Re: Tesla Roadster
ALDO:Whoopsy:They are in the same price range, that's called competition.
Someone have 40k to buy a car, they look around, these 2 plus the Tesla will be on their radar.
That's called competition.
They look at. 40k EV, does it fit? They then look at a 40k fossil fuel car, does that fit? They will also be looking at a 40k hybrid, can this fit?
For the same price you can get a sports coupé, cabrio, sedan, van, suv, .... diesel, gasoline, hybrid, electric
You have to fix some more parameters not only the price.
Not so much out their which would really put these two cars in comparasion.
We here as a group are a privileged few, price tag does't quite mean the same to us like to the general public.
For normal people, it means a bit more.
I have simplified the decision process a bit, grouping all transportation devices into just 'cars'. I didn't mean to use cars for just cars, it actually includes all variations of automobiles. saying normal cars which also means petrol and diesel powered ones.
Some people don't need extra space so they can go with a coupe or a hatchback, others might prefer something SUV like, others more might need a 'truck', pickup, etc.
I am just describing in a scenario that someone decided they would want a sedan perhaps, that eliminated the vans and SUVs and coupes. Within the sedan segment in their price range, they will have choices with gas powered, diesel powered, hybrids and EVs.
Believe it or not, in my circle of friends, quite a few having gone through the same decision making process, they ended up with a RAV4 hybrid (of all things) as their sensible choice of transportation device. Maybe noone1 was right to worship the RAV4 after all.
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