[Latteland]

W1, what do you think of Tesla new 'medium range car' tonight? I think it's a master stroke. They now have a 45k car (yes, not there yet for the 35k one), but consider this - the people buying this now will get the 7500 tax credit if they get it before the end of the year. So people who were thinking of waiting till they could buy a 35k car can now buy a 45k car! They will pay tesla more, trading off getting that car now for 7500 off. Vs the 35k car, it's 10k more money but effectively 45-7.5=37.5 for more range.

I think it's a brilliant way to harvet more money from people and maximize the benefit of the fed tax credit.

I should be honest that I want tesla to succeed because we need aggressive electric car companies to move the whole industry along. I don't want them to fail. I think their business strategy looks better than ever. IF there is a bunch of people, lets say 100k americans who want this car in this range and price, they'll be golden.