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Comment by PAClearner | Hacker News Reader

while there are good parts to this analysis -

military grade tech <---> wildly over-budget and delayed

It's missed the boat for being the first long range affordable EV. Hyundai got there first with the Kona, which has the range of the more expensive Model 3 Long Range but at the price of the cheaper Short Range one.

Don't get me wrong, the M3 is okay as a stripped down sporty hatchback, but the $35k model is looking a bit basic and overpriced already.

Well, 40 and 64kW batteries in Kona compared to 50 and 75 in Model 3. Plus Kona is only available in 24 weeks according to their website, so 6 month wait.

That may not be necessarily the case. Hyundai is having issues with producing an appropriate amount of battery packs[0] and it's not planning on delivering more than 2500 units to Norway in 2018. I don't think they're planning to sell more than 25k overall this year.

Sure the Model 3 is considerably less affordable, but it has scale[2].

[0] https://electrek.co/2018/05/31/hyundai-kona-ev-gets-norwegia...

[1] https://electrek.co/2018/05/08/hyundai-ioniq-electric-batter...

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/

Can you point at a source giving a similar range to the Model 3 Long Range? I googled and I found that the US EPA numbers are quite different: Kona Long Range 250, Kona short range ~166, Model 3 Long Range 334, Model 3 Standard ~220.

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