I looked at this earlier in the year, and my personal view at the time was that actually other electric cars were a bit cheaper but you get a lot less car.

The price difference just isn’t that big in relative terms (the starting prices are all relatively high), but the difference in what you get is huge. And I think that’s part of the allure of Tesla - can a 2010-era-supercar be built for $25k? What about less?

I ended up getting a 2nd hand diesel BMW because I got the feeling that the market would move a lot in the next 5 years.