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I bought a dozen bolts at Home Depot last week

Mike

 

we're probably gonna be waiting a while for the $25k car. Or are bolt and M3 getting closer to that price with the reductions. I was thinking the $25k car would have a Lifepo4 pack, but that is already being put in the base M3 from what I've read.

 

The Bolt is already close to the $25k point, and does so with a nickel-cobalt pack. The tax credit puts it under. LFP would lower the price, but also the range. That pack in the Model 3 RWD takes up the space of the Li-ion in the long range model. The LFP per cell cost is lower, but more cells are added to keep the range comparable to what a Li-ion pack would provide. For some models, there simply isn't the space to do so.

PS: This is a M3

 

Maybe Tesla needs to direct some of its profits back into quality control?



Must be a fun experience to have the steering wheel fall off while driving

 

Fake news

 

How do you pull over with no steering wheel?

And the more I read about braking modes and switches and changing settings when coming to a stop ....

 

They didn't whine because GM reimbursed them about $5000. What a great gesture from GM.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2022/06/30/bolt-purchasers-2022-eligible-reimbursement/7782623001/

 

Here's the Detroit Free Press take on the same issue about the GM refund for 2022 bolt owners subject to the recall.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2022/07/20/affordable-chevy-bolt-euv-price-cut/10093528002/

 

Read it. Perhaps it would be way more horrible if Ford wouldn't have had to recall 1.4 million of their product for the same symptom. 1.4 million vs how many via the competition?
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What I find interesting and I'm sure after the police and criminals investigation is over the R and D engineers should be all over the 250 ft cliff crashed Tesla. Moral decisions aside from the driver's actions.......the fact that 4 humans. I assume in normal health went over a cliff in a Tesla and they all survived! I don't know the story or trajectory of the fall but IMHO from the limited photos and video the fact that there were no fatalities is mind blowing to me. Makes me think about the average wreck in a parking lot in a Tesla would be much much safer. When we owned a MB GL550 a large selling point was the airbag count and the rollover rating. I know Teslas are quite safe. Very safe in fact. But my goodness! With $3K in rebates on Model S and X....Other companies may have to do similar to get people to re think Tesla. Automation drives the cost of production down for sure. Not sure if the cost will be seen by the buyer. But 50 years from now when Hertz, California, US,Europe,EU are flooded with Teslas....and the Tesla brand has 50 percent of the car market........will we see a $25K Model Y. eventually the demand for a $25K Tesla will be met because the ONLY consumers who won't already own a Tesla will be left to sell to. Right? How many Puegot Citrogens are there in EU? They were #1 right? Tesla was #2? I would look for that to change...but it will take awhile. Probably not in my lifetime.