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by allears 1897 days ago
Just like real estate is "location, location, location," the real inflection point of EV adoption will be "price, price, price." As long as they're priced in the luxury range, sales will be restricted. As soon as you can buy a decent new or used EV for $10-15,000, or less, you will see mass adoption. And by "decent," I don't mean golf cart style, I mean a useful, roomy, sedan or hatchback with good range that will appeal to the middle class.
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I feel one of Tesla's greatest "innovations" is their aesthetic design.

Prior to the Model 3, nearly all EVs were weird looking "futuristic" (usually in a bad tacky way) dwarf mutant hatchbacks that looked rather cheap - like a ICE car that cost half its MSRP.

The Model 3 introduced a (relatively) affordable EV that actually looks "normal", even desirable and premium.