paulwesterberg@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agoTesla's product design director, Javier Verdura: e-cars will surpass gasoline cars by 2026www-milenio-com.translate.googexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTesla's product design director, Javier Verdura: e-cars will surpass gasoline cars by 2026www-milenio-com.translate.googpaulwesterberg@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareRadium@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThere are only two things holding it back right now battery price when one fails price of vehicles So expect these two things very shortly from Tesla: Cheaper batteries cheaper vehicles
minus-squareNotCanadian80@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoCost of repair and cost of insurance are huge factors too.
minus-squareRadium@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoInsurance is $116/month for my model 3 EV and hasn’t gone up since I got it. Some like rivian are still very rare so much more expensive to repair compared to a model 3 or other high volume EV
There are only two things holding it back right now
battery price when one fails
price of vehicles
So expect these two things very shortly from Tesla:
Cheaper batteries
cheaper vehicles
Cost of repair and cost of insurance are huge factors too.
Insurance is $116/month for my model 3 EV and hasn’t gone up since I got it. Some like rivian are still very rare so much more expensive to repair compared to a model 3 or other high volume EV