Best selling EVs in 2018

If you can afford a Prius, you can afford a $27,500 Tesla.

 

I can walk into the showroom and purchase a base model 3 for $24,550 with tax credits, California and utility company rebates. You can do i better than $27,5K in MA because I hear they have State rebates there too.

Regarding model Y, I think you are saying you like the concept of a SUV better than a sedan, since no one knows what the model Y looks like yet. That's fine but if the design of the model Y is anything like the model X (big and bloated) which i think it will be but on a smaller scale, I will personally pass. If the model Y is more like the Prius hatchback sedan design, I will be very interested and it could become a second Tesla in my garage!

 

Nice @orenji showing the stats for last year. Care to show the stats for this year including the model 3? No, I didn't think so.

Regarding the Toyota BEV that you say will be released in 6 months, can you show me a picture, any picture, of that Toyota BEV? Can you show me where on Toyota's website I can be one of those 500K excited reservationists and sign up to reserve one? What is the price of that Toyota BEV going to be? Can you show me where Toyota's proprietary superchargers are located? C'mon @orenji, you threw that out there so put up or admit you are wrong.

 

Oh, that is what @john1701a is talking about. Sure John, I can give you the specs:
price = $35,000
start of production = Q4/18
range = 220 miles (but probably more the way I drive)
0-60 = 5.5 sec. (but probably faster the way I drive)
interior = textile
exterior = looks the same as the more expensive model 3 since no exterior badging on any model 3
pictures = go to Tesla website
reservations = go to Tesla website (requires $1000 refundable deposit to hold your place in line)

What else would you like to know @john1701a ?

Now please give me the specs, pricing, pictures, and reservation page for the 2019 Toyota BEV. I may want to reserve one.

 

Posters have been comparing Tesla to Prius, that's what I was talking about.

Where can I see pictures of the 2019 Toyota BEV?

 

I agree with the above. An additional problem with converting the existing Prime body style (which is the Prius ICE style with minor modifications) to a BEV is that it has a relatively high drag coefficient (Cd). In comparison, the Tesla model 3 has a .23 Cd, the model S a .24 Cd while the Prime has a .29 Cd. It does not make any economic sense to covert the Prime to a BEV. This is the problem with the Jag I-Pace and the Mini electric designs, they took an existing ICE body style and converted it to a BEV resulting in a less than aerodynamic solution for battery propulsion. Toyota will have to start with a blank slate to design a viable BEV competitor at any price point.

 

The Cd for the Prius is all over the place, listed at .24, .25, and .26. Anyway it is now lower than what I initially saw and posted. The point is that stuffing enough battery into that body shape to make it a BEV will result in much lower interior and cargo volume at a cost to aerodynamics.