| >Yes, they probably want that. And they also want pie in the sky. That was being said about literally every Musk venture, either failed or successful. >The Model 3 was launched in July 2017, about 5.5 years ago. Unveiling in April 2016, more than 6.5 years ago. During the unveiling, if I'm not wrong, they announced the $35k Model 3. In 2019 they actually released the $35k Model 3, as more of a publicity stunt, since they pulled it after only 2 months. >Back then €1 was about $1.2, so that price would have been about €24k. >Instead, in the real world of today, where €1 is less than $1, the cheapest Model 3 you can buy in Europe is about €54k. >So at the new exchange rate, it's more than twice as expensive, and even with the old exchange rate, it would have still been $45k (about 30% more expensive). Blame ECB (for currency value drop) and supply and demand. Turns out enough people want to buy 35k€ vehicle for 54k€. >And this new "Model 2" will probably be launched 10 years from now and it will cost what the Model 3 was supposed to cost, back in 2017. Yeah, but who cares? The purchasing power of that will be equal to what it would have cost based on original estimates. |
We call that "vaporware", not worth discussing.