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by vel0city 1357 days ago
Tesla will have cars capable of driving across the country 100% autonomously by 2018.

Maybe The Tiago EV will ship for 8.5 lakhs, but I'll believe it once I actually see meaningful shipments at that price. Cool if they do though, don't get me wrong. But plenty of promises in the car industry get left at just promises.
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kumarvvr 1357 days ago
I don't think you know how India works.

Tata has awesome reputation. Also, they have a 23000 USD Car, 17000 USD car and now they are taking bookings for this.

Also, the said car already has a gas version. This EV version is modified version of that, the exact thing they did with the other 2 EV cars (Both have gas versions)

Check out their website. Its not a concept car. It has actual production facilities and will be modified for EV versions.

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vel0city 1357 days ago
I don't doubt the car will exist. I just wonder what the price will be when it ships in volume. Prices seem extremely variable these days.

I guess it would have been better to show the Model 3's $35k price point as example. Or the massive hikes the Mach E has had. Keeping car prices low has been challenging, especially EVs.

Good on them if they can keep those prices low for a while though!

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fragmede 1357 days ago
Different countries entirely. Tata's vehicles may undergo some price inflation, but they're not suddenly going to become $50k vehicles intended for the US market. As for Tesla, why on Earth would they bother selling a $35k car when they're having trouble keeping the $45k one in stock? Same with the Mach-E and the F150 lightning.
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vel0city 1357 days ago
> Tata's vehicles may undergo some price inflation, but they're not suddenly going to become $50k vehicles intended for the US market.

I get that, and I get the car mentioned will probably never even get close to $30k+USD equivalent.

> As for Tesla, why on Earth would they bother selling a $35k car when they're having trouble keeping the $45k one in stock?

As for Tata, what if they similarly can't keep the 8.5 lakhs version in stock? Why would you bother selling it for 8.5 if your entire output of those cars could sell for 9.5 or 12 lakhs? What's the secret sauce that means Tata can manufacture infinite cars while everyone else is seemingly so supply limited? How are you so sure Tata won't experience the same kinds of pressures Ford and Tesla and everyone else seems to be experiencing IRT making EVs?

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