul dove via EV
If it’s rumor…. Why talk about it at all? Sent from AT Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, April 5, 2024, 9:35 PM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote: Reuters is reporting that Tesla has suspended or cancelled its program to produce a low-cost EV, in favor of developing "robotaxis" instead. Elon

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Rumor: Tesla abandons $25k EV?

2024-04-06 Thread Kevin Horton via EV
Tesla knows that they need a lower cost line of vehicles if they wish to keep growing sales. So they will certainly do such a thing. Possible interpretations of this rumor: 1. The lower cost vehicle project is being restructured in some way. Perhaps the original concept is being dropped and