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In regards to affordability and a car for everybody, it looks like many of those will take a hit in the affordability category once the tax credit is used up before they take delivery...
From the link I posted earlier:
"Delivery dates have been pushed further into the future for “many” reservation holders, and “customers who waited in line in March 2016 to place deposits for the first Model 3s will have to be patient even longer,” Bloomberg reported Feb. 8.
The tax credit implications McCaffery referred to concern the $2,500 to $7,500 federal credit for electric-vehicle purchases that starts phasing out when a car maker hits 200,000 vehicles sold domestically, a number Tesla is expected to hit this year.
Tesla is making higher-end Model 3s first, costing $50,000 and boasting a longer range than the base-price $35,000 version. That means, according to the delivery-time notice from Tesla that McCaffrey posted on Twitter, that while reservation holders for the long-range car have delivery scheduled for March to May, those who ordered the cheaper car or the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive version have delivery set at “late 2018.”..."
Not all doom and gloom quite yet....Most are still "optimistic"....but I believe if they can't get a Tesla, they won't buy from anyone else....Call it fanboyism or whatever, I see it as loyalty to an entrepreneur who will eventually keep his promise...
Tesla is building these cars with a "cause" behind it....All the others manufacturers are forced to make these vehicles reluctantly and after tagging along with Tesla's lead in this area....Yep, it's a lot of hype and Kool-Aid, but what isn't when it comes to understanding the car manufacturing industry?...I say, give Tesla the benefit of the doubt. He has a loyal following and will make good at some point.
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