Sorry my mistake I thought it said pounds. Still it doesn’t make a lot of sense because it says 29900 euros or $47000 in Germany. Germany doesn’t use dollars so I assumed USD.
But if they are loosing 4700 per car it’s still more than a Tesla to build. Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2019, at 2:49 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 5 May 2019 at 6:25, paul dove via EV wrote: >> >> You can get a Tesla cheaper than that without the incentive > > Really? How? > > AFAIK VW haven't announced a dollar price, or even whether they'll offer the > ID here, but if you translate 29.9k Eur directly to US$ it would be US$33.6k > at today's exchange rate. (The dollar figures in Bruce's article are AU$.) > I thought the cheapest Tesla 3 was US$35k. > > No? Cheaper? Less than US$33.6k? > > Also, the VW is a hatchback-almost-crossover, and the Tesla is a sedan, so > VW wins big on utility. That will probably matter in Europe, where hatch > utility is still generally taken for granted, and possibly also in the SUV- > and-crossover-addled US. > > As for range, if I'm not mistaken, Tesla rates the base 3 for a range of > 350km (220mi) ?cycle?, VW at 330km WLTP, Renault at 400km WLTP. I don't > know how Tesla's km rating compares to the lunatic WLTP rating. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
