You think 99% of the public can afford a Tesla?
But yeah, the problem for me has always been no ability to charge at home or at work.
But yeah, the problem for me has always been no ability to charge at home or at work.
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-3-and-model-y-cost-less-tha....
Via Consumer Reports in Sep. 2023:
> The average cost of new cars is now well over $48,000—up almost $6,000 from two years ago and about $10,000 from September 2020, according to Kelley Blue Book. That figure largely tracks with inflation, but there are many other factors at play.
When the average price of a new car is pushing $50K I don't think it makes sense any longer to say "nobody would ever buy a Tesla, they're too expensive."
While the average MSRP of cars in general has definitely risen over the last few years, I don't think it's all that likely that most people are buying much larger, more expensive cars, particularly given the overall decrease in their purchasing power.
Frankly, I suspect that many buyers have been priced out of the new-car market entirely—which would provide another upward pressure on their average selling price, as more of those who would have been buying at the bottom simply vanish from those statistics. And someone who's now looking at used cars because they're not even able to afford a $23k new Corolla or Civic is absolutely not going to be in the market for a Tesla of any kind.